The stats say the lack of takeaways and the inability to get off the field are killing the Cowboys defense, but there may be more to it than that.
You may find this hard to believe, but just two weeks ago, the league announced that Sean Lee had been named NFC Defensive Player of the Week on a Cowboys team that stood at 2-0 at the time.
It seems like ages ago, but at the time, the Cowboys boasted the league’s top-ranked run defense (53 yards per game) and were third in overall defense (257.