The 2021 Cowboys had by many measures the No. 1 offense in the NFL last season.
FRISCO - The “assumed fact” as “Monday Night Football” approached for the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos was that Russell Wilson being traded to the Mile High City would mean a Denver avalanche of touchdowns. … and a last-place finish for a hapless Seahawks team.
But well before Seattle's upset win ... by halftime, something else unfolded that has a Dallas Cowboys tone to it - something beyond the present hopelessness plaguing some fans of 0-1 Dallas.
That "something'': By halftime, both the Seahawks and Broncos had scored TDs … leaving Dallas with the dubious distinction of being the only one of the 31 NFL teams to fail to score a touchdown in the opening week of the season.
The reality of how Dallas’ defense played? Tom Brady’s Bucs struggled to score its lone TD … and if a Bucs opponent accomplishes that, said Bucs opponent simply must win.
The 2021 Cowboys had by many measures the No. 1 offense in the NFL last season. This embarrassing first game of the season - even before QB Dak Prescott exited for what became hand/thumb surgery and now a possible one- to two-month absence - looked like nothing carried over.
The 0-1 Cowboys are nevertheless confident - or are at least faking it.
Said Cowboys COO Stephen Jones on 105.3 The Fan: "I think we're going to get better as a football team - No question. We believe in this team. ... (Week 1 was) unacceptable, but I have complete confidence that this team's going to put it together."
An important next step: For the Cowboys to actually accomplish something that justifies that confidence.
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