Unsurprisingly, Dallas proprietor Jerry Jones did not criticize the officiating within the Cowboys’ bewildering Week 17 victory over the Detroit Lions.
On Monday , Lions head coach Dan Campbell admitted they despatched two offensive linemen to the officers earlier than their ill-fated two-point conversion to catch the Cowboys off guard. Though this may occasionally have contributed to the confusion, it isn’t a sound excuse, and the crew in all probability made the mistaken name.
Jones’ feedback should not distract from one in every of Dallas’ primary defensive issues: its lack of ability to cease groups in crunch time. Even star linebacker Micah Parsons conceded the protection should enhance following the 20-19 victory over Detroit (11-5).
“I do not even really feel like we should always have been in that place,” Parsons mentioned, per Saad Yousuf of The Athletic. “How a lot we put into two-minute, how we satisfaction ourselves on getting stops within the sport, it is positively some issues we obtained to repair. That is one thing we have got to take a look at.”
In a 22-20 loss to Miami in Week 16, the Cowboys allowed the Dolphins to engineer a 12-play, 64-yard drive en path to a successful subject purpose. Regardless of the late-game mishaps, Dallas defensive coordinator Dan Quinn stays assured.
“This can be a group I actually belief in that state of affairs,” he told the media Monday. “They’ve constructed that belief with me over the past three years. Am I pleased with the outcomes over the past two weeks? Hell no. However to say something totally different, I’d do, in fact, perhaps a name right here or there, however nothing massive that may be modified.”
The Cowboys (11-5) — who’ve already clinched a playoff berth — are nonetheless in an awesome spot. In the event that they beat the Washington Commanders (4-12) Sunday, they will seize the NFC’s No. 2 seed.
