erod
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Simply put, the run blocking last night was pretty bad. The pass protection was average at best.
But dang it if Demarco Murray didn't will his way to a big night anyway, including 111 yards in the second half! More impressive was that he only got 3-4 plays with good blocking
Most of the time, Murray just slithered through small cracks he could find in the scrum, and of course, he had the big run on the broken play where he just refused to go down (until the end; why didn't he just run down the sideline and score?).
My favorite part of Murray's game: Did you see how he finished runs by just pulvarizing the linebacker or defensive back at the end of the run? He about knocked Rolle's head off, and he finished off Blackburn with a nice stinger. He finishes runs like Adrian Peterson, who preceded him at OU.
What a tremendous weapon Murray is. He covers up mistakes and dictates to the defense. He helped keep Romo clean late because the Giants pass rush had to overly respect play action.
Romo was great, as were others, but it was Demarco Murray who changed the momentum in Dallas' favor in my opinion.
But dang it if Demarco Murray didn't will his way to a big night anyway, including 111 yards in the second half! More impressive was that he only got 3-4 plays with good blocking
Most of the time, Murray just slithered through small cracks he could find in the scrum, and of course, he had the big run on the broken play where he just refused to go down (until the end; why didn't he just run down the sideline and score?).
My favorite part of Murray's game: Did you see how he finished runs by just pulvarizing the linebacker or defensive back at the end of the run? He about knocked Rolle's head off, and he finished off Blackburn with a nice stinger. He finishes runs like Adrian Peterson, who preceded him at OU.
What a tremendous weapon Murray is. He covers up mistakes and dictates to the defense. He helped keep Romo clean late because the Giants pass rush had to overly respect play action.
Romo was great, as were others, but it was Demarco Murray who changed the momentum in Dallas' favor in my opinion.