Rico Dowdle’s mysterious illness sparks conspiracy theories

He dallas cowboys suffered an epic collapse in the third quarter against the San Francisco 49ers which ultimately cost the team the game. After entering the half with a 10-6 lead, Dallas was outscored 21-0 in the third.

Dallas made a late effort to make it a one-score game, but it was too little, too late, as the offense stalled with four straight incomplete passes late in the game.

The ground attack again was unsuccessful, despite the intervention of Dalvin Cook. highly anticipated lift from practice squad. The Cowboys’ leading rusher, Rico Dowdle, was inactive due to mysterious illnesswhich has led to conspiracy theories circulating in Cowboys Nation.

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During pregame warmups, after Dowdle was ruled out, he came out of the tunnel and greeted the fans.

Dowdle took time to sign autographs for fans before entering the field. Ed Werder shared a video of Dowdle’s pregame activities and asked, “Does a player who is too sick to play come out on the field early and sign autographs?”

After the video went viral, conspiracy theories began to emerge.

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Did the Cowboys inactivate Dowdle to save Ezekiel Elliott from the embarrassment of being a healthy zero? Are the Cowboys collapsing? The tinfoil hats were on.

One fan commented: “I need to know what’s wrong, it seems evidence that the team is sinking“.

“jerry pranks” another added. “He probably doesn’t want to hurt Zeke’s feelings.”

Without Dowdle, the running game again faltered with just 56 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries for an average of 2.9 yards per carry.

Cook, who was elevated from the practice squad to provide a spark, ran six times for 12 yards.

It’s unknown what really happened Sunday night, but Cowboys Nation isn’t buying the story that Dowdle contracted a mysterious illness just before the inactive list was sent to the league.

Whatever the case, the team needs to find answers in the running game, and it needs to find them fast.

Next up for Dallas is a Week 9 matchup against the 5-3 Atlanta Falcons on the road.

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