FRISCO, Texas — There have been some understandable concerns about various elements of the Cowboys’ offense in 2024. Those are fair: Dallas has led the NFL in scoring offense (29.9 points per game) in 2023, but it has dropped out of the top 10 through the first four weeks of 2024 (24.3 points per game).
However, the Cowboys pass protection isn’t one of the issues they are working through: Their 25.8% quarterback pressure rate allowed is the third best in the NFL. That’s impressive considering Dallas is starting two rookies in first-round pick left tackle Tyler Guyton and third-round pick center Cooper Beebe.
Team owner and general manager Jerry Jones called his opening round selection of Guyton “a sexy pick for an offensive lineman because he has a lot of upside.” That has in large part to do with the developmental nature of Guyton. His NFL job of left tackle is the opposite of his job in college with the Oklahoma Sooners, where 13 of his 14 starts came at right tackle. His only collegiate start at left tackle was a 45-13 win against University of Texas El Paso in Oklahoma’s 2022 season opener.
His inexperience at left tackle may be playing a role in his five accepted offensive penalties this season, which are tied for the third most in the NFL entering Week 5. Guyton also has two other holding penalties this season, one in Week 3 vs. the Ravens and one in Week 4 at the Giants.
“I think it’s all on me. I just have to get better,” Guyton said on Wednesday when asked if the position switch is a big reason for the infractions.
Guyton’s holding call that was offset in Week 3 against Baltimore is his most ill-timed penalty of the season. With 12 seconds left in the first half, down 21-3, quarterback Dak Prescott uncorked a 33-yard deep ball to wide receiver CeeDee Lamb in the end zone, and his defender — Ravens 2024 first-round pick corner Nate Wiggins — was called for pass…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-10-03 23:38:24
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