The Dallas Cowboys' defense got taken for a ride in the team's home opener last week, giving up 44 points to Derek Carr and the New Orleans Saints. It was a beatdown of epic proportions and came as no small surprise, either, given the defense was supposed to be arguably the strongest phase of the game for this year's Cowboys.
On ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown before Dallas took on the Baltimore Ravens in Week 3, Rex Ryan ripped the unit with merely two words: "Hot garbage."
