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Originally Posted by Nav22
Well, 9 if you count the last-ditch effort with 17 seconds left. I don't.
Of the 8 legit possessions, 2 ended thanks to 3rd down drops (Ogletree, Austin).
Another ended thanks to getting stuffed on 3rd and inches. A nice play by Atlanta but one that doesn't happen if the OL can execute for just a moment's time.
That's 3 possessions out of 8 that we just bumbled away on our own. That's 37.5% of our offense's opportunities.
And in each of those instances, we would have had a 1st down in Falcons territory. So that's up to 21 potential points that could've been.
We do this to ourselves seemingly every week. Collinsworth said it best after Miles' drop: "If you want to know the story of the 2012 Dallas Cowboys, it's plays like that."
Of the remaining 5 possessions, we scored 3 times. Not bad. Of course, 2 of those were mere field goals, but points are points.
[View Full Quote]If you're keeping score at home... of our 5 failed possessions, the Falcons stopped the Cowboys 2 times, while the Cowboys stopped the Cowboys 3 times.
And that's why we are where we are. |
Nav, great post. Collinsworth nailed it and so did you.
What I don't understand is this.
After the Giants game Garrett made a remark the reason he did not runn on 3rd and short is the Giants were better suited to stop that play.
So he has a recognition of when success of a play is sketchy.
So why did he run into the line against Atl stacking 9 in the freakin box?
Do we NEVER spread them wide with receivers and then run? Or pass for that matter.