Defense after 2 games

[Smith22]

Honestly, that stat is something I would expect from someone who only looked at the box score and didn't bother to watch the game.

Missed fg.

Failure on 4th down at our endzone when Daniels got injured.

Durant leaving a guy wide open on a missed bomb

Missed trick play wide open in the endzone

Bad half back toss that lost like 13 yards.

182 rushing yards allowed.

Better teams won't miss these plays.

Sure seems that way. But they did only give up 20 today. Less than week 1.

 

[Smith22]

Defense was not significantly better than last week. Other than the opening 3 and out, and the Barham forced fumble, they were a sieve. Washington made multiple unforced errors, and had a TD taken away. They could have easily scored 40. Having to force a fumble or wait for the other team to make a catastrophic mistake is not a defensive strategy.

This.

 

[Relayer]

You put yourself in the middle of the conversation, so at least read the conversation you are quoting

Don't worry. I'm not going to lose sleep trying to decipher the gibberish you posted. I'm sure it's not important. I was just curious.

 

[817Gill]

Cowboys signed Jalen Thompson in free agency and hired a 1st time defensive coordinator.

Then 90% of the fanbase declared the defense was vastly improved.

bunch of silly people

Brother we have 8 new starters and a whole new staff lol. Pretty reasonable to expect an improvement even if just from pure change alone.

 

[Relayer]

My bad.
I mean do I need to go alphabetically?
You read the same posts I do as you are reading this one now.
And seeing that myself and Thunderpimp91 are very clear on not seeing improvement.

All the others I guess you could say see some degree of improvement.

'Bout the best I got.

And to be clear I'm referring over the prior two years not the two games.

 

[jazzcat22]

Honestly, that stat is something I would expect from someone who only looked at the box score and didn't bother to watch the game.

Missed fg.

Failure on 4th down at our endzone when Daniels got injured.

Durant leaving a guy wide open on a missed bomb

Missed trick play wide open in the endzone

Bad half back toss that lost like 13 yards.

182 rushing yards allowed.

Better teams won't miss these plays.

Oh yes they do at times.
So you are making excuses why Dallas won?

 

[Relayer]

I really had no problem letting Lawrence go. IT was a reasonable decision.

It's hard to say that when he's such an effective run defender.

 

[Relayer]

The defense was lucky today. A few breaks but this is the kind of game we can win now. Dak feasts on the bad teams especially those within the division. He played really well tonight.

The defense was more aggressive in the 2nd half. A less mobile QB would have been in trouble. Maybe they can improve a little each week and eventually be decent. They still were gashed in the running game and there were some wide open receivers again.

I don’t particularly like the defensive scheme. Feels like read and react, bend don’t break type of scheme. I prefer an attacking style where you dictate to the opposing offense.

Dak played well, the oline protected him well, and Ceedee and Fergi made plays.

 

[Relayer]

Sure seems that way. But they did only give up 20 today. Less than week 1.

20 Will win you most games.

 

[jazzcat22]

20 Will win you most games.

Right. But they still need to clean up some stuff. They got lucky those wide open receivers misses the passes. Or else would have been TD's.

 

[Relayer]

Defense was not significantly better than last week. Other than the opening 3 and out, and the Barham forced fumble, they were a sieve. Washington made multiple unforced errors, and had a TD taken away. They could have easily scored 40. Having to force a fumble or wait for the other team to make a catastrophic mistake is not a defensive strategy.

They were forced to throw the ball to catch up. Making a team one dimensional helps the defense.

 

[Relayer]

Right. But they still need to clean up some stuff. They got lucky those wide open receivers misses the passes. Or else would have been TD's.

They are far from good. But holding them early and the offense clicking helped out a lot.

 

[Relayer]

Honestly, that stat is something I would expect from someone who only looked at the box score and didn't bother to watch the game.

Missed fg.

Failure on 4th down at our endzone when Daniels got injured.

Durant leaving a guy wide open on a missed bomb

Missed trick play wide open in the endzone

Bad half back toss that lost like 13 yards.

182 rushing yards allowed.

Better teams won't miss these plays.

It was pressure that got Daniels injured. And those trick plays and 60 yard bombs are low percentage plays for any team. Great when they work but there's a reason teams don't use them a lot.

 

[Smith22]

It was pressure that got Daniels injured.

At the snap, his own OL took 1 step and stepped on Daniel's foot, causing him to fall.

 

[morasp]

When the Eagles won the Superbowl their defense didn't gel until about game five.

 

[RonWashington]

Durant leaving is concerning although I must say Revel was more than adequate as a fill in good for him . And Bell replacing Hooker didn’t look promising , I would like them to give Alijah Clark a try at safety with Thompson .

 

[Blackrain]

The defense is giving up close to 400 yards a game between the Giants and the commanders games.

Commanders had a touchdown called back and came away with no points on the drive that Daniel's got hurt.

Otherwise it could have been a different game.

We changed a lot of personnel but I don't think we've gotten much better yet expected this new coach to have things ready for the season and he obviously does not
If there was ever a group that could have used some preseason work together it was certainly our defense.

It may get better as the season goes on and they play together but it certainly didn't hit the ground running pretty much a work in progress so far that has potential to get better but probably not in time to make a playoff run.

Got lucky today I'll take it see what happens next week I get the feeling they are going to run wild on us.