The Dallas Cowboys have an issue, and it confirmed itself once more on Sunday night in Buffalo. The issue — they’re merely not an excellent soccer workforce after they must play a sport away from AT&T Stadium.
They demonstrated that time as soon as once more in a 31-10 loss to the Payments on Sunday that was a whole one-sided beatdown. The Cowboys not solely misplaced, they received manhandled and pushed across the area on each side of the ball.
It was such a bodily dominant win by the Payments that quarterback Josh Allen solely needed to throw for 94 yards. Not as a result of he was ineffective, however as a result of the Payments had no purpose for him to cross.
They ran over, round and thru the Cowboys’ vaunted protection all night to the tune of 266 yards, averaging 5.4 yards per carry.
Defensively, Buffalo put a significant dent in quarterback Dak Prescott’s MVP push by limiting to 134 yards, maintaining Dallas out of the top zone till the ultimate two minutes of the fourth quarter, sacking him 3 times and intercepting him one time.
All of that’s regarding from a Dallas perspective because it pertains to Sunday. However what is really regarding from a giant image perspective is simply how unhealthy the Cowboys have been on the street this season and what a whole 180 it’s from their efficiency at house.
The numbers are staggering. At house the Cowboys are 7-0, common 39 factors per sport and have outscored groups by a 279-108 margin. Relationship again to the beginning of the 2022 season they’re 15-1 at house with 15 consecutive wins.
It’s a completely totally different story on the street. With Sunday’s loss the Cowboys are 3-4 away Texas and have been outscored by 156-152 margin. They’ve additionally averaged simply 21 factors per sport and have misplaced three street video games (at Arizona, at San Francisco and at Buffalo) by no less than two scores. Over the previous two years they’re simply 8-9 (together with playoffs) on the street.
That is such a difficulty as a result of the Cowboys are wanting on the very actual chance of needing to play their playoff video games on the street. Sunday’s loss to the Payments places the the Philadelphia Eagles again within the driver’s seat for the highest spot within the NFC East and the assured house sport that might come together with it.
If Dallas can’t safe the highest spot within the division it should almost definitely be the No. 5 seed within the NFC. That may not be an enormous downside within the opening spherical (the place it could virtually definitely play the winner of the NFC South), however it could be an enormous downside for the potential Divisional and Championship rounds ought to they advance.
The Cowboys are virtually definitely going to must beat an excellent workforce (and doubtless multiple) on the street if they will get to the Tremendous Bowl. They haven’t proven they will do this for 2 years now.
Issues should not going to get any simpler subsequent weekend after they must play one other prime workforce (Miami) on the street. In the event that they lose that sport and battle to maintain it aggressive Cowboys followers needs to be majorly involved.