Solid start for Dallas Cowboys' run game

SAN DIEGO — Ahmad Dixon's start to Dallas Cowboys' training camp was relatively quiet. The rookie safety's play in the first preseason game wasn't. Dixon, a seventh-round pick out of Baylor, led the Cowboys with 11 tackles in Thursday's 27-7 preseason 

Dallas Cowboys outside linebacker Bruce Carter (54) tackles San Diego Chargers tight end Ladarius Green (89) during their preseason game in San Diego, CA, on Aug 7, 2014. (Michael Ainsworth/The Dallas Morning News) 

Dallas Cowboys running back Ben Malena (28) is helped off the field after he was injurerd during their preseason game in San Diego, CA, on Aug 7, 2014. San Diego won the game 27-7, (Michael Ainsworth/The Dallas Morning News). OXNARD, Calif. — The 

An 82-yard drive to the edge of the Cowboys' end zone may have resulted in zero points for the Chargers and a stop for Dallas. But it revealed plenty about a defense that looked as vulnerable as it did last season. “We just gave up too much,” Durant said.

SAN DIEGO — It's best not to get too carried away over a first preseason game, especially one in which five projected opening day starters on defense did not play. But some alarming things happened to the Dallas Cowboys' defense in Thursday's 27-7