These first two weeks of the new season have been a mixed bag for the Cowboys, but one constant has been their offense. Dallas ranks in the top 10 in nearly every offensive metric, and they’re clicking in both the pass game and run game. They’ll face a tough test, though, in Week 3 when they go on the road to face the Bears.

Chicago hit the jackpot this offseason when they landed Ben Johnson, the highly- coveted offensive coordinator of the Lions, to be their head coach. But Johnson needed an ace defensive mind to manage that side of the ball, too, and he found a great one in Dennis Allen.

One of the best defensive minds in the game, Allen spent the past three seasons as the Saints head coach. He succeeded Sean Payton, under whom he was the defensive coordinator for seven seasons, during

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