Unsurprisingly, Dallas proprietor Jerry Jones did not criticize the officiating within the Cowboys’ bewildering Week 17 victory over the Detroit Lions.
On Monday , Lions head coach Dan Campbell admitted they despatched two offensive linemen to the officers earlier than their ill-fated two-point conversion to catch the Cowboys off guard. Though this will have contributed to the confusion, it isn’t a sound excuse, and the crew in all probability made the mistaken name.
Jones’ feedback should not distract from one in all Dallas’ primary defensive issues: its incapability to cease groups in crunch time. Even star linebacker Micah Parsons conceded the protection should enhance following the 20-19 victory over Detroit (11-5).
“I do not even really feel like we must always have been in that place,” Parsons mentioned, per Saad Yousuf of The Athletic. “How a lot we put into two-minute, how we satisfaction ourselves on getting stops within the recreation, it is positively some issues we bought to repair. That is one thing we have to have a look at.”
In a 22-20 loss to Miami in Week 16, the Cowboys allowed the Dolphins to engineer a 12-play, 64-yard drive en path to a successful area objective. Regardless of the late-game mishaps, Dallas defensive coordinator Dan Quinn stays assured.
“It is a group I actually belief in that situation,” he told the media Monday. “They’ve constructed that belief with me over the past three years. Am I pleased with the outcomes over the past two weeks? Hell no. However to say something completely different, I’d do, in fact, perhaps a name right here or there, however nothing huge that may be modified.”
The Cowboys (11-5) — who’ve already clinched a playoff berth — are nonetheless in an important spot. In the event that they beat the Washington Commanders (4-12) Sunday, they’re going to seize the NFC’s No. 2 seed.