The Cowboys came out of Sunday night’s loss to the Packers looking like a team still searching for answers in every phase. At 2-4, Dallas is stuck in a place where mistakes keep piling up, the offense keeps drifting, and even the few things that work get shelved before they can matter.
The easiest way to describe what happened is simple: nothing came easy for Dallas. Drops, missed blocks and sloppy footing all showed up again, and the Cowboys kept beating themselves.
The defense handled first and second down well in the opening half, but when third down arrived, Green Bay kept extending drives no matter the distance. Whether Dallas rushed, blitzed or backed off in coverage, Jordan Love and the Packers kept finding a way through.
That problem was matched by an offense that never got into gear. The Cowboys scored zero points in the first half and handed the Packers two turnovers on the plus side of the field.
That combination led to a 17-point hole by halftime, and while the defense tightened up after the break and allowed only six points, the offense still never fully recovered. Dallas finished with just two touchdowns on the night.
For a roster built around playmakers, the bigger concern is how stuck the offense looks when pressure shows up. For the second straight week, the Cowboys struggled to handle blitzing from the other side.
Dak Prescott spent the night taking hit after hit, and some of those plays drew personal fouls. The rhythm never settled in, and the breakdowns made it obvious how opposing defenses will keep attacking until Dallas proves it can answer.
The run game was another missed opportunity. Brian Schottenheimer’s offense kept leaning away from balance, even when the ground game had a chance to help.
Javonte Williams had just 10 carries on the night until nearly two minutes remained in the fourth quarter, and that came in a game that stayed within reach for most of the second half. Dallas did run the ball on five of its nine plays on the opening drive of the second half and got a touchdown out of it, but after that, the Cowboys did not call another run until late in the fourth.
That makes the choice even harder to explain because the rushing attack was working. The Cowboys seemed to feel the pressure to chase points, and maybe there was concern that the defense wouldn’t keep getting stops.
But abandoning the run when it had already shown life only made the offense more one-dimensional. If Dallas is going to survive offensively, it needs balance.
Prescott throwing 50-plus times every week is a formula that can only lead back to nights like this.
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