The Dallas Cowboys are coming off of their most embarrassing home loss in recent memory, falling to the previously winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers and struggling to show any consistency in all three phases of the game.
The Dallas Cowboys were huge favorites to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on their home turf on Week 5 Thursday Night Football, but America’s Team laid an egg with a pathetic 24-16 loss to a previously winless Bucs squad and their rookie QB Jalon Daniels.
All losses stink, but the one the Dallas Cowboys had on Thursday night was especially terrible. The Cowboys allowed an 0-4 team with an undrafted quarterback to come into their building and beat them.
The Dallas Cowboys were supposed to be better on defense in 2026 after making several changes on that side of the ball that included a new defensive coordinator in Christian Parker.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
The Dallas Cowboys lost at home Thursday night to a winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers team starting an undrafted rookie quarterback, and the 24-16 final was closer than the game was.
Caleb Downs has been as advertised for the Dallas Cowboys, which is more than can be said for the defense around him. The rookie safety landed at No. 6 in NFL.com’s quarter-mark ranking of defensive rookies, and the write-up came with a hint that his job may be about to change.
Before the Week 5 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones certainly wasn't thrilled with the overall state of the team's defense.
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During the Dallas Cowboys’ shocking 24-16 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the NFC East squad sustained a couple of injury blows. The biggest blow the Cowboys sustained was a quad injury to number one receiver CeeDee Lamb.
The Dallas Cowboys played much of Thursday night’s 24-16 loss to the Buccaneers without CeeDee Lamb at full speed. Lamb played 34 of 60 offensive snaps (57%), according to PFF, a week after his 17-catch night against Houston.
Thursday night was an awful night for the Dallas Cowboys, who suffered a defeat at the hands of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It was an embarrassing effort and a historically bad loss for a team that entered the year with championship hopes.
The Dallas Cowboys fell to 2-3 on the season after what was nothing short of an embarrassing loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday night. The Cowboys were an inconsistent mess on offense, at best, and the defense once again looked like a league-worst unit against an offense led by undrafted rookie quarterback at the helm of an 0-4 team.
Emotions are raw after a game like the Dallas Cowboys played Thursday night. The Cowboys were 9.5-point favorites over the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers
While facing a Buccaneers team that was starting undrafted rookie quarterback Jalon Daniels, the Cowboys defense surrendered 241 rushing yards and 419 total yards.
Following Tampa Bay's stunning win over Dallas, Buccaneers defensive tackle Vita Vea spoke about what was and wasn't said behind the scenes leading up to Thursday's contest.
The Dallas Cowboys were on the wrong end of one of the most shocking results of the 2026 NFL season when they suffered a 24-16 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Tyler Smith returned to practice earlier this week. The Cowboys’ best offensive lineman will now be eligible to play as early as tonight. Smith is being activated from injured reserve, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports.