By Inside The Star,Shane Taylor

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Remember when I said to watch to buy into the preseason hype of a Dallas Cowboys defender? Well, after the first two weeks of the season, Kaiir Elam is leading the league in a category you don’t want to.

Elam has given up more receiving yards (232) than any other cornerback in the NFL after the first two weeks of the NFL season.

Pro Football Focus gave Elam a 58.2 grade in coverage in Sunday’s win. To be fair, the entire secondary played an absolutely dreadful game, but Elam has got to put up a better performance in the coming weeks.

You watched the Giants game just like I did, and this secondary is a major issue, and even when they get DaRon Bland back, I don’t think that fixes the issue.

All this zone coverage that Matt Eberflus runs looks awful, and without Micah Parsons, they can’t get enough pressure to run it all the time.

The Cowboys defense runs zone more than any other team in football, and other teams that do it, have the pass rush to get home; The Cowboys don’t.

DaRon Bland is sidelined, while Trevon Diggs is still working back from injury.

What was supposed to be one of the deepest position groups on the roster has suddenly become patchwork, forcing Eberflus to lean heavily on backups and even undrafted players.