The Dallas Cowboys saw their five-game winning streak snapped on Sunday in a disappointing 23-0 shutout on the road against the Indianapolis Colts.
It was a contest the Colts defense dictated throughout that led the Cowboys being shutout for the first time in 15 years that dates back to November 2003. In light of that, star wide receiver Amari Cooper voiced that the team's shortcomings on the field were simply due to them not being ready to handle adversity. (h/t Jordan Dajani of 247 Sports)
“We didn't handle adversity well today,” said Cooper. “I mean, we have been handling adversity well since I've been here, but as far as being shut out — what that shines light on as of right now is the same thing I said before, we weren't really ready today, we didn't handle adversity well today and it's a good reminder for us going into this week. We have two games left in the season and we can choose to look at it as a good thing for our team and go out there and try to handle adversity well, because we are going to have it.”
“It wasn't nothing that we didn't expect, we had our game plan and we didn't really execute it (Sunday). That's all.”
Dallas couldn't get anything going offensively throughout the contest that saw them commit a pair of turnovers while fail to convert both of their trips to the red zone, three sacks allowed, 4-of-12 on third-down conversions, and 1-of-5 on fourth-down conversions. Their struggles on that side of the ball put their defense in a difficult spot on the road.
Prior to their porous performance against Indianapolis, the Colts had seen an uptick in offensive production that saw Cooper be one of the leading factors in the passing game. This includes a pair of 100 receiving yard performances that was topped by a career-high 217 receiving yards on 10 catches along with three touchdowns.
Cooper and the Cowboys have the chance to bounce back in this week's matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who rank 28th overall defensively including 27th against the pass and rush.
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