DALLAS VS FALCONS

DALLAS D FREEZES MATTY ICE

RECORD 7-2

By Mark Halpern

 The Dallas Cowboys took on the Atlanta Falcons yesterday, and the outcome was what this team needed to right the ship. The Cowboys blew out the Falcons 43-3 on Sunday. From the get-go Cowboys fans had a little to be concerned that the Cowboys were going for it on fourth down after failing multiple times last week versus Denver. This goes to show you that even though the Cowboys signed a kicker they still had no faith. However, in this game, the 4th down plays worked, and Dallas was on the board first. 

    The Dallas offense was on fire from the first drive, which ended in a Dak to Lamb touchdown. This was just the first one by Lamb on the day he would add another at the end of the second quarter. Zeke Elliot didn’t have a huge game {. This is mainly because the Cowboys were so far ahead} yards-wise but had two touchdowns. Dak Prescott showed that last week the rust was thrown off and Dak Came back firing. Dak had 292 yards and 2 passing, and 1 rushing touchdown. Michael Gallup made his return since his week 1 injury and got back into rhythm with Prescott early, and did well on blocking up field. Cooper had a relatively quiet day, but his catches came at well-needed times, especially on third down. 

    However, the Dallas offense was primed for a big game but, so was the defense. Last week the Dallas defense collapsed and let a weak Denver team walk all over them. This week, however, the defense froze Matt Ryan. Ryan, who has been in the league a long time, has had a few games this season {even with a put-together crew} still has been putting up 300 yard games. The Dallas secondary “The No Fly Zone” shut down the passing game entirely. The secondary, which has been making plays all season, got 3 interceptions {two of Ryan 1 off Rosen}, two sacks, 4 tackles for loss, not to mention the ton of pressure put on Ryan the whole game and the several hits he took. Jordan Lewis had an excellent breakout game with a few pass deflections and great coverage. Treyvon Diggs captured his 7th pick of the year and is making a run at Cowboy’s history. The Cowboys held the Flacons to a total of 234 yards of offense and gave up only 3 points on the entire day.

     Now yes, Cowboys fans enjoyed this ass-kicking, and after last week’s performance, they deserved it. However, this wasn’t the Atlanta team of 2-3 years ago. Next week is the test of test for the Cowboys as they head to Arrowhead Stadium to face a Chiefs team that’s defense is close to last in the NFL, but their offense is potent. If the Dallas team that has been playing all along shows up, they can beat the Chiefs, and if they do, Superbowl bound they are.