Good, bad, ugly: Cowboys humiliated at home by Broncos 30-16

< blockquote course="scores-widget"data-widget-id= "b980507e-fcb7-4def-b6c0-0a085d60df53"data-token=" 2507891578C2A70D2A935DC9E7444D7B "> For the last 6 weeks, the Dallas Cowboys have actually played great football; winning football despite having a couple of bounces break them in each competition. They took care of to get over and also make sure that points went right when it mattered. In their embarrassing 30-16 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday, the Cowboys had basically absolutely nothing go right as well as looked like among the most awful teams in the league for much of the Week 9 competition.

The Cowboys went down to 6-2 on the year and now will require to regroup to show this had not been anything greater than just a bad week at the workplace. Here's the excellent, the negative, and the ugly for the Cowboys in a loss that's tough to understand.

The Excellent: Micah Parsons

It wasn't a banner day for the Cowboys on protection, but Parsons beamed yet once again with 10 deals with and 2.5 sacks. The reigning NFC protective player of the week continues to make it a runaway race for protective rookie of the year with yet an additional double-digit deal with performance. Parsons had not been unsusceptible to the negative tackling epidemic that contaminated the entire unit, yet he was just one of minority that didn't have that define their performance on Sunday.

Parsons was a small favorable on a day where the defense was gashed.

The Bad: Pass protection and Trevon Diggs

It's been a fantastic begin to the season for the second-year cornerback, however he had a rough outing against the Broncos. Diggs had 2 coverage fines as well as was defeated for a 44-yard touchdown by pass receiver Tim Patrick in the initial fifty percent.

The Broncos had no trouble tossing at Diggs when needed, and with the exception of one pass separation, it was a struggle for the Alabama item for much of the day.

Broncos quarterback Teddy Bridgewater had an effective performance, going 19-28 for 249 passing lawns as well as a score. Bridgewater was sacked three times however never ever appeared rattled while making vital third-down downs to shed the Dallas pass protection.

The Ugly: Rush defense Among Dallas'

constant weak points is their run defense which hasn't performed well when tested. The Broncos ran right at the Cowboys as well as had a significant day.

Running backs Melvin Gordon and Javonte Williams consumed the rush protection for 191 yards and also a score. The novice RB Williams ran for 111 yards on just 17 brings and went through deals with to embarrass the Cowboys.

The angriest of runs,

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The Broncos were missing out on among their best offensive linemen heading into the video game and also shed two even more throughout the win, to make it even more embarrassing for the Cowboys.

The Bad: Protective efficiency

The Cowboys did a strong job of putting the Denver violation behind the chains, but they couldn't quit the Broncos from transforming in those situations. On 5 celebrations, the Cowboys had a protective quit or penalty that placed the Broncos in longer than 14 lawns to go and the violation for the Broncos converted on each of them, including three times in the very first half when the game was close.

3 times on that particular drive, DAL defense got a take on for loss on 1st down. On second and also long, they offered permitted: compete 11, masquerade 25 and 3 yd TD.

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Groups aren't mosting likely to win many games enabling opponents to convert long down as well as ranges. The Dallas defense enabled the Broncos to transform on eight of their 15 third-down tries, a number that will certainly get a club beat in many games.

The Great: Malik Turner

The hardly ever used receiver obstructed a punt in the third quarter, and after that made plays in rubbish time, where Turner came away with five catches and also 2 touchdowns.

Turner hardly ever gets possibilities on infraction, as well as while Dallas made a decision to leave their starting QB as well as line in, they did offer him some run when things got out of hand. With Michael Gallup near being back, Turner isn't expected to get lots of opportunities progressing as he goes back to WR6 condition. This was a positive performance for a young receiver working with his chemistry with Prescott.

The Ugly: Fourth-down infraction

The Cowboys stay one of the more aggressive offenses in the league. Head trainer Mike McCarthy isn't terrified to go all out with his crime and also the tools at his disposal.

However, the Cowboys were 0-4 in the game, including missing on both of their attempts on their initial 2 possessions. Those failures set the tone for the video game as well as foreshadowed the lengthy day to come for the Cowboys.