But for a multitude of other questions, the Cowboys have few if any answers. This is an offense that went seven consecutive quarters without a touchdown, and produced six points in that span. And what ails the Cowboys at the moment is all about offense. It was last week in New Orleans, and here again on Sunday. The defense hangs in enough to give Dallas a chance to win, but winning for the Cowboys, as with most NFL teams of this era, is all about offense.
Injuries are only an offensive excuse, although a legitimate excuse.
Forget Deion Sanders being out, plus Kevin Smith. Charlie Williams and Kevin Mathis did good work Sunday against a Chiefs offense that had thrown its way to three consecutive games of 30-plus points. Where the defense had a breakdown was stopping Bam Morris. He rumbled along for 137 yards rushing, in the process chewing up the likes of Leon Lett, who has lost his all-world status. But still, the Cowboys should be winning games when the opposition scores 20 points off the defense in two consecutive games.