The Cowboys protection is setting some fairly spectacular historic marks as of late

The Dallas Cowboys took care of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with relative ease, regardless of the way in which issues ended, on Sunday night time. From prime to backside it was arguably their greatest total efficiency of the season.

You’re doubtless conscious of the truth that Dallas has gained 4 of their final 5 video games, however there are a number of different issues occurring and that only in the near past occurred to the crew that you could be not have a full grasp on. That is the place the superb instruments at Stathead and Professional Soccer Reference turn out to be useful.

Each week we comb via what the Cowboys have carried out and the place they at the moment stand via the lens of each franchise and NFL historical past at massive. The outcomes are sometimes fairly revealing.

Let’s start.

The protection has a turnover in 8 consecutive video games, a reasonably uncommon factor

The Cowboys recorded a turnover (multiple to be clear) on Sunday night time towards Tampa Bay. Whereas they’d a number of (extra on that in a bit) the one which DaRon Bland had on the very finish was clearly essentially the most memorable.

In the end that Dallas had a single turnover normally is the purpose of this explicit dialogue. Dallas has now recorded a takeaway in eight consecutive video games which is the longest streak in a single season for the crew since they reached 9 six years in the past in 2018.

That is solely the ninth time this century that Dallas has a streak of such variety reaching a minimum of eight video games, and what’s significantly superb about that’s that 4 of them have been had with Mike Zimmer because the protection coordinator. If not apparent, they’re those highlighted.

Micah Parsons is formally within the 50 sack membership

The NBC broadcast made word through the sport of the truth that Micah Parsons reached 50 profession sacks. It’s absurd how productive he has been so early in his profession. He wanted solely 61 video games to succeed in 50 which is simply an unbelievable factor. He’s the 8=eighth participant in NFL historical past to succeed in 50 sacks in 61 profession video games or fewer.

Take a look at Reggie White in his first 61 video games. He was one in all one.

It’s virtually unimaginable for the Cowboys to hurry for therefore few yards and win

You’ll have observed that the Cowboys weren’t getting a lot carried out on the bottom towards Tampa Bay. All instructed they completed the night time with 31 speeding yards. It seems that the 31 speeding yards Dallas had was the second-fewest that they’ve ever had in a successful effort. The one different time which Dallas had fewer speeding yards and walked away with the win was in 1987 once they ran for 26 towards the New York Giants.

Generally it’s simply your night time.

Ezekiel Elliott’s odd stat line hasn’t occurred all too usually

In trying on the sport log you could have observed that Ezekiel Elliott had one carry for one yard. That exact carry wound up in a landing. Having a 1/1/1 stat line is a form of uncommon factor, not supremely uncommon given specialty fullbacks and stuff like that, significantly because it pertains to the Dallas Cowboys.

Zeke’s occasion was the primary 1/1/1 had by a Cowboys operating again (typically quarterbacks do it) since Lance Dunbar again within the early days of the 2016 season.

CeeDee Lamb has had back-to-back video games over 100 receiving yards with a quarterback over than Dak Prescott

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There isn’t any cool stat field to exemplify this, however in trying on the sport I spotted that CeeDee Lamb had a 100-yard receiving sport for the second week in a row. What’s notable about that is that it marks the primary time in Lamb’s profession the place he posted back-to-back video games with over 100 receiving yards with a quarterback apart from Dak Prescott throwing to him in each video games in query.

He had beforehand carried out it in 2021 the place Dak was the quarterback on the highway towards the New England Patriots after which Cooper Rush was towards the Minnesota Vikings, however as famous that doesn’t match this standards.

Baker Mayfield had an oddly particular profession day towards the Cowboys

The sport ended as a formidable one for Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield as he in the end had over 300 yards passing and 40 yards speeding. Apparently, this was solely the fourth occasion ever during which a quarterback met each of those thresholds in a sport towards the Cowboys. Mayfield turned the second to lose.

The protection has dominated extra usually this season than you assume

Clearly the Cowboys protection has been taking part in rather well as of late. They’re producing turnovers and sacking the quarterback at spectacular charges. Sunday night time particularly marked the sixth occasion this season during which Dallas had a minimum of 4 sacks and a number of turnovers in the identical sport. Clearly that could be a lot.

The Cowboys at the moment are the one protection within the NFL to do that a minimum of six occasions this season and one in all solely eight groups within the final 15 years to do it a minimum of six occasions in a season normally. Apparently, Mike McCarthy’s Tremendous Bowl win with the Inexperienced Bay Packers came to visit the Pittsburgh Steelers who’re on the backside of this listing.

It’s changing into widespread for rookie Cowboys defenders to shine early

One of many extra spectacular gamers as of late for the Cowboys has been rookie linebacker Marist Liufau. He has come alongside fairly nicely since getting an even bigger function after the DeMarvion Overshown harm.

Liufau has compelled a fumble in back-to-back video games, though the one towards Tampa was not recovered by Dallas. Nonetheless, a compelled fumble is a compelled fumble.

Of the final six gamers throughout the NFL who compelled a fumble in consecutive video games of their first season, three of them are Cowboys! Marist, Damone Clark and Micah Parsons every did it of their first season.

Dallas was out-rushed by 100+ yards and nonetheless gained

We mentioned up prime how the Cowboys did little or no on the bottom. On the opposite facet of issues, the Buccaneers had respectable success operating the ball. All instructed the Bucs out-gained the Cowboys by greater than 100 yards from a speeding perspective particularly. It makes the truth that Tampa misplaced all of the weirder. The Buccaneers turned simply the thirteenth crew ever to out-rush the Cowboys by 100+ yards and nonetheless lose the sport. Such an occasion had not occurred in over a decade.

It has been a tough begin for Jonathan Mingo

Sunday night time was one other powerful one for Jonathan Mingo, a minimum of so far as placing up numbers. Mingo has performed in six video games with the Cowboys and has two receptions off of 11 targets.

The above listing is each participant within the Stathead database who has not more than two catches off of a minimal of 11 targets of their first six video games with a crew. As you possibly can see, that is hardly elite firm.