The Cowboys are reeling after a second-straight loss dropped them to 1-2 on the season. The Ravens were well on their method to a blowout win, however a mad dash for a 4th quarter return led to a three-point lipstick-on-a-pig type loss for the Cowboys. Who did well in this one? Let’s give out some grades.
Quarterback
It took a while for Dak Prescott to get settled in this video game – though his offending line didn’t make things simple on him – however this developed into a classic Prescott efficiency. His 52.9% conclusion rate does not inform the complete story in this video game – one that saw him pressed a season-high 14 times with 3 drops, 3 throwaways, and a pass batted at the line of skirmish – however Prescott was surgical in this video game.
He tape-recorded 3 huge time tosses, consisting of a completely positioned goal strike to KaVontae Turpin, and ran in a rating on top of his 2 goal passes. Prescott accumulated 379 passing lawns on the day and was the motorist of this offense in the 4th quarter. It still wasn’t enough, however if the Cowboys can get that efficiency regularly moving forward, they’ll remain in good condition.
Grade: A-
Running backs
Much like recently, the Cowboys came down so huge so early that their running backs seldom had an opportunity to carry on. That makes it tough to really grade them in this one, however Rico Dowdle when again flashed genuine capacity.
Ezekiel Elliott and Deuce Vaughn contended for snaps behind Dowdle, as the chain of command of this running back space has actually ended up being a bit more clear now. Whether that leads to an excellent hurrying video game or not stays to be seen, as we’ve gotten extremely couple of snaps with these runners in typical video game scenarios. This Sunday, however, was exceptionally typical in general production.
Grade: C
Pass catchers
The pass catchers had an intriguing day. CeeDee Lamb set up among his worst efficiencies of his profession, with 3 drops and a fumble inside the 10-yard line. He still ended up with 4 catches for 67 backyards, however Lamb understands he left meat on the bone.
Beyond Lamb, however, things were respectable. Turpin captured all 3 of his targets, Jake Ferguson almost struck 100 lawns getting, and Jalen Tolbert stacked another trustworthy video game on top of recently’s efficiency. Even Hunter Luepke flashed, in specific with a huge 24-yard catch-and-run late in the video game. This is unusual to state, however the pass catcher group was kept back by Lamb today.
Grade: B-
Offending line
This was a quite poor video game for the offending line. Prescott was under consistent pressure, getting sacked 3 times and the offending line enabling 11 of the 14 pressures on the day. Each starter on the line quit a minimum of 2 pressures, and Zack Martin in fact led the group with 3 pressures permitted.