Dallas Cowboys 'Cut Dak Loose!' As Part of Prescott Plan - Coach Mike McCarthy

The Dallas Cowboys offense burst to life against the Los Angeles Rams, with Mike McCarthy stating the explosion offensively was due to Dak Prescott being cut loose.

As the Dallas Cowboys entered their bye week, the "Texas Coast Offense'' had largely underwhelmed, but whatever happened at The Star over that time to fix some of the issues seems to have worked.

The offense had yet to show it could be consistently explosive, and coach Mike McCarthy knew changes needed to be made. 

Against the Los Angeles Rams, as the offense scored 24 first-half points behind Dak Prescott's 255 passing yards and three touchdowns, he revealed that part of what we saw at AT&T Stadium was letting Prescott off the leash.

“I think it was just more getting to concepts and doing some things we just haven't done yet,” McCarthy said. “Really just cutting Dak [Prescott] loose, but the ball distribution, we hit our average, we had 80% of our plays were rushes or completions. Just had one giveaway, the time of possession, which is important that was a big emphasis for us. It’s part of our complementary football formula.”

Entering the bye week, the Cowboys offense had stuttered and spluttered its way to a 4-2 record, with the McCarthy scheme struggling to really click.

Dak Prescott played his best game of the season against the Rams / Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

With coordinator Dan Quinn's defense doing its part to keep the score down- in four of their six games, they allowed 17 points or less- and also generating scores from takeaways, the offense, for some, wasn't pulling its weight. The narrative was that Dallas relied too much on the defense to generate scores.

That type of play isn't sustainable, and McCarthy revealed that during the bye week, he knew that things needed to change.

“I think it was more confirmation of just we need to get going, we need more production from the offense,” McCarthy said. “I think a big part of that is trusting your players and opening things up. 

"We have a lot of football to play, and conceptually, we got some things we still haven't got to yet, but to me, that first trimester [of the season], you show what you think you want to be coming out of the offseason. Then you start getting into variations of those concepts, so I think we're starting to hit that.”

The Cowboys' offense certainly looked different than the previous six weeks as they torched the Rams' secondary, but a tougher challenge awaits against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Of course, this is just one game, so we will let the cake bake on crowning the offense just yet, but if this is what the Dallas offense under McCarthy is going to look like with Prescott unleashed - this Sunday at the Eagles and beyond - then sign us up.