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With an entire week to ponder the blowout that was the Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles game, there have been a lot of questions asked about what happened. Here is a look at the game as I grade the Dallas performance from that Week 8 loss.
Pass Offense
Tony Romo looked horrible this entire game. He was antsy in the pocket, he was off on all his throws and he looked completely shaken. He barely hit 51-percent of his passes and threw one touchdown and one interception. Romo also only threw for 203 yards in the game and 103 of those yards were to Laurent Robinson. Miles Austin had three catches for 27 yards, Dez Bryant had three for 28 and Jason Witten had four for 28. This was the worst performance of the year. - F
Rushing Offense
Here is the problem with the Dallas Cowboys rushing offense in Week 8 - they only ran the ball ten times. DeMarco Murray, one week after breaking the Cowboys single game rushing record, carried the ball eight times for 74 yards. Murray averaged 9.25 yards a carry and only ran for eight times. The reason for this is that Dallas was down 24-0 at the half and gave up on the run. They should not have given up on it this much. I raise the grade because Murray was great in limited time. - C-
Rushing Defense
The Dallas Cowboys had the No. 1 rushing defense in the league. They gave up 185 yards and two touchdowns to LeSean McCoy and 50 more yards to Michael Vick. Sean Lee was hurt, and that damaged this defense, but this was embarrassing. - F
Passing Defense
Michael Vick threw for 279 yards and two touchdowns. Dallas did not intercept one pass and it was the tight end Brent Celek, operating against a linebacker corps missing Lee, who led the team with 94 yards and a touchdown. At least they held back DeSean Jackson so he couldn't score and do another stupid touchdown dance. I raise this score because DeMarcus Ware had four sacks in the game. - C
Special Teams
Mat McBriar was injured and that kills Dallas. He had two punts inside the 20. Kicker Dan Bailey took over punting duties and kicked it longer but couldn't pin Philadelphia back. Also, Bailey only got one extra point attempt and no field goal tries. Meanwhile, Dallas stuffed the Eagles on punt returns. It was the only thing that looked halfway competent. - B
Author Shawn S. Lealos has followed the Dallas Cowboys since he was a child, his favorite players range from Roger Staubach and Tony Dorsett to the Triplets of the 90s. Through the great years of the '90s and the hard times of the '80s, Shawn never turned his back on America's Team.
Source: Yahoo! Sports
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