Cowboys Corner: Trust Jerry Jones? Time to panic? What’s up with CeeDee Lamb?

David Helman

NFL Reporter

Ralph Vacchiano

NFL Reporter

Jerry Jones isn’t ready to panic, even if the rest of Cowboys Nation is.

The Dallas Cowboys’ “all-in” owner was very much in favor of staying the unsteady course after the Cowboys lost again at home on Sunday, this time to the Baltimore Ravens. He seems to love this team. He refuses to focus on its obvious problems.

And he has no apparent worry that Dallas has opened this season 1-2.

Whether he should be worried is a matter for debate, but there is no doubt that his team is facing a crucial game on a short week as the Cowboys travel to New Jersey to face the New York Giants (1-2) on Thursday night. A 1-3 mark was unimaginable two weeks ago, but the Cowboys’ myriad flaws have been exposed during their shaky start.

So, what are the biggest issues and questions facing America’s Team heading into their crucial Week 4 matchup? FOX Sports NFL writers David Helman and Ralph Vacchiano break it all down in our latest edition of Cowboys Corner.

1. Was Dallas’ near-comeback in the fourth quarter against Baltimore a good sign for the future, or just meaningless, garbage-time points?

Vacchiano: It’s always good when a team shows some kind of life. It surely will build some confidence for Dak Prescott and the offense. That’s still a pretty good defense they rallied against, even though the Ravens were sitting back a bit and the Cowboys were helped by an onside kick. But nobody should get too crazy. Those were mostly meaningless, garbage-time points and yards. 

When it mattered most, when it was still a game, the Cowboys were mostly a disaster. And it’s also hard to say there were any good signs for the future, what with the Cowboys’ two biggest issues still evident in the fourth quarter: They can’t run, and they can’t stop the run. If anything, their final flurry was a reminder that Prescott is really good and can put up big…


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Publish date : 2024-09-25 18:31:08

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