Decoding McCarthy, Wk 10 - The 640 Yarder

Dallas puts up an all-time performance by leaning into its evolving offensive changes

The statistics speak for themselves.

I shouldn’t have to do too much work here as the Cowboys gained 640 yards.

As a reminder, an average team gains 337 yards in an average NFL game. We have always defined 360+ as very good and 400+ as excellent.

Dallas had 640 on Sunday which is the second-most in Cowboys history and the second most in the NFL in the last five years. Only Miami putting 726 yards on Denver back in September out-gained what Dallas did to New York on Sunday.

Five Years.

Oh yeah, in the history of the Dallas Cowboys franchise – which is playing in its 64th year of existence this season – there is only one game that has more yardage and that was over 57 years ago.

This was one for the history books. But, it is also such an onslaught and mismatch that I am not sure how much value there is on a full autopsy.

Look at this drive chart. What am I supposed to offer about this? I guess we should probably get mad about the fourth down at the goal-line and maybe the interception, but I will show you below that I think the Giants did one thing right on Sunday and it was that play-call that fooled the Cowboys once.

There isn’t much more to tell you about this one.

Dallas absolutely hammered the Giants like they have never hammered them before – and that says quite a bit since the last meeting was 40-0. I assume that NYC sports radio has chilled a bit on the pre-Week 1 claim Tiki Barber gave us that “most people” would rather have Daniel Jones over Dak Prescott, but, then again, they are a stubborn bunch.