The game started exactly how we all should have expected it to. The Dallas Cowboys defense was on full display early.
After actually getting a stop on the first drive of the game, JaVonte Williams fumbled on the Cowboys’ opening drive and allowed the Bears to jump all over Dallas.
The Cowboys’ defense was unable to get another stop until the Bears scored 14 straight points on two awful plays by the Cowboys secondary. The defense finally forced a punt when Dallas was down 14-6.
After losing CeeDee Lamb on the second drive of the game, it just felt like the Dallas offense would not be able to score enough to win this football game.
Yet Dak Prescott was sharp in the first half and found George Pickens for a two-yard touchdown and then hit Jalen Tolbert with a bullet to tie the game at 14.
That is where the offense would stop, and, YES, they should have scored more than 14, but no CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens, not being able to catch a ball today was an issue.
Defense Is A Problem
With about five minutes left in the first half, the Cowboys’ defense could have gotten off the field but on third and long, the Bears ran a screen pass to set up a FG to make it 17-14.
After a punt by Dallas, the defense once again could not even hold them to three to end the half. Dallas found themselves in the hole 24-14 at the end of the half.
The Bears scored on every single possession of the half outside of maybe the first drive.
The second half wasn’t much better, and after Pickens drop a ball right off his hands when they could have cut it to 10 that resulted in a INT, you knew it was over
The moment Lamb got hurt, you had to figure out whether it was going to cause an issue.
When teams don’t have to worry about anyone other than George Pickens, you saw it coming.
This defense is worse than 2020 when Mike Nolan was running it.
Chicago put the final nail in the coffin when the Bears took nearly 10 minutes off the clock and scored another touchdown on the worst defense in football to make the score 31-14.
The Cowboys’ offense was driving in an attempt to cut it back to 10, but after a wide open drop by George Pickens that resulted in a Dak INT, the game was all about over.
This was definitely the worst game of the year for this team. I loved what I saw in week one, and week two was a game that they normally also lose, but didn’t.
This game was a major issue and next week is a must-win against the Packers on Sunday Night Football.
This season is about to get ugly in a hurry if the Cowboys’ defense does not get figured out.
Even with only 14 points, I’m not SLIGHTLY worried about the offense, it’s the defense that continues to be an issue.
When you know you have to score legit on every possession, that has to get frustrating.
The Dallas defense has made Russell Wilson and Caleb Williams look like the MVP of the league in back-to-back games.
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