Like the GEICO commercials, everybody knows that the Dallas Cowboys offense is the engine that drives the team, while the defense is constantly maligned. But why is that?
My last two articles broke down the the strengths and weaknesses of the Dallas Cowboys 2016 roster on offense, defense and special teams. In this article, I’m going to compare the resources that the Dallas front office has devoted to the two units to explain why the offense is so far ahead of the defense at this point.
Referring to the table in my article on the offense, and the table in my article on the defense, let’s look more closely at the money devoted to each position group.