Coming off a bye week the Patriots knew that their week four match-up out in Dallas wouldn’t be easy, and Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett did some things early on that caused New England’s offense some problems early on.
In the first half they couldn’t do much of anything, converting just 1-of-6 on third down while struggling to put up the thirteen points they managed against Dallas. Over that stretch the Cowboys sacked Tom Brady five times, the most in any half over Brady’s entire career.
Bill Belichick explained that part of the reason they struggled had to do with the fact the Cowboys came out in a defensive front they hadn’t shown before, which took some adjustments before they finally got things going.