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Think on the losses...
Cam (2018 #4 ranked QB rusher at 463 yds), Wilson (6, 376), Watson (3, 549), Mariotta (8, 357)...
Smith finished year #14 overall and missed how many games w a broken leg? We lost to him (14, 168 at 4.1 per) And higher than I would have thought, Luck was #16 (16, 148, 3.2 per).
In the games Dallas lost the QB was no lower than #16 as a QB rusher. None of them really crushed us with their rushing yards. Cam had 58. Watson 40. Hell, Russell Wilson had -2 in week 3, but being a running QB implies mobility or perhaps having to use a spy and maybe that messes us up? At the very least does their mobility give them an extra second or two to get off a pass and negate some of the upfield pass rush, enough time to put added pressure on a slightly overated secondary?
Now look at the statues we've beaten:
Eli (44, only 20 yards rushing. Has pigeon **** on his shoulder he's such a statue), Stafford (32, 71 (lower than I would have thought)), Wentz (31, 91), Ryan (23, 125), Brees (42, 22), McCoy (34, 63 (not so bad as it was 10 rushes only). The two real outliers here are Bortles (7, 365) and Winston (10, 283)
Trend? I can't for the life of me figure out how the spread went from 2.5 to 1.5 so fast and this was the only thing I could come up with (that and Seattle plays well under the lights in national games). Are people thinking Tank and Gregory aren't the "stay at home" types and this will cause trouble going against a mobile QB? Does Dallas D performance drop off (more than it usually would) if you have a spy? Does the sophisticated stats person take into account that when our D line does well it's against scarecrows like Eli and Brees only? Did we do anything special to contain Winston or was TB already in "we don't care" mode when we played them?
Four of the six losses came from QBs ranked 8 or higher in rushing. Eight of the ten wins came against guys ranked 30 or lower. I'd be telling the DEs to contain and the interior to let fly this weekend, but does that take away from this defenses natural instincts (which are great IMHO) and slow them slightly?
Cam (2018 #4 ranked QB rusher at 463 yds), Wilson (6, 376), Watson (3, 549), Mariotta (8, 357)...
Smith finished year #14 overall and missed how many games w a broken leg? We lost to him (14, 168 at 4.1 per) And higher than I would have thought, Luck was #16 (16, 148, 3.2 per).
In the games Dallas lost the QB was no lower than #16 as a QB rusher. None of them really crushed us with their rushing yards. Cam had 58. Watson 40. Hell, Russell Wilson had -2 in week 3, but being a running QB implies mobility or perhaps having to use a spy and maybe that messes us up? At the very least does their mobility give them an extra second or two to get off a pass and negate some of the upfield pass rush, enough time to put added pressure on a slightly overated secondary?
Now look at the statues we've beaten:
Eli (44, only 20 yards rushing. Has pigeon **** on his shoulder he's such a statue), Stafford (32, 71 (lower than I would have thought)), Wentz (31, 91), Ryan (23, 125), Brees (42, 22), McCoy (34, 63 (not so bad as it was 10 rushes only). The two real outliers here are Bortles (7, 365) and Winston (10, 283)
Trend? I can't for the life of me figure out how the spread went from 2.5 to 1.5 so fast and this was the only thing I could come up with (that and Seattle plays well under the lights in national games). Are people thinking Tank and Gregory aren't the "stay at home" types and this will cause trouble going against a mobile QB? Does Dallas D performance drop off (more than it usually would) if you have a spy? Does the sophisticated stats person take into account that when our D line does well it's against scarecrows like Eli and Brees only? Did we do anything special to contain Winston or was TB already in "we don't care" mode when we played them?
Four of the six losses came from QBs ranked 8 or higher in rushing. Eight of the ten wins came against guys ranked 30 or lower. I'd be telling the DEs to contain and the interior to let fly this weekend, but does that take away from this defenses natural instincts (which are great IMHO) and slow them slightly?
