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Crunching Cowboys stats: What the numbers say about the win over the Chargers

It feels good to have a Dallas Cowboys win to celebrate after the 20-17 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers. Heck, we even get an extra day to bask in this one with the Cowboys playing the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday. As always there are some interesting things to draw from the stats. So let’s dive in.

The near absence of the special teams

There is an understandable level of irritation about John Fassel’s mystifying decision to go for a punt block in a fourth and twenty situation on the first play following the two minute warning in the first half.