Another frustrating loss has the dallas cowboys with 3-5 on the season. With three straight losses now, the Cowboys are watching this season slip away and might need to consider being sellers at the NFL trade deadline.

While the front office has to consider that, we can continue analyzing what happened during Sunday’s loss. It’s easy to assume the entire team was horrible. after another defeat but that is not the case.

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In this one, several players had strong individual performances. Here’s who stood out as the top five players of the week for Dallas.

Cooper Rush has always performed well when called upon and that was the case again in Week 9. Rush found himself in a difficult situation when he entered the game in the fourth quarter. after an injury to Dak Prescott.

He was being asked to take charge of a stagnant offense that was trailing by two points. Add in the limited time on the clock and everyone knew he would back off to pass. Even though the odds were against him, Rush had 115 yards and a touchdown on 13-of-25 passing. It would have been an even better stat line if there hadn’t been a couple of drops.

One was from CeeDee Lamb, who had a Rush dime pass through his hands on third-and-11 from the 31. On the next play, he hit KaVontae Turpin, who couldn’t hold on, forcing a turnover on downs. .

Dak Prescott barely threw the ball more than five yards downfield while playing, which meant the Cowboys were asking their receivers to break tackles. Jake Ferguson seemed to do that more than anyone, finishing with 71 yards on seven catches. He’s still a weapon, but the Cowboys have yet to get him a touchdown pass, which seems criminal at this point.

Dallas’ most consistent player this year is Brandon Aubrey. The sophomore kicker was 2-for-2, including a 57-yarder. He is now 20-22 on the season and could be the next player to line up for Jerry Jones. cry about the salary cap in the low season.

Carl Lawson had his best game for the Cowboys on Sunday. One of the few bright spots for a struggling defense, he recorded two sacks and forced a fumble on one of them when Kirk Cousins ​​coughed up the ball.

Dez Bryant thinks the Cowboys are disrespecting Ezekiel Elliott by not giving him the right opportunities. It’s hard to believe that’s the case when Rico Dowdle continues to outdo him every chance he gets.

On Sunday, Dowdle had 75 yards on 12 rushing attempts and 32 yards on five receptions. It even made a potential Reception of the work of the year when he caught a touchdown pass that he initially missed.

Dowdle may not be an elite running back, but he’s still the only one in Dallas who deserves more snaps.

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