Few things have actually gone right this season for the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas' defense, which was damaged by injuries after the very first 3 weeks of the season, has actually begun to turn a corner a bit as they've gotten healthy. The defense has actually been playing much better, more competitive football, however before the other day's video game versus the Commanders, the very same might not be stated about Dallas' offense.
The Cowboys' offense, which led the league in points scored 2 of the previous 3 seasons, was a mess even before Dak Prescott suffered a season-ending hamstring injury. After Prescott's departure, things got back at worse. In their previous 2 video games, Dallas scored an overall of 16 points and turned the ball over 7 times. This didn't present much optimism for the match versus a 7-4 Commanders group. For the very first time in weeks, we saw the Cowboys' offense have actually sustained success on Sunday.
Dallas completed the day with 34 points as a group, although just 20 originated from the offense. While 20 offending points isn't an excellent task, there was a night and day distinction in their offending attack today versus last. The Cowboys had success on the ground and through the air, and lastly had the ability to move the ball down the field regularly. If it wasn't for some unique group accidents, Dallas' offense might have been accountable for 26 points.
A huge factor the Cowboys had the ability to have success on offense was the efficiency of quarterback Cooper Rush. The veteran quarterback had actually truly had a hard time in his very first 2 starts of the season, however he totally turned the script on Sunday. Rush created the very best total efficiency of his NFL profession, finishing 24 of 32 passes for 247 lawns and 2 goals. Rush's 117.6 Passer Rating was a career-high, as was his 75% conclusion portion.
Dallas Cowboys QB Cooper Rush was 24/32 for 247 backyards had 2 goals versus the Washington Commanders.
Rush signed up a typical time to toss of 2.38 seconds, the quickest by a Cowboys quarterback in a video game this season.
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Amongst all certified quarterbacks in Week 12, Rush ended up in the leading 12 in EPA + CPOE (0.128 10th), EPA/Play (0.175 12th), and Success Rate (52.5% 6th). Rush wasn't Patrick Mahomes back there, in reality he was still vice versa, however he was definitive with his tosses, secured the football, and made better choices than we've seen from him in weeks previous.
Is Cooper Rush efficient in reproducing this efficiency moving on? Most likely not, however it was still good to see him, for a minimum of one week, created an efficiency he and the Cowboys' offense might be happy with.
In a lost season, Dallas' offenses required this in a huge method. This efficiency will provide some self-confidence as they get in the last 6 video games of the routine season.
