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I caught a small portion of the Dallas ESPN radio show on the Cowboys. Somethings to discuss, I suppose.
There is an analytics on running backs. They spoke mostly about Pollard.
The criteria here is when a RB hits the line, does that RB hit the hole designed, or runs to daylight. Daylight here is a rather fluid term since this really means the RB is ad libbing.
They stated Pollard was at the top in making people miss. This was a portion of the analytics they were speaking about. He can create his own hole. The caveat being there has to be some daylight to begin with.
Zeke and Pollard are polar opposites in style. While Pollard is slippery, he is second from the bottom in moving the spot when he gets resistance. Pollard will not get contact at the line of scrimmage and push out a yard or so.
Zeke, on the other hand, is a bull dozer and pushes the line of scrimmage forward with his power.
This is from memory and not verbatim. But this contains the gist of what they were expressing.
I got in late to this segment, so I didn't get all of it. But they were speculating this.
What if Dak and the team had not gone 13-3, but went something like 4-12. What would have been the Cowboys focus on draft day the following year.
Mahomes was drafted 10th.
A little later they ran a bit of a conversation with Stephen Jones. They asked him what is the one accomplishment he is proudest of since he assumed his role as heir apparent.
He said it is two things. One is AT&T stadium and the other is The Star. That he orchestrated those to deals to completion.
I suppose since he can't actually point to anything on the field, those would be highlights.
So they asked what was the whiff that he would do over.
He said he would have signed Dak the first time around. The talking heads suggested T J Watts instead of Taco Carlton should be the biggest regret. But Stephen was recorded and not speaking with them live.
There is an analytics on running backs. They spoke mostly about Pollard.
The criteria here is when a RB hits the line, does that RB hit the hole designed, or runs to daylight. Daylight here is a rather fluid term since this really means the RB is ad libbing.
They stated Pollard was at the top in making people miss. This was a portion of the analytics they were speaking about. He can create his own hole. The caveat being there has to be some daylight to begin with.
Zeke and Pollard are polar opposites in style. While Pollard is slippery, he is second from the bottom in moving the spot when he gets resistance. Pollard will not get contact at the line of scrimmage and push out a yard or so.
Zeke, on the other hand, is a bull dozer and pushes the line of scrimmage forward with his power.
This is from memory and not verbatim. But this contains the gist of what they were expressing.
I got in late to this segment, so I didn't get all of it. But they were speculating this.
What if Dak and the team had not gone 13-3, but went something like 4-12. What would have been the Cowboys focus on draft day the following year.
Mahomes was drafted 10th.
A little later they ran a bit of a conversation with Stephen Jones. They asked him what is the one accomplishment he is proudest of since he assumed his role as heir apparent.
He said it is two things. One is AT&T stadium and the other is The Star. That he orchestrated those to deals to completion.
I suppose since he can't actually point to anything on the field, those would be highlights.
So they asked what was the whiff that he would do over.
He said he would have signed Dak the first time around. The talking heads suggested T J Watts instead of Taco Carlton should be the biggest regret. But Stephen was recorded and not speaking with them live.
