Defense a severe disappointment

[droopdog7]

Just no way to win in the league with a defense like this. Not sure where he ended but dowdle was getting like seven yards a carry. Even at the end, where we had a chance to force a fg with time on the clock he broke off an easy nine yards.

Simply terrible.

 

[big dog cowboy]

 

[Redline360]

Without the Giants basically giving us the game by shooting themselves in the foot with moronic 100+ penalties extending drives were 1-4-1. Half our points came from penalties that game

We are a BAD team... mainly 75% defense

 

[Rajveer]

There is a new definition in the Oxford dictionary for the word Pathetic. It simply says Eburflus defense in front of it.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Just no way to win in the league with a defense like this. Not sure where he ended but dowdle was getting like seven yards a carry. Even at the end, where we had a chance to force a fg with time on the clock he broke off an easy nine yards.

Simply terrible.

this defense is bad bad bad. players are bad. this is one of the most unathletic defenses I have ever withnessed. they are slow, they have no speed. mix some unintelligent play with unathletic players and it gets worse and then bad scheme, bad coaching and it gets really bad.

we gave up 216 yards rushing while only rushing it for 31. no way you have a chance at a win when you are giving up 200+ yards on the ground.

and on a 4th and 3, Bland is lined up more than 8 yards deep!!! WHY!? its stupid. that's an easy pitch and catch. pathetic.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Bryce Young's defense is too.

He didn't throw 3 passes for -12 yards on his final possesion though.

 

[This is Our Year]

It’s head scratchingly bad. Is it scheme, no linebackers, still not enough beef to stop the run. What is it!?

 

[boysfanperiod]

What's a stronger word for disappointment?

 

[droopdog7]

Bryce Young's defense is too.

He didn't throw 3 passes for -12 yards on his final possesion though.

So the offense has to be perfect is what you mean? It’s a lot easier to run an offense when you can run it for seven yards a pop isn’t it?

 

[DoctorChicken]

Bryce Young's defense is too.

He didn't throw 3 passes for -12 yards on his final possesion though.

The Panthers defense is better than ours in every single statistical category.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

So the offense has to be perfect is what you mean? It’s a lot easier to run an offense when you can run it for seven yards a pop isn’t it?

Bryce Young's defense gave up 27 points.

He didn't throw for -12 yards in his last possession.

That was the difference in the end.

 

[droopdog7]

Bryce Young's defense gave up 27 points.

He didn't throw for -12 yards in his last possession.

That was the difference in the end.

The difference in the end is that our run defense especially is atrocious. It wasn’t just about one drive.

 

[glimmerman]

They give the Offense at least 2 or 3 chance to pull out in front and Shotty blows it with bs play calling. They won’t go down field or run up the middle. They have to run a sweep or a pitch or something where the player gets the ball yards behind the LOS… Cute crap that you do when way ahead. Take it to the endzone.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

The difference in the end is that our run defense especially is atrocious. It wasn’t just about one drive.

27-27 is the same as 0-0 at that point in the game.

Dak failed when it mattered. -12 yards on his final possession.

 

[Sydla]

Just no way to win in the league with a defense like this. Not sure where he ended but dowdle was getting like seven yards a carry. Even at the end, where we had a chance to force a fg with time on the clock he broke off an easy nine yards.

Simply terrible.

In order to be disappointed, one must have had some level of positive expectations for this defense.

Smart people had zero faith in this defense. Eberflus was a crap hire and they did nothing in the offseason to address their needs. They traded for a mediocre LB, added some slop in the secondary and literally ignored the DT spot until they traded away their best defender for a couple of picks and Clark.

I am not disappointed at all. Because I knew they would likely suck.

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

D has been a problem since the last SB team. Not been taking care of since that time.

 

[Carson]

They give the Offense at least 2 or 3 chance to pull out in front and Shotty blows it with bs play calling. They won’t go down field or run up the middle. They have to run a sweep or a pitch or something where the player gets the ball yards behind the LOS… Cute crap that you do when way ahead. Take it to the endzone.

Yup. Defense is the blame.

But offense had two massive mess ups

The 3rd down toss to Williams

Losing yards on back to back passes

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Bryce Young's defense is too.

He didn't throw 3 passes for -12 yards on his final possesion though.

did they give up 216 yards rushing? just sayin he didn't need to pass the ball. they just rammed it down our throat.

in the meantime we had all of 31 yards rushing.

 

[Creeper]

Bryce Young's defense is too.

He didn't throw 3 passes for -12 yards on his final possesion though.

No, but his team ran for 37 yards on that last drive. 6 yards more than the Cowboys had the entire game.

I am not defending Dak, but that first down play call was comical. It's like Schotty did watch the rest of the game and see how Carolina was playing.

 

[vlad]

I wouldn’t categorize them as a disappointment. Got rid of Micah, tank, Lewis, trades for Murray, and tried to sell us Clark would fix the run d. His was to be expected.

That stat, best def epa with Micah, worst without him. QBs all world as they sit back and pick us apart.

Drafting a guard arguably our deepest spot over defensive talent adds to it imho.