News: BTB: Can The Cowboys Score 30 Points Per Game In 2016?

[NewsBot]

There are not that many teams in the NFL that can keep pace with an offense that consistently puts up 30+ points.

The Cowboys had quite an offense in 2014, when Tony Romo, DeMarco Murray, and Dez Bryant were an unstoppable trio.

Romo led the NFL in passer rating (113.2), completion percentage (69.9), and yards per attempt (8.5) despite fracturing bones in his back; Murray broke Emmitt Smith's franchise record for rushing yards in a season (1,845) and led the league by a spectacular margin; Bryant caught 88 passes for 1,320 yards and a league-high 16 touchdowns.

Care to guess how often three teammates lead the league in passer rating, rushing yards, and receiving TDs in the same year? Happened only once in pro football when the pre-merger Houston Oilers from the AFL managed that feat in 1961.

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[jobberone]

This is the $64,000 question. If we score 30+ esp near 35 then we are definitely in the SB hunt....assuming we don't have perhaps the worse defense in the history of the league.

 

[Corso]

This is the $64,000 question. If we score 30+ esp near 35 then we are definitely in the SB hunt....assuming we don't have perhaps the worse defense in the history of the league.

Not so much scoring 30+, although that would be HUGE, but it really is keeping the ball away from the opponent's offense and scoring efficiently while the team has the ball.
Stop the QB effieciently, but if you can't, keep the ball out of his hands then while you score, if you can, while taking up 10 minutes a quarter and wear that D down completely by the 4th.
Which is Football 101...

From the very beginning and it still works! Wild!

 

[jobberone]

Not so much scoring 30+, although that would be HUGE, but it really is keeping the ball away from the opponent's offense and scoring efficiently while the team has the ball.
Stop the QB effieciently, but if you can't, keep the ball out of his hands then while you score, if you can, while taking up 10 minutes a quarter and wear that D down completely by the 4th.
Which is Football 101...

From the very beginning and it still works! Wild!

Respectfully disagree. It's mostly about the PPG but you're right in that sometimes playing keep away does help. Overall, though, TOP is not very predictive of winning anymore.

16 X 30 = 480. 32 PPG = 512 and that pretty much guarantees you a shot at the SB tournament.

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[The Natural]

highly doubt it

 

[conner01]

I think we will be in the ballpark of 30. Assuming we stay healthy with the main guys. And I think the defense will be better than most think. If we can stay healthy.
To me it's all about staying healthy

 

[Corso]

Respectfully disagree. It's mostly about the PPG but you're right in that sometimes playing keep away does help. Overall, though, TOP is not very predictive of winning anymore.

16 X 30 = 480. 32 PPG = 512 and that pretty much guarantees you a shot at the SB tournament.

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Good post, but when it comes to fringe teams, like I think the Cowboys will be- I don't think they will have an efficient enough defense to offset their offense. When the axiom is Defense wins championships, I think they will fail. It will lay upon the offense to not only score and score efficiently, but also keep the ball away from the opponents offense.

I think the team is going in with that mentality and when you're trying to play keepaway- you're avoiding a shootout which takes away those 30+ point games a lot of the time.

If this team is to win and win big, it will have to defy some strong stats along the way, I'm willing to bet, but don't hope for.

I want us to dominate. I want Romo and Easy E and this line to crush it and the D to get some opportunistic grabs as they yield yards to an O trying to catch up, but every game is a different personality that Dallas has to try to dominate and it is SO MUCH EASIER with a dominant D than it is with a (hopefully) dominant O.

It would also make for much more interesting tactics if Garrett were to "go for the throat" so to speak and do things overboard for some plays to catch teams off their schemes.
Mmmm... I'm rambling and need to do something about my parchedness.
Yeah, I said parchedness. Jobber knows of what I speak.

This has been a good day...

 

[ScipioCowboy]

This offense already boasts six players who rank in the top seven or eight at their position in the league: Romo, Bryant, Smith, Frederick, Martin, and Witten. That's not counting Elliot and Collins, both of whom could emerge as elite this year, and Beasley is one of the better slot receivers. Outside of Pittsburg and, maybe, Green Bay, there's not an offense close to that kind talent in the league. Thirty points per game is a reasonable goal.

 

[jobberone]

Good post, but when it comes to fringe teams, like I think the Cowboys will be- I don't think they will have an efficient enough defense to offset their offense. When the axiom is Defense wins championships, I think they will fail. It will lay upon the offense to not only score and score efficiently, but also keep the ball away from the opponents offense.

I think the team is going in with that mentality and when you're trying to play keepaway- you're avoiding a shootout which takes away those 30+ point games a lot of the time.

If this team is to win and win big, it will have to defy some strong stats along the way, I'm willing to bet, but don't hope for.

I want us to dominate. I want Romo and Easy E and this line to crush it and the D to get some opportunistic grabs as they yield yards to an O trying to catch up, but every game is a different personality that Dallas has to try to dominate and it is SO MUCH EASIER with a dominant D than it is with a (hopefully) dominant O.

It would also make for much more interesting tactics if Garrett were to "go for the throat" so to speak and do things overboard for some plays to catch teams off their schemes.
Mmmm... I'm rambling and need to do something about my parchedness.
Yeah, I said parchedness. Jobber knows of what I speak.

This has been a good day...

The axiom should now be defense certainly helps a lot and it can win a championship but offense generally rules the roost. There are plenty of posts here to support that. Google CBZ and Percyhoward. You can also look at the last 20 SBs and get an idea of who was scoring what and how good of a D they had. I'd also suggest looking at the Scoring Diff which also is reasonably predictive of W-L.

It is interesting that all time we don't have a top ten team in scoring.

I suspect the D will be slightly better than average. IF we score 30+ PPG and have an average to better D then we will be in the hunt.

 

[Corso]

The axiom should now be defense certainly helps a lot and it can win a championship but offense generally rules the roost. There are plenty of posts here to support that. Google CBZ and Percyhoward. You can also look at the last 20 SBs and get an idea of who was scoring what and how good of a D they had. I'd also suggest looking at the Scoring Diff which also is reasonably predictive of W-L.

It is interesting that all time we don't have a top ten team in scoring.

I suspect the D will be slightly better than average. IF we score 30+ PPG and have an average to better D then we will be in the hunt.

Oh the times, they are a changin'...

 

[big dog cowboy]

Can they? Yes. Will they? Probably not.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

I think we will be in the ballpark of 30. Assuming we stay healthy with the main guys. And I think the defense will be better than most think. If we can stay healthy.
To me it's all about staying healthy

Most think we need a consistent pass rush and a secondary that can make plays and get turnovers. That's my idea of better.

 

[jobberone]

Can they? Yes. Will they? Probably not.

If Romo and Dez but in general the O stays healthy then I'll go on record now and say they score 480+ this year. JMO.

 

[JDSmith]

If everyone stays healthy I think they are over 30 ppg with little difficulty. Balance and explosiveness. This offense can do it all, short passing, the long ball over the top, running short yardage, breaking long runs, backs catching the ball out of the backfield... and all behind a very good and still developing offensive line.

This offense averaged 29.2 ppg in 2014 and we have, at least theoretically, upgraded our RB situation. If Zeke is what he's projected to be this offense will dominate.

 

[iceberg]

Oh the times, they are a changin'...

for good or bad, yet to be determined.

 

[percyhoward]

The 10 highest scoring teams in NFL history all made the playoffs. But the only one that won a Super Bowl was the one with the best defense. The non-champion that came closest to winning it all was the one with the 2nd-best defense.

Teams with great offenses get exposed in the postseason when their defense isn't playoff caliber.

 

[CCBoy]

Can they? Yes. Will they? Probably not.

If all we see, is concentrated effort and improvements, at least this fan is well satisfied with realistic football by our team.

 

[Nexx]

ball control team chewing up the clock isnt conducive to scoring a ton of points.

 

[Denim Chicken]

 

[DFWJC]

Dallas averaged 29.2 in 2014, so it's certainly possible