"The Dallas Cowboys are truly the cure to all offensive woes. To start the second half of Monday night's game, the Arizona Cardinals had a three-play drive that traveled 79 yards (thanks to a five-yard penalty) which ended in a touchdown. You could call it a 74-yard drive without the penalty, obviously. Amazingly, the Cardinals did not have a 74-yard drive on the season entering Monday night."
"They were the only team in the NFL where this was the case. Even more amazingly, the Arizona possession right before that one (which closed the first half for them) also checked this box. The number 74 is a bit random and innocuous, and over the course of a season this specifically is no big deal, but the overall point that the Cowboys will fix whatever problem an opposing team has is what the ultimate takeaway from this."
The Dallas Cowboys' defense consistently undermines opposing teams' offensive struggles by allowing big, atypical plays. To begin the second half of Monday night, the Arizona Cardinals ran a three-play drive covering 79 yards (including a five-yard penalty) that ended with a touchdown, effectively a 74-yard drive without the penalty. The Cardinals had not recorded a 74-yard drive all season before that possession. The Cardinals' prior possession, which ended the first half, also reached that distance. The 74-yard detail is incidental, but the larger outcome is that the Cowboys' defense enables opponents to overcome offensive deficiencies.
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