Cowboys Defense Trend Lines

[T-RO]

To get a sense of what we might expect in 2018....let’s look at the latter part of last season and see what the trends were emerging with the Cowboys defense.

In the final 5 games we held each team below their season average...and only permitted 11 points per game.

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Game 17 - Eagles were resting players, but still...a road shut-out. That’s rare.

Game 16 - Russel Wilson and ‘Hawks were stymied. Seattle offense scored 14 pats. Our own offense gave the gave away with 3 devastating turnovers, including pick-6. But Wilson had one of his worst games of the year...14-21 for 93 yards.

Game 15 Road game in Oakland. Cowboys give up just 17 points and Carr was throttled. Took him 38 passes to get 171 yards.

Game 14 Giants score just 10...well below their season average. Manning with poor QBR

Game 13 Skins score 14 pats...never in it.

It was a disappointing season but the defense played very well in the latter part of the season.

 

[T-RO]

One can say we weren’t facing elite offenses in this stretch but they key point is that in all 5...we held these teams below their averages.

That’s what an above average defense does...

Now add:
Vander Esch
Gregory
Ward
Ealy
Armstrong
Covington

And factor in improvements with Jaylon and young secondary.

Trend Line is UP!

 

[xwalker]

To get a sense of what we might expect in 2018....let’s look at the latter part of last season and see what the trends were emerging with the Cowboys defense.

In the final 5 games we held each team below their season average...and only permitted 11 points per game.

—

Game 17 - Eagles were resting players, but still...a road shut-out. That’s rare.

Game 16 - Russel Wilson and ‘Hawks were stymied. Seattle offense scored 14 pats. Our own offense gave the gave away with 3 devastating turnovers, including pick-6. But Wilson had one of his worst games of the year...14-21 for 93 yards.

Game 15 Road game in Oakland. Cowboys give up just 17 points and Carr was throttled. Took him 38 passes to get 171 yards.

Game 14 Giants score just 10...well below their season average. Manning with poor QBR

Game 13 Skins score 14 pats...never in it.

It was a disappointing season but the defense played very well in the latter part of the season.

The Cowboys made changes to the scheme and players starting in game 13.

Awuzie became the starting LCB.

When Brown was the RCB they often had him play outside leverage which meant he needed a help defender on in breaking routes. The help defender was often not there or was late getting there.

When Awuzie started they quit doing outside leverage on a regular basis.

Brown still played as many as 4 series per game at outside CB (both left and right) as well as playing in the Dime and sometimes in Nickel.

When Brown played as a non-starter on the outside they still didn't go back to the excess useage of outside leverage and Brown looked better because of it.

They also started playing Frazier at SS when they expected run and Jones the remaining snaps at SS in single high. Jones had already moved to SS before that when he was not playing man on a TE or when it was not 2 deep.

Scandrick was injured in week 13 and never returned.

It will be much different this year with Kris Richard.

 

[Melonfeud]

One can say we weren’t facing elite offenses in this stretch but they key point is that in all 5...we held these teams below their averages.

That’s what an above average defense does...

Now add:
Vander Esch
Gregory
Ward
Ealy
Armstrong
Covington

And factor in improvements with Jaylon and young secondary.

Trend Line is UP!

Fantastic observation T-RO and its certainly looking to be on the upswing in it's stopping power with addition of secondary backfield coach Kris Richard,,,barring key injuries.

 

[GenoT]

Until proven otherwise, the real-world trend is overachieving regular-season surprise / underachieving playoff same-old same-old.

 

[T-RO]

Until proven otherwise, the real-world trend is overachieving regular-season surprise / underachieving playoff same-old same-old.

We haven’t had a good defense in years so it’s not surprising we couldn’t get the needed stops in the playoffs. We’re finally putting together a defense.

 

[Knotamus]

To get a sense of what we might expect in 2018....let’s look at the latter part of last season and see what the trends were emerging with the Cowboys defense.

In the final 5 games we held each team below their season average...and only permitted 11 points per game.

—

Game 17 - Eagles were resting players, but still...a road shut-out. That’s rare.

Game 16 - Russel Wilson and ‘Hawks were stymied. Seattle offense scored 14 pats. Our own offense gave the gave away with 3 devastating turnovers, including pick-6. But Wilson had one of his worst games of the year...14-21 for 93 yards.

Game 15 Road game in Oakland. Cowboys give up just 17 points and Carr was throttled. Took him 38 passes to get 171 yards.

Game 14 Giants score just 10...well below their season average. Manning with poor QBR

Game 13 Skins score 14 pats...never in it.

It was a disappointing season but the defense played very well in the latter part of the season.

Great observation @T-RO . I’ve been stating this since last year that this defense was on the verge of greatness.. and we may soon find out how great. The resident naysayers whom always predictably blame Jerry will always jump on the band wagon late.

It’s not hard to see that the dL is stacked (yea, I hear the 1T complainers, but that’s never been Marinelli’s game), the LBers have three legit starters and depth. (Go ahead pessimist, but Jaylon is going to ball out.. and please don’t act like a fan of him afterwards), the addition of Chris Richard to our young and talented secondary can’t be overstated, exp how well the young guys played toward the end of last season. Barring injury (as always), this defense is completely underrated by most and I’m totally good with that.

 

[jazzcat22]

One can say we weren’t facing elite offenses in this stretch but they key point is that in all 5...we held these teams below their averages.

That’s what an above average defense does...

Now add:
Vander Esch
Gregory
Ward
Ealy
Armstrong
Covington

And factor in improvements with Jaylon and young secondary.

Trend Line is UP!

I don’t care how good or bad the offenses were. To do that for 5 games in a row is tough to do no matter what.
This was a good sign.
I feel better about this D going into TC more so than the O. And when was the last time we could say that?

With the coaching changes and additions to the D, they should only get better.
Yes the trend line is up.

 

[T-RO]

Great observation @T-RO . I’ve been stating this since last year that this defense was on the verge of greatness.. and we may soon find out how great. The resident naysayers whom always predictably blame Jerry will always jump on the band wagon late.

It’s not hard to see that the dL is stacked (yea, I hear the 1T complainers, but that’s never been Marinelli’s game), the LBers have three legit starters and depth. (Go ahead pessimist, but Jaylon is going to ball out.. and please don’t act like a fan of him afterwards), the addition of Chris Richard to our young and talented secondary can’t be overstated, exp how well the young guys played toward the end of last season. Barring injury (as always), this defense is completely underrated by most and I’m totally good with that.

Strong word, Knots. Speaking of the naysayers...the types that go to games and sit on their hands and are in part responsible for our home game troubles..what can be done for them? Can they be rehabilitated?

 

[jazzcat22]

Strong word, Knots. Speaking of the naysayers...the types that go to games and sit on their hands and are in part responsible for our home game troubles..what can be done for them? Can they be rehabilitated?

Automatic beer injectors in the seats. May be a start.

 

[T-RO]

I don’t care how good or bad the offenses were. To do that for 5 games in a row is tough to do no matter what.
This was a good sign.
I feel better about this D going into TC more so than the O. And when was the last time we could say that?

With the coaching changes and additions to the D, they should only get better.
Yes the trend line is up.

I hear ya, jazz. There are more open questions about the offense, where unknowns and unproven will need to step up.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

I’m over the belief in a behemoth one technique—obsolete and largely useless unless they move like a much smaller man. Still concerned about safety.

 

[Sydla]

To get a sense of what we might expect in 2018....let’s look at the latter part of last season and see what the trends were emerging with the Cowboys defense.

In the final 5 games we held each team below their season average...and only permitted 11 points per game.

—

Game 17 - Eagles were resting players, but still...a road shut-out. That’s rare.

Game 16 - Russel Wilson and ‘Hawks were stymied. Seattle offense scored 14 pats. Our own offense gave the gave away with 3 devastating turnovers, including pick-6. But Wilson had one of his worst games of the year...14-21 for 93 yards.

Game 15 Road game in Oakland. Cowboys give up just 17 points and Carr was throttled. Took him 38 passes to get 171 yards.

Game 14 Giants score just 10...well below their season average. Manning with poor QBR

Game 13 Skins score 14 pats...never in it.

It was a disappointing season but the defense played very well in the latter part of the season.

There is zero value in that Eagles game. Zero.

Oakland's trend was down offensively, so I am not sure you can put a ton of value in that either. Week 14 they scored 15 against KC, 17 against us, 10 against the Eagles and 10 against the Chargers.

Same with the Giants. Starting Week 11, they scored 12, 10, 17, 10, 29, 0, 18. They offense was awful by the end of the year save for that bizarre game in Philly.

The best thing you can say is that at least they were able to stymie bad offenses, something that, at times, they couldn't even do in previous years.

It's an average defense until proven otherwise. I believe there is some talent on defense, but some of it is unproven so we don't really know. If I can get a defense that finally forces turnovers, gets off the field on third downs and gets after the QB better than they have, I'll consider that a win.

 

[T-RO]

There is zero value in that Eagles game. Zero.

Oakland's trend was down offensively, so I am not sure you can put a ton of value in that either. Week 14 they scored 15 against KC, 17 against us, 10 against the Eagles and 10 against the Chargers.

Same with the Giants. Starting Week 11, they scored 12, 10, 17, 10, 29, 0, 18. They offense was awful by the end of the year save for that bizarre game in Philly.

The best thing you can say is that at least they were able to stymie bad offenses, something that, at times, they couldn't even do in previous years.

It's an average defense until proven otherwise. I believe there is some talent on defense, but some of it is unproven so we don't really know. If I can get a defense that finally forces turnovers, gets off the field on third downs and gets after the QB better than they have, I'll consider that a win.

I respect a man who does a little research, but you didn’t really disprove the point. In every one of those games we held the opponent *below* their seasonal average point production.

And then there’s this:
When KC came to town in week 9 the Chiefs were averaging near 30 points a game. We throttled them and they were lucky to score 17

 

[CowboyRoy]

To get a sense of what we might expect in 2018....let’s look at the latter part of last season and see what the trends were emerging with the Cowboys defense.

In the final 5 games we held each team below their season average...and only permitted 11 points per game.

—

Game 17 - Eagles were resting players, but still...a road shut-out. That’s rare.

Game 16 - Russel Wilson and ‘Hawks were stymied. Seattle offense scored 14 pats. Our own offense gave the gave away with 3 devastating turnovers, including pick-6. But Wilson had one of his worst games of the year...14-21 for 93 yards.

Game 15 Road game in Oakland. Cowboys give up just 17 points and Carr was throttled. Took him 38 passes to get 171 yards.

Game 14 Giants score just 10...well below their season average. Manning with poor QBR

Game 13 Skins score 14 pats...never in it.

It was a disappointing season but the defense played very well in the latter part of the season.

LOL.......probably 5 of the worst offensive teams in the league save Seattle. Giants won 3 games and had lost their playmakers. Eagles played 3rd stringers. LOL

Another garbage article based on dumb logic.

 

[T-RO]

LOL.......probably 5 of the worst offensive teams in the league save Seattle. Giants won 3 games and had lost their playmakers. Eagles played 3rd stringers. LOL

Another garbage article based on dumb logic.

I wish you could at least make your adversarial posts interesting.

In the last stretch of games Dallas out-performed the league average defensive effort—each time. 11 points per game permitted is super, irrespective of the NFL teams involved.

 

[JoeKing]

To get a sense of what we might expect in 2018....let’s look at the latter part of last season and see what the trends were emerging with the Cowboys defense.

In the final 5 games we held each team below their season average...and only permitted 11 points per game.

—

Game 17 - Eagles were resting players, but still...a road shut-out. That’s rare.

I should stop reading the rest of your argument right now. There is no, "but still". The Eagles were resting players and you can not use this game to make a legit case in your favor. Throw this game out. It's an outlier.

Game 16 - Russel Wilson and ‘Hawks were stymied. Seattle offense scored 14 pats. Our own offense gave the gave away with 3 devastating turnovers, including pick-6. But Wilson had one of his worst games of the year...14-21 for 93 yards.

C'mon man, Our offense gave this game away. This is another bad game to discern something about this years defense.

Game 15 Road game in Oakland. Cowboys give up just 17 points and Carr was throttled. Took him 38 passes to get 171 yards.

If not for the heroics of Heath, this would have been another loss for the Cowboys.

Game 14 Giants score just 10...well below their season average. Manning with poor QBR

Inferior play by Eli Manning doest not equal even good play by our defense. The D did little to nothing to earn this win. They showed up and the Giants gave the game away.

Game 13 Skins score 14 pats...never in it.

It was a disappointing season but the defense played very well in the latter part of the season.

38-14 road win by the Cowboys. This one game was a good showing by our defense, offense and special teams. But I wouldn't use this small sample size to discern anything about next season. It's rare when we have all cylinders hitting but this does seem to be the results when we do... much like the game against KC last season.

 

[Melonfeud]

I respect a man who does a little research, but you didn’t really disprove the point. In every one of those games we held the opponent *below* their seasonal average point production.

And then there’s this:
When KC came to town in week 9 the Chiefs were averaging near 30 points a game. We throttled them and they were lucky to score 17

Ha! & 7 of those 17 points was put up on the board 30seconds before halftime in the most preposterously pathetic showing of 11 breathing brain dead A-holes clad in Dallas Cowboy laundry I've ever witnessed


* continue to "dis" my participating posts in yer' threads& you& yer' playbook of penned bandwith ponderings are soon to be off my menu,pal

 

[Sydla]

I respect a man who does a little research, but you didn’t really disprove the point. In every one of those games we held the opponent *below* their seasonal average point production.

And then there’s this:
When KC came to town in week 9 the Chiefs were averaging near 30 points a game. We throttled them and they were lucky to score 17

Their seasonal averages, in some cases, was bloated by early season score totals. For example, the Giants averaged 13.7 points over their last 7 games (and that was only that high because of total anomaly in scoring 29 against the Eagles), which is below their seasonal average of over 15.

The Cowboys defense was an average defense last year, by any honest review of the stats. They have to improve.

 

[Batman1980]

Their seasonal averages, in some cases, was bloated by early season score totals. For example, the Giants averaged 13.7 points over their last 7 games (and that was only that high because of total anomaly in scoring 29 against the Eagles), which is below their seasonal average of over 15.

The Cowboys defense was an average defense last year, by any honest review of the stats. They have to improve.

Average at best. Didn't have enough talent last year to be anything more.