- The Dallas Cowboys had the highest-scoring offense in football last season; oh, how the mighty have fallen. Through six weeks of the NFL season, the Cowboys offense under Mike McCarthy’s guidance has been a painful watch.
The costly red zone turnovers, the false starts, and the miscommunication have all led Dallas having one of the poorer offenses in football at 21 points per game.
McCarthy, fresh off the bye week, is well-aware of the issues plaguing his offense. With Dak Prescott having his worst completion percentage since 2017 (63.4), lowest passer rating (85.5), and QBR (48.9) along with turning the ball over (six interceptions already) with alarming regularity, the coach acknowledges that it’s concerning.
“Those statistics don’t help for overall performance,” McCarthy said on Dak’s form. “We’re minus-six in the turnover ratio, so that’s the huge blinking light for us.
“That’s the lowest of our time here and it’s unacceptable.”
With Prescott having multiple interceptions three times in six games, that isn’t a winning formula, and when you add in that some of those have been in the red zone and have taken at least three points off the board, that’s alarmingly “low times,” alright.
But the bye week perhaps came at the right time for Dak and Dallas to iron out the issues that have plagued them through six weeks.
The Cowboys have a brutal schedule over the next month, starting with the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday night. One thing is for certain: if Dallas wants to win its fourth game of the year, Dak can’t turn the ball over.
McCarthy called the turnover ratio unacceptable, and if Prescott and the Cowboys can’t find a way to tilt the scales in their favor soon, this “lame-duck” season could be over rather early, which spells trouble for a host of people inside The Star for whom things could get “lower” still.
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