There is almost nothing positive to be taken away from the Cowboys’ nightmarish performance against Denver on Sunday. But the ugliness is worth rolling around in for at least a little while, if for no other reason than to understand what happened so it can be prevented from happening again, in a game with far more on the line. From Dak Prescott’s reaction to his rust to the early fourth-down failures to the O-line Band-Aid that couldn’t stop the bleeding to that bizarre punt block rule, we’ll rehash it all here.
Also, Mike McCarthy gives a few key injury updates, and Dan Quinn has bigger things to worry about than seeing his old team come to town. A former NFL coach thinks McCarthy risked his job by leaving his starting quarterback in during a blowout loss, a rookie provides a silver lining, and why history shows that maybe a good old-fashioned visit to the woodshed was necessary for this Cowboys squad. And why is quarterbacks coach Doug Nussmeier lobbying LSU coaches about who’s taking the Tigers’ snaps against Arkansas? All that and more in News and Notes…