Inside The Star
Maybe it was the addition of newcomers Quinnen Williams and Logan Wilson, the return to action of DeMarvion Overshown, Malik Hooker, and Shavon Revel.
Or, maybe it was the statement made on the opening possession by head coach Brian Schottenheimer by benching George Pickens and CeeDee Lamb for the first drive.
Or it could have been that Dallas was playing the Las Vegas Raiders. No matter the reason, the results were clear to see.
The Cowboys used a nearly perfect second quarter to run the Raiders right out of their own stadium on Monday night.
Williams had four tackles and 1.5 sacks while Wilson added two tackles. Hooker had three tackles while Overshown and Revel had a tackle each.
The win improves Dallas to 4-5-1 on the season, and keeps them in the playoff hunt.
Hopefully, it will light a spark that carries over into the next five weeks as the Cowboys face the toughest stretch of their schedule.
Monday night’s win leveled the all-time record between the Cowboys and Raiders at 7-7. However, the Cowboys are now 5-3 against the Raiders when the teams meet outside of Texas.
When it comes to Week 11 contests, the Cowboys are now 35-27-2 overall. They are 18-16-1 when those games are on the road.
This was the eighth-straight year that the Cowboys played on the road in the 11th week.
They are now 6-2 in those games.
The last home game for Dallas in Week 11 came in 2017. They lost to the Eagles that year.
This was the first time Dallas had faced off against the Raiders in the 11th week of the season.
Their most common opponents in Week 11 are the Cardinals (6-1) and Commanders (5-2).
Dallas is now 25-12 all-time in games played after a bye week. They are 16-9 when those games are on the road.
The final score of 33-16 was the first time a Cowboys game has ended in such a score.
It is the 425th unique score for the Cowboys out of 1075 regular season and playoff games.
The Cleveland Browns were up 16-10 over Baltimore on Sunday. And Browns fans were booing.
Then starting quarterback Dillon Gabriel did not come out for the second half due to being in the concussion protocol.
And the Browns fans began cheering as Shedeur Sanders took the field at quarterback.
Sanders, once expected to be a top five pick in April’s draft, fell all the way to the fifth round. He was the third quarterback until Joe Flacco was traded.
He still couldn’t supplant Gabriel as the starter until Gabriel’s injury.
On Sunday we saw why Sanders fell as far as he did.
He finished 4-for-16 for 47 yards with one interception. He should have been picked a second time and was lucky his fumble was recovered by a teammate.
Sanders will start this Sunday against the Raiders if Gabriel is still out with...
