Cowboys Morning After, Wk 8 - The Los Angeles KO
In less than three minutes, Dallas ended the Rams with a flurry of mighty dominance.
Coming out of the bye week, with a noon game, against an opponent that was able to slide into town without the normal showdown hype probably made coaches nervous.
With things like the World Series stealing all available oxygen and Philadelphia looming on the horizon, home at lunchtime versus the struggling Rams seemed like a recipe for a predictable sleepy performance that the Cowboys would have to deal with as they re-started their season after some R&R.
Then, after Dallas received the opening kickoff, those concerns seemed properly realized as the Rams sacked Dak Prescott three times on the first three passing plays. Yes, only two of them turned out to officially register as sacks, but I assure you even the ones that are nullified due to a touchy penalty in the secondary still are felt by Prescott’s body. With Tyron Smith unavailable, again, the issues quickly appeared to be everywhere as Sunday’s important contest began to take shape.
Luckily, the situation was quieted by the passing game deciding that it was time to show some things. Seven straight plays after the Aaron Donald sack had the stadium murmuring.