The Dallas Cowboys absolutely flopped in Week 5, dropping a 24-16 game to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on “Thursday Night Football.” But what makes that loss so much worse? They lost to an 0-4 Bucs team running an undrafted rookie quarterback, Jalon Daniels, because Baker Mayfield was out with an injury. You just can’t be losing those games, folks, especially when that franchise is already feeling the heat to turn their season around.
Insult to Injury: The NFL Slaps Down Two Cowboys
As if that embarrassing Week 5 performance wasn’t enough, the NFL just dropped a fresh report, hitting two Cowboys players with fines for their actions back in Week 4. The league takes player accountability seriously, reviewing official calls during games and even specific plays submitted by teams. This weekly report is how they do it.
First up, we’ve got Reddy Steward. He’s been fined $5,583 for unnecessary roughness, specifically for a hit on a defenseless player that happened at 10:57 in the third quarter. Then there’s Kavontae Turpin, who got dinged for $11,941. His fine? Unsportsmanlike conduct due to taunting at 10:50 in the third quarter. Yeah, two separate fines, just minutes apart in the same quarter of a previous game. Talk about adding fuel to the fire for a team already hurting.
What This Means for the Boys
So, the Cowboys are coming off a brutal loss to an undrafted rookie who, to be fair, was impressive, but still. And now two of their guys are lighter in the wallet thanks to the league. Owner Jerry Jones has already been on record totally ripping into Dallas’ defense, so you know the frustration is boiling over. This is definitely not the start the Cowboys wanted, and it’s a bad look for the whole franchise. It’s still early in the season, though, so they’ve got time to figure things out and hopefully, turn this ship around.
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Originally reported by The Sporting News.
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