No need to worry about the Dallas Cowboys offense

Despite one of the most embarrassing displays of football Sunday, here are a few reasons why you need not worry about the Dallas Cowboys offense in 2018.

Let’s face it. The Dallas Cowboys offense has been down right unwatchable this preseason.

The number of points the team has been able to put up has gone down each game. There are still way more questions than answers with just one preseason game left. Rationally speaking, it’s not exactly comforting.

What happened?

The Dallas Cowboys, especially over the last decade or so, have hung their helmets on offense. Since 2006, Dallas has had a top ten scoring offense six times. They have been in the top ten in yards seven times.

Players such as Tony Romo, Terrell Owens, Jason Witten and Dez Bryant have largely been the focal point of these potent attacks.

This year, Witten and Bryant are gone. Owens went into the Hall of Fame and Romo is already one of the best broadcasters out there. Life comes at you fast.

Meanwhile, this preseason Dallas has just four touchdowns in three games. There are questions along the offensive line. There is no “number one” wide receiver. The entire tight end room has nine career catches and the starting running back has played zero downs of tune up.

With all that being true, I’m going to tell you something that will sound ridiculous. It’s also 100% true.

There is no need to worry about the Dallas Cowboys offense.

None.

That’s right. That putrid, pathetic excuse of football you witnessed Sunday night matters not. The lack of production and cohesive dominance you may have hoped to see in August means squat.

Here is why everyone who loves them some Dallas Cowboys needs to R.E.L.A.X.

• In his limited amount of work, Dak Prescott has looked sharp. Completing 72% of his passes with 2 touchdowns and no interceptions, Prescott looks like year one Dak all over again.
• Ezekiel Elliott is, without question, one of the top three running backs in all of football.
• Even though there are questions about if Travis Frederick will play in 2018, the line is still really good. Tyron Smith, Zack Martin and La’el Collins are all still on this team.
• Cole Beasley will have a bounce back year.
• Michael Gallup looks legit.
• We’ve seen about 1% of the playbook. Conventional wisdom would have you believe there will be some creativeness we’ve rarely seen from these coaches. I mean, their jobs do kind of depend upon it.

Now, I’m not promising you that you’re going to see a top five offense. You may not even see a top ten offense. You don’t have to either.

If this offense can be average (and with 16 games of Zeke, that’s very attainable), the Dallas Cowboys defense will do the heavy lifting necessary to get this team where it needs to be.

Look at the model the Jacksonville Jaguars rode to the AFC Championship last year. They had a better defense than the 2018 Cowboys likely will. This offense, however, it still better than their from a year ago.

It’s far from perfect, but it’s far from broke as well. Hopefully, you’re now able to take a nice, deep breath. I promise, the Dallas Cowboys offense will be just fine.