When you have the No. 1 offense and a last-place defense, every game can be a rollercoaster ride. And though Dak Prescott and his troops had put the Dallas Cowboys in the win column in previous outings, this time they couldn't make up for a leaky defensive unit as the Carolina Panthers pulled out the victory, 30-27.

Panthers running back Rico Dowdle had warned his former Cowboys teammates that they had better "buckle up." He wasn't lying. After running for 206 yards last weekend, he picked up right where he left off against a Dallas defense that struggled to stop both Carolina's ground and aerial attacks.

Dowdle finished the game with 186 rushing yards on 30 tries, a 6.1 yards per carry average. In doing so, he became the first former Cowboy to rush for more than 100 yards against his fo

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