DC.COM Blog: Subtle Difference Between Cowboys And Saints

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Subtle Difference Between Cowboys And Saints...

Head Coach.

 

[Idgit]

They have a better S. They have better WR's overall and they pass protect far better......reality.

They certainly have a good team and have us beat at certain positions. More importantly, they had home field advantage in the playoffs.

Our team is every bit as good as the Saints team. (So were the Vikes, though, and the Packers and Cardinals weren't all that far behind). It's the early/mid season losses in close games that had as at a postseason disadvantage. Even if we backed up and played the playoffs again, I'm not so sure we'd have a Saints/Colts rematch, though.

 

[HanD]

Posted by rphillips at 2/10/2010 3:35 PM CST on truebluefanclub.com

Takeaways.

It's hard to complain about a Cowboys defense that finished second in the NFL in points allowed (250) and pitched two consecutive shutouts to win the NFC East. By season's end it became the backbone of the team.

The Saints weren't as productive, allowing 341 points and finishing 25th in total yards allowed (235.6). Their strength -- and ultimately a boost to their top-ranked offense -- was 39 takeaways, second only to the Packers' 40. The Cowboys finished with 21, tied for fourth-fewest.

The Saints won their final two games -- the NFC Championship and the Super Bowl -- thanks to a pair of Tracy Porter interceptions. As the Super Bowl wore on, you started to wonder if the Saints could stop the Colts unless Peyton Manning made a big mistake. He finally did.

The Cowboys' defense, to me, is the biggest reason why they should be considered legit contenders next year. If you're capable of holding an opponent under 20 points on any given week, you have a chance to win a championship. But more takeaways will mean better field position for the offense, and maybe that would help the Cowboys' discrepancy between yards gained (2nd; 399.4) and points scored (14th; 22.6).

-Rob

or maybe being more efficient in the redzone would help that and our lack or production in the redzone had nothing to do with the defense. all that stat shows me is that we could move the ball but once we got the ball in the redzone, we became way less productive. so the defense getting us the ball on a turnover would do what to change that productivity? nothing. it's just more opportunities but if you aren't more productive, it means nothing.

 

[nalam]

The other difference, NO could score almost at will for most of the season. It's easy to try to break on a ball when you know that even if your guy scores, you'll answer.

The Cowboys defense had to be near perfect at times, in a handful of games one big play would have lost them the game.

It helps to see that thier QB was mostly untouched so that he can pick apart the opposing defenses. If our QB dont have to run for his life almost every play I am sure Romo will find someone to throw to .

The O-L play during clutch is essential to score points .

 

[CF74]

or maybe being more efficient in the redzone would help that and our lack or production in the redzone had nothing to do with the defense. all that stat shows me is that we could move the ball but once we got the ball in the redzone, we became way less productive. so the defense getting us the ball on a turnover would do what to change that productivity? nothing. it's just more opportunities but if you aren't more productive, it means nothing.