Think of the Dallas Cowboys as being just as perplexed and perplexed at themselves as everyone else is. Due to their inability to perform well away from home, the Cowboys team, who has secured a spot in the playoffs for the third consecutive year, is unable to get enthused about their postseason chances. That was once more highlighted by a 31-10 loss on Sunday at the Buffalo Bills. The Cowboys, who have won 15 straight games since the previous season, are 7-0 at home and 3-4 on the road. However, as a result of those road defeats, they now face a postseason run where winning on the road will probably be necessary to advance to the Super Bowl. And the Cowboys are genuinely at a lost for words when it comes to explaining why their home and away performances are so dissimilar after the loss to the Bills snapped the team’s five-game winning run. To be honest, it’s just not acceptable anymore. It is not justifiable. It’s astounding. I don’t know why we’re not clicking as a team or why we can’t seem to get along on the road. Facilitated by TaboolaSUGGESTIBLE FOR YOU GLOBAL 20 years after being given a life sentence, a 17-year-old was found not guilty. “I was unrelenting.” December 11, 2023 – Monday Man flees from car as pal points gun at him; he is struck by train, according to Tennessee police December 14, 2023 PUBLIC Police in New York claim a mother suffocates her twin 2-year-old kids to death while they are in car seats. December 14, 2023 PUBLIC Police claim a 22-year-old disappears from his New York home for weeks at a time. Then his mother called. December 15, 2023 As is usually the case when Dallas plays on the road, the Bills dominated the Cowboys on both sides of the ball. The Cowboys’ terrible 28-16 loss to the Arizona Cardinals (3-11) was the first indication of their full and utter lack of show, and that was before the 49ers crushed them 42-10. Given how excellent and powerful the Cowboys have been at home, their performance and stats both at home and away are just absurd.
The humiliation for the Bills occurred one week following their 33-13 triumph at AT&T Stadium over the Philadelphia Eagles (10-3). Think about it: in seven home games, the Cowboys have scored 31 touchdowns, compared to 17 in seven away games. They score 21.7 points per game away from home and 39.9 points per game at home. Even with their three victories away from home against the likes of the New York Giants (5-9), Carolina Panthers (2-12), and Los Angeles Chargers (5-9), the Cowboys have been largely outplayed on the road, with the exception of their 28-23 loss to Philadelphia.
“That’s the takeaway,” head coach Mike McCarthy declared. We are aware that there is simply too much of a gap when we play away from home, even when we perform so brilliantly there. We must be more capable than this. Nobody, I believe, anticipated us to play as well as we did tonight.
Not to take away from their excellent play, but we still need to improve greatly when traveling. In addition to trying to earn some confidence heading into the playoffs by defeating a formidable opponent on the road, the Cowboys also wanted to secure a higher seeding and, ideally, at least one, if not more, road games during the postseason. However, they may have put on their worst game of the year on Sunday. Only one touchdown was scored by quarterback Dak Prescott and the top-ranked offense in the league, and that came in the fourth quarter with the Bills leading 31-3. Buffalo was also able to run the ball freely thanks to the defense, allowing 49 rushes for 266 yards. Josh Allen, an All-Pro quarterback, only completed 7 passes for 94 yards. Yes, there is a significant difference, according to Prescott. The goal of the upcoming preparatory week and, to be honest, the next several weeks is to identify the disparity and work on closing it. Naturally, we wish we could produce live as we do at home, but that hasn’t happened. We must thus ascertain the answers to these questions and work to bridge the divide because we are not allowed to be the two distinct teams. The Cowboys’ issue is that they don’t know how to fix it. There is not much time left as they have two of their next three games at home. On Christmas Eve, the Cowboys play at the Miami Dolphins (10-4) before hosting the Detroit Lions (10-4) and the Washington Commanders (4-10) in the season finale. When pressed again to explain the team’s struggles on the road, Prescott responded, “Yeah, that’s a good question.” “I’m not sure. I think this is the first time I’ve ever dealt with anything like. More than anything, I think we need to embrace the fact that we are traveling and entering someone else’s area as the underdog. Really, it’s something I’ve always appreciated. “I wish I had an answer.”
Everyone does.
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