Dallas Cowboys: Why the Miami Dolphins pose no threat of a trap game
By Brad Austin
Almost any NFL team can win on any given Sunday, but the Miami Dolphins will be a rare exception when facing the Dallas Cowboys.
Most Dallas Cowboys fans have witnessed enough head-scratching upsets to know counting a win before kickoff is a fool’s errand. The exception to the rule is rare, but will arrive in the form of the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.
I’ll go a giant step further. This Dolphins team is so ill-equipped and lacking determination that Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott could sit out and the Cowboys would still win.
Miami’s combined score of 10 to 102 after two games is no fluke. Their 63 total rushing yards on 27 attempts (2.3 ypc.) isn’t either. They’ve yet to pass for 180 yards and have thrown one touchdown to six interceptions.
Maybe they can stay close by playing stingy defense? Ummm, no. There’s few better examples of the saying “hold my beer” than the Dolphins equally inept defense.
This uninspired, out-gunned Miami team ranks dead last in the following categories.
OFFENSE (32nd ranked by category)
Scoring – 5 points per game
Total yards – 192 yards per game
Turnovers given – 7
First downs – 23
Net yards per pass attempt – 4
Interceptions thrown – 6
Sacks allowed – 10
Average time per drive – 1:53
Average yards per drive – 16.7
DEFENSE (32nd ranked by category)
Points – 51 points per game
Total yards – 512 yards per game
First downs – 52
Rushing yards – 391
Passing touchdowns – 8
Net yards per pass attempt – 11.1
Interceptions – 0
Average points per drive – 3.91
The brutal reality is the Miami offense can’t run, pass, or block to save their jobs. The defense is awful at stopping the run, gets ripped by the pass, and forces few turnovers. This disjointed group forms likely the worst NFL team this century.
It is simply not a case where a really bad team could show up unusually motivated and shockingly topple a sleepwalking Cowboys squad. Miami is out-matched everywhere on the field and massively so in the trenches.
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Enjoy the scrimmage resembling win on Sunday and pray for no injuries. They simply don’t come any more gift-wrapped than this offering from the football gods.