It's always interesting to hear the perspective of former Dallas Cowboys players on the current Dallas Cowboys team, especially when that perspective is coming from former quarterback Tony Romo.
Romo is obviously now part of the CBS Sports "A team" broadcast crew alongside Jim Nantz, and the two of them were on the call for the Cowboys' [ugly Week 8 loss](https://thelandryhat.com/ceedee-lamb-just-said-what-cowboys-fans-screamed-at-their-tvs-loss-broncos) at the hands of the Denver Broncos. During that game against the Broncos, one of the issues that has crept up on the Cowboys' _offense_, of all things, reared its ugly head again.
And Romo was already wise to it. He noted during the game that the Cowboys' offense has a pretty obvious kryptonite through the first half of the 2025 season: _Playing on the road._
Tony Romo points out Cowboys' offensive struggles are recurring theme on the road
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During the TV broadcast, Romo noted that the Cowboys have been a much better offensive operation when playing in Dallas because of the lack of crowd noise. When the Cowboys are trying to make checks at the line of scrimmage, they can adjust protections much more easily and get into the right play when Prescott sees certain coverage looks defenses are giving him.
Playing on the road, you are dealing with a whole bucket of new issues that creep up, like not being able to hear the quarterback trying to make adjustments to the protection, even calling audibles, having to deal with silent counts, pre-snap penalties, etc.
There are so many issues that come into play when you're on the road in a hostile environment in the NFL, and if it only affected the Cowboys a time or two, it might not be anything worth mentioning.
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But Romo called it out during the game, and when you break down the numbers, it makes a lot of sense.
At home this season, the Cowboys' offense is averaging a whopping 41.3 points per game. That is bordering on a video game-like number for the offense that has arguably been the best in the entire league for the majority of the first half of the season. But take a look at this drop-off...
When the Cowboys are playing on the road this season, they are averaging just _23 points_ by comparison. If you score 23 points on a weekly basis, that's going to keep you in most games anyway. So the fact that Dallas is still averaging 23 points per game offensively on the road is also indicative of just how bad the defense has been. They are 3-4-1 at this point, but that number is carried heavily by Dallas's road loss to Carolina and a win against the Jets.
In that game against the Panthers, the Cowboys scored 27 points. Against the Jets, they scored 34. The Panthers have the 20th-ranked scoring defense in the NFL, the Jets 28th.
In their three other road games (Eagles, Bears, Broncos; teams with winning records), the Cowboys have scored 20, 14, and 17 points, respectively (not including Joe Milton's touchdown).
In the more hostile road environments, Dallas is struggling to maintain their ridiculous level of offensive efficiency, at least in terms of cashing in with touchdowns.
This offense, as we can all plainly see, is going to have to carry this team (maybe drag it) to the postseason. They have to figure out a way to make adjustments when they go on the road, because what we've seen in the first half this season is not acceptable.