{"id":409743,"date":"2025-11-28T03:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T03:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/409743\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T03:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T03:16:16","slug":"dallas-aces-the-test-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/409743\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas aces the test once again"},"content":{"rendered":"

All of a sudden, the Cowboys have become the smart kid in the class who raises his hand too often and asks the teacher who got the highest grade on the test. Well, can\u2019t blame them, so here goes after Cowboys 31, Chiefs 28<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Offense<\/p>\n

Javonte Williams had a hard time getting going, which is no surprise since the same was true for Colts\u2019 Jonathan Taylor, the NFL\u2019s leading rusher, last week. But Malik Davis\u2019 spark allowed Dallas to run for 137 yards while Dak Prescott <\/a>was throwing for 320 WITHOUT A SACK. That\u2019s a huge tribute to the Cowboys\u2019 offensive line to handle all of Steve Spagnuolo\u2019s blitz looks without Dak being taken down. And CeeDee Lamb returned to the elite class in a major way.<\/p>\n

Grade: <\/b>A<\/p>\n

Defense<\/p>\n

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Didn\u2019t start the game well at all \u2014 again \u2014 surrendering touchdowns on the first two KC drives. But the key to the game was the defense standing up at the end of the first half and start of the second, forcing midfield punts when it looked for certain the Chiefs would get at least field goals. The Cowboys sacked Patrick Mahomes<\/a> three times and shut down Kareem Hunt (6 for 13 after halftime). Jadeveon Clowney and Shavon Revel Jr. \u2014 opposite ends of the experience spectrum \u2014 had big days.<\/p>\n

Grade: <\/b>B<\/p>\n

Special teams<\/p>\n

Neither team managed any kind of real edge. There was one punt return for 10 yards for KC, none for the Cowboys. The Chiefs averaged a yard better on kick returns. But Aubrey made all three field goals in a game where one slip-up would have had teams playing past 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Special teams: <\/b>B-minus <\/p>\n

Coaching<\/p>\n

Brian Schottenheimer could have tried to challenge an early \u201calmost catch\u201d by George Pickens but it probably would have been unwise, and he stayed away. The coach has a team that looked lost last year and when this season began playing at an extremely high level against two of the league\u2019s best in the past few days. Matt Eberflus is managing a lot of juggling in the secondary and the team is more than surviving.<\/p>\n

Coaching: <\/b>A<\/p>\n

Overall<\/p>\n

They beat the Chiefs in what Chiefs\u2019 fans tried to make their home away from home, and now Kansas City\u2019s playoff hopes are more distant than the Cowboys. Think about that, and whether you could have bought into that possibility 2-3 weeks ago. Next step is beating a winning team on the road to legitimately enter postseason discussions. <\/p>\n

Grade: <\/b>A<\/p>\n

Find more Cowboys coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All of a sudden, the Cowboys have become the smart kid in the class who raises his hand…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":409744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,59853,29841,11890,7311,13555,1596,8998,1232,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-409743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-att-stadium","10":"tag-brian-schottenheimer","11":"tag-commentary","12":"tag-cowboys","13":"tag-dak-prescott","14":"tag-dallas","15":"tag-dallas-cowboys","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-texas","18":"tag-tx","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115625157199993904","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}