Cowboys vs. Eagles: How the Cowboys Stopped LeSean McCoy

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Cowboys vs. Eagles: How the Cowboys Stopped LeSean McCoy

by JONATHAN BALES

WFAA Sports

Posted on October 21, 2013 at 2:00 PM

Updated yesterday at 12:48 PM

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Coming into Week 7, Eagles running back LeSean McCoy was averaging a robust 145 total yards per game. With his lightning-quick feet and uncanny vision, McCoy is really what makes the Eagles’ offense tick.

Having struggled against shifty running backs in the past, things weren’t looking up for the Dallas defense in their effort to contain Shady. But linebackers Sean Lee and Bruce Carter rose to the challenge, pairing up to stop McCoy before he could really get going. When it was all said and done, McCoy had his worst game on the year in terms of total yards.


The Cowboys’ defense not only did an awesome job of containing McCoy on the ground, but they were also extremely effective in pass defense. McCoy caught six passes, but he managed to take them for just 26 total yards.

Containing the Edges

The Cowboys halted McCoy because they played extremely disciplined run defense. McCoy is the “King of the Cutback,” so the ‘Boys did everything they could to not over-pursue, nearly always having a defender sealing each edge.

That was apparent early in the second quarter. The Eagles lined up in a Shotgun Trips formation.

They ran their patented read-option, with Shady flowing away from the “Trips” toward the boundary. The Cowboys did a good job of moving to the ball without giving McCoy room to cut back.

With defenders playing with outside leverage in both directions, McCoy had no choice but to keep it inside, picking up just a couple yards.




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[mahoneybill]

Thanks for posting. Noticed that flow during the game. Congrats to D coaches for having our players ready.

On to Detroit. Bring home the W.

 

[Plankton]

They also did a terrific job of tackling in the game. Aside from one big miss on third down by Wilcox, they were very sound in this area. An impressive team defensive performance.

 

[jobberone]

Thanks for posting. Great job by the D. I will say that Foles was dreadful. A lot of passes were dropped. Even though more than enough was a little off target many of those were catchable.

 

[BAT]

Thanks for posting. Great job by the D. I will say that Foles was dreadful. A lot of passes were dropped. Even though more than enough was a little off target many of those were catchable.

Hatcher's analysis is bit more abbreviated:

"We need 11 guys sprinting to the ball and that's what we did."

 

[lane]

i was as happy as i've ever been watching the cowboys finally contain mccoy.

it was sweet!!

i've never understood how the cowboys and other teams could not figure out ways to stop westbrook and now mccoy..

knowing that they were pretty much the main weapons on offense.

well ..we finally did it.