Meh, how many yards did the 11 int's prevent from ever happening on a drive that got cut short due to the turnover? If you conservatively said that each int prevented 20 yards of additional offense, he prevented 220 yards of passing yardage. How many points did his turnovers generate for us? Bottom line is I would sacrifice the yardage for the turnovers.
100% agree.
The Cowboys defense now plays with aggression, at all levels. Quinn's calling those "safe zones" much less, and he's added A LOT of deception at the LOS. For me, these two things have made a TON of difference.
First, those safe zones, especially early in games, just robbed the Cowboys defense from playing with an aggressive mentality. It seemed as if the Cowboys were OK starting off the game letting the offense walk down the field 4 or 5 yards at a time, as long as they held them to a FG...basically waiting for the offense to make a mistake.
Not any longer. From snap 1, the defense is playing close to the LOS, and is making the offense earn every yard.
And now, the Cowboys will show one defense, and then be in another...dropping safeties down, but backing them out right before the snap, or LB shifts into gaps late...or showing the LBs in the A gaps, but not really blitzing them. It's EXACTLY what was missing. Now the defense is in the QB's head, right at the snap. It's very effective.
So, I'm OK with Diggs and the rest of them giving up chunk plays occasionally if it means there will be more splash plays for losses, and sacks, and turnovers. If the D can stay ball happy, and can control the LOS enough to force 3rd downs (especially 3rd and longs), then they can continue to wreak havoc on the opposing offense. And I like having D Law, because he seems to set the tone, he's the voice, the leader.
Quinn has figured out how to use this defense, and I applaud him for that. I had my doubts about him early, with basically a BBDB-style defense for much of the game, with almost NO deception. But he evolved, he changed, he adjusted, and I respect that.
Diggs is absolutely a ball-hawking beast, playing any throw near him as if he's the WR, because that's what he was for many years. And it shows. I'll take him giving up big play occasionally, it's totally worth it. And some of these big plays on his side is because the safety didn't do
their job.
We HAVE to cherish what we're witnessing as Cowboy fans given the putrid defenses we've had in recent years. This is worth savoring.
