Cowboys/Packers Star Up, Star Down: Dak & offense impressed, Eberflus’ defense didn’t

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Shan, RJ, and Bobby broke down the Cowboys' insane matchup against the Packers that ended in a 40-40 tie last night. They highlighted Dak Prescott’s stellar performance, Javonte Williams’ impact on the ground even with a banged-up O-line, and the struggles of Eberflus’ defense. Key penalties, linebacker issues, defensive breakdowns, and more were all under the microscope in this edition of Star Up, Star Down.

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00:00I go star down to Matt Eberfloos.

00:17I'm Zach Wilczak.

00:19Cover your ears.

00:19Yeah.

00:20Watch out for this, Zach.

00:21I know that's your boy.

00:23I got to be careful here.

00:24But no, the Matt Eberfloos continued insistence on a few things.

00:30Why does James Houston continue to play minimal snaps?

00:34After doing stuff like this.

00:36And we talked about getting in more PT last night.

00:39All right.

00:39Here's Love back to throw.

00:40There's light pressure.

00:42He pumps.

00:42Ball stripped out.

00:44Rolling around at the 15-yard line.

00:46Who's got it?

00:47Cowboys got it at the 15-yard line with 13 seconds to play.

00:52Strip and the recovery with 13 seconds left, which turned around the entire game as, what,

00:59they scored 14 points in 32 seconds for the 16-13 lead.

01:04About a quarter of the snaps is what he's playing on defense.

01:06And that's been consistent for the last, like, three weeks.

01:09And to me, I don't understand why there's not a heavy usage for him.

01:14Because every time he goes out there, he does rush the passer.

01:16He should be in there on all of your obvious passing situations right now.

01:19I haven't noticed Dante Fowler one time this year.

01:21I did notice Fowler a little bit yesterday.

01:23I thought Fowler was okay yesterday.

01:25I forgot what number Dante Fowler wore.

01:28I've forgotten.

01:30I don't even know.

01:31It's Overshawn's old number.

01:3213.

01:33Yeah.

01:33I'm like, 13?

01:34Who is that?

01:34Where's Dante Fowler?

01:35But Houston, one of these rare carryovers we saw in the preseason, and it's happened

01:40during the regular season.

01:41You're saying he didn't play a lot more snaps last night?

01:43No.

01:44So he played 22% of the snaps against the Giants, 23% against Chicago.

01:48He played 25% last night.

01:49Well, he did play on special teams because he had a hold.

01:51He did.

01:52He did play on special teams.

01:53Yeah.

01:53They gave him 14 snaps last night.

01:55So those snaps have gone way up because he had played 13 on special teams all year before

01:59that.

01:59But Eberflus not giving him more of an opportunity.

02:03The continued insistence of using Donovan Wilson as the deep safety is odd to me.

02:09If he's responsible for lineup changes, I think putting Diggs to the bench over Elam is nuts

02:13to me.

02:14And I know that Diggs hasn't been great.

02:16That's not an endorsement of Diggs.

02:17Elam is the worst player on this football team right now.

02:19He's not good.

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