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3 Cowboys who deserve blame for embarrassing loss to Broncos

By Ethan Lee

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 07: Head coach Mike McCarthy of the Dallas Cowboys argues a touchdown call during the second half against the Denver Broncos at AT&T Stadium on November 07, 2021 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 07: Head coach Mike McCarthy of the Dallas Cowboys argues a touchdown call during the second half against the Denver Broncos at AT&T Stadium on November 07, 2021 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /
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ARLINGTON, TEXAS – SEPTEMBER 27: Micah Parsons #11 of the Dallas Cowboys celebrates in the second half while playing the Philadelphia Eagles at AT&T Stadium on September 27, 2021 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images) /

2. Dan Quinn

The entirety of the Cowboys defense looked miserable against the Broncos. Denver isn’t exactly a team that anyone should struggle mightily against, and that’s especially true for a team that wants to be a Super Bowl contender, like the Cowboys are hoping to be.

On Sunday, Dan Quinn’s defense gave up 409 total yards of offense to Denver and Teddy Bridgewater looked phenomenal, throwing for 249 yards and a touchdown while completing 67.8 percent of his passes.

1. Dak Prescott

Nobody on the Cowboys roster struggled more Sunday than quarterback Dak Prescott did. It seems like there’s a very good chance that Prescott isn’t 100 percent healthy as this was an uncharacteristically awful game for Dallas’ quarterback.

Prescott did toss two touchdown passes, but he only managed to complete 19-of-39 passes for 232 yards and an interception. Both of those touchdown passes came late in the fourth quarter after this game was well out of reach for the Cowboys. Prescott is better than what he showed Sunday afternoon, so hopefully he’ll be able to demonstrate that here in the near future.

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