Based on the scoreboard, it didn’t look like the Rams were completely shut down by the Cowboys. They scored a respectable 21 points on the road, which isn’t a terrible number. However, 14 of those points came in the final minutes of the game when it was already out of reach.
The Rams finished with only 289 yards of total offense and were 4-for-12 on third down, gaining only 22 yards on the ground. Wide receiver Josh Reynolds says it wasn’t anything the Cowboys did particularly well, but more a matter of the Rams getting in their own way.
“One play at a time,” Reynolds said of the status of the Rams offense. “They weren’t doing too much to stop us. We were kind of stopping ourselves. We weren’t executing plays. Busted blocks. It falls on all of us. We are going to take another week to correct things, watch this film, and get better.”
The Rams committed five penalties, Jared Goff threw a costly interception before halftime and the ground game was non-existent due to poor blocking and execution. Los Angeles was a mess offensively and on defense, Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard could not be stopped.
Taylor Rapp didn’t have the same take on Dallas’ performance, saying the Cowboys “totally dominated us.”
There’s no doubt the Rams tripped themselves up with mistakes, but the Cowboys also played well and didn’t make many errors.