BTB: Stats against Eagles show how close the Cowboys were and are

[Cowboys1966]

A game of inches, indeed. The Dallas Cowboys’ 28-23 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles was a classic case. The fourth-down pass to Luke Schoonmaker failed to give the Cowboys seven points because the ball was just about a foot away from the end zone when his knee went down. Micah Parsons got his hand on a fumble that could have also put Dallas ahead, but was unable to secure it before the Eagles clawed it back. Repeatedly the infamous Tush Push/Brotherly Shove would get a yard or three to move the sticks for Philadelphia. Then there was Dak Prescott stepping out just before the two-point conversion was successful.

But the overall stats also show some big numbers, particularly for the Cowboys’ passing game. When all the near-misses are combined with some luck, and at times erratic officiating, it paints a picture of a Dallas team that is able to go toe-to-toe with the best in the conference. While the humiliation at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers sowed doubts about that, Sunday showed us that with just a touch more luck, Dallas would be among the real contenders in the league.

Actually, they still are. With a 5-3 record at the midpoint of the season, they are on track for double-digit wins and sit in the sixth seed at the moment. While the odds are that they would have to enter the playoffs as a wild card, there is a quite recent history of a team based in Arlington that did that and made it all the way to the promised land. Sometimes, you just have to go and take it, after all.

LINK: https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...ott-ceedee-lamb-mike-mccarthy-kavontae-turpin

Or we just had a good game or they had a bad game. Extrapolating too much from one game is silly.

 

[noshame]

And I agree. If you think Prescott can't get it done, or isn't talented enough, you're probably a football moron.

Or you watched Playoff games against good defenses? The guy hasn't faced a decent secondary in 3 weeks.

I'll remain a football moron until Dak pulls out a meaningful game against a top defense.

Add to that CeeDee Lamb has turned into arguably the greatest weapon in the n f l right now. The guy takes 5 yd passes and turns them into big yardage and 1st downs.
Dak has been driving the bus effectively. However, at some point you've got to use the deep middle, because that's all good defenses give you.
We'll see what happens.

 

[Gangsta Spanksta]

Getting tired of people trying to spin a loss...

 

[EversonIWasAYoungBoy]

Pardon me while I temper my excitement.

We scored exactly 6 points in the 2nd half

 

[Aftershock]

Yes.

For me, it's more about I believe our 53 or 45 or whatever can get it done. But that includes Dak. I see it as a team game. But McCarthy needs to stop being cute. If points are on the board, and it's close, take the points.

they take the points and it’s 25-28

Eagles hold the ball, Dallas loses time outs, game over

You’d be saying that McCarthy needs to be more aggressive! If it’s close and 4th and goal GET THE TOUCHDOWN!!!

 

[atlantacowboy]

And I agree. If you think Prescott can't get it done, or isn't talented enough, you're probably a football moron.

The fact is Dak hasn’t gotten it done. He didn’t get it done and was a mess the last 5 minutes when it was time to win the game.
The list of talented QBs who never got it done but coulda/shoulda is long. Look no further than his predecessor who was a better QB. Call it inches but that’s what the NFL is and always has been. The line between winning and losing may be thin but it’s still there . Playing well enough to win but not winning is an absurd thing to hang your hat on. Call it a symptom of mediocrity.

 

[morat1959]

Are you on Jerry’s payroll?

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

If you think Dak can get it done, or he is talented enough, you are probably a football moron.

so do you want Rush? do you think he can do it?

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

The fact is Dak hasn’t gotten it done. He didn’t get it done and was a mess the last 5 minutes when it was time to win the game.
The list of talented QBs who never got it done but coulda/shoulda is long. Look no further than his predecessor who was a better QB. Call it inches but that’s what the NFL is and always has been. The line between winning and losing may be thin but it’s still there . Playing well enough to win but not winning is an absurd thing to hang your hat on. Call it a symptom of mediocrity.

the mess were the cowboys and not just Dak. pre-snap penalty at a crucial moment in the game!!! then the coach having a brain fart and not changing protection to cover for Steele, why not? why didn't they? they had seen Steele all game, so it leads to a sack. the lack of OL play, that we had no confidence, zero confidence in trying to run the ball from 6 yards in. ....total mess across the whole team. coaches, QB, OL, receivers.

this team just couldn't handle the big moment. they panicked and that's on the coaches. and we saw it two years ago. and last year and now this year.

 

[Captain-Crash]

So far, he hasn't gotten it done.

If he never does get it done, doesn't that make you the football moron?

This crap is like the garrett fan boys. They thought he was great too. smh

 

[Nova]

The Eagles have been outgained by 98+ yards three times this season (because their passing D sucks). And they are 3-0 in those games.

That speaks to their resolve, but like the trend of winning one score games, the other shoe is bound to drop

 

[Captain-Crash]

Getting tired of people trying to spin a loss...

spinning the loss is all we have. Let us dream. Let us worship the dak. I support the crap out of mister non-clutch. He can play well at times but he's not clutch ever. shrugs

 

[blueblood70]

they take the points and it’s 25-28

Eagles hold the ball, Dallas loses time outs, game over

You’d be saying that McCarthy needs to be more aggressive! If it’s close and 4th and goal GET THE TOUCHDOWN!!!

Of course we were all thinking it if just if they would have took the field goals in hindsight they should have but in the game being in the line of fire at the moment it was hard for me to think they should have plus have to think about it this way too the Eagles might have played offense different if we'd have kicked the field goal instead of going for the touchdown on that next drive they might have been more aggressive you can't you can't just go back and say if we did just took the six points we win the game.. Just like if Prescott would have got the two points and then we would have kicked the field goal if he doesn't step out of bounds I'm watching the angle of the play when you're running full speed side to side like he was towards that sideline and then he must plant the foot and then change his momentum so he then can dive towards the end zone his momentum was taking him out of bounds and he was trying to avoid being touched if he doesn't take that same exact angle maybe he shoved out of bounds anyway and we could do the ifs and the butts he could end up being tackled he could have fumbled it out of the back of the end zone lots of things could happen if he'd have done it differently..

There's no true way to go back and think that if we have took the three points there on that drive that stalled at the one that they wouldn't have played defense in offense differently after that there's a lot of moving parts to also strategy that teams take whether they're aggressive whether they're gonna burn clock so if we would have took the field goal they may have changed the way they played and maybe we don't get that opportunity inside the 10 again... You really can't go back and make changes to certain plays without thinking lots of things that would have followed also would have changed..​

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it's just like the draft where they said if we wouldn't have took a zekiel Elliott and took jalen Ramsey instead that somehow you think Henry still would have been available to us,​

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we don't know that you can't change one thing about the past without changing all the events after so it would literally nobody knows what would have happened and I like Mike McCarthy being aggressive but in hindsight, yes we should have got the field goals but it would have been crazy if he would have tried to get a field goal and it would have got blocked or something the fumble the snap.... you know like Tony Romo and the Seattle game you remember that it stalled at the 1 yard line we also got a bad call that should have been first in goal from the one the referee screwed that up on Jason witten's catch/spot and then OK kick the field goal instead, right? no it didn't work out it literally the snap was fumble the field don't never happen lots of things can happen...​

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All I can say is we lost a winnable game with several factors including penalties no calls and some strange events where we don't get one of their fumbles at all and you know Prescott stepping out of bounds is unfortunate but he was trying to take an aggressive angle to avoid being caught when the guy who was about to tackle him who did get to him and push him but if he had done it a little more inside maybe he's tackled or he fumbles too many things it's just unfortunate we lost the game a bunch of small things and we lost by 5...​

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It's a gut punch but these things keep happening in the big games and I know it's nothing they can fully control it's just a run of really bad luck and being snake bit in these big games.. The good thing is this is not the playoffs that wasn't the last game and we have plenty of time for that to brew inside them and hopefully it motivate them like the 49er game we've been playing pretty well since the 49er game and I believe this will be further motivation to even get sharper and better..​

 

[Nova]

Though Philly is 8-1, an important stat shows that they may be a pretender.

At -2.4, Philly is 19th in passer rating differential for the season. This means their average passer rating is below their opponents by 2 points.

The top 10 in order:
1. BAL
2. SF
3. DAL
4. NO
5. JAX
6. DET
7. BUF
8. MINN
9. HOU
10. KC

 

[btcutter]

A game of inches, indeed. The Dallas Cowboys’ 28-23 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles was a classic case. The fourth-down pass to Luke Schoonmaker failed to give the Cowboys seven points because the ball was just about a foot away from the end zone when his knee went down. Micah Parsons got his hand on a fumble that could have also put Dallas ahead, but was unable to secure it before the Eagles clawed it back. Repeatedly the infamous Tush Push/Brotherly Shove would get a yard or three to move the sticks for Philadelphia. Then there was Dak Prescott stepping out just before the two-point conversion was successful.

But the overall stats also show some big numbers, particularly for the Cowboys’ passing game. When all the near-misses are combined with some luck, and at times erratic officiating, it paints a picture of a Dallas team that is able to go toe-to-toe with the best in the conference. While the humiliation at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers sowed doubts about that, Sunday showed us that with just a touch more luck, Dallas would be among the real contenders in the league.

Actually, they still are. With a 5-3 record at the midpoint of the season, they are on track for double-digit wins and sit in the sixth seed at the moment. While the odds are that they would have to enter the playoffs as a wild card, there is a quite recent history of a team based in Arlington that did that and made it all the way to the promised land. Sometimes, you just have to go and take it, after all.

LINK: https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...ott-ceedee-lamb-mike-mccarthy-kavontae-turpin

The biggest difference between Dallas and Philidelphia/SF is our INABILITY to run the ball. This Dallas offense is ONE dimensional. We keep forgetting best Dak is one with a very good RUNNING GAME.

 

[Pass2Run]

So far, he hasn't gotten it done.

If he never does get it done, doesn't that make you the football moron?

He can get it done. He's showing that if you look around the league. Sure, there are a couple better players. But he's up there.

 

[mattwill2]

..just wait for round #2 at AT&T. We gonna get it back.

The question is whether that will be too late. If the Eagles take care of their own business in the games ahead, the Cowboys won't catch them with just that one game. The Cowboys will need some help from other teams.

 

[mattwill2]

The Eagles have been outgained by 98+ yards three times this season (because their passing D sucks). And they are 3-0 in those games.

Teams that build up a lead go run-heavy, and as a result don't build up a gaudy passing yards stat. Time of Possession is a more telling stat than total offense.

 

[Praxit]

The question is whether that will be too late. If the Eagles take care of their own business in the games ahead, the Cowboys won't catch them with just that one game. The Cowboys will need some help from other teams.

..yeah, I hear ya.

If thats the case. Hopefully, Dallas can get one HOME game during post season.

On positive note. Philly has 3 tough games coming up. KC, SF, BUFF, ..etc. Maybe lose 2 of them?

They play US @ home too. Will be interesting how this goes.

 

[mattwill2]

If the Cowboys can get as far as the Super Bowl and KC is their opponent, I like the Cowboys chances. Andy Reid appears to be falling into his old pattern of having underwhelming WRs. Their Offense will always be dangerous because of Mahomes and Kelce, but it isn't as fearsome as it was last year ... and definitely much less fearsome than the year before when they had Tyreek Hill. I'm afraid the Eagles can/will beat the Chiefs. The 49ers need to right their ship if they are going to beat the Eagles. Brock Purdy seems to be coming down to earth and showing why he wasn't selected until the 7th Round. Plus they, like the Cowboys and Eagles have CB problems. Buffalo is hit or miss. So the Eagles may well come out of those three games 3-0. Time will tell.