ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys offense reaped all of the consequences of owner and general manager Jerry Jones’ “all in” offseason that transformed into the “get it done with less” offseason in Sunday’s 28-25 home loss against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 3.
Their run game led by veteran undrafted running back Rico Dowdle, late career Ezekiel Elliott and 2023 sixth-round pick Deuce Vaughn totaled 51 yards on 16 carries for 3.2 yards per carry. First-round rookie left tackle Tyler Guyton struggled, allowing two quarterback pressures, three quarterback hurries and a sack. Guyton also had a critical holding penalty at the end of the first half that negated a Ravens pass interference on an end zone throw to All-Pro wide receiver CeeDee Lamb that would have led to a first and goal. Instead, Dallas settled for a 51-yard field goal by All-Pro Brandon Aubrey and a 21-6 halftime deficit. Jones said he “couldn’t afford Derrick Henry” despite the fact that he would have been able to do had he been quicker to re-sign quarterback Dak Prescott and Lamb.
“I don’t know that today I would point at any at any position that might have made that difference out there today,” Jones said postgame on Sunday. “I think overall we had a lot of areas that we can play better in. However, we did do some good things. At the end. Our offense, I thought we would have more productivity really in our offense.”
Jones opted to have his WR3 option be a combo of 2022 third-round pick Jalen Tolbert and 2023 seventh-round pick Jalen Brooks. That youth and not getting Lamb re-signed to his four-year, $136 million contract earlier, which would have resulted in his presence at training camp, has led to an incredibly out-of-sync, topsy-turvy product, which was on full display in Week 3.
“I don’t want to be trite, but I’ve never looked in the mirror about what I didn’t have, a lot of corrections to make. I’m…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-09-23 14:20:20
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