Dallas defensive ranking

dwmyers

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This D is all over the chart but as many here have said if we reduce the chunk plays, some of the other stats will also improve.

BTW.........isn't OP a former Zone poster?



AdamJT13 predates the Zone. He was active when Usenet was the place people went for Dallas news. He was friends with a guy whose handle here was 'wick' iirc, and as wick faded from view, so did Adam.

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The defense is performing much better than last year and that is all they need to do this year. They can build on this unit and make it better as the offense starts a decent in talent next season.
 
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Chargers drove the ball and results 3 FG and 1 TD. Holding them to FG as opposed to TD worked out big for this team. People need to use the same damn microscope on other teams as they put on the Cowboys.
Some fans are more interested in being right and keeping their own score than seeing another perspective.

If all you care about is yards, it paints an unrealistic picture of this team. We should be 6-0, so yards are somewhat taking the back seat.
 

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We got reinforcements coming back on D soon. Our defense is gonna be elite by the playoffs.
 

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Some fans are more interested in being right and keeping their own score than seeing another perspective.

If all you care about is yards, it paints an unrealistic picture of this team. We should be 6-0, so yards are somewhat taking the back seat.

I admit I want to see those big chunk plays cut down, we are giving up too many. I still have some concerns about run defense but by and large I have seen a defense who has contributed to wins, they have stepped up in games and have made the big stops when we have needed it. I also expect them to continue to work and improve but I do see a defense who plays with a lot of confidence and expects a lot out of themselves.
 
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Are there any elite defenses in the NFL anymore?
Good question . I’d say there isn’t currently a generational type defense as we saw with Tampa, Baltimore , Seattle and maybe Denver which won championships but we still have top defenses.
 

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The defense is not good.

The playoffs are win or go home.

It only takes one bad game by our offensive and that's all she wrote unless the defense improves.
 

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I admit I want to see those big chunk plays cut down, we are giving up too many. I still have some concerns about run defense but by and large I have seen a defense who has contributed to wins, they have stepped up in games and have made the big stops when we have needed it. I also expect them to continue to work and improve but I do see a defense who plays with a lot of confidence and expects a lot out of themselves.
I thought the same thing as far as chunk plays and run defense, but we're actually doing well. It's much improved compared to recent past rosters. The coaching proves to be a huge factor.
 

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Our defense is improved .

Turnovers are a huge part of that along with stellar performances from a couple players like with Diggs and Parsons.

And we have several starters due to return from injury. But to promote this defense beyond its statistical standing isn’t being accurate .
 

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most were garbage points and yards, you dont recognize when a team is up so far go into prevent type deal..

you know dak and our offense lived on those late meaningless points last year before he got injured, we were never truly in most of those games and hung few late meaningless points on the board.

.. if you look at the part of the game where the game was in jeopardy the defense has played very well..

sometimes you sacrifice a few scores and pull players out, get little soft to make drives longer and let them eat clock.

i know fans were happy but the Carolina and philly game those late scores were meaningless and we stopped going all out ie prevent defense..it happens..

when the games were actually competitive and still up for grabs our defense held up fine..

please all of you stop looking at stats and rankings the Ws are all that counts and we witnessed when the games were on the line they played well. a lot of garage scores were given up..

lets split the difference between TOs and actual defense rankings and say we are 15th

we said all last year, off season and Pre-season this year IF in one offseason Quinn could get us to around average we should go far this season..

he delivered, now we are moving the goal post. stop being selfish. That was a straight mess , a nightmare last year and can not be full fixed into top 10 suffocating defense in one offseason

chill the heck out!!

on side note we have players coming back and many were out early on like Wilson etc

whats nice this year is we are number 1 in points scored in the first and third. We are pretty good on defense in 2nd and third.
 

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most were garbage points and yards, you dont recognize when a team is up so far go into prevent type deal..

you know dak and our offense lived on those late meaningless points last year before he got injured, we were never truly in most of those games and hung few late meaningless points on the board.

.. if you look at the part of the game where the game was in jeopardy the defense has played very well..

sometimes you sacrifice a few scores and pull players out, get little soft to make drives longer and let them eat clock.

i know fans were happy but the Carolina and philly game those late scores were meaningless and we stopped going all out ie prevent defense..it happens..

when the games were actually competitive and still up for grabs our defense held up fine..

please all of you stop looking at stats and rankings the Ws are all that counts and we witnessed when the games were on the line they played well. a lot of garage scores were given up..

lets split the difference between TOs and actual defense rankings and say we are 15th

we said all last year, off season and Pre-season this year IF in one offseason Quinn could get us to around average we should go far this season..

he delivered, now we are moving the goal post. stop being selfish. That was a straight mess , a nightmare last year and can not be full fixed into top 10 suffocating defense in one offseason

chill the heck out!!

on side note we have players coming back and many were out early on like Wilson etc
Arizona and Buffalo are 1st and 2nd in pts allowed per game. They are always ahead as well. What, their garbage time doesn’t count?
 
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Definitely better than last year. By a mile. Averaging Two turnovers a game is sustainable. What is not is Diggs ridiculous interception run.

They do need to get better. Button up the chunk plays. If the offense has a bad day, this defense right now isn't good enough to carry the team. I do think they will get better as the injured guy return and the guys are more comfortable in the system
 

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This D is all over the chart but as many here have said if we reduce the chunk plays, some of the other stats will also improve.

BTW.........isn't OP a former Zone poster?



Hes the guy you get your cap info from. What he says is gospel.
 
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