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Cowboys vs Broncos
This was a hard loss to take guys. If you aren't a Jason Garrett fan than this is your week to let him have it.
Offense
The Broncos did a great job of stopping the run and on passing downs they by far gave us the most confusing coverages we had seen all year.
On the play Romo fumbled the Broncos were rolling 3 DB's that were interchangeable safeties.
Bell went from being a Safety and then came back to be a Nickel Corner on the left side. The ball was snapped, Romo stared right the entire way, he looked for Crayton, then Williams, then Crayton, then decided to throw it to Williams.
By the time he decided to throw to Williams the play had taken to long to develop and the Blitzer hit Tony and he fumbled the ball.
Basically Romo never recoginized the coverage. It was 3rd and long and the only thing he had open was Martellus Bennett who was wide open because of the blitzing Corner. Had he thrown it to Bennett than it wouldn't have been a 1st but it wouldn't have been a turnover either.
The running game struggled the entire day because Dallas had trouble getting to the 2nd level and blocking Denvers speedy LB's.
Flo did an excellent job of doing this last week but he really struggled this week.
Denver also did a lot of things schematically to get pressure on the QB. They had guys coming we didn't account for.
Even when they didn't blitz though Flozell had trouble blocking his man.
Tough day for Flo.
In the 4th Quarter Bennetts holding call really hurt us on the Tashard Choice run. It was a ticky tacky call but there was a hold.
I was proud of the guys on the 4th down play on the last drive. Hurd had tremendous focus on that play and Tony did a fantastic job of getting out of the pocket and making a play.
Hurd also came back again on this drive and got a big first down for us.
So now we're at the end of the game when Romo throws to Hurd twice.
On the first throw to Hurd it seemed like it was pre-meditated and he never looked for anyone else. Had he looked he had Miles Austin breaking free on the backside of this play for a touch. It was a much simpler throw.
On the 2nd throw to Hurd, Miles Austin again beat his man but it would've been a tougher throw because Crayton was in the way.
Romo throws the ball and Champ Bailey makes a fantastic play. It really surprises me that they would go after him twice in a row.
Overall the Offense was terrible and it was the reason we lost the game. Give the Broncos some credit though. They are excellent defensively and well coached.
I felt like there were plays to be made over the middle of the field to counter their blitzing but we just never did anything to capitalize on it.
Defense
On the other hand Wade Phillips did an excellent job of putting our guys in a position to Succeed.
Denvers first Touchdown came off of a Tony Romo fumble after putting Anthony Spencer in a perfet position to make a play and the ball just went through him and into Morenos hands.
On the big 4th & inches stop Spears, and Ratliff had excellent penetration into the backfield. Bobby Carpenter did a great job getting in there too and caused the cutback. After the RB cutback Brookings was there to make the tackle and Jenkins helped clean up.
Give Bobby Carpenter a little love on this play.
It was also sad to see Anthony Spencers first sack be negated by a facemask penalty.
The Ratliff helmet to helmet helped put Denver in Field Goal range to put them @ 10. Really ticky tacky call.
On the Marshall Touchdown at the end of the game Newman had good Coverage but Marshall just went up and made a play. Newman didn't. It's really as simple as that.
If there was 1 giant positive in this game it was Mike Jenkins
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The deep ball he batted down was the best play i've seen a Cowboy DB make since the last deep ball he batted down against Philly in week 2 last year. What a play.
Spears also had a fantastic game for us. Heck of a day for him.
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Overall after watching this game I think the Denver defense is for real.
Mike Nolan owned Jason Garrett and confused Romo all day with his disguised coverages.
I felt like the Cowboy Defense had a good game and they were hendered by the Offense in this one.
This was a hard loss to take guys. If you aren't a Jason Garrett fan than this is your week to let him have it.
Offense
The Broncos did a great job of stopping the run and on passing downs they by far gave us the most confusing coverages we had seen all year.
On the play Romo fumbled the Broncos were rolling 3 DB's that were interchangeable safeties.
Bell went from being a Safety and then came back to be a Nickel Corner on the left side. The ball was snapped, Romo stared right the entire way, he looked for Crayton, then Williams, then Crayton, then decided to throw it to Williams.
By the time he decided to throw to Williams the play had taken to long to develop and the Blitzer hit Tony and he fumbled the ball.
Basically Romo never recoginized the coverage. It was 3rd and long and the only thing he had open was Martellus Bennett who was wide open because of the blitzing Corner. Had he thrown it to Bennett than it wouldn't have been a 1st but it wouldn't have been a turnover either.
The running game struggled the entire day because Dallas had trouble getting to the 2nd level and blocking Denvers speedy LB's.
Flo did an excellent job of doing this last week but he really struggled this week.
Denver also did a lot of things schematically to get pressure on the QB. They had guys coming we didn't account for.
Even when they didn't blitz though Flozell had trouble blocking his man.
Tough day for Flo.
In the 4th Quarter Bennetts holding call really hurt us on the Tashard Choice run. It was a ticky tacky call but there was a hold.
I was proud of the guys on the 4th down play on the last drive. Hurd had tremendous focus on that play and Tony did a fantastic job of getting out of the pocket and making a play.
Hurd also came back again on this drive and got a big first down for us.
So now we're at the end of the game when Romo throws to Hurd twice.
On the first throw to Hurd it seemed like it was pre-meditated and he never looked for anyone else. Had he looked he had Miles Austin breaking free on the backside of this play for a touch. It was a much simpler throw.
On the 2nd throw to Hurd, Miles Austin again beat his man but it would've been a tougher throw because Crayton was in the way.
Romo throws the ball and Champ Bailey makes a fantastic play. It really surprises me that they would go after him twice in a row.
Overall the Offense was terrible and it was the reason we lost the game. Give the Broncos some credit though. They are excellent defensively and well coached.
I felt like there were plays to be made over the middle of the field to counter their blitzing but we just never did anything to capitalize on it.
Defense
On the other hand Wade Phillips did an excellent job of putting our guys in a position to Succeed.
Denvers first Touchdown came off of a Tony Romo fumble after putting Anthony Spencer in a perfet position to make a play and the ball just went through him and into Morenos hands.
On the big 4th & inches stop Spears, and Ratliff had excellent penetration into the backfield. Bobby Carpenter did a great job getting in there too and caused the cutback. After the RB cutback Brookings was there to make the tackle and Jenkins helped clean up.
Give Bobby Carpenter a little love on this play.
It was also sad to see Anthony Spencers first sack be negated by a facemask penalty.
The Ratliff helmet to helmet helped put Denver in Field Goal range to put them @ 10. Really ticky tacky call.
On the Marshall Touchdown at the end of the game Newman had good Coverage but Marshall just went up and made a play. Newman didn't. It's really as simple as that.
If there was 1 giant positive in this game it was Mike Jenkins
.The deep ball he batted down was the best play i've seen a Cowboy DB make since the last deep ball he batted down against Philly in week 2 last year. What a play.
Spears also had a fantastic game for us. Heck of a day for him.
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Overall after watching this game I think the Denver defense is for real.
Mike Nolan owned Jason Garrett and confused Romo all day with his disguised coverages.
I felt like the Cowboy Defense had a good game and they were hendered by the Offense in this one.
