What We Discovered from Sunday’s 12 video games

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Nick Shook’s takeaways:

1. Cowboys’ offense retains rolling. Brian Schottenheimer’s play-calling artistry was not a first-month fluke and he proved as a lot Sunday, persevering with to dial up artistic designs and empowering Dak Prescott to push this offense ahead (see: Prescott’s 43-yard landing cross to George Pickens over former All-Pro nook Sauce Gardner). Arguably even higher was Javonte Williams‘ day, a 16-carry, 135-yard outing that included a 66-yard run to arrange a landing cross to Jake Ferguson as a part of a scoring barrage within the ultimate minute of the second quarter that additionally noticed Williams run for a landing from 5 yards out. Williams’ arduous working balanced out Dallas’ offense and allowed Schottenheimer to combine issues up, sustaining unpredictability and serving to Dallas rack up over 400 yards of offense regardless of dropping the time of possession battle considerably. We’ve recognized the Cowboys would seemingly must be an offensive machine in an effort to contend this season, and on a uncommon day through which their protection stifled an opposing offense, Dallas’ scoring unit did not relent.
2. Jets repeat acquainted errors. Fresh off a irritating loss in Miami stuffed with self-inflicted wounds, the Jets returned dwelling solely to make related errors once more. New York continued to wrestle with cross safety (each in execution and pre-snap adjustment, with some duty falling on Justin Fields), fourth-down selections produced a wierd (and doomed) name in a single occasion and an much more mystifying execution on one other, penalties piled up once more and Breece Hall‘s ball safety points (two fumbles, one misplaced) price the Jets an opportunity to remain in a recreation that ultimately turned a blowout. The Jets had alternatives on this recreation; their opening drive noticed them transfer all the best way right down to Dallas’ 7 earlier than settling for a discipline objective. But as has been the case too usually within the final two weeks, the Jets can not get out of their very own method.
3. Houston is incomes his maintain. With Micah Parsons now employed in Wisconsin, the Cowboys have wanted someone else to step up within the pass-rushing division. Enter James Houston, Dallas’ sack chief (albeit with solely 2.0) coming into Sunday. Houston tacked one other 1.5 sacks onto his season whole as a part of a Dallas entrance that recorded a QB strain charge of fifty% and had 5 gamers notch a minimum of half a sack in opposition to the sometimes elusive Justin Fields. This is not the brand new customary for Dallas’ protection, however gamers like Houston and Dante Fowler are going to play essential roles in retaining this protection from getting shredded by higher offenses. On Sunday, they starred.

Next Gen Stats Insight for Cowboys-Jets (through NFL Pro): Javonte Williams pressured seven missed tackles and gained 76 yards after missed tackles, each season highs. He additionally generated 92 yards after contact within the recreation, contributing to his 357 yards after contact on speeding makes an attempt this season, the second-most within the NFL coming into Sunday afternoon.

NFL Research: Javonte Williams turned the fifth Cowboys participant with five-plus speeding touchdowns within the crew’s first 5 video games of a season, becoming a member of Ezekiel Elliott, DeMarco Murray, Emmitt Smith and Calvin Hill.