Cowboys Try To Explain Failures By 1 Key Position Group

The Dallas Cowboys managed to get back on the winner's list against the Houston Texans, outlasting them 34-30, and in review of the game, there have been some scathing assessments.

The big one, and one that is prominent with several respected people in the industry, has been the blocking, or moreso, the lack thereof.

And when it came to this, tight end Jake Ferguson has gotten ripped for his blocking efforts against the Houston Texans.

On Houston's 30-yard line, Ferguson, it looks like, was tasked with chipping Will Anderson Jr., before Terence Steele cleans up, but Ferguson barely touches Anderson, who is now at full speed and easily slips by Steele before getting to Dak Prescott and knocking him to the ground.

Then the next one is where critics are torching "Big Biscuit.''

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Dallas is at Houston's two-yard line and on a run play for Javonte Williams, and Ferguson dips under an oncoming defender to try and get to another block, but in the process, allows Jadeveon Clowney to come through, push off another blocker, and then steamroll Williams to blow up the run.

And head coach Brian Schottenheimer was asked about his tight ends' blocking against the Texans.

"Unfortunately, they get some tough matchups at times," Schottenheimer said. "I do think that they flash. We ask our tight ends to do a lot of really hard things. We put them in motion, full-speed motions and movements, and we ask them to stay front side and kick out elite defensive ends, and then we ask them to do full-speed motion and come back the other way.

"So, it's not where they're standing in one place, and they're able to get their feet and stuff in the ground. It's definitely something that we can improve and get better at. But it's a level 400 operation that we're asking them to do. So, level of difficulty is hard, but at the same time, it's one of our strongest, most deepest rooms, and they need to block better."

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Ferguson and Luke Schoonmaker haven't won any awards from Cowboys Nation this season for their play. So the room isn't that deep, Schotty.

Especially with Brevyn Spann-Ford playing, making big hit after big hit on offense and special teams, not to mention being consistent as a pass-catcher, with many calling for Brevyn to be TE1.

It hasn't been the best of starts for tight ends not named Spann-Ford, and after his showing in the Texans game, Ferguson is under the hammer to vastly improve his blocking, because many are less than impressed with what he dished up in Houston.