The Dallas Cowboys’ performance in the preseason loss to the Arizona Cardinals was hard to watch at times, but among the admittedly bad stuff, there were some nice things to glean as well. It was an odd matchup as the Cowboys gave up on the entire “dress rehearsal” idea, at least on offense. But the defense was just flat impressive early on. So here are some things from the stats that we can ponder.
Eight giveaways. Zero takeaways. That alone ensured the loss, and frankly, had it not been for the play of the defense, the score should have been much worse than the final 27-3 tally.