Tampa Bay’s Defense Is Good But Not As Good As They Looked In Super Bowl

75boyz said:

Totally agree with this at face value.

But in interacting with AsthmaField, I've found he does possess a genuine level of humility over the other guys that pretend to be know it all field experts here. Not saying he is one of those.

Internal bias along with subjectivity is only natural to be expected on a specific team's message board imo.

But with that said, Ive learned through experience not to mention too often that the other team has good players and coaches too.

Lotsa disrespect comes when ya do that too often, lol.

jmo

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Ranching said:

I've never apologized for length.....

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kskboys said:

There's been some very strange responses in this thread. I'm starting to wonder about reading ability.

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AsthmaField said:

The other team has good players?

Lol, Tampa is very good and if I had a lot of money to bet… it would probably be on them. Particularly if the point spread isn’t taken into consideration.

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75boyz said:

Like I said, you do possess the ability to be objective although of course, your slant is gonna be pro Dallas along with your personal opinions.

I'm kinda emphasizing how others kinda miss the whole 'the other team are paid professionals as well part.'

And to speak positively towards the opponent, because this is a Dallas board, is highly frowned upon.

I get it, trust me.

But then the opinion regulators and fanhood questioners follow if you slip up and compliment an opponent and Pandora's box is opened.

It is entertaining.

jmo

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AsthmaField said:

Haha… to be fair it was a crazy long post.

That’s why I said it wasn’t for everyone. However, I didn’t expect those who didn’t read it to try to discuss it and say it was wrong.

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75boyz said:

I read every word.

I mean maybe I'm just not as smart as the average bear or maybe my opinion is not as widely accepted.

Hmmmm...

Oh well, either way, Cowboys!

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AsthmaField said:

I hear you, and I don’t disagree.

Speaking for myself, there is a way to compliment the other team and to say Dallas will probably lose (like I did above)… but guys who are always complimenting the other team and constantly saying how terrible the Cowboys are… those are the one’s that I don’t get. I don’t understand how you can be a fan of this team and hate them at the same time.

But different strokes for different folks, as they say.

I will say that I understand the frustration that some fans feel and understand not really loving Jerry as the GM. But there are things about this team that are’t worthy of being made fun of. There are some good players here and McCarthy’s performance here needs to be judged by his results this year.

Anyway, I’ve never had a difficult time in giving other teams credit for their good play or their good players.

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AsthmaField said:

Haha, you definitely didn’t read the OP. It’s cool. That was a loooong post.

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75boyz said:

Understood. How some fans patience level of waiting on this team to return to any semblance of consistent playoff contenders versus how others perceive it.

Some await in an exasperated, fed up, when will things ever change way YET are still fans.

While other more positive spirited fans point out perceived yearly improvements that may or may not result in post season success and are fans just as equally.

Nature of the Beast.

Neither right nor wrong imo.

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Techsass said:

But well worth the time spent. Not everything is better just because it's quick - especially when you're simply winding down.

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75boyz said:

Like I said, you do possess the ability to be objective although of course, your slant is gonna be pro Dallas along with your personal opinions.

I'm kinda emphasizing how others kinda miss the whole 'the other team are paid professionals as well part.'

And to speak positively towards the opponent, because this is a Dallas board, is highly frowned upon.

I get it, trust me.

But then the opinion regulators and fanhood questioners follow if you slip up and compliment an opponent and Pandora's box is opened.

It is entertaining.

jmo

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blueblood70 said:

come on apparently you dont watch the TB games or listen to their pros and cons..they were by far the best Run stopping defense last year at 80YPG allowed..no one runs on them and they obviously go into every game with stop the run at all coasts and allow qb to have a shot..not any different because its dak and not mahomes..thats silly but it for sure their game plan as it was all last year and the fact that they know zeke/pollard are threats....

however if they choose to OVERplay the run and leave our 3 wrs one on one al game Dak will shred them..we have 3 weapons' at WR plus two capable TEs..i hope they do that very thing and bring extra guys in the box.I know zeke is ready to have great season but this is the wrong team to use as measuring stick, they will try hard to take away the run..

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blueblood70 said:

i'm sure the Game plan and scheme had some effect on the game but iMO this is an opinion i dont agree with, period end of story.

first off it wasnt just 2 OT out Mahomes had a bad toe he had to have surgery on .

so making him run seemingly with less then 2 secs form the snap on bad toe was more the reason he looked less then himself..if PM had 1more sec and allowed to set his feet he would get the ball to his stars..seriously qb on bad foot with no time to throw and had record set for most scramble yards in a game behind the LOS..he was running for his life on bad foot..get his OT back and i'm betting its different game, sure TB may still have won but KC would have looked a lot better.

odd it didn't matter, yet KC went and rebuilt their entire OL, why would a SB team do this, because it matters and mattered...

reid and mahomes are equally and creative in beating schemes..they werent healthy and it showed..

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blueblood70 said:

come on apparently you dont watch the TB games or listen to their pros and cons..they were by far the best Run stopping defense last year at 80YPG allowed..no one runs on them and they obviously go into every game with stop the run at all coasts and allow qb to have a shot..not any different because its dak and not mahomes..thats silly but it for sure their game plan as it was all last year and the fact that they know zeke/pollard are threats....

however if they choose to OVERplay the run and leave our 3 wrs one on one al game Dak will shred them..we have 3 weapons' at WR plus two capable TEs..i hope they do that very thing and bring extra guys in the box.I know zeke is ready to have great season but this is the wrong team to use as measuring stick, they will try hard to take away the run..

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CowboysFaninHouston said:

but KC did run for over a 100 yards, including 75 from their RBs....they did that with only 17 attempts....vs. 49 pass attempts

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Furboy said:

I can tell you, sidenote, that Chiefs fans here in KC don't sound too confident in their ability to run the ball. They've said several times that is not their strength. Theirs is mainly air it out and the runs are usually with Mahomes.

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CoachD said:

Truer words haven't been spoken in here in a long time.

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