- The Dallas Cowboys made history on Sunday in the worst kind of way. In case you missed it, they became the first team in NFL history to trail by 20 points or more in five consecutive games at home. Hang the banner! Maybe even hang it in a place that it covers the sun.
Something we have been doing every week this season here is chronicling history made by the team, although unfortunately it has mostly been of the bad sort of variety. The Cowboys are a bad football team making sure that they are remembered for that in ways that no other teams generally are.
Every week we comb through the state of the team following their most recent game and assess it against both franchise and NFL history at large to see what we can learn. The phenomenal tools at Stathead and Pro Football Reference help make this possible, so you can blame them if any of the following things make you sad.
Let’s begin!
To date Elliott has played in eight games for the Cowboys this season (remember his disciplinary violation happened so he missed the Atlanta game) and has 54 carries for 171 yards in them.
What you are looking at above is the last 10 running backs to have at least 54 carries for no more than 171 yards in the first eight games of a season played. As you can see the list is uninspiring. Something particularly devastating about this list is the last person to “accomplish” this before Zeke was someone who fans want to see used instead of him in Dalvin Cook. You really cannot write this kind of stuff.
While Cook did not “accomplish” this under Mike McCarthy’s supervision, it should be noted that James Starks did with the Green Bay Packers in 2016 so he has now overseen such an instance twice in his career.
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