Cowboys number 1 of fewest drives ending in a punt or turnover

[Rockport]

Careful-you are starting to head toward context. So stats do not matter when you take context into consideration? Lol.

You are king of pointing out stats for one member of the team, but are minimizing the run games stats when it suits your narrative. Got to be fair. The offense’s run game was better than half the league’s run games. It just was not elite. The enormous bulk of teams now do not have elite run games.

When it comes to controlling the line of scrimmage stats don’t matter. Proof is the Cowboys statistically were middle of the pack last year. But when they played good defenses, they sucked. So you can throw all the stats you want out there but I saw the Cowboys physically beat by good teams on both sides of the ball. Stick to Madden.

 

[Zekeats]

First 4 drives v packers

Punt
Interception
Punt
Interception

Game over

Your'e not supposed to bring up the post season, EVER!

 

[Zekeats]

It’s shocking the number of fans (all haters) here who don’t understand football 101. It’s what hate does to them. Blinds them and makes them look like fools when they post their hate.

Your'e the one who sadly can't see.

 

[Rockport]

Your'e the one who sadly can't see.

 

[Chasing6]

No. Absolutely not. But they can all be true. All of those things and Dak sucking. Not sure what’s so hard to understand

And our fans sucking as well.

 

[Jayinem]

Now do playoffs

 

[Blitzen]

When it comes to controlling the line of scrimmage stats don’t matter. Proof is the Cowboys statistically were middle of the pack last year. But when they played good defenses, they sucked. So you can throw all the stats you want out there but I saw the Cowboys physically beat by good teams on both sides of the ball. Stick to Madden.

I’m not going to argue if the run game was great against good defenses. The offense in general struggled with the better defenses passing and rushing and putting up points.

That does not mean the run game was non existent. The better opponents concentrated on stuffing the run, and the Cowboys were not particularly good at rushing-and were forced to attempt wins through the air.

It is painstakingly difficult to build an elite run game in today’s NFL. And it usually means concentrating lots of resources to that side of the ball for several years. It would be Madden to think it could be achieved in one offseason or even two.

 

[JBS]

And our fans sucking as well.

Fans don’t suck at all. What are you even talking about.

 

[CCBoy]

I don’t mind this pick as much as most if they really wanted him and didn’t want to risk him lasting until the fifth. Not as if it wasn’t a position of need. They’ve had a handful of reaches of late that haven’t gone well though.

Now they just have to be right about it. Still say all these LBs are going to look worse than they are with the atrocious DT room, but let’s see if miracles occur.

The outside is set and linebackers again control the center of field and highlights the secondaries.

 

[CCBoy]

I want to see the new offensive line leadership developing.

Smith and Guyton not only share a first name, but they also share the experience of being drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round. It wasn’t that long ago that Smith was standing in Guyton’s shoes. Smith’s advice for the incoming rookie - be confident. The focus for these early practices is teaching the young guys “the right way” to do things. At this stage of the season, that mainly entails the mental and technical side of things, bringing the young guys up to speed with the playbook and working on the fundamentals. Having someone who has already been through what Guyton is going through will be immensely helpful throughout the season, and Smith’s experience stepping in at LT his rookie season is an added bonus.

“I mean, I just tell him to be confident. I mean his tools are outrageous. Dude’s long, dude’s athletic. You know he has so many gifts and right now I’m just trying to give him the cheat codes.”

Smith may also be lining up next to another rookie at center in Cooper Beebe. Smith mentioned that one of the most important things he can do to ensure that Beebe has a successful rookie season is help with the communication on the offensive line. The mental aspect of the center position is crucial and it can be challenging for a young player to focus on communication when dissecting the defense pre-snap. Smith hopes to take as much as he can off of Beebe’s plate so he can be at his best.

“Centers have a lot on their plate. Obviously, he’s a new center. You know, he played guard in college. And so just communicating with him, keeping him up to speed, taking as much off his plate as we possibly can, so he can play the best that he can play.”

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...ership-role-rookies-tyler-guyton-cooper-beebe

Me, I want to see this confrontation all camp...Smith on Parsons.

 

[Rockport]

I’m not going to argue if the run game was great against good defenses. The offense in general struggled with the better defenses passing and rushing and putting up points.

That does not mean the run game was non existent. The better opponents concentrated on stuffing the run, and the Cowboys were not particularly good at rushing-and were forced to attempt wins through the air.

It is painstakingly difficult to build an elite run game in today’s NFL. And it usually means concentrating lots of resources to that side of the ball for several years. It would be Madden to think it could be achieved in one offseason or even two.

The run game was non-existent from a physicality standpoint. Football is physical and the Cowboys weren‘t which is why they struggle in the playoffs. Just imagine playing center for the Cowboys and getting pushed back on almost every run play or pass protect. If you’re getting dominated like that it’s a hopeless feeling knowing there’s nothing you can do except cheat. That’s what happened on a couple of positions on the line. And then there’s are wonderful interior line that you think is good enough to win a Super Bowl. No, you’ve probably never said that but you have numerous times put all the blame on the QB. And as for your last statement, what’s the hardest part of building a dominant run game? Dominant run blocking. Cowboys have addressed that at least on paper. Hopefully the RB position hasn’t been settled yet.

 

[khiladi]

It was game over because the first 7 drives on defense were TD-Punt-TD-TD-TD-TD-TD which no team in playoff history has won from that position. I can give you plenty of teams who have won from the position you gave. Jaguars won down 28-0 a year ago after 4 INTs in the first half because the defense stepped up. Defense had the same problem all year in that they could not stop power run teams because they had a S playing LB and they got bit by it in the end.

You don’t say that the opposing teams defense are scrubs when our over-rated QB is padding stats against the worst pass defenses in the league..

 

[Rockport]

You don’t say that the opposing teams defense are scrubs when our over-rated QB is padding stats against the worst pass defenses in the lead…

Hate on bro! It’s what you do best!

 

[Rockport]

Fans don’t suck at all. What are you even talking about.

That’s a good one!

 

[khiladi]

Hate on bro! It’s what you do best!

So our defense sucks, what about the defense we play against? Is it their fault or Dak’s “greatness”..

8 TDs against the Commanders who already traded 2 of their best players..

 

[CWR]

How do you know what's enough and what's not enough I mean seriously we see these all in teams do this I mean the Eagles are what one of the most aggressive teams every offseason at the trade deadline and where to get them a six game losing streak and one and done.. Signing big names for way over their actual value and free agency doesn't always work out I know people would have been more impressed with some bigger names or some bigger moves I get it I'm not totally against that but I'm saying that's not a guarantee to make the Super bowl literally the Kansas City Chiefs are one of the least active team the last two years in the offseason literally you're letting more good guys go then they're signing and they're still winning Super Bowls they're beating the teams who have been the most aggressive I mean are they not I mean everybody's oppressed around here with the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles who both got beat by a team that had a running back by committee and a wide receiver by committee literally use the number seven overall running back as their weapon on offense...

The breakthrough is going to come at the most unexpected moment, I mean I get it and you guys will be happy with a bunch of bigger names and thinking that that's the blueprint but I have not seen that many times.. Sure would be nice to have that example to say whether it would work or not but it will all be settled on a field we won't know how far they're going or not going until the seasons actually over...

Nobody said we need "a bunch of bigger names." We do need some though. I know what's not enough because we've demonstrated that for some time.

We knew it wasn't enough when we went into the season with Allen Hurns as our wr1. We knew DMC, and Alf weren't going to light the league on fire.

I can just about guarantee our RB situation isn't enough, as well as where we are at DT. RB wouldn't have broken the bank and DT is all of ONE position to pay for.

Nobody can predict the future, but don't pretend the past isn't a good indicator.

 

[khiladi]

Fewest in the league last year!

Our FG kicker was all world last year. His accuracy from distance didn’t just put points on the board, it allowed MM to be more aggressive on third downs from distance. Aubrey was 10 for 10 from 50+ Out.

 

[Rockport]

So our defense sucks, what about the defense we play against? Is it their fault or Dak’s “greatness”..

8 TDs against the Commanders who already traded 2 of their best players..

Quinns defense was good for stats but soft up the middle and got owned by decent teams. Owned.

 

[khiladi]

Quinns defense was good for stats but soft up the middle and got owned by decent teams. Owned.

Avoiding the question.. so about those defenses the Cowboys offense plays against? Is it their fault that their team loses or is it Dak’s “greatness”?

 

[Adreme]

Avoiding the question.. so about those defenses the Cowboys offense plays against? Is it their fault that their team loses or is it Dak’s “greatness”?

Both. Just like with the Cowboys defense where they had a lot of strengths but a clear weakness that specific teams were able to take advantage of. For the Cowboys offense to dominate a defense, which they did numerous times, it again requires the ability and personnel to take advantage of a team's weakness and for the team to have said weakness.

Now for this years playoffs EVERY single team can claim at least 1 bad half for their offenses (SF can actually claim 1 bad half for their offense in every single game it played). The thing that made the Cowboys defense unique is that they were only two teams, the other being the Eagles who were floundering the last 2 months of the season, in the entire playoffs who can claim they had a unit that was bad an entire game.