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Sunday night was a wild one for the Dallas Cowboys and all they have to show for their work is a tie. Obviously it is better than a loss, but a win was certainly within grasp.
Offensively speaking there were all sorts of incredible performances and marks achieved by Dallas. Defensively things were, um, offensive. This is the story of the brief Cowboys season to date and it appears one that we have to become comfortable with moving forward.
How does what we saw between the Cowboys and Packers look relative to franchise history and NFL history at large? Each and every week we measure different things, both positive and negative, through that lens thanks to the handy resources with Stathead and Pro Football Reference.
Here are this week’s historical notes.
Dak Prescott’s night was wasted It is difficult to contextualize how well Dak Prescott played on Sunday night. He threw the ball 40 times, threw three touchdowns, ran in another, and did all of this with a completion percentage above 75% mind you.
Dak is just the ninth player ever to do this in a game. He is the only one who did not win.
This screenshot does not show it, but the list shrinks to seven if we exclude those who threw interceptions. Amazingly doing so would cut out the two legends as they were Tom Brady (who threw two) and Peyton Manning. You likely have noticed that Manning’s game here is from the infamous battle he had with Tony Romo in 2013. This means that two of these games occurred at AT&T Stadium.
Part of the reason the Cowboys did not win the game is because their defense is so porous. They have been that way for basically this entire season, save for the time after the lightning delay in Philadelphia in Week 1 (feels fair now to say that the delay certainly helped them).
Over the last three games the Cowboys defense has allowed over 1,300 yards and over 100 points. They are only the seventh team in franchise history to reach these marks in a single season.
This is some pretty tough company to say the least. We are talking about the worst defenses in franchise history, even if that 1985 group did go on to win the NFC East.
Russell Wilson threw for three touchdowns against the Cowboys a few weeks back. Seven days later, Caleb Williams tossed four. On Sunday night Jordan Love had a hat trick himself.
This is only the fourth time in Cowboys franchise history where they are riding a three-game streak of opposing quarterbacks throwing at least three touchdowns against them.
This is not good!
One of the brighter spots on the Cowboys in this game was the play of George Pickens. All told he amassed eight receptions for 134 yards and two...
