Dallas beat Washington in Week 2 by leaning on Dak Prescott's passing: he threw for 279 yards and four touchdowns, with only five incompletions. Brian Schottenheimer's offense had 31 pass attempts against 18 runs; CeeDee Lamb caught eight passes for 153 yards.
The report card gave Schottenheimer an A for play-calling, B+ for fourth-down decisions and team preparation, and B- for timeout use. The writer questioned his decision to kick a field goal on fourth-and-5 from Washington's 6-yard line, saying he should be more aggressive with the third-down play call in similar situations if the defense continues to struggle.
Dallas' running game generated -0.24 EPA, compared with 0.46 for the passing game. The article noted that Tyler Smith was sidelined, Cooper Beebe was struggling and Terence Steele remained inconsistent as the offensive line had trouble creating push in the run game.
