Commanders Week. What matchups are you looking forward to?

[haleyrules]

I hope dez is moved away from Norman TBH it's about matchup' not proving he's better.

Morris and EE And the entire run game

Dak another effecient game which turns into a W

I also want cousins blitzed, pressured and hit

That about covers it. Great post. I am not impressed with Cousins and the Commander run defense is suspect. Run hard and this is a good win. Cowboys have the advantage. Use it. Morris is primed..Elliott is ready. Use them.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

I believe cousins makes mistakes when he is under duress he panicked when we played him that way last year and we beat them. I don't believe the secondary is as bad as everyone makes it seem to be ! But that is my opinion I am sure you and several others feel differently

With all due respect, lad, our pass rush will not put Cousins under duress.
I would love, love, love to see the blitz, but the card that has been dealt to us is a lousy defense with a lousy pass rush.
I say load up the passing routes with safeties and LBs.
But we shall see, good lad.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

I would like to see a Dallas LB not named Lee do something this week !!!

Lee was terrible last week

 

[CowboyChris]

I kind of tune out when the defense is on the field. It's embarrassing to see that kind of slop playing for this once great franchise.

btw in case you missed it...we signed Ryan Davis today. things are looking up

 

[Alexander]

If we struggle to run the ball against a DL with Ziggy Hood, Kendric Gholston and Chris Baker as primaries, with an average LB crew behind them, we just need to pack it in and wait until April to figure out something else to do.

 

[dallasdave]

Lee was terrible last week

What about the other LB's ???

 

[Mountaineerfan]

I honestly just want to see what makes Zeke special. So Zeke vs the D.

 

[Jinxx13x]

With all due respect, lad, our pass rush will not put Cousins under duress.
I would love, love, love to see the blitz, but the card that has been dealt to us is a lousy defense with a lousy pass rush.
I say load up the passing routes with safeties and LBs.
But we shall see, good lad.

You could be right ! Hopefully our Offense will force them to play from behind and make them take some chances in the end I just want a W. Our run game has the advantage this week hopefully we use it to the best of our ability.

 

[Risen Star]

Two teams desperately trying to avoid 0-2. The Commanders are the play. They just lost at home. A bounce back seems likely. But I picked the Cowboys over the Giants so....

 

[haleyrules]

With all due respect, lad, our pass rush will not put Cousins under duress.
I would love, love, love to see the blitz, but the card that has been dealt to us is a lousy defense with a lousy pass rush.
I say load up the passing routes with safeties and LBs.
But we shall see, good lad.

Dallas will not beat them with Defense. That is a given. Run over their shaky run defense. Use the clock and keep our defense off the field. Cousins is average and will suffer coming from behind. Get the lead and run the ball. Garrett for Gods sake. Run the flaming ball!!

 

[Jinxx13x]

I honestly just want to see what makes Zeke special. So Zeke vs the D.

If Zeke shows patience he could have a big game !

I am making a bold prediction we are gonna have 2 - 100 yard rushers this game Morris and
Zeke if this happens I will be interested to see this forum's reaction

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

my gut is saying we get punked in all those matchups you highlighted, but I guess I'm looking forward to seeing our offensive line against their d-line. they need to rebound after that pathetic showing last week

B Jones handled him well last year.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

What about the other LB's ???

They were all terrible. Did you not read what I said. I wasn't to see ALL LBs play better including Lee

 

[haleyrules]

Its a certainty..Morris will have a good game and the running could dominate...IF Garrett doesnt decide to THROW away the clubs biggest advantage. The OL and the running game. GARRETT!!

 

[DallasDomination]

I'm looking forward to Dez being lined up on the same side Norman is all day and I'll start a count for how many go routes he runs.

I'm thinking 15+ again.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Dallas will not beat them with Defense. That is a given. Run over their shaky run defense. Use the clock and keep our defense off the field. Cousins is average and will suffer coming from behind. Get the lead and run the ball. Garrett for Gods sake. Run the flaming ball!!

I second that emotion, bloke!

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Does it remind you of Arena Football ?

Or. Texas Longhorns football?

 

[Beast_from_East]

I am anxiously awaiting the matchup between our offensive line and their front 7. The Steelers just ran right over them like they were rag dolls.

If we cant do the same, its going to be a long day.

 

[MRV52]

Clapping Red vs Real Coaching staff.

 

[CrownCowboy]

We are starting a rookie QB that did not throw the ball down the field last week. The Commanders will do the same thing the Giants did. They'll stack the box more times than not and make taking the run away first priority and make Dak throw the ball down the field. I'll be looking at how our offense fares against that defensive mindset.

I'll be at the ballgame. I'll be keeping my eye on seeing how many one on one matchups our receivers get and seeing if they are up to the challenge because last week they were not.

The only hope I have for the defense is that they are opportunistic. If a ball is on the ground, fall on it. Pick the ball off! Turnovers can make a bad defense with little talent look better. That and I will look to see how we play the run. Our linebackers have to find a way to shed blocks better and our front four need to win one on one matchups a few more times.

The biggest matchup in this ballgame is between the head coaches. I've about had it with Jason Garrett. I'll be interested to see if he can have a better gameplan dialed up than Gruden as well as whether or not he has our team ready to play because even though it's only week 2, this is a big ballgame.