In Dallas, Chiefs see reflection in mirror
Cowboys top NFL in points, yards
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The most dynamic offense in the NFL will be on display inside Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday.
It won’t belong to the KansasCity Chiefs.
Oh, the two-time defending AFC champs are still capable of scoring points — just ask the Raiders after their 4114 blowout loss last week. But the offense that has been seemingly unstoppable most of this season belongs to Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys, who lead the league in yards per game and points throughthe first 10 weeks.
The last time they finished on top in both? It was 1971, and the Cowboys wound up winningthe Super Bowl.
“Dak is good, and so is Ezekiel (Ellitott), along with the rest of their cast there,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “They have a lot of good players on that side of the ball. It’s a great challenge for our defense. Our guys know that. You just have to turn on the tapeto see it.”
They would see Prescott riding a career-best six-game streak with multiple touchdown throws. And Elliott punching in for two touchdowns in last Sunday’s blowout of the Falcons, when CeeDee Lamb also had 94 yards receiving and two scores.
It was the third time this season the Cowboys (7-2) have topped 40 points in a game.
Soundsa lot like the Chiefs ofpast years.
“I have a lot of respect for them,” Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said, “but I wouldn’t say we sat down and said, ‘We want to be like the Kansas City Chiefs.’ ... They’reobviously the beacon of their division and frankly of the NFL, just with their success particularly the last three years. They’re in our cutups. They’re part of some of the things we look at postseason, in-season as far as trends. But I wouldn’t say we model ourselves after them.”
For one thing, the Cowboys have been a whole lot better on defense. But despite numbers that suggest the Chiefs are among the league’s worst on that side ofthe ball, they’ve been better thepast few weeks.
That has coincided with a return to health for several players and the arrival of defensiveend Melvin Ingram.
And a much biggest test for that talented Dallas offense.
“It seems like y’all ask us that every week: ‘Is this a statement win?’ This is another football game,” Elliott said. “Every week is important in this league. ... If we go out there, get a win on the road in a hostile environment, I think that would be a statement.”