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Ralph Vacchiano
NFL Reporter
David Helman
NFL Reporter
The Dallas Cowboys looked so good on Opening Day, so tough in most phases, that it was easy to start feeling optimistic. The NFC looked pretty wide open. They looked ready to roll.
Then their blowout loss in their home opener to the New Orleans Saints put a stop to that.
It wasn’t just that they were drubbed 44-19. After all, the Cowboys have a history of big, humiliating losses just when they start to really feel good about themselves. But this one felt different. No one thought the Saints were a dangerous team … until they scored touchdowns on each of their first six possessions. They ran all over the Cowboys defense.
Maybe it’s too early to worry. But it sure brought up a lot of issues to discuss in Dallas, even as Jerry Jones — and everyone else in the organization — tried to preach calm.
But don’t panic (yet). In this Week 2 edition of Fox Sports’ Cowboys Corner, NFL writers David Helman and Ralph Vacchiano break down Dallas’ biggest problems and potential solutions, and take a look ahead to a dangerous game at home against the winless Baltimore Ravens on Sunday afternoon (4:25 p.m. ET on FOX):
1. Ahead of Sunday’s showdown in Dallas, which team’s Week 2 loss is most concerning: Cowboys or Ravens?
Helman: I’ll say the Cowboys. It’s got to be frustrating how the Ravens find ways to lose leads in the fourth quarter, but that can be fixed with better playcalling and execution. It’s a lot tougher to fix what we saw from the Dallas run defense. Once again, we watched the Cowboys’ defensive tackles get blown off the ball by the Saints, giving Alvin Kamara miles of open space to run before the linebackers could get to the play. Maybe Mike Zimmer can fix it to a degree, but this looks like a personnel issue that’s been ongoing dating back to 2021. Remember the Arizona and Buffalo losses last year? Looked awfully…
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Publish date : 2024-09-20 12:00:45
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