5 NFL Stats to Know Through Week 12

The Cowboys Are Averaging 7.3 Points per Game Without Ezekiel Elliott

In the three games since Ezekiel Elliott's appeals process ended and his suspension began, the Dallas Cowboys have scored a total of two touchdowns. The defense was already struggling, but without Elliott, both the rushing and passing offense have taken a turn for the worse, with the Cowboys getting outscored by a whopping 70 points during this span.

Elliott averaged 97.9 rushing yards per contest in his eight games played. Since being forced to the sideline, there's only been one instance of a Dallas running back topping 60 rushing yards. And Dak Prescott has averaged just 166.7 passing yards in the post-suspension era, compared to 227.3 before. In fairness, two of their opponents rank inside the top-10 in Adjusted Defensive NEP per play, but the third ranks just 21st in that same category and held the Cowboys to seven points.

With a matchup against the Washington Redskins, who rank 12th in Adjusted Defensive NEP per play, the Cowboys have just the 17th-best implied total of any team in Week 13.