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ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys’ home opener couldn’t have gone much worse on Sunday, thanks to their 44-19 faceplant against the visiting New Orleans Saints.
Their vaunted defense got a slice of “humble pie” stuffed in its face, becoming the fifth team since 2000 to allow its opponent to score a touchdown on each of their first six drives to start a game. That will make life hard for any offense.
The Cowboys offense stayed within striking distance of the Saints early, trailing 21-13 after 2023 First Team All-Pro CeeDee Lamb’s 65-yard catch-and-run touchdown through double coverage. However, once Dallas wide receiver Jalen Brooks fell down on a slant route, which led to quarterback Dak Prescott’s first of two interceptions on Sunday, the Saints added two more touchdowns before halftime, which led to a 35-16 deficit. A three-score hole is awfully hard to climb out of, and the Cowboys certainly didn’t do that on Sunday.
“It was hard to say that we were pressing,” Prescott said postgame. “You’re trying to play complementary football and if your defense is struggling to stop a group, you want to do your part and score us downs and come back. We weren’t able to score touchdowns but were able to move the ball up and down the field. I can’t say that we were pressing necessarily. Going from last week to this week, there were some things that we wanted to get better at. We got better at third downs this week, but now it’s the red zone that I think we scored some touchdowns. It makes the defense feel a bit better, and it’s a while different feel within the game for both sides of the ball.”
“They were doubling me, and I kind of told Dak a double team don’t really intimidate me at all. I’m expecting that all year, and I still can win. Great execution by us. We need more of that,” Lamb said when discussing his 65-yard receiving touchdown.
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-09-16 01:26:30
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