It’s hard to characterize that Cowboys Week 9 game as anything but the same old 2024 story. They had their chances, they could have won, and yet they slowly took it away from themselves. The 27-21 final score is not indicative of Dallas’ effort today.
Dak Prescott’s hamstring injury that knocked him out for the rest of the second half is a much bigger story; the game itself was nothing we haven’t seen before. CeeDee Lamb was also injured in this one, and it continued to get worse as the game went on. There were some positive performances, specifically from guys like Rico Dowdle and DeMarvion Overshown, but those were outweighed by showings from Terence Steele and Zack Martin.
I'm not sure Demarvion Overshown isn't the Cowboys best healthy defensive player. The issues of old reared their head again for the Cowboys, and it’s simply hard to see them overcoming some of those weaknesses at this point. Let’s dive in deeper on this defeat in Atlanta with a look at both the first and second half here in Week 9.
First Half For some reason, the Cowboys have taken a liking to receiving the ball first after the coin toss this season. If that strategy worked, I’d have no problem with it, but it has not worked for Dallas yet. It seems like Mike McCarthy finally saw the light on that problem as they did the reverse to start Week 9, and it (somewhat) paid off.
The Cowboys defense pulled off a three-and-out after kicking off to Atlanta, got down the field easily on offense, but .
