Dallas Cowboys studs and duds: CeeDee Lamb leads the way in blowout

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ARLINGTON, TEXAS – NOVEMBER 14: Defensive Coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys and former Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Quinn looks on before the game against the Atlanta Falcons at AT&T Stadium on November 14, 2021 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /

Dallas Cowboys Stud: Dan Quinn

The former Atlanta Falcons head coach wanted this win. He led the Dirty Birds to the Super Bowl following the 2016 season but things ended poorly as he was fired following an 0-5 start last season.

Now serving as the defensive coordinator in Dallas, he’s rehabbing his image. They’ve been one of the best in the league at creating turnovers and this week, they were all over Matt Ryan and Quinn’s former team.

Atlanta was 0-5 on third downs in the first half, 0-for-1 on fourth down and had just 77 yards of offense. That led to them trailing 36-3 after 30 minutes.

Dallas Cowboys dud: Penalties on Tony Pollard plays

The Cowboys had hardly any mistakes in this one but it seemed as though whenever they had a good play for Tony Pollard, there was a flag. He had one big gain called back when Connor Williams was flagged for holding and then another when he took a shovel pass from Ezekiel Elliott to the one.

That play was called back due to a Noah Brown hold but it was a lot of fun. Dallas lined up in the wildcat and Cedrick Wilson gave it to Zeke, who pitched it forward to Pollard for a big gain. Again, there was hardly anything that went wrong but Pollard could have had an even bigger night if these flags didn’t happen.

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