Cowboys 2024 rookie report: Rookies provide very little in upsetting loss

Cowboys rookies really struggled against the Lions, although to be clear so did the rest of the team.
The Dallas Cowboys took another huge loss at home. In 2023, AT&T stadium was a fortress and registered zero regular-season losses for Dallas while playing at home. This year things keep going from bad to worse and the whole roster is to blame, even the rookies. Here’s a break down of each rookie from last week’s defeat against the Lions.

OT Tyler Guyton
Inactive/Did not play for this game.

DE Marshawn Kneeland

Inactive/Did not play for this game.

C Cooper Beebe

The start of the rookie report takes a while to get going this week since Marshawn Kneeland was placed on injured reserve and Tyler Guyton, the team’s first-round draft pick, sat out the Detroit game. He suffered a knee injury early on during Dallas’ win against the Pittsburgh Steelers two weeks ago, so there is that to add for some context. Cooper Beebe did suit up, however, and was part of an offensive line that offered very little protection for Dak Prescott and had zero push in the run game. Dak was pressured on nearly 50% of his snaps last week, and that’s one of the most abysmal stats of the day. Beebe managed to stay clear of allowing any sacks, but he did allow three pressures. His run blocking though, was maybe as bad as Zack Martin’s last week.

LB Marist Liufau

Marist Liufau was in rotation and probably got some extra work after Eric Kendricks was ruled out. Run defense was an issue, more specifically missed tackles while trying to stop the run. Liufau managed to make one stop, but was no stranger last week in falling off the Lions running backs. A tough day again for the young linebacker and a lot of blame has to go to the defensive line for allowing the Cowboys linebackers very little room to play.

CB Caelen Carson

Inactive/Did not play for this game

WR Ryan Flournoy

Flournoy came in and played a grand total of two snaps against Detroit. Unfortunately, the negativity doesn’t end there. Flournoy managed to get one reception on those two plays, but he fumbled the ball which was recovered by the Lions. The fumble added to Dallas’ huge turnover count in last week’s game.

TE Brevyn Spann-Ford

Ford played 13 snaps on offense, six of those snaps came in as an extra blocker on running plays. He was never targeted once during the game, but his run blocking was adequate on the day.