Taking an ass-whooping can is part of life. Whether or not getting bodily dominated or just enduring a tough loss, that second is finally virtually unavoidable for most individuals. The Dallas Cowboys obtained their ass kicked in a bodily sense all all through their Week 15 matchup in opposition to the Buffalo Bills.
Josh Allen has a behavior of turning over the ball, however he additionally makes a plethora of giant performs that maintain opposing defenses off stability. His huge arm and physique, alongside along with his velocity, make him probably the greatest quarterbacks within the NFL. None of that was mandatory throughout the Payments’ 31-10 domination of the Cowboys.
Allen is the Payments’ second-leading rusher on the season and accounted for less than 24 of the group’s 266 complete yards on the bottom. The Cowboys entered Highmark Stadium having received their final 5 video games. Throughout that span, the Payments went 2-3.
The sport was a catastrophe for Dallas, however that doesn’t imply it’s time for Prescott and Co. to place their star helmets in a field. Maybe an ass-whooping of this magnitude may regular the Cowboys as they try and make an actual championship run.
It was well-known that the Cowboys had a proficient roster coming into this season. Bringing in gamers like Stephon Gilmore and Brandin Cooks made it clear the group had championship aspirations. Since a Week 5, 42-10 loss on the street in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers, the ‘Boys had been on a roll. Their only loss since then was a narrow defeat on the road against the Philadelphia Eagles that was avenged at home, 33-13, in Week 14.
At no point were the Cowboys competitive during their featured late-window matchup against the Bills on Sunday. They were down 14-0 early, before an 11-play drive ended in a field goal. The Bills responded with another touchdown drive and went into halftime up 21-3. At that point, Allen had only completed five of 11 passes for 71 yards.
In the second half, the Bills continued to run the ball down the Cowboys’ throat and completed the sport with 266 yards dashing. Dallas gained solely 89 yards on the day. Along with his group trailing all through the sport, Prescott managed to throw for less than 134 yards on 3.9 yards per try. He was hit seven instances and sacked three.
Desperation is unimaginable to simulate. In professional sports activities, the perfect athletes on the planet compete on the highest ranges of energy, velocity and agility. When individuals bodily go in opposition to one another with these ability units, the aspect with probably the most to lose has the perfect likelihood at clawing its option to victory. That’s how groups within the NBA playoffs win video games in opposition to higher opposition. There isn’t a option to replicate the urgency of being down 0-2.
Getting actually run over by a group not identified for fulfillment on the bottom needs to be shaming for the Cowboys, however it might probably additionally function a wake-up name. That’s playoff depth. The Payments haven’t any selection however to strategy the remainder of the season with a one-and-done power since they’ve already misplaced six video games.
Coming face-to-face with that power, on the street, needs to be helpful to the Cowboys so long as they acknowledge their ass-whooping and take in the next lesson. Whereas they weren’t capable of meet the power in Week 15, they felt it for a whole sport.
With only some weeks till the beginning of the playoffs, the Cowboys performed in opposition to a group already in that mode. They obtained stomped, however in addition they obtained some early reps in opposition to the extent of competitors and urgency that they should deal with so as to win a championship.
