For several years now, the Dallas Cowboys defense has been viewed as the weakest of the team’s three phases of football. Those phases being offense, defense and special teams. But the Cowboys defensive resurgence in 2016 was equally responsible for Dallas’ magical 13-3 regular season record this year.
But just how good was this Cowboys defense this season? According to the stats, Dallas finished the year 1st in rushing defense, 26th in passing defense and 14th in total defense. The Cowboys once again struggled to get to opposing passers in 2016, ranking 24th in the NFL with a total of 28.