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How the boys can start scoring early and it seems that we are better when we play ahead .

Even in the last game where 44 points were scored , we started scoring only at the end of 1st quarter. The 2nd qtr was unusual and flooded with Tds.

What can be done to improve this ,

may be start with uncharacteristic trick plays in the early possessions?
 
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nalam said:
How the boys can start scoring early and it seems that we are better when we play ahead .

Even in the last game where 44 points were scored , we started scoring only at the end of 1st quarter. The 2nd qtr was unusual and flooded with Tds.

What can be done to improve this ,

may be start with uncharacteristic trick plays in the early possessions?
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They scored on the opening possession of the previous two games and look where that got us.
 
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don't run on 1st down every series
win the field position battle (don't laugh)
be stubborn running the ball unless you're down 14+
be aggressive on 4th downs in opponent's territory (don't settle for FGs)
 
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What we need to focus on now is keeping momentum. We seem to have “fixed” this slow start problem (Bears, Bills, even the Rams game IMO (we scored in the 1st Q still). The thing is, we lost that momentum in the Bills and Bears game. After the 1st Q, we couldn’t do anything until garbage time. Rams game, it appears everything was fixed. How they did it, I’m not sure, but they need to do it again.
 
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nalam said:
How the boys can start scoring early and it seems that we are better when we play ahead .

Even in the last game where 44 points were scored , we started scoring only at the end of 1st quarter. The 2nd qtr was unusual and flooded with Tds.

What can be done to improve this ,

may be start with uncharacteristic trick plays in the early possessions?
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:huh::huh::huh:
 
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nalam said:
How the boys can start scoring early and it seems that we are better when we play ahead .

Even in the last game where 44 points were scored , we started scoring only at the end of 1st quarter. The 2nd qtr was unusual and flooded with Tds.

What can be done to improve this ,

may be start with uncharacteristic trick plays in the early possessions?
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There are 32 teams who are better when they start fast and score early.
 
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nalam said:
How the boys can start scoring early and it seems that we are better when we play ahead .

Even in the last game where 44 points were scored , we started scoring only at the end of 1st quarter.
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They drove 90 yards for a TD on the second drive in the Rams game.
They drove 75 yards for a TD on the first drive in the Bears game.
They drove 75 yards for a TD on the first drive in the Bills game.
In all three cases, the other team came back to tie the game after that.

So, to sum up: the Cowboys are scoring early, they don't have slow starts, and they don't play better when they get ahead.

I'm sorry, I forgot your question. What was it again?
 
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nalam said:
Lol, the question was about slow starts ... not the 2d quarter.
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You missed the point. "What can we do to improve this" was just funny following the previous sentences.
 
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