Dallas Cowboys feature NFL’s top passer and sack leader
Despite having a record of 1-2, the Dallas Cowboys have the league’s top passer and sack leader
The Dallas Cowboys have started the 2020 NFL regular season losing two of their first three games. And if not for some last-minute heroics against the Atlanta Falcons in Week Two, they would be winless.
Yet, on paper, America’s Team possesses one of the most talented rosters in the league. And that’s evidenced by the fact that after their first three games of the young season, the Cowboys have both the NFL’s top passer and sack leader.
With only one game left to be played in Week Three, a Monday night matchup between the 2-0 Kansas City Chiefs and the 2-0 Baltimore Ravens, the Cowboys have two players atop the current stats that define their positions.
Quarterback Dak Prescott currently leads the NFL in passing yards. He’s thrown for a league-leading 1,188 yards in three games. That’s 50 more yards than the next highest passer, quarterback Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills.
Prescott threw for a career-high 472 yards in a 38-31 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. That’s following a 450-yard effort he had the week before in a come-from-behind victory over the Falcons. Dak’s previous career-high was a 463-yard game through the air he had against the Green Bay Packers in a Week Five matchup in 2019.
The Cowboys also feature the current sack leader of the NFL in Aldon Smith. Despite having not played in the league since 2015, Smith has made a successful return to professional football this season recording 4.0 total sacks through his first three games.
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The 31-year old pass rusher racked up his first sack for the Dallas Cowboys against the Los Angeles Rams during his Week One debut for Dallas. On Sunday, against the Seahawks, Aldon Smith was able to sack quarterback Russell Wilson a whopping three times. He currently holds a half a sack lead over both Pittsburgh Steeler linebacker T.J. Watt and Chicago Bears defensive tackle Akiem Hicks.