Game Day ***Cowboys vs Buccaneers pregame thread***

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Need Quinn to draw up defense he had in Super Bowl when he led NE 28-3 @ the half.
It was Shanahan's dumb strategy in the 2nd half that lost the game, like Chargers 2nd half vs Jax.

Need to get up by at least 2 scores because if it comes down to situational football, some people perform (Brady) and some coaches can't, McCarthy.
Just can't see us winning a close one.
 
Keys to victory….it’s obvious.

  1. Dak need to play well. He does not need to be superman; he just needs to distribute the ball and take what the defense gives him, avoid putting the entire game’s pressure on every pass play.
  2. Dan Quinn needs to do something different. Quinn’s pathetic record vs Tom Brady (0 wins) and why has been playing in the media for several days. Quinn stubbornly continues playing man coverage with 1 deep middle safety on first down. This allows teams to throw short quick passes and recently to throw on almost every first down at the CB opposite Diggs. Teams stay in 2nd and 3rd and short.
In my opinion, Quinn must either play 2 deep safeties or cheat the safety to the left side and leaves Diggs on an island. Also,if you want to bring pressure, stop playing man 8 yards off the darn receiver. This allows him to run any route he wants with the CB giving ground. When Quinn goes all out with pressure, he needs to have the CB in press man coverage in order to make the QB hold the ball just a little longer and allow the pressure to move Brady off his spot. The TB team does not have much speed; do not give those huge cushions which beg them to hit 6-7 yard easy completions and invite the double move on the defender who naturally comes up hard because he was playing off.

Keep everything in front, tackle well, DTs need to get penetration against the TB OL.

I have confidence that Dak can play more conservatively and protect the ball if the defense doesn’t allow TB to do what they haven’t done all year.

I have confidence that our players on defense can swarm and play at a fast, effective level that the TB offense cannot match, and I believe that our secondary can hold its own IF Quinn will play to their strengths and weaknesses and not ask our left CB and safeties to do things they aren’t good at.

This game hinges on Dak playing within himself and Quinn allowing the defense to play in a way that doesn’t put that Left CB in a no-win situation.
 
Blackspider214 said:
Yeah going to have to disagree with this. Their front 7 is better than ours. Their run game is better than ours. I'd take their secondary. Some of this has to do with injuries but those are the breaks,
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Our 2 backs are better than theirs, and we get our center back. Secondary i feel we are a tad better if Diggs plays his game... the problem for us is on the other side of Diggs.
 
CanadianCowboysFan said:
were some called and declined or just not called at all?
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There have been 5 Offensive Holding penalties called against opponents during this time period. This is the dialed-down "offensive line only" category just like that stat a few years ago that was no holds for a decent period "on passing plays only."

The real way to analyze this is to ask how often this sort of thing happens to teams. On that one years ago, Detroit had a stretch of 1 less game than us in that same exclusive category that very same season. But of course it's never sold that way 'round these parts.
 
bottleKids said:
Our 2 backs are better than theirs, and we get our center back. Secondary i feel we are a tad better if Diggs plays his game... the problem for us is on the other side of Diggs.
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Zeke is terrible now, sorry. Need to play Malik Davis more
 
MarcusRock said:
There have been 5 Offensive Holding penalties called against opponents during this time period. This is the dialed-down "offensive line only" category just like that stat a few years ago that was no holds for a decent period "on passing plays only."

The real way to analyze this is to ask how often this sort of thing happens to teams. On that one years ago, Detroit had a stretch of 1 less game than us in that same exclusive category that very same season. But of course it's never sold that way 'round these parts.
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The tweet about no holding calls since week 10 is simply not true. I'm sure he'll get a lot of clicks, though

They got 2 in week 13, 1 in week 14, and 1 in week 17.

https://www.nflpenalties.com/?year=2022

Hopefully there aren't any weird calls against Dallas tonight.
 
Let's be real: The Buccaneers shouldn't even be in this game. They couldn't win half their games, and are only here because their division was so bad.
The Cowboys should blow them out. If they don't, it says bad things about the Cowboys.
 
CanadianCowboysFan said:
Which obscure rule not enforced for 25 years will be called on us tonight?
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I remember an unsportsmanlike conduct call against Green Bay in 2016. I can't remember the reason given, just that it was a head scratcher.

I hope I'm not searching NFL rules on the internet tonight. I'd rather be celebrating a win.
 
Jake said:
The tweet about no holding calls since week 10 is simply not true. I'm sure he'll get a lot of clicks, though

They got 2 in week 13, 1 in week 14, and 1 in week 17.

https://www.nflpenalties.com/?year=2022

Hopefully there aren't any weird calls against Dallas tonight.
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Actually, it is true. They're saying that nothing's been called on the opposing teams' OL after Week 10. We've been the beneficiary of offensive holds, yes. But none were by an OL. Some were probably on punts and then there was a RB and WR in there I think. But none on the OL. Again, it's dialed-down to provoke outrage, yes I'm sure, but technically correct.
 
Just a fun little thing I found to enjoy while we wait for the game. There is a show on food network called nfl tailgate takedown and the first episode is cowboys vs giants.
 
leeblair said:
Let's be real: The Buccaneers shouldn't even be in this game. They couldn't win half their games, and are only here because their division was so bad.
The Cowboys should blow them out. If they don't, it says bad things about the Cowboys.
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..that's about as real, as it gets. Although, games playout with so many factors.

In the bigger picture, we should win this.
 
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