The Dallas Cowboys lost a fifth straight contest, falling 34-10 to in-state rival Houston on Monday night to push their record to 3-7 in a season marked by moribund play, blowout defeats and devastating injuries, Kevin Patra of NFL.com reports.
"It's very frustrating. It's frustrating for everybody, frustrating for players, frustrating for coaches," coach Mike McCarthy said after the latest loss. "I know it's disappointing for the fans. We have a lot of moving parts going on, and we just have to be cleaner and more detailed in certain spots. We're not playing well enough, executing well enough, coaching well enough to overcome some of the mistakes we're making at the critical times of the game. Even in the first half, we had some opportunities there, you know, to get some more points and didn't get it done. We just have to play cleaner in these tight spots, and we did not do that tonight."
It's not simply that the Cowboys can't win games. It's that most aren't close. Dallas is off to an 0-5 home start in 2024, allowing 37.4 points per game with a -11 turnover margin at home this season. The only other team without a home win this season is the New York Giants, who just benched their starting quarterback. The NFC East rivals appear to be battling to see who can have the more depressing campaign.
"It sucks," receiver CeeDee Lambsaid. "It's not so much coping. It's moving on to the next one."
The offense is predictably stagnant without Dak Prescott, any semblance of a run game, and Lamb as the only consistent threat. The defense has been gashed with or without Micah Parsonson the field. The Cowboys have allowed 25-plus points in five straight games, the longest active streak in the NFL.
"Well, I mean, hell, they better be frustrated," McCarthy said. "I mean, we're all frustrated. You know, I think there would be something wrong if they weren't frustrated."
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