Lost amid the shuffle was the play of the defense

[tomson75]

Originally Posted by burmafrd

no you missed the point. All those drops- any one or two caught and the game is lost

Yes considering the D's injuries they did as well as anyone could have expected.

But no way does it deserve the hyperbole you used

Do we counter with a win if any of the 3-4 drops we had were caught?

[aikemirv]

Originally Posted by sunbum

just like injuries are part of the game, so are miscues and teams executing better than the other.

I was pleasantly surprised how our Dfense stepped up and a fan who is not able to recognize, you're robbing yourself of what this is all about - enjoying your team's victory.

I always enjoys my teams victories, probably more than most. I don't see why seeing that we were fortunate makes it so I am robbing myself of the enjoyment of it.

All I can say is that if that were Miles or Dez that dropped that pass I would not have slept much last night. That would have been a brutal drop to stomach!

[CATCH17]

Originally Posted by fortdick

Sure glad we didn't cut Spencer and go with a rookie at SOLB.

Sure glad Spencer finally decided to make a play or 2.

[sbark]

Drops against us ave out. RGIII was throwing balls way behind recievers, throwing balls that should have been tipped..........and they were caught for big gainers........Cinn Qb threw balls that should've been caught and were dropped.....Romo has done the same all season......ave's out. A routine catch here and there in alot of the close games we've had would equate to an extra win......or 2 even.

its sports........in the long run its a game of averages, things even out. Austin and OTree drop their share and some games catch their share......

[Oh_Canada]

I'm surprised how critical people are being of this team considering the injuries, circumstances around the last 72 hours and the team they played.

I thought it was an awesome effort-Cowboys fans have become so bloody cynical, it's a shame really.

[CATCH17]

Originally Posted by Oh_Canada

I'm surprised how critical people are being of this team considering the injuries, circumstances around the last 72 hours and the team they played.

I thought it was an awesome effort-Cowboys fans have become so bloody cynical, it's a shame really.

It was an awesome win but there were still a lot of the same problems we've seen in the past. The Win masks those problems.

[Howardlittleton64]

It was nice to see them make a play or two in the end when we needed it, but if you are honest our defense was poor yesterday. The Bengals didn't have to punt until what the 4th quarter. I know during the game I wasn't praising the defense and I doubt any of you were either.

[mwj473]

Originally Posted by tomson75

Do we counter with a win if any of the 3-4 drops we had were caught?

Or if we had someone that could punt for more than 25 yds

[Idgit]

Originally Posted by dargonking999

no I didn't miss the point, because i'm the one who made it.

I'm going to actually go with burmafrd here. You actually did miss the point. The point is that everything Dallas does well is the result of the other team making a mistake, and everything the other team does well is the result of either our OL or our head coach or Jerry Jones.

This point has been made a thousand times, in every. single. thread. Not sure how you could have missed it in your own.

To your OP, yes, the defense looked like it was going to get absolutely shredded in that opening drive. Then it settled into bend-but-don't break when they decided to stack the run and take their chances. It worked, though. I was *so* happy with that last defensive stop.

[morasp]

I was impressed with Tyrone Crawford. He got good pressure up the middle causing some rushed passes and was also pretty stout against the run.

[Chocolate Lab]

Yeah, the D did a very good job. They're the side of the ball with all the injury problems. The O was only missing one starter.

[EGG]

I did enjoy the guts and determination of the team and would counter that some of those drops were due to the added defenders in the secondary,,, those WRs get nervous when they think a big hit may be coming from any direction.

That being said, the Bengal's game plan was too cute by half. Apparently they thought that their strong running game vs our poor run defense would be too obvious and they saw Foles' success last week against very loose coverage a very inviting alternative path. Wrong!

[FiveRings]

What I liked is how the defense rebounded. They didn't play too stellar of a game but coming out as sloppy and undisciplined as they did (those end arounds and PAs killed us early) and stopping Cincy like the did in the second half.

Also take into consideration how they were set up with terrible field position time after time.

[cowboyeric8]

Originally Posted by burmafrd

you better not expect teams to drop balls like the bungles did yesterday.

whoosh!

[AbeBeta]

Originally Posted by burmafrd

no you missed the point. All those drops- any one or two caught and the game is lost

You can say that about any close game.