New year, same Bulls race over the Cowboys run defense

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– Despite all the complaints about Dak Prescott's contract, the Cowboys, who are paid to stop the run, are the ones who stole money. They haven't had a top-10 defense against the run since 2018 under Rod Marinelli. Since their fifth place finish this year, the best they could achieve under Mike Nolan and Dan Quinn was 16th place. After two games of the Saints and Ravens that looked like a Bulls run in Pamplona, ​​Mike Zimmer doesn't seem to have a better handle on things. Coaches and players come and go and it's the same story. It would be better to lay spike strips.

– Derrick Henry, who lives and trains in the Dallas area, admitted that rushing the Cowboys for 151 yards “felt a little good” considering they didn't even bother in the offseason had made to call. Jerry Jones was right when he said they couldn't afford two years at $18 million. But they could have afforded Braelon Allen, who at 6-1 and 235 pounds is a Derrick Henry starter. Could have taken him with their second pick of the third round, which they used on a linebacker instead. Allen is now averaging 5.1 yards per carry for the Jets.

— For the record: Not only did I advise the Cowboys to take Allen out of Wisconsin last spring, but I also wrote at the start of the 2016 draft that they should select Jalen Ramsey in the first draft and Henry in the second. Which, as it turns out, they could have done. Keep that in mind before you make fun of my game choices this year.

– Micah Parsons claims the Cowboys don’t need “Supermans” to fix their defense’s problems, which is a good thing. Jerry wouldn't recognize anyone if he were in the same phone booth.

– If I were CeeDee Lamb and missed offseason work and still got paid, only to blow a potential touchdown against the Saints and then blow another shot at six against the Ravens, I would find a quiet corner and hope nobody noticed me. Because all the barking on the sidelines just reminds everyone of what went wrong.

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