Biadasz play-by play

[gimmesix]

Don't know if I'll be able to do the whole game, but here's the first drive:

1st-and-10 Hargrave tries to go around Biadasz on his right and Biadasz pushes him into Martin to create a nice lane and pocket. Dak throws 8 yards to Schultz. (BTW, Williams did a really good job of anchoring one-on-one against Cox to keep from being driven back.)

2nd-and-2 Hargrave is playing the gap between Biadasz and Williams. They double him with Biadasz firing off to pin him to the left around the line of scrimmage. Hargrave sheds to make the tackle on Elliott after he runs through the lane to get the first down and 5 yards. (Martin and Steele's double destroyed Cox, turning him around and driving him out of the play.)

1st-and-10 Hargrave gives Biadasz a good initial jolt, but Biadasz drives him to his left and into the pileup there with Williams and Smith. Steele gets beaten when Barnett spins back to the inside, but Dak dumps it over the middle while getting hit to Elliott for 7 yards.

2nd-and-3 Biadasz fires off the ball to his right to push Cox over to Martin and they pin him out of the play to create a lane for Elliott to run up the middle for 10 yards. (Williams did enough to keep Hargrave from being able to make the play, although he did get a hand on Elliott, and McGovern as the fullback cleared the linebacker out of the hole.)

1st-and-10 Biadasz had no one to block, so stayed on the pivot just in case. Martin completely stymied Hargrave and Williams did a good job driving Cox to his left creating a great pocket for Prescott, who threw a bomb to Lamb at the 1. (We gave Steele double-team help with the tight end, and we score there with a better throw because Lamb was wide-open but had to stop and wait for it.)

1st-and-goal Biadasz stood up the nose tackle as Elliott scored up the middle. Elliott barely made it in, though, because a DT initially beat Smith's reach block to the inside and Smith drove him into Martin who was trying to pull on the run behind right guard and take out a linebacker. Sprinkle and McGovern also failed to get movement in front of Elliott so he had to power through the initial hit near the goal line and get in with second effort. McGovern did end up pushing his man back and Martin helped to keep the defensive line from being able to finish off Elliott. The linebackers and DBs couldn't keep him out.

If I get a chance I'll just add the next drive to this thread. Hope you enjoy these details that show Biadasz had a very good first drive. Philly wasn't playing either DT straight up over him at this point, though.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Biadasz had good moments and bad moments against two of the better DT's in the league. Hoping he will get better but center may be a spot this team has to address next offseason.

On a side note Steele has had two very good games in a row.

 

[RonWashington]

Biadasz had good moments and bad moments against two of the better DT's in the league. Hoping he will get better but center may be a spot this team has to address next offseason.

On a side note Steele has had two very good games in a row.

Worst come to worst leave McGovern alone playing well at guard try the 7th rounder out of Nebraska Farniok at center.

 

[Carson]

He’s had probably the toughest road of any center in the league the first 3 weeks

Week 1 - (No Martin) Vea, Suh
Week 2 - Joseph, Tillery
Week 3 - Hargraves, Cox

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Worst come to worst leave McGovern alone playing well at guard try the 7th rounder out of Nebraska Farniok at center.

I think Farniok could be a steal. I'm no expert but he seems stronger at the point of attack than Biadasz. Of course this was only against scrubs in preseason play.

 

[JayFord]

his bad moments almost made me toss my potted meat

i understand Cox and Hargraves are great/elite but you cant get railroaded

 

[RS12]

his bad moments almost made me toss my potted meat

i understand Cox and Hargraves are great/elite but you cant get railroaded

Nice potted meat reference. Haven't touched the stuff in 50 years. To this day, no idea what was actually in that little can.

 

[ThatJerryKid]

He’s had probably the toughest road of any center in the league the first 3 weeks

Week 1 - (No Martin) Vea, Suh
Week 2 - Joseph, Tillery
Week 3 - Hargraves, Cox

And the DT for the Panthers is better than all these guys.

 

[terra]

And the DT for the Panthers is better than all these guys.

That is arguable.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

I'm glad Graham didn't play. They went ahead and started three DTs. Milton who they drafted in the 3rd to much rueage here. Odiggy outplayed him by a mile. Didn't work. Philly got embarrassed from a coaching perspective. Looked like the players knew it too. That ship could be taking on a lot of water.

 

[AbeBeta]

He's playing against some stacked interiors. I think the situation is clear. McGovern would be better physically but Biadasz is really great on the line calls. He's a 4th round pick. It'll take about a season of games for him to perfect technique.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Don't know if I'll be able to do the whole game, but here's the first drive:

1st-and-10 Hargrave tries to go around Biadasz on his right and Biadasz pushes him into Martin to create a nice lane and pocket. Dak throws 8 yards to Schultz. (BTW, Williams did a really good job of anchoring one-on-one against Cox to keep from being driven back.)

2nd-and-2 Hargrave is playing the gap between Biadasz and Williams. They double him with Biadasz firing off to pin him to the left around the line of scrimmage. Hargrave sheds to make the tackle on Elliott after he runs through the lane to get the first down and 5 yards. (Martin and Steele's double destroyed Cox, turning him around and driving him out of the play.)

1st-and-10 Hargrave gives Biadasz a good initial jolt, but Biadasz drives him to his left and into the pileup there with Williams and Smith. Steele gets beaten when Barnett spins back to the inside, but Dak dumps it over the middle while getting hit to Elliott for 7 yards.

2nd-and-3 Biadasz fires off the ball to his right to push Cox over to Martin and they pin him out of the play to create a lane for Elliott to run up the middle for 10 yards. (Williams did enough to keep Hargrave from being able to make the play, although he did get a hand on Elliott, and McGovern as the fullback cleared the linebacker out of the hole.)

1st-and-10 Biadasz had no one to block, so stayed on the pivot just in case. Martin completely stymied Hargrave and Williams did a good job driving Cox to his left creating a great pocket for Prescott, who threw a bomb to Lamb at the 1. (We gave Steele double-team help with the tight end, and we score there with a better throw because Lamb was wide-open but had to stop and wait for it.)

1st-and-goal Biadasz stood up the nose tackle as Elliott scored up the middle. Elliott barely made it in, though, because a DT initially beat Smith's reach block to the inside and Smith drove him into Martin who was trying to pull on the run behind right guard and take out a linebacker. Sprinkle and McGovern also failed to get movement in front of Elliott so he had to power through the initial hit near the goal line and get in with second effort. McGovern did end up pushing his man back and Martin helped to keep the defensive line from being able to finish off Elliott. The linebackers and DBs couldn't keep him out.

If I get a chance I'll just add the next drive to this thread. Hope you enjoy these details that show Biadasz had a very good first drive. Philly wasn't playing either DT straight up over him at this point, though.

Nicely done

 

[CowboyRoy]

Biadasz had good moments and bad moments against two of the better DT's in the league. Hoping he will get better but center may be a spot this team has to address next offseason.

On a side note Steele has had two very good games in a row.

Cowboys all set at center.

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

Cowboys all set at center.

Not by my count. Can't have two guys who can get pushed back playing side by side.

 

[gimmesix]

Second drive:

1st-and-10 Biadasz and Williams double Hargrave to Biadasz's left to pin him to that side as Dak sneaks behind Martin, who gets a free release to the second level as Steele stands up the other DT, for a 4-yard gain.

2nd-and-6 Hargrave lines up directly over Biadasz and just gets into his body to win the leverage battle and drive him back so Hargrave can hit Prescott's arm and force a fumble that Cox catches in the air for the TD. Cox was being blocked well enough by Martin before coming in late to grab the loose ball. I don't know if Williams was supposed to assist Biadasz, but he had no defender over him and pretty much whiffed on trying to give Hargrave a chuck before turning to see if Smith needed help. If Williams provides a chuck or shove there, it might have been enough to slow Hargrave's push and allow Biadasz to reestablish himself. Both appeared to be at fault, Biadasz for not staying square to absorb the push and giving up his body to leverage and Williams for not giving him any kind of help.

I don't know why we'd even give a thought to assisting Smith there. With no linebacker coming, Williams' full focus should have been on helping with Hargrave. I think he looked at Smith's defender simply because he had already failed to help Biadasz.

Actually looking at the replay again, it was Smith's man who caused the fumble. Hargrave forced Prescott to dodge to his left and Barnett drove Smith into Prescott, causing him to lose control of the ball as he was attempting to throw it. Hargrave actually missed as he lunged to hit Prescott and Prescott moved, and Biadasz then took Hargrave to the ground. I don't think it was a bad block by Smith if Prescott hadn't had to get out of Hargrave's way, but if Smith had been able to carry Barnett past the pocket, Prescott would have gotten the throw off. ... or if Williams had actually gone to assist Smith after whiffing on Hargrave, they might could have prevented him from pushing Smith back into Dak. That probably wasn't Williams' responsibility, but it certainly would have helped.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Not by my count. Can't have two guys who can get pushed back playing side by side.

Getting pushed back? We can’t have that!!

 

[Maxmadden]

I think Farniok could be a steal. I'm no expert but he seems stronger at the point of attack than Biadasz. Of course this was only against scrubs in preseason play.

Yeah, let's hold tryouts for the center position and see if they can protect our 40 million dollar QB.
If they don't then we will know for sure.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Conner Williams is the real problem. He didn’t help Biadasz at all. He’s a penalty machine, and block air on pass downs. He needs to crack down and Help Tyler.

 

[Maxmadden]

Second drive:

1st-and-10 Biadasz and Williams double Hargrave to Biadasz's left to pin him to that side as Dak sneaks behind Martin, who gets a free release to the second level as Steele stands up the other DT, for a 4-yard gain.

2nd-and-6 Hargrave lines up directly over Biadasz and just gets into his body to win the leverage battle and drive him back so Hargrave can hit Prescott's arm and force a fumble that Cox catches in the air for the TD. Cox was being blocked well enough by Martin before coming in late to grab the loose ball. I don't know if Williams was supposed to assist Biadasz, but he had no defender over him and pretty much whiffed on trying to give Hargrave a chuck before turning to see if Smith needed help. If Williams provides a chuck or shove there, it might have been enough to slow Hargrave's push and allow Biadasz to reestablish himself. Both appeared to be at fault, Biadasz for not staying square to absorb the push and giving up his body to leverage and Williams for not giving him any kind of help.

I don't know why we'd even give a thought to assisting Smith there. With no linebacker coming, Williams' full focus should have been on helping with Hargrave. I think he looked at Smith's defender simply because he had already failed to help Biadasz.

I think a lot of people don't even realize that the center performs one of the most important jobs on offense before he even gets a chance to think about blocking.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Second drive:

1st-and-10 Biadasz and Williams double Hargrave to Biadasz's left to pin him to that side as Dak sneaks behind Martin, who gets a free release to the second level as Steele stands up the other DT, for a 4-yard gain.

2nd-and-6 Hargrave lines up directly over Biadasz and just gets into his body to win the leverage battle and drive him back so Hargrave can hit Prescott's arm and force a fumble that Cox catches in the air for the TD. Cox was being blocked well enough by Martin before coming in late to grab the loose ball. I don't know if Williams was supposed to assist Biadasz, but he had no defender over him and pretty much whiffed on trying to give Hargrave a chuck before turning to see if Smith needed help. If Williams provides a chuck or shove there, it might have been enough to slow Hargrave's push and allow Biadasz to reestablish himself. Both appeared to be at fault, Biadasz for not staying square to absorb the push and giving up his body to leverage and Williams for not giving him any kind of help.

I don't know why we'd even give a thought to assisting Smith there. With no linebacker coming, Williams' full focus should have been on helping with Hargrave. I think he looked at Smith's defender simply because he had already failed to help Biadasz.

Actually looking at the replay again, it was Smith's man who caused the fumble. Hargrave forced Prescott to dodge to his left and Barnett drove Smith into Prescott, causing him to lose control of the ball as he was attempting to throw it. Hargrave actually missed as he lunged to hit Prescott and Prescott moved, and Biadasz then took Hargrave to the ground. I don't think it was a bad block by Smith if Prescott hadn't had to get out of Hargrave's way, but if Smith had been able to carry Barnett past the pocket, Prescott would have gotten the throw off. ... or if Williams had actually gone to assist Smith after whiffing on Hargrave, they might could have prevented him from pushing Smith back into Dak. That probably wasn't Williams' responsibility, but it certainly would have helped.

I actually noticed this several times from Conner Williams. He blocked absolutely no one multiple times. And it lead to pressure up the middle. I’m pretty sure he was supposed to help Biadasz on some of those plays. I have a problem with Williams at this point because he just is what he is. There’s no more ceiling for him. I’d rather have McGovern over him or even move Collins to LG and let the kid at RT play.