Owner Jerry Jones has made no secret about last year’s 27-7 loss at Atlanta Falcons being the backdrop to everything the Dallas Cowboys did in the offseason to improve the team.
He even dubbed it ‘the burning of Atlanta’.
The Cowboys shored up an offensive line which gave up eight sacks in the game, drafting guard Connor Williams and adding three veteran backups in free agency.
They made wholesale changes on the coaching staff to better handle in-game adjustments and they drafted linebacker Leighton Vander Esch to provide insurance for another injury to Sean Lee.