DL Rant

[nightrain]

Is Woods OK?

 

[NorthwestDallas40]

Skins gained 255 yards. They scored one TD on a 38 yard "drive" after a turnover, and another in garbage time.

Defense wasn't the '85 Bears but some of the reactions are over the top.

You missed a TD

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Skins gained 255 yards. They scored one TD on a 38 yard "drive" after a turnover, and another in garbage time.

Defense wasn't the '85 Bears but some of the reactions are over the top.

Talking about getting pressure, not yards given up.

 

[Established1971]

Another good win. The offense lead the way, again. I am not happy at all about the Pass rush. Almost non existent. Crawford is just a waste. He can’t play DE at all. Collins? Haven’t seen much from him. How bad can Hill and Taco be? Quinn is going to be a huge upgrade and I am hoping Gregory can resurface.

Thoughts?

oh youre just a hater.....kidding, I kid. Around here you cant be critical sometimes

but you are right, imagine this team with a pass rush, or as Collinsworth would say a "pash rush"

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Crawford did have the only sack of the D.
I think Quinn will disappoint. People putting too much faith in a HAS BEEN.

Gregory if he can come back maybe what we need.
Tank will be fine.
We need more pressure up the middle.

Has been? He isn't even 30 yet.

 

[Rockport]

Another good win. The offense lead the way, again. I am not happy at all about the Pass rush. Almost non existent. Crawford is just a waste. He can’t play DE at all. Collins? Haven’t seen much from him. How bad can Hill and Taco be? Quinn is going to be a huge upgrade and I am hoping Gregory can resurface.

Thoughts?

Patience young grasshopper baby. Lawrence didn’t even practice until the final week before the season started. Neither did Jones. Quinn has been out the 1st 2 games and we don’t have Gregory. We get Quinn back next week and Lawrence and Jones will keep improving. DLaw got some pressure today so not reason to cut him. There’s more to playing well on defense than just sacks.

 

[Wood]

Another good win. The offense lead the way, again. I am not happy at all about the Pass rush. Almost non existent. Crawford is just a waste. He can’t play DE at all. Collins? Haven’t seen much from him. How bad can Hill and Taco be? Quinn is going to be a huge upgrade and I am hoping Gregory can resurface.

Thoughts?

I think you nailed it - need to see what D looks like with Quinn. What we have learned in two games is game does appear too big for Armstrong in expanded role. This is not good news because I don't think Dallas was looking to resign Quinn and was hoping Armstrong could take that role. With Gregory likely not joining the team and Taco being internally banished, I think Dallas will need to get very creative in remaking entire DL in off-season.

 

[jaythecowboy]

Please watch Crawford play. Key in on him. I know he got the sack but the other 60ish snaps he does nothing. The guy sucks. They should move him inside to see if that helps and stop with him at DE.

I didn't see anything from Dorance Armstrong either. I'd rather see Taco at this point.

 

[Zordon]

If you search tank on twitter you'll see a lot of fans tweeting him about how bad he's been. When you get paid, the pressure turns up.

 

[glimmerman]

We lost Irving who played maybe a game or two last year and Gregory who played less than half the season. Other wise I was under the impression we improved on D-Line during the offseason. I don’t know if teams have learned what the rams suddenly did last year. I saw the stunts worked 1 time today. Is it something our DC hasn’t corrected or is it still predictable.. We had no pressure other than a few plays. We did see holding calls so did we get held all day and they only called it 3 or 4 times. I gave the D-Line the benefit of doubt for the first game. The tackling looked better this week but still not much pressure and I hate our prevent Defense. Looks like a Marinelli thing still. Richard needs to ditch that if he is calling plays.

 

[unionjack8]

Skins gained 255 yards. They scored one TD on a 38 yard "drive" after a turnover, and another in garbage time.

Defense wasn't the '85 Bears but some of the reactions are over the top.

I'm a firm believer that you should be using teams like the Giants, Commanders and Dolphins next week to establish utter dominance on d and gain confidence. I don't think we have established anything.. Defensively speaking.

 

[JohnsKey19]

If Taco didn't physically assault a coach or front office staff, it's ludicrous he can't at least make the active roster. The current DE group is underwhelming at best. It's the teams responsibility to at least give someone else a shot.

 

[jaythecowboy]

We lost Irving who played maybe a game or two last year and Gregory who played less than half the season. Other wise I was under the impression we improved on D-Line during the offseason. I don’t know if teams have learned what the rams suddenly did last year. I saw the stunts worked 1 time today. Is it something our DC hasn’t corrected or is it still predictable.. We had no pressure other than a few plays. We did see holding calls so did we get held all day and they only called it 3 or 4 times. I gave the D-Line the benefit of doubt for the first game. The tackling looked better this week but still not much pressure and I hate our prevent Defense. Looks like a Marinelli thing still. Richard needs to ditch that if he is calling plays.

We improved as far as depth but the only real upgrade was Robert Quinn. Possibly not even an upgrade if you are comparing to an available Randy Gregory.

 

[Whyjerry]

Patience young grasshopper baby. Lawrence didn’t even practice until the final week before the season started. Neither did Jones. Quinn has been out the 1st 2 games and we don’t have Gregory. We get Quinn back next week and Lawrence and Jones will keep improving. DLaw got some pressure today so not reason to cut him. There’s more to playing well on defense than just sacks.

Not just sacks my friend. They are giving up a ton of yards against bad offenses.

 

[Rockport]

Not just sacks my friend. They are giving up a ton of yards against bad offenses.

Yes they are. But for the reasons I stated earlier, they will improve. No need to give up yet.

 

[fifaguy]

Little confused about the disappearance of Taco and Hill being inactive. Especially considering how pourous the DL play has been.

 

[garyo1954]

If Taco didn't physically assault a coach or front office staff, it's ludicrous he can't at least make the active roster. The current DE group is underwhelming at best. It's the teams responsibility to at least give someone else a shot.

I wouldn't bet against that happening this week facing Miami. What we need is to find that one guy to take charge of the engine. Could be Quinn that lights the fire.

 

[Mr_437]

Quinn should help out a lot, and if #94 could get back to playing that would be a hot edge playing vs DAL. Seems like a dawg in the interior is missing and needed.

 

[Sydla]

It’s interesting to see where people put their loyalties. Smith is getting ripped for a bad game but apparently LVE was awesome.

In reality, I think our LB play has been “ehhh” all year.

 

[DuncanIso]

Marinelli has been playing this style of defense since 2013.

Its the old Bend But Dont Break defense we all love to see.