Discipline remains an issue for the Dallas Cowboys defense.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0won a football game on Thursday and many people aren\u2019t sure how to feel about that. Beating the\u00a0New York Giants\u00a0isn\u2019t something that comes with a merit badge these days as they\u2019ve won seven straight against them and 13 in a row in games played by Dak Prescott. Having this 20-15 game come down to the wire created a lot of uneasiness for Cowboys Nation.<\/p>\n
Winning is nice, but how it goes down is what\u2019s important, which is why we take a closer look at the game every week. There was a lot to unpack in this one, but today we\u2019re giving all our attention to the incredible run defense the Cowboys displayed on Thursday night. It wasn\u2019t just that the Cowboys only allowed 26 rushing yards in this game, which in itself is very impressive as you\u2019d have to go back to the Rod Marinelli days to find a game where they allowed fewer. It was the fact that they did that after looking like a paper-bag run defense over the last two games. The extremely contrasting nature of what we witnessed needs explanation and that\u2019s what we\u2019ll try to do today as we see what we can learn after further review<\/p>\n
The Cowboys had been roasted on the outside in each of the previous two games. Any time there was a play to the outside, the opposing offense was getting 10 yards down the field before they were even touched.<\/p>\n
This type of tomfoolery wasn\u2019t on display on Thursday. The Giants tried to go outside, but the Cowboys did a much better job having defenders patiently hang on the edge trying to drive the action back inside. You could see better awareness when the ball was snapped and they didn\u2019t have defenders just anxiously attacking. They were patient and trusted their teammates to do their job. It\u2019s only one game, and that one game was the Giants, but this is very promising.<\/p>\n