The Dallas Cowboys had their very first of 4 open Sundays of their season in week 4, currently having a win from Thursday night at the Giants in hand to sit at 2-2. With the win coming at a pricey injury rate to protective beginners Micah Parsons and DeMarcus Lawrence, the additional day of rests come at a great time for Dallas to reset and prepare for how they can utilize Thursday’s win to sustain any success beginning in week 5 at the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Cowboys will not be going on the roadway to deal with an unbeaten group, as the formerly 3-0 Steelers lost their very first video game of the season 27-24 at the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.
The Colts held on to win regardless of losing beginning quarterback Anthony Richardson to an injury, turning to Joe Flacco who led 4 scoring drives – tossing a set of goals to receiver Josh Downs in his season launching and tight end Drew Ogletree.
Flacco’s capability to look after the ball coupled with Jonathan Taylor’s 21 brings for 88 backyards sufficed for the Colts who went out to an early 17-0 lead, putting genuine video game pressure on Steelers quarterback Justin Fields. The Colts stunned a Steelers defense that had actually been their calling card to a 3-0 start with low-scoring wins versus the Falcons, Broncos, and Chargers (all 3 video games remaining at 30 points or less) with huge plays on the ground, causing Fields needing to hang back a season-high 34 times. Sacked 4 times and fumbling when, Fields needed to make have fun with his legs which he did by scoring two times in the 2nd half, both of which put his group within a goal. The Colts would address with points both times to extend the lead back to 2 ratings, and develop a last turnover on downs to seal the three-point win.
For the Cowboys, they will now deal with an AFC North group coming off of an upset loss for the 2nd time this season. Dallas was not able to match the strength of an 0-2 Ravens group that pertained to AT&T Stadium in week 3 off a loss to the Raiders and reacted by beating the Cowboys 28-25 in a video game that wasn’t even that close. Handing Mike Tomlin’s group their 2nd loss in a row will likewise be a considerable obstacle, however as the league-wide pattern of definitely no groups leaping too far ahead of the pack continues, the Steelers definitely assisted this trigger by looking genuinely beatable for the very first time in week 4.
Here are a couple of other notes on their match with the Colts and how it might impact next Sunday’s video game versus the Cowboys.
The Steelers entered this video game having actually won with their defense, more particularly a protective line they depend make plays maybe more than any other in the NFL. T.J. Watt blazes a trail as an edge rush that mainly lines up over ideal deal with,