The Dallas Cowboys couldn’t afford Derrick Henry, Jerry Jones said . That was after the owner of the most valuable franchise in sports watched Henry, wearing a Baltimore Ravens uniform, light up his team, as the Cowboys fell to the Ravens 28-25 on Sunday.
Baltimore ran all over the Dallas defense to the tune of 275 yards on 45 attempts for nearly 75% of their plays from scrimmage. The Cowboys are surrendering an average of 185.7 rushing yards per game through three games.
Henry finished with 151 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries. Quarterback Lamar Jackson had barely more passes (15) than carries (14), and he scored on the ground while rushing for 84 yards.
The loss of former defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, now the head coach of the Washington Commanders, seemed bound to lead to some regression in areas such as turnover margin. The beginning of the Mike Zimmer era went smoothly with a Week 1 beatdown of the Cleveland Browns .
In New Orleans last week, offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak’s unit hung 432 yards on the Cowboys defense, with 190 coming on the ground in the 44-19 rout .