Cowboyny
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Another entertaining Cowboy game, with similar results, lose another close football game. When you look at the reasons why they lost, many of the same things that hurt this team in the past:
-Inability to execute in the red zone. This alone could of been the difference in the outcome. Have to score TD's, rather then FG's, especially against an elite team. I recall 2 plays, the miss block with Jarwin and Dak missing Wilson over the middle.
-Special Teams-I was worried about our kicker during the week and unfortunately he struggled, although he made the most important kick of the night. They lost by 2 points, missed a easy FG and an extra point. Kickoff return units were dreadful. Bucs won the ST battle by a far margin.
-Self-induced penalties/mistakes-last drive alone had two huge holding penalties. CeeDee caused an interception with a ball he should of caught that ultimately led to a TD. Another one stalled a drive.
All this is correctable, but until they improve upon these areas, they will continue to fall short in these close football games. They need to learn how to win. A lot of positives last night, but there are no moral victories in this league.
-Inability to execute in the red zone. This alone could of been the difference in the outcome. Have to score TD's, rather then FG's, especially against an elite team. I recall 2 plays, the miss block with Jarwin and Dak missing Wilson over the middle.
-Special Teams-I was worried about our kicker during the week and unfortunately he struggled, although he made the most important kick of the night. They lost by 2 points, missed a easy FG and an extra point. Kickoff return units were dreadful. Bucs won the ST battle by a far margin.
-Self-induced penalties/mistakes-last drive alone had two huge holding penalties. CeeDee caused an interception with a ball he should of caught that ultimately led to a TD. Another one stalled a drive.
All this is correctable, but until they improve upon these areas, they will continue to fall short in these close football games. They need to learn how to win. A lot of positives last night, but there are no moral victories in this league.
