Is it officially time to panic? The Dallas Cowboys wanted to prove to the world, but more importantly to themselves that last week was an aberration. It wasn’t. The team was blown out in their home opener, 44-19 to the New Orleans Saints in Week 2 but they had a chance to reverse course seven days later with the Baltimore Ravens coming to town.
After allowing 190 rushing yards to Alvin Kamara and the Saints, the two-headed monster of QB Lamar Jackson and RB Derrick Henry made that effort look ambitious by comparison. The Ravens rushed for 274 yards on the game, bludgeoning Mike Zimmer’s embarrassed unit in every way imaginable en route to a 28-25 win.
The game came down to the wire, but this was after the Ravens ran out to a 28-6 lead they carried into the fourth quarter. Dak Prescott and the Dallas offense finally came alive, and aided by an onside kick recovery and some defensive stops, they gave themselves a chance scoring 19 points in the fourth quarter.
Unfortunately, the defense wasn’t able to shut down the Ravens’ final drive, as a Jackson keeper on 2nd-and-9 gave themselves a fresh set of downs and the chance to run out the clock.
The loss drops Dallas to 1-2 on the season, with a quick turnaround trip to New York to take on the Giants on Thursday night.
Prescott finished with 373 passing yards, two touchdowns and no turnovers without much help from the running game. Once again Dallas had issues moving the ball on the ground and then game situation took the run off the table. They finished with just 51 rushing yards on 16 carries.