The Dallas Cowboys' shocking run defense problem
Oct 16, 2026
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So of all the different examples or even statistics that you've seen,
when I say examples, I mean like anecdotes,
so far through these first five games,
what to you stands out the most in terms of, dude, that's terrible?
Run defense.
That's the one that's really like, how does this happen?
You know, I think you could point to pass rush and be like, look,
those guys just aren't good enough.
You can point to the secondary and be like, there's injuries.
And also just a couple of guys
that I think that are not as good as they
think they are.
But when you look at the run defense and what they have done to try
to address the run defense over the course of the last 16 months,
it's pretty shocking that it is as bad as it is.
30th in the NFL going into week six after, you know,
on paper coming into the season, you can make the case
that the Cowboys have the best defensive tackle room in the NFL.
And if you are saying that before the year
and then you look up five weeks later
and it's 30th in the NFL in rushing yards, that's a real surprise.
And so that's probably the big one for me,
and that's the one they have to get figured out.
A really good opportunity this weekend against
the worst rushing offense in the NFL.

