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Cowboys vs Chiefs
This wasn't the impressive showing we had all hope for but the way we won has to give this team a confidence boost.
There is still way to many penalties and mental mistakes that happen with this team and at this point im not confident in Wade to get it taken care even though I feel like he has done a good job coordinating the defense lately.
Defense
I felt like the defense wasn't that bad again this week.
The Offense put our defense in a position to give up the first 10 points of the game.
On the Vrabel Touchdown I couldn't figure out exactly who was supposed to have covered him but I am going to guess it was Watkins.
It looked like Watkins had the option to either blitz or cover and he chose to Blitz after seeing the playaction. When he did Vrabel was left alone for a TD.
If it wasn't on Watkins than it was on Ware but it would've been easier for Watkins to cover him based on our defenses allignment.
I thought Mike Jenkins had an solid game. On the play he hurt his toe on he had a nice pass break up after jamming Bowe at the line of scrimmage and then didn't give up his inside and played the ball to knock down the pass.
Demarcus Ware got his 1st sack in this game against the Right Tackle for the Chiefs. He rushed 2 yards upfield then gave him an inside move and got the sack.
He rushed from the LOLB spot several times in this game.
Bradie James really struggled in space in this game.
It looked like Haley wanted to isolate against him and cause him to make plays in the passing game. He got called for Pass Interference twice.
Larry Johnson also had a big run to the outside by getting Bradie into space and beating him to the edge later on in the game.
He wasn't terrible in this game but he wasn't that good either. Haley obviously told Cassel to try and go after Bradie James in coverage
Keith Brooking was flying around the entire game as was really effective as a blitzer. I can't say enough about this guy and the Passion he plays with.
I also felt like Newman bounced back this week and had a nice game outside of his non-fair catch on Punt Return.
I can't go without giving Jay Ratliff some major props. He was our best play defensively in this game and played his butt off. The Field goal block was
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Chiefs late scoring drive
It was 3rd and 14 and we were just about ready to stop them and end the game. Scandrick bit on a underneath route and looked like he realized quickly that he made the wrong decision and should have stayed on his man.
He quickly tried to get back in position to make a play but it was to late and Cassel threw the ball to Bobby Wade to pick up the 1st down.
The next play Bowe catches a 1st down. It looked like James had to guard to zone flats. Well there was nobody to guard and he just released Bowe in the process.
Cassel recognized this and quickly gunned it to Bowe before Newman had a chance to ever get there to break the pass up.
Lol @ Bobby Carpenter trying to pump up the KC crowd noise.
4th & 7 Jenkins looked like he thought he had inside help from Hamlin.
Hamlin looked indecisive on who he was supposed to cover and just froze up as the ball sailed over his head for the TD.
Watkins tried to get back and make a play but it was to little to late.
I could be wrong about which safety was supposed to help. To me it looked like it should've been Hamlin but without an endzone angle and knowing the Cowboys exact coverage call there is no way to be 100% sure.
Offense
Penalties really killed us all day. So many times we didn't have manageable down and distances.
I felt like Marion Barber did an excellent job in blitz pick up yesterday. He was a key factor in the passing game as far as protection goes.
As far as a runner he just wasn't hitting the hole like his normal self. A lot of "toe dipping' from him. Im sure it has to do with the injury.
On the Romo fumble it looked like there wasn't that great of an exchange with Romo, and Gurode, and Davis knocked the ball out when he was pulling to the left.
On the series where Austin had the ball knocked away from him we came to Hurd on the next play.
Romo wasn't exactly accurate with the pass and it looked like he might have hurried his throw a little. It still should've been caught but the timing looked off on the play. We still got the field goal though.
The Tashard Choice Touchdown run was a trap play.
Bennett and Witten both blocked down to seal off the linebackers, Anderson had a kick out block that he actually held on, and Davis pulled and didn't get the best of blocks but hit his guy so hard that it knocked him off balance and didn't allow him to make a play. Choice did the rest by taking it to the house.
Tashard Choice was hitting the hole much hard than Barber was in this game.
Miles Austin. This guy was bigtime this week. He showed that you don't have to throw it to him 30 yards downfield in order for him to make a play.
He went up to catch passes, he showed great skills as a possesion guy, on the 3rd and 5 he broke 2 tackles on a slant to take it to the house, and he showed his up's when he went up for a pass and used his 6'3 frame to make a play.
Also on a 3rd and 6 Romo scrambled around and Austin worked his way to get open and eventually Romo found him. Big play.
Overtime scoring drive
The big play to get us to midfield was a Tashard Choice run to the right.
The play he bounced out to the right on a trap play that was the exact same play he scored on earlier in the game except to the opposite side.
Bennett and Witten blocked down, Anderson kicked out (held again too), and Kosier pulled. Big play for us.
The a couple of plays later Flozell gets called for holding and makes it 2nd and 15.
And THEN Miles Austin on 2nd and 15 takes a Hook route to the house for the go ahead Touchdown and game winner in overtime.
Things I believe need to be worked on during the bye week
1. Blitz recognition - Especially the defensive back blitzes. Our Offense hasn't done a good job recognizing DB's when they blitz.
2. Hurry up Defense - This team is playing good defense but in the hurry up we don't look like we are prepared for every situation and look confused at times. The Carolina TD is an example and the Chiefs/Bowe TD is an example.
3. Get Miles Austin ready - Dont let him just fade away like we do everytime he has a big game. He can bring a dynamic aspect to this offense so let him play.
4. 3rd down passing - We need to work on giving Romo more options to throw to on 3rd down.
5. Red Zone passing - We've had some drops but this needs to be worked on until we get it right. The timing needs to be perfect and the receivers need to get better at adjusting to the ball in that area of the field.
This wasn't the impressive showing we had all hope for but the way we won has to give this team a confidence boost.
There is still way to many penalties and mental mistakes that happen with this team and at this point im not confident in Wade to get it taken care even though I feel like he has done a good job coordinating the defense lately.
Defense
I felt like the defense wasn't that bad again this week.
The Offense put our defense in a position to give up the first 10 points of the game.
On the Vrabel Touchdown I couldn't figure out exactly who was supposed to have covered him but I am going to guess it was Watkins.
It looked like Watkins had the option to either blitz or cover and he chose to Blitz after seeing the playaction. When he did Vrabel was left alone for a TD.
If it wasn't on Watkins than it was on Ware but it would've been easier for Watkins to cover him based on our defenses allignment.
I thought Mike Jenkins had an solid game. On the play he hurt his toe on he had a nice pass break up after jamming Bowe at the line of scrimmage and then didn't give up his inside and played the ball to knock down the pass.
Demarcus Ware got his 1st sack in this game against the Right Tackle for the Chiefs. He rushed 2 yards upfield then gave him an inside move and got the sack.
He rushed from the LOLB spot several times in this game.
Bradie James really struggled in space in this game.
It looked like Haley wanted to isolate against him and cause him to make plays in the passing game. He got called for Pass Interference twice.
Larry Johnson also had a big run to the outside by getting Bradie into space and beating him to the edge later on in the game.
He wasn't terrible in this game but he wasn't that good either. Haley obviously told Cassel to try and go after Bradie James in coverage
Keith Brooking was flying around the entire game as was really effective as a blitzer. I can't say enough about this guy and the Passion he plays with.
I also felt like Newman bounced back this week and had a nice game outside of his non-fair catch on Punt Return.
I can't go without giving Jay Ratliff some major props. He was our best play defensively in this game and played his butt off. The Field goal block was
.Chiefs late scoring drive
It was 3rd and 14 and we were just about ready to stop them and end the game. Scandrick bit on a underneath route and looked like he realized quickly that he made the wrong decision and should have stayed on his man.
He quickly tried to get back in position to make a play but it was to late and Cassel threw the ball to Bobby Wade to pick up the 1st down.
The next play Bowe catches a 1st down. It looked like James had to guard to zone flats. Well there was nobody to guard and he just released Bowe in the process.
Cassel recognized this and quickly gunned it to Bowe before Newman had a chance to ever get there to break the pass up.
Lol @ Bobby Carpenter trying to pump up the KC crowd noise.
4th & 7 Jenkins looked like he thought he had inside help from Hamlin.
Hamlin looked indecisive on who he was supposed to cover and just froze up as the ball sailed over his head for the TD.
Watkins tried to get back and make a play but it was to little to late.
I could be wrong about which safety was supposed to help. To me it looked like it should've been Hamlin but without an endzone angle and knowing the Cowboys exact coverage call there is no way to be 100% sure.
Offense
Penalties really killed us all day. So many times we didn't have manageable down and distances.
I felt like Marion Barber did an excellent job in blitz pick up yesterday. He was a key factor in the passing game as far as protection goes.
As far as a runner he just wasn't hitting the hole like his normal self. A lot of "toe dipping' from him. Im sure it has to do with the injury.
On the Romo fumble it looked like there wasn't that great of an exchange with Romo, and Gurode, and Davis knocked the ball out when he was pulling to the left.
On the series where Austin had the ball knocked away from him we came to Hurd on the next play.
Romo wasn't exactly accurate with the pass and it looked like he might have hurried his throw a little. It still should've been caught but the timing looked off on the play. We still got the field goal though.
The Tashard Choice Touchdown run was a trap play.
Bennett and Witten both blocked down to seal off the linebackers, Anderson had a kick out block that he actually held on, and Davis pulled and didn't get the best of blocks but hit his guy so hard that it knocked him off balance and didn't allow him to make a play. Choice did the rest by taking it to the house.
Tashard Choice was hitting the hole much hard than Barber was in this game.
Miles Austin. This guy was bigtime this week. He showed that you don't have to throw it to him 30 yards downfield in order for him to make a play.
He went up to catch passes, he showed great skills as a possesion guy, on the 3rd and 5 he broke 2 tackles on a slant to take it to the house, and he showed his up's when he went up for a pass and used his 6'3 frame to make a play.
Also on a 3rd and 6 Romo scrambled around and Austin worked his way to get open and eventually Romo found him. Big play.
Overtime scoring drive
The big play to get us to midfield was a Tashard Choice run to the right.
The play he bounced out to the right on a trap play that was the exact same play he scored on earlier in the game except to the opposite side.
Bennett and Witten blocked down, Anderson kicked out (held again too), and Kosier pulled. Big play for us.
The a couple of plays later Flozell gets called for holding and makes it 2nd and 15.
And THEN Miles Austin on 2nd and 15 takes a Hook route to the house for the go ahead Touchdown and game winner in overtime.
Things I believe need to be worked on during the bye week
1. Blitz recognition - Especially the defensive back blitzes. Our Offense hasn't done a good job recognizing DB's when they blitz.
2. Hurry up Defense - This team is playing good defense but in the hurry up we don't look like we are prepared for every situation and look confused at times. The Carolina TD is an example and the Chiefs/Bowe TD is an example.
3. Get Miles Austin ready - Dont let him just fade away like we do everytime he has a big game. He can bring a dynamic aspect to this offense so let him play.
4. 3rd down passing - We need to work on giving Romo more options to throw to on 3rd down.
5. Red Zone passing - We've had some drops but this needs to be worked on until we get it right. The timing needs to be perfect and the receivers need to get better at adjusting to the ball in that area of the field.
