The Cowboys’ defense has been really, really bad all season long. We already knew this, of course, and while there are multiple explanations for the problem, you can pretty much narrow it down to coaching when you see good players playing this often out of position and with fatal hesitation. Thus, this failure falls on the head of defensive coordinator Mike Nolan, who wanted to install a more “multiple” defense with a limited offseason program and no preseason games due to COVID concerns.
The result? Nobody goes nowhere, as they say. The 2-4 Cowboys have a Week 7 matchup against a Washington Football Team that has been just as bad on offense as Dallas has been on defense.
Or so we thought. In the battle between the moveable force and the resistible object, it’s the Football Team that has won the battle.
Entering today's game against the Cowboys, Washington was the only team in the NFL without a single 60-yard rusher in a game this season
Antonio Gibson had 72 yards (and a TD) on only 7 carries … in the first quarter.#DALvsWAS
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) October 25, 2020
And here is rookie running back Antonio Gibson parting the waters on this 12-yard touchdown run…
OKAY @AntonioGibson14@budlight | #BudLightCelly
📺: #DALvsWAS FOX pic.twitter.com/IJ5LY0ovyd
— Washington Football Team (@WashingtonNFL) October 25, 2020
And then, it was receiver Terry McLaurin beating the pants off rookie cornerback Trevon Diggs for Washington’s second touchdown of the day. Diggs had been playing relatively well in his inaugural NFL campaign, which led me to believe that he hadn’t quite accepted his role in Nolan’s defense. Apparently, that has changed.
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👻 👻@budlight | #BudLightCelly pic.twitter.com/hA0nGaD1q1— Washington Football Team (@WashingtonNFL) October 25, 2020
The Cowboys have also been a disaster on offense, but the defense is the problem, it has been all season, and if this continues, this team won’t even be able to win the NFC East — a proposition that probably won’t take more than 6-7 wins.
