Everyone around the NFL knows that the Dallas Cowboys go as Ezekiel Elliott goes. This coaching staff has very strong convictions that their game plan of a juggernaut rushing attack with Elliott leading the way is the best key to victory. They have every reason to believe that but in the NFL you have to establish more than one way to win. Since last November, the Cowboys have regressed to a team that can’t execute unless ‘Plan A’ succeeds.
In the last nine regular season games, dating back to the meltdown in Atlanta, this offense has experienced five troubling trends (in no particular order):
- Scoring only eight points in Carolina, the Cowboys have now scored less than 10 points in five of their last nine games.