I always enjoy your threads.
Quinn is going to do what it takes to stop the run. That seems obvious based on the DLinemen that he has acquired and on the formations he used in the preseason.
With regards to pass defense, Neal & Parsons at LB make the all of the DBs job a little easier. LVE is also very good in coverage.
- Kazee and Hooker should be good in pass defense and Wilson has flashed in pass defense.
- Diggs healthy in his 2nd year should be very good.
- Brown is underrated by fans.
- Quinn appears to make the job of the Nickel CB a little easier as compared to the Nolan defense which seemed to put the NCB in difficult situations.
I don't associate Kellen Moore with slow starts.
- The Cowboys have generally started slow on offense the entire time Garrett was the OC or HC.
- Dak's style is to protect the ball early and then take more chances in the 2nd half.
Health on the OLine might be the #2 key to the season.
- Tyron has needed that surgery for 3 or 4 years but having it after the season would have jeopardized his availability for the new season and he opted not to have it.
- Once he was out early in the season it gave him almost a full year to recover.
- The La'el injury issues still seem a bit mysterious.
CeeDee looked like an Alpha Dog last season, IMO.
The team is stacked with receiving options.
- It was nice to see Jarwin's speed at TE back on the field this preseason.
- RB Tony Pollard could be a full-time WR. His best plays in college were swing passes. Anything in the short area where he could then rack up YAC.
- His ability to catch and run with no time lost in transition from receiving to running is as good as I've seen from any RB/WR.
Ball security is tied with health as 2A/2B on the priority list.
- Zeke was "pressing" last season (Trying too hard to force the issue instead of letting the game come to him).
- It's a concept that is as old as sports. Players that "press" tense up and bad things happen.
- Basketball player's shooting percentage nosedives, QBs INT percentage spikes and RBs start fumbling...
Summary: Nothing matters if Dak has a serious injury.