FRISCO, Texas – This should be no mystery whatsoever.

The Cowboys defensive turnaround over the past three games – no coincidence the team's first three-game winning streak, not only of the season but since a five-game winning streak back in 2023 that spurred the Cowboys on to a 12-5 record to win the NFC East for the second time in three years – is no Rubik's Cube.

Why, for the first nine games of the season, the Cowboys were giving up an average of 30.8 points per game, five teams scoring at least 30 points and two, Green Bay and Denver, at least 40 points They ranked 31st in the NFL. They were giving up 397.4 yards per game. They ranked 31st in the NFL. And exhibiting a long-standing weakness, the Cowboys were giving up 143 rushing yards a game. That ranked 28th. And when it came to

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