So what was the 3-4/4-3 breakdown? - Dallas Cowboys Forum

fanfromvirginia · 12-31-2006

It seemed to me we opened the game in 4-3 and used it quite a bit. Is this correct? There was no way to know from the freaking announcers since they didn't mention it once and were apparently entirely unaware. For those more perceptive and knowledgeable than me, how did that go? (Besides blowing again on D)...

LatinMind · 12-31-2006

the breakdown is this

dallas has no buisness ever playing the 3-4 again with a passrusher like ware, doing his thing on every down

jbsg02 · 12-31-2006

I can't wait til next year with new coaches and a new defense!

stealth · 12-31-2006

we opened in the 3-4 and played a lot of nickle.I didn't notice the 4-3 course I was screaming at the tv quite a bit so I maybe missed it.

fanfromvirginia · 12-31-2006

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Originally Posted by LatinMind

the breakdown is this

dallas has no buisness ever playing the 3-4 again with a passrusher like ware, doing his thing on every down

So were we in the 4-3 on those plays? Or am I asking the wrong guy?

cowboys19 · 12-31-2006

we used to 4-3 quite a bit

Oh_Canada · 12-31-2006

I saw the 4-3 about 75% of the time.

fanfromvirginia · 12-31-2006

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we used to 4-3 quite a bit

That's what I thought but I'm no expert. We definitely changed personnel quite a bit. And we got a little more pressure but it wasn't consistent and it was against one of the most-pressured QBs in the league. My initial verdict -- it didn't do too much.

DBoys · 12-31-2006

I think all of our sacks came from the 4-3.

Oh_Canada · 12-31-2006

and most of the 38 points as well.

DBoys · 12-31-2006

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Originally Posted by Oh_Canada

and most of the 38 points as well.

Did our DL lose the game?

LatinMind · 12-31-2006

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Originally Posted by Oh_Canada

I saw the 4-3 about 75% of the time.

yup it was alot of 4-3. and u can tell because watkins played a big amount of plays. in the nickle nate jones plays FS. and he really wasnt seen until really the 4th quarter.

dallas has akin and carpenter in pass coverage alot of the time. so ill say this game was mostly 4-3. some nickle and very little 3-4

**big dog cowboy** · 12-31-2006

Sorry I was to busy watching the ball go downfield all day to see what D we lined up in.

LatinMind · 12-31-2006

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and most of the 38 points as well.

defense 5 sacks , forced 4 bad throws and 3 int's that werent, 1 cause of a penalty and 2 because our secondary cant catch a cold

u can blame the DL for alot of things but not in this game. maybe for the running game the lions had but that passing attack was all secondary letting the lions get open on them corssing routes. thats all they threw today.

if u cant cover for 3 seconds theres a problem with ur secondary not the dl

Clove · 12-31-2006

Mostly played a 4-3, but when your line backers can't cover more than a half second, and your Corners refuse to bump and run and gives up easy slants and quick in's, you can forget the pass rush.

Some times, Kitna would drop back and throw the ball within like 1 or 2 seconds and complete it. Parcells tries to coach every single aspect of a players instead of letting the player do what he does and play the way he plays.