Everyone loves a big play, unless it’s happening against their favorite team. Big plays are what gets fans out of their seats, whether in stadium or at home on the couch watching the big screen. Through the first two weeks of the season, Dallas had dominated their opponents in the big play, better known as toxic plays around these parts. The Cowboys were turning their opponents over at an alarming rate, the run game was doing their job and despite not many deep passes, yards after the catch by WR CeeDee Lamb were moving the chains in chunks.
That will need to return against the New England Patriots in order for the club to get back in the win column. In our latest Advanced Stats Notebook, we look at where each of the teams ranks in terms of big plays produced and given up, along with the highly important efficiency metric of EPA, the opponent-adjusted context of DVOA and the overall view of the passing game and how well each stops their opponents.