It’s been a great week in Dallas following the Cowboys’ first win of the season over the Cincinnati Bengals, with backup Cooper Rush operating the present at quarterback. All is effectively proper now in Massive D, and their greatest participant, Micah Parsons, appears to be his ordinary talkative, jovial self throughout Twitter.
The identical couldn’t be mentioned after Week 1, the place the Cowboys received beat handily by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 19-3. The protection actually wasn’t the first motive for that loss, and Parsons even had two sacks. Two days later, Parsons had an marketed look scheduled for Undisputed with Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe that he ended up no-showing.
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Life occurs generally. All of us perceive that, however Parsons is consistently on Twitter throwing out opinions on every part below the solar, cracking jokes, and throwing pictures in all places. It’s humorous how silent Parsons was following that loss to the Bucs. Being upset following that loss is anticipated, however you agreed to go on FS1’s flagship present every Tuesday of the common season. Certainly, Parsons didn’t suppose Dallas would go undefeated this yr. It got here off as unprofessional and flakey.
When Parsons lastly commented on his failure to look, Dak Prescott’s harm, the loss, and management have been used as excuses.
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“My beginning QB went down, and we misplaced,” Parsons mentioned, per Hill. “I simply didn’t suppose it was acceptable for me to be on the present at that time. I must step up and be a pacesetter. It shouldn’t be on TV, it ought to be on this locker room. That is the place my focus ought to be proper now.”
It’s laborious to consider that anybody can discuss “management” after not exhibiting up for an engagement they’d agreed to weeks prior. And this was purported to be for your entire 17-week common season. Had the Cowboys received that first sport towards Tampa Bay, please consider Parsons would’ve proven up with an enormous grin on his face, able to go at it with Sharpe, the resident Cowboys hater on Undisputed.
Since Parsons determined to go there in his rationalization, skipping a scheduled look isn’t an indication of fine management. It shouldn’t have taken Prescott getting damage for him to step up and be a pacesetter. In his second yr, Parsons isn’t simply Dallas’ greatest defensive participant however the very best total participant on the staff. The 23-year-old is now not a rookie. It’s time to step up and be a locker room chief, regardless of who’s there.
If the Cowboys proceed profitable, this slip-up will possible be missed and forgotten, however Parsons owes one to Undisputed. FS1 went out of their solution to arrange gear in his dwelling for this weekly spot solely to have him no-call, no-show them the primary week. Neither Parsons nor anybody on his private staff might be bothered to let producers of the present know he wasn’t going to make it. That’s Busch league, and Parsons appears significantly better than that.
Dallas performs the Giants on Monday Evening Soccer in Week 3. Parsons is but to indicate up for his weekly spot on FS1, and at this level, it hasn’t been talked about a lot since he missed the primary present. It makes you surprise why a participant would even decide to one thing like this. Both manner, it’s a horrible search for Parsons, particularly when he’s proper again on Twitter spouting off after a win.
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Joe Mixon ran for three touchdowns to extend his TD streak to six games since coming back from injury, Derek Barnett returned a fumble 28 yards for a score, and the Texans beat the Cowboys 34-10 on Monday night.
The Texans (7-4) stopped just the second two-game losing streak of CJ Stroud’s young career while maintaining a two-game lead in the AFC South.
Houston pulled away in the second-half a week after a 26-23 last-play loss to Detroit at home, when the Texans let a 23-7 half-time lead get away from them.
“It’s not as bad as it ever seems, and it’s never as good as it ever seems,” Stroud said. “Those type of games, you have to come out with a win, especially going up like that at the half [against the Lions]. But what are we going to do about it?”
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Amid a woeful season for the Cowboys (3-7) on the field, debris fell from their stadium’s retractable roof as it was opening a few hours before the game. There was no delay and no injuries were reported, just another mishap to foreshadow a fifth consecutive defeat for a team that lost five games total in each of the past three seasons.
Cooper Rush threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to KaVontae Turpin but lost his second start since Dak Prescott’s season-ending hamstring injury.
The Dallas losing streak is their longest since a seven-game skid in 2015, and the Cowboys dropped to 0-5 at home. Dallas are the first team in NFL history to trail by at least 20 points in six consecutive home games, including last season’s wildcard playoff loss to Green Bay, according to Sportradar. The Cowboys had reached the playoffs in each of their previous three seasons, but that run is all but over.
“Well, they better be frustrated,” Dallas head coach Mike McCarthy said. “I mean, we’re all frustrated. I think there’d be something wrong if they weren’t frustrated. So just very honest with everything and stay in tune with what’s right in front of us. And that’s the only way I’ve ever done it.”
The Cowboys were down 20-10 early in the fourth quarter when Barnett knocked the ball out of Rush’s hand. Dallas rookie left tackle Tyler Guyton caught it and was trying to run when Jalen Pitre knocked the ball loose again. Barnett scooped up the ball and scored, although he almost stepped out of bounds.
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“The play he made really changed for game for us,” Texans coach DeMeco Ryans said. “It flipped the momentum. It got everybody juiced up on the sideline. It was just a huge play.”
Earlier, the Cowboys appeared to have pulled within a touchdown on a 64-yard field goal from Brandon Aubrey, but Barnett was penalized for slapping Terence Steele on the rush. Dallas erased the points by taking the penalty, but Rush’s fourth-down pass from the Houston eight-yard line was incomplete on the only good scoring chance of the second half for the the Cowboys.
“The defense played with elite energy,” Ryans said. “One big play that we gave up. Like to have that one back, but overall I think our guys played really well.”
Texans receiver Nico Collins returned after missing five games with a hamstring injury and took a screen pass 77 yards to the end zone on the first play of the game, only to have it called back because of an ineligible receiver downfield.
That possession ended with a touchdown anyway on Mixon’s 45-yard sprint up the middle, and he ran wide for a one-yard score and a 14-0 lead. Mixon had 109 yards rushing on the day and set up a field goal with a 37-yard catch-and-run on a screen.
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“I really love that first play because it showed what we could do in this game,” Ryans said. “Even though it got called back, I just told all our guys, ‘We can go score on these guys again. Just get it in your mind we’re going to score again.’”
Already without Prescott, the Cowboys lost tight end Jake Ferguson to a concussion and perennial All-Pro right guard Zack Martin and left guard Tyler Smith to ankle injuries. Rush was sacked five times, three on the same possession when Martin and Smith were injured.
Stroud, who has been in a mini-slump, threw for 257 yards while avoiding any mistakes after an early interception on fourth down. It was the third time in five games he has gone without a touchdown pass, and he has two TDs and three picks in that stretch.
Rush was 32 of 55 for 354 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Turpin had three catches for 86 yards.
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