Vaunted Cowboys defence needs win facing Eagles
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This article was published 09/12/2023 (1010 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
DALLAS — At times the Cowboys’ defence appears to have it all — a co-ordinator (Dan Quinn) who has been viewed as a franchise saver, a pass rusher (Micah Parsons) correctly seen as the most disruptive force in the game and now a pass catcher (DaRon Bland) who has broken an NFL record despite not being a starter when the season began.
The unit has the stats as a group to state its case — third in total defence (best in the NFC), fourth in points allowed, seventh in sacks, fourth in turnover margin, fourth in takeaways.
What it lacks is a signature win against a good team in which the unit is dominant. Or even relevant.
No better time than the present. The Cowboys host the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night, and nothing less than first place in the NFC East is at stake.
Dallas will still need the Eagles to lose another game down the stretch — presumably next week in Seattle — to have a chance to win the tiebreaker or finish first overall, but the Cowboys have no real chance without a win Sunday night as the nation watches.
This would seem to be an opportune time for Quinn’s unit to remind us how we viewed this as a defence-first team back in September.
The defence has been a true wrecking crew against the Giants and the Jets, against the one-win Panthers, and the two-win Patriots, and against the hapless Commanders.
In those six games, the Cowboys allowed 50 points. In their other six — all against superior teams except for Arizona, the aberration loss that haunts this team — the Cowboys allowed 170.
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