Rick Gosselin offers a key factor in the success so far for Dallas, which ties into the tenet of former head coach Jimmy Johnson that avoiding bad plays was more important than making good ones.
I've been charting negative plays league-wide since the 1990s when I spent my time at this newspaper as the NFL columnist. In particular, I've charted the game-changing, momentum-changing plays - fumbles and interception returns for touchdowns, kickoff and punt returns for touchdowns, blocked kicks and special-teams turnovers.