Literally everything you want to see from a running back, outside of pass protection, was put on full display in that 30-yard touchdown run: patience, vision, physicality, decisiveness and burst.

Through two games, he already has three rushing touchdowns, two short yardage and one explosive, tallying half of the team’s entire 2024 production in that category, and if he scores a fourth touchdown in Chicago against the Bears in Week 3, he will pass Alvin Blount and Herschel Walker as the only player in the Cowboys’ long and storied franchise history to score more than three touchdowns in his first three contests with the team.

Let that sink in for a moment like an iceberg-punched Titanic.

And that’s just the start of what the film and science show regarding the former Tar Heel.

Led by Williams, the Cowboys’ once deceased rushing attack suddenly looks like an episode of Marvel Zombies, averaging 5.1 yards per carry (t-3rd best in the NFL) and the team’s four rushing touchdowns (also 3rd-best in the NFL), inclusive of Miles Sanders’ against the Giants, means Dallas literally has one of the best rushing offenses around.

Now mix in Prescott’s thirst to get back to, or close to, his Mississippi State level of mobility in the pocket and, well, the Cowboys’ ground attack is locked, loaded and ready.

It all leads to sensational success with play-action pass.

Play-Action Totals:

Completion Percentage Above Expected – 24.8% (2nd in NFL)
Tight Window Percentage – 11.1% (16.8% decrease over non-PA dropbacks)
Passer Rating: 105.6 (23.8 point increase over non-PA dropbacks)

Look at those improvements in performance once a run is established and respected; and, as such, the play-action begins forcing defenses to account for it as linebackers and defensive backs have to second guess what to do in real time, and edge rushers pause to try and read the play instead of simply being able to pin their ears back and hunt.

It’s night and day. It’s Mercury and Pluto. It’s Rhodes Scholars and Eagles’ fans.

In other words, they couldn’t be more different.

The effectiveness isn’t exactly against porous defenses either, considering both the Eagles and the Giants are two of the best in the entire NFL, and rarely allow you enough space to spit, let alone run for positive yards.

Is it all perfect, though? Not at all, but that’s what they should be most excited about, the fact they’re better at running the ball than all but two other teams and their offensive line is young and still working to gain in-game chemistry as they go along.

Losing starting center Cooper Beebe for upwards of two months won’t help, but it may not hurt as much as if they didn’t have a faceater in Brock Hoffman ready to step in and tandem with fellow maulers All-Pro Tyler Smith and rookie first-round pick Tyler Booker.

As the offensive line gets more cemented in its play, the sky might be the limit for Williams and Co. — sky blue, if you will. Yes, that’s a triple entendre, because we’re having fun here, right?

The Cowboys’ offense certainly is, and if they keep this up they’ll earn sprinkles down the road.

We all know sprinkles are for winners.