The Dallas Cowboys may have stars on the sides of their helmets, but they hardly appeared to be celestial beings in their 19-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 1. The performance was terrestrial, to say the least. In fact, the coaching staff would probably like to bury the film deep in the Texas tundra. But they can’t.
Nor should they. There were a few diamond performances which stood above the crowd, sparkling while others needed to be dusted off. They mostly relied on the defensive side of the ball, where Dan Quinn’s unit fought to keep the team in the game while Kellen Moore’s group struggled to find a rhythm with a severe talent deficit from their 2021 versions. Here’s a look at three players who stood out.