A pair of touchdowns in the final six minutes of play ensured the Cowboys avoided a 30-point drubbing. But they served little purpose beyond that.
Or did they?
Prescott would have argued on the contrary. He described those closing moments of play as a character-building sequence. He believed despite having had their six-game win streak snapped, he and his teammates would benefit in the long run from the experience because of their refusal to quit.
Fast forward to this week as the Cowboys returned to AT&T Stadium and welcomed in the Atlanta Falcons. The outcome certainly would suggest that perhaps the quarterback was onto something.
A week after the Cowboys experienced utter embarrassment at the hands of the Broncos, that same Dallas team thundered back to throttle the Falcons 43-3. The performance marked the Cowboys’ first 40-point victory in 21 years, and more importantly, restored a degree of order for a squad heralded as a potential Super Bowl contender.
The Falcons, at 4-5, certainly don’t rank among the NFL’s most formidable teams. They very well could flirt with a double-digit loss total. But if the Cowboys are to achieve the goals they have set for themselves, and if they are indeed as good as many around the league believe they could be, they needed this type of response to the Denver loss.
