The Cowboys left Week 6 with another loss in the books, falling to the Green Bay Packers 23-13, but the bigger takeaway may have been buried inside a defense that showed some actual fight for once.
Dallas is still trying to make sense of life after the landmark Micah Parsons trade, and the obvious fear has been that the defense would keep sliding without him. But against Green Bay, the unit at least flashed something worth noticing. It was one of the Cowboys’ better recent defensive outings, and that has one NFL analyst asking whether this was the beginning of a real shift.
In a piece published Monday, ESPN’s Todd Archer pointed to Parsons’ new surroundings as a possible spark for Dallas.
"Maybe it's too early to call it a trend, but the Cowboys had three sacks," Archer wrote. "It is the first time this season the Cowboys have recorded at least three sacks in a game and just the second time in their past 11 games."
Archer also noted the strange twist of seeing Parsons on the other sideline and whether that alone helped wake Dallas up.
"Maybe the mere presence of Micah Parsons on the other sideline inspired the Cowboys? Quinnen Williams had the first sack of Jordan Love, his second of the season. Elijah Garcia had the second, and former Packer Kenny Clark, part of the Parsons trade, recorded the third."
For a defense that badly needs momentum, that’s at least something to build on. Whether it holds up will be the real test, and the Cowboys’ next chance comes against the Philadelphia Eagles.
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