Blogging The Boys
Thanksgiving Day was an absolute dream for the Dallas Cowboys. Just a few sleeps removed from storming back against the Philadelphia Eagles following an early 21-0 hole, the Cowboys “only” had to dig out of a 7-0 proposition against the Kansas City Chiefs. They did so successfully, and as a result they took care of last season’s Super Bowl teams in under a week. Pretty cool.
As Cowboys fans we are well aware of how enjoyable a Thanksgiving Day win is. The team plays on Thursday night next week so there is no mini-bye, but being able to enjoy all of the college football rivalry games or shopping experiences or whatever else is consuming your weekend with this performance in the bank is never not enjoyable.
Thursday was a lot of fun, and it was so because of several players on the team. Here is our Stock Report following all of the action. It is full of all ups given, well, everything.
There is no question that the Eagles game was a tough one for Lamb, relatively speaking, and he came out on a clear mission to avenge it. What’s more is that he delivered.
Lamb was extremely reliable and on a different sort of level in this game. He kept coming up with big catch after big catch, and in the moments when he wasn’t, he was drawing significant pass interference penalties. As noted, there was a lot of chatter about his outing last week, but he had a huge bounce back game.
How about that 43-yard touchdown? My goodness.
Back in the days of training camp we all envisioned Jaydon Blue spelling Javonte Williams (who we had no idea would be so awesome in his own right) as the flashy point of juice. Without dragging Blue into any kind of conversation, there were maybe two people total who thought the role in question could, or should, actually go to Malik Davis.
Thursday featured the huge touchdown run, but Davis has proven to be the proper RB2 for this offense. He deserves enormous credit for battling his way back to the Cowboys in general and for maximizing the opportunities he got to the point that he keeps getting more of them.
Last week Turpin fumbled when getting involved out of the backfield and in this game he proved that those plays are definitely worth exploring. He was a great alternative option for the offense in general, and what’s more is that he pounced on a George Pickens fumble late that provided what wound up being the game-winning three points from Brandon Aubrey.
For the last few weeks Jerry Jones has been hyping up both Shavon Revel and DeMarvion Overshown (more on him in a moment, but this note does apply to the duo) as players who were going to return and help the team. While that makes sense...
