Ralph Vacchiano
NFL Reporter
This happens to the Dallas Cowboys every once in a while. Just when they start feeling really good about themselves, maybe look and feel like a Super Bowl contender, someone comes and beats them down to size.
It’s just not supposed to happen this early in the season. And not in their home opener. And not against what should have been a very beatable team.
But the Cowboys’ homecoming on Sunday turned into a nightmare as they were drubbed by the New Orleans Saints 44-19 in front of their suddenly very concerned home fans. Jerry Jones was hardly alone when he said afterward: “We certainly didn’t see it coming.” Not against a team quarterbacked by Derek Carr. Not against a team that was 9-8 a year ago and wasn’t supposed to be much better this year.
Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs called the whole thing “unacceptable,” which it certainly was.
The bigger question is: Was it just a one-day lapse or a sign of more bad days to come?
The answer to that isn’t completely clear.
“Obviously, we’ve got a lot of room for improvement here,” Jones said. “Extraordinarily disappointing. We will correct this. We will improve.”
Jones is probably right to be confident, because there is nowhere to go but up after what happened in this game — especially for the defense which looked so dominant in their opener one week earlier against the Cleveland Browns. The Saints had no trouble with them at all, scoring touchdowns on their first six possessions — really a ridiculous stat. Running back Alvin Kamara, who had six touchdowns all of last season and four the year prios, scored four of the touchdowns by himself in this one game.
None of that is good, obviously. Clearly, though, the Cowboys don’t want to show any signs of panic — and with good reason. A year ago, they got off to a dominant start, winning three of their first four games by a combined score of 108-13 (albeit against the Giants, Jets and Patriots)….
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