News: BTB: The numbers say the Cowboys-Texans game wasn't nearly as close as the score

[Aven8]

Good grief the eye test saw all that! Watson was a savant against us. He missed like 8-9 passes! We knew our O would suck and they did. The damn WR's need to learn how to catch though........when the balls finally there....catch it! We were awful.......

 

[cwbyfn88]

One, Dak does bear some responsibility for those interceptions. They were not good throws.

Two, what third down pass was dropped? Honest question.

I believe Thompson dropped it. Or Gallup. Don't remember exactly which one. Went right through the hands while the receiver was going to the ground. Looked like a catch in real time.

To your first statement it just reaffirm what I said. Ultimate team sport

 

[gimmesix]

Yeah I don’t understand why everyone thought the defense was great? Houston was moving the ball at will all game,just couldn’t cash in,in the red zone.

Points are all that matters and the defense stiffened time and time again. You hold a team under 20 points, you should win.

We've done that three times and have won one of them.

 

[gimmesix]

Red zone defense kept it close.

The main reason why I would of went for it on 4th and 1 was the Texans were moving the ball between the hashes all night.

That was my thought, too. The defense was coming up big around the goal line, but Houston was able to move the ball, so there was little reason to doubt the Texans could get in field-goal range. If Garrett had been watching the game, he certainly wouldn't have thought the defense could just shut down Houston. It was a 50-50 proposition at best, so the odds of making fourth-and-1 were better.

 

[Sydla]

I believe Thompson dropped it. Or Gallup. Don't remember exactly which one. Went right through the hands while the receiver was going to the ground. Looked like a catch in real time.

To your first statement it just reaffirm what I said. Ultimate team sport

Wait are you talking about the play where Dak jumped and threw a low ball to a wide open WR?

That was a terrible throw.

 

[gimmesix]

I believe Thompson dropped it. Or Gallup. Don't remember exactly which one. Went right through the hands while the receiver was going to the ground. Looked like a catch in real time.

To your first statement it just reaffirm what I said. Ultimate team sport

Thompson should have caught it but it was an unnecessary low throw. Our receivers shouldn't have to pluck the ball off the turf like Swaim did except when the quarterback is pressured into a bad throw. A lot of the difficult passes to catch weren't caused by pressure.

 

[cwbyfn88]

Wait are you talking about the play where Dak jumped and threw a low ball to a wide open WR?

That was a terrible throw.

I agree it wasnt a perfect throw. Neither were the ones on the two ints. Slightly high on the first one and to the wrong side of the wr on the second. But the wrs didn't help either

 

[AbeBeta]

Thompson should have caught it but it was an unnecessary low throw. Our receivers shouldn't have to pluck the ball off the turf like Swaim did except when the quarterback is pressured into a bad throw. A lot of the difficult passes to catch weren't caused by pressure.

No. Receivers need to make plays. Look at the ridiculous catches Hopkins had on Jones.

 

[Roadtrip635]

That was my thought, too. The defense was coming up big around the goal line, but Houston was able to move the ball, so there was little reason to doubt the Texans could get in field-goal range. If Garrett had been watching the game, he certainly wouldn't have thought the defense could just shut down Houston. It was a 50-50 proposition at best, so the odds of making fourth-and-1 were better.

The defense really spit the bit after that horrible punt decision. I understand trying to punch the ball out, but they let Hop catch a 20yd pass(why was Brown covering anyway) and let him get 30yds of YAC and get comfortably in FG range, before they actually attempted to make a tackle. It looked like a big brother playing keep away from his younger brother. Tackle him or at least corral him so someone else can punch the ball, before he goes for 50yds. They coulda tackled him at the 50 or 45 and at least lived to play another down and a chance at a sack or TO. It almost made me wonder if our defenders realized that a FG would win the game.

 

[pancakeman]

Two, what third down pass was dropped? Honest question.

May have been referring to 13:49 in the 4th, 3rd and 8 short right to Thompson seemed like it could have been caught but a bit hard to tell.

 

[Number1]

Why dont they bench Dak and start Copper Rush? What do we have to lose?

the NFCE

 

[Chrispierce]

Points are all that matters and the defense stiffened time and time again. You hold a team under 20 points, you should win.

We've done that three times and have won one of them.

What’s that got to do with the fact the defense is not all that? Did they or didn’t they stop them? Nope...34/44 and 375 yards to Watson? Give me a beak,those are Brady type numbers. I’m sick of hearing about how good they are when I’ve been watching them get good singular plays,then turning into Swiss cheese. Maybe to most people’s standards that’s good enough defense,but not mine. I’m not giving up crap between the 20’s or “bending” to anyone as a team philosophy. You don’t get a game winning FG. You get “nothing”. Notice anything today? Like more DBs being signed? Yeah,Richards is like get me some more players in here y’all. Even the game before he lost it on the sidelines at that unit.

 

[keysersoze]

Huge point in this article about Watson vs Dak. Watson had as much or more pressure to deal with and threw for twice as many yards.

To be honest. Watson had a better game because he’s got better receivers. Other than that it’s a wash.

 

[Captain-Crash]

most good teams win when their defense only gives up 16 points. I guess the defense needs to score more.

 

[JoeKing]

"The numbers" is a bogus argument. The only numbers that matter is on the scoreboard and they say we lost in OT and had our chance to win. You stat oriented people love to spin numbers any way you can to say whatever you want them to say and it's all bogus. Long story short, we lost by a FG in OT. Get over it and move on to the next game.

 

[America's Cowboy]

People will rush to lay the blame of this L on Garrett's horrific 4th and 1 call (and it WAS horrific)-- but IMO, Dak put on his "lost puppy dog" act again and aside from a miracle Romo-esque escape-and-heave, simply did not make enough plays to win an NFL game (against a 1-3 team no less).

We have a HC problem. We have an outdated offensive scheme problem. And we have a regressing QB problem. Oh yeah-- and we still have Jerry for an owner, so nothing changes. Good times.

Stupid

 

[America's Cowboy]

Wait are you talking about the play where Dak jumped and threw a low ball to a wide open WR?

That was a terrible throw.

Another dumb post.

 

[Starforever]

Another dumb post.

Dumb is using the ignorant statement, "if it hits your hands you should catch it". Most of Hopkins catches were routine. Dallas receivers have to jump, stretch, and wonder, "was he throwing to me?" Can for once Dak hit a receiver in stride? Can he find the numbers on a receivers chest and aim? Will he ever learn to set his feet and deliver a routine, on time, catchable ball?

 

[America's Cowboy]

Dumb is using the ignorant statement, "if it hits your hands you should catch it". Most of Hopkins catches were routine. Dallas receivers have to jump, stretch, and wonder, "was he throwing to me?" Can for once Dak hit a receiver in stride? Can he find the numbers on a receivers chest and aim? Will he ever learn to set his feet and deliver a routine, on time, catchable ball?

Another dumb post.

Good receivers catch footballs that hit them in their hands. Over and over we see other teams' good receivers make all kinds of catches whenever the ball hits their hands. Austin has repeatedly dropped passes this season, some even in the endzone when the ball is placed squarely in his bread basket, and has even fumbled passes while falling out of bounds. We all now see why the Rams were so willingly to get rid of him. Sounds like you like sucky receivers who can't catch? Please, don't comment anymore. You sound ignorant.

 

[Clove]

What's funny is people complaining about what they already know. You know he sucks, so when we lose, there's nothing to complain about. Everyone knows he sucks, but then they make thread after thread about how he sucks. Very funny, yet sad.