Defensive struggles, injury notes and more from Cowboys’ Week 3 loss

Need for better execution

After giving up over 500 yards of offense last week to the New York Giants, the Cowboys surrendered 385 total yards of offense to the Chicago Bears in Matt Eberflus’ return to Chicago.

Second-year quarterback Caleb Williams finished the game by matching his career high of four passing touchdowns. On all of them, Chicago’s receivers were essentially wide open. William’s first of the game came when Trevon Diggs slipped after jamming Rome Odunze at the line of scrimmage, leaving him wide open.

The second was a flea-flicker that confused the entire Dallas defense, leaving rookie Luther Burden wide open for a 65-yard score. The next two scores to Cole Kmet and DJ Moore also didn’t have any Cowboys defenders in the area.

The secondary continued to be an area of struggle for the Cowboys, a week after communication issues led to Russell Wilson throwing for 450 yards. This time, CB Trevon Diggs said it was more of an execution issue.

“I feel like this week was execution,” Diggs said. “We got the calls and, you know, just executing, gave up some big plays in the beginning of the game, and just from there I feel like [it was] a snowball effect.”