Cowboys get odd grade after Panthers beatdown

[ad_1] The autopsy continues to be occurring for the Dallas Cowboys after the 30-27 loss, and for many, they know precisely the place to place the share of the blame for what transpired at Financial institution of America Stadium.

In fact, each side of the ball performed a task within the loss, the protection extra so, however the offense did go three-and-out with a few display passes within the fourth quarter, which was the final time the unit would contact the ball with 6:07 left within the sport.

Defensively, Matt Eberflus' unit was torched, each on the bottom by Rico Dowdle (183 yards) and thru the air because the Panthers devastatingly curb-stomped Dallas.

And for CBS Sports activities' John Breech, he is oddly given the Cowboys a "B-" grade for the loss to Carolina, which I feel is principally right down to the offensive efficiency.

"The Cowboys had an opportunity to make an announcement on this sport, however as a substitute they obtained steamrolled by Rico Dowdle,” Breech wrote. “The Cowboys went into Week 6 with the NFL's worst protection and in case you watched this sport, you noticed why that's. The Cowboys cannot belief their protection and so they cannot belief their dashing assault and when you possibly can't belief these two issues, it is arduous to win the NFL.”

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Cowboys' offense needs to be good to win video games Given the state of the protection and the truth that the unit struggles to cease anybody, Dak Prescott and Co. know they've to attain factors on each drive and certain touchdowns.

Within the fourth quarter, the protection gave up two drives of 14 and 19 performs, which took a mixed 11:25 minutes off the clock because the offense, for as soon as, stalled late, and that was the sport.

The sensation halfway by means of the third quarter was that the Cowboys, if in a manageable distance, would want to go for it on fourth down as a result of if the offense punted, Carolina was more likely to rating.

That is not an excellent spot to be in, and this week at The Star, plenty of soul-searching needs to be performed on the defensive facet, as a result of proper now, issues are bleak with no indicators of this getting rotated.