Sunday’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons was a classic tale of two halves for the Dallas Cowboys. Because starting quarterback Brandon Weeden displayed no intention of testing the defense deep, the Cowboys’ offense was stymied and it will continue to be so unless Dallas makes opponents respect the deep passing game.
On the surface, Weeden’s stats appear respectable and efficient but all is not as it appears. Weeden completed 84.6% of his passes, which at first glance seems rather impressive.
So to does his 9.2 yards per attempt, a stat that often measures how much a quarterback is pushing the ball deep.