Pretty good job here. Very impressed with Dak as I thought Fangio really threw some nice stuff at Wentz and I thought Dak played better than Wentz versus the Bears (albeit the Bears were healthier). I was afraid that some of the blitzes would get to Dak and may cause for a long day, but they didn't and he looked really good.
The thing I like about Dak is that he's a tough runner instead of a pure scrambler, but he beats defenses out of the pocket. So he can beat teams with his arm in the pocket, out of the pocket, run for yards and get easy first downs and TD's with the QB sneak. One of the big things I've seen from Dak is that he's never thrown across the field at this point. And the anticipation has been very good the past 2 weeks. Just need to clean up the deep ball location.
I would have had EE come off the bench after the 2 fumbles. But, he came back awesome here and he's still getting used to the zone blocking scheme. There was one play where he only gained about 3 yards, but he made about 3 cuts that are just about impossible to do. I would say that my best analysis of players has been RB's. I tend to be very accurate and projecting them. And I believe that the #1 attribute a RB must have is the ability to cut. Zeke really has that and it's pretty darn special. He also blocked extremely well.
Witten is still struggling to block. We got a good game out of Chaz Green though and that should make us happy. T-Will is one of those players that gets you beat...you have a good lead, you just made a play for 50 yards...last thing you need to do is try to stay in bounds and make a play. Go out of bounds, keep the ball and go play the next play.
I gotta give it to Wilcox...he really hasn't been that bad this year. He's not completely clueless in zone thus far. I would be interested in seeing who was wrong on the 1 overthrow by Hoyer where the WR was wide open. Not sure if that was Mo or Byron. Mo was playing short zone and Byron had his eye on the middle and the WR ran wide open. T. Crawford did some things, but also made some bad plays. Claiborne looks serviceable. We're playing a ton more zone than last year and I really think that's what you need to play in today's NFL. Too many rub routes, too easy to know where to go with the ball in man coverage and too many mobile QB's that make man2man a bad idea.
At this point, if Dak continues to play like this I would lean towards keeping him as the starter. However, he's done it against a couple of weak defenses. But, if he can treat tougher defenses like this, I tend to think he's earned the spot because we can't rely on Romo's health and I would rather keep a rhythm going iwth Dak. He's not reverting back to poor mechanics and the speed of the game doesn't seem too fast for him.
Now on to San Fran.
YR