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Through five weeks, the Dallas Cowboys defense is proving to be the Imagine Dragons of NFL defenses: they have some hits, but the product as a whole is vastly overrated.
Despite the Cowboys being one of the best in the league in one key stat we’ll get to later, there’s a laundry list of others they aren’t so high in:
-- Second-most passing yards allowed
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-- Eighth-most total yards allowed
-- Fourth-most yards per play allowed (6.3)
-- Fifth-least in pressure percentage
-- Eighth-most missed tackles
-- Most penalized defense
In addition, Dallas does not have a single defensive lineman rank in the top 10 in any of ESPN’s defensive win rate statistics. The unit as a whole ranks 16th and 17th in pass rush win rate and run stop win rate, respectively. These onslaught of stats are to point out that the Dallas defense, as a whole and as individuals, mostly range somewhere from medicare to below average.
Read the rest: https://www.audacy.com/weei/sports/...boys-defense-should-be-no-match-for-mac-jones
Despite the Cowboys being one of the best in the league in one key stat we’ll get to later, there’s a laundry list of others they aren’t so high in:
-- Second-most passing yards allowed
ADVERTISING
-- Eighth-most total yards allowed
-- Fourth-most yards per play allowed (6.3)
-- Fifth-least in pressure percentage
-- Eighth-most missed tackles
-- Most penalized defense
In addition, Dallas does not have a single defensive lineman rank in the top 10 in any of ESPN’s defensive win rate statistics. The unit as a whole ranks 16th and 17th in pass rush win rate and run stop win rate, respectively. These onslaught of stats are to point out that the Dallas defense, as a whole and as individuals, mostly range somewhere from medicare to below average.
Read the rest: https://www.audacy.com/weei/sports/...boys-defense-should-be-no-match-for-mac-jones