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Defensive Front, Not Back Up Passer, Is The Biggest Need In Dallas
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2016...-back-up-passer-is-the-biggest-need-in-dallas
The Denver Broncos did something this season that the Dallas Cowboys could not accomplish; they won with a backup quarterback at the helm. Once Peyton Manning, whose own performance this year was more of a journeyman effort than that of a first-round Hall of Fame quarterback, went down with health issues the Broncos continued to win behind Brock Osweiler. Dallas took the opposite direction once Tony Romo was lost to injury. The Cowboys behind Brandon Weeden, Matt Cassel, and Kellen Moore won one game as starters. Denver won the Super Bowl while the Cowboys are picking inside the top five. You could give credit to Brock Osweiler for that success, but does the real secret lie elsewhere?
Have you seen the Denver defense? They, and not the reserve quarterback, were the key to Denver's success.
Several times during the course of the season I referred to the Broncos defense as being the return of the famed Denver "Orange Crush" defense of the mid to late 1970's. The current defense held their opponents to somewhere between 10-18 points in every post season game this season. They did the same, with a few notable exceptions, during the regular season as well. That is a recipe for sustained success in the National Football League.
NFL teams won 82.5 percent of their games over the past decade when keeping opponents in that 10-18 scoring window. Tarvaris Jackson has a 10-1 starting record when his teams give up that many points. The record over the past decade is 17-2 for Vince Young, 16-2 for Matt Schaub and 14-1 for Ryan Tannehill. Tim Tebow, John Skelton and Gus Frerotte are a combined 16-0 in these games over the 10-year period in question. (Peyton Manning, for what it's worth, is 44-1.)...
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2016...-back-up-passer-is-the-biggest-need-in-dallas
The Denver Broncos did something this season that the Dallas Cowboys could not accomplish; they won with a backup quarterback at the helm. Once Peyton Manning, whose own performance this year was more of a journeyman effort than that of a first-round Hall of Fame quarterback, went down with health issues the Broncos continued to win behind Brock Osweiler. Dallas took the opposite direction once Tony Romo was lost to injury. The Cowboys behind Brandon Weeden, Matt Cassel, and Kellen Moore won one game as starters. Denver won the Super Bowl while the Cowboys are picking inside the top five. You could give credit to Brock Osweiler for that success, but does the real secret lie elsewhere?
Have you seen the Denver defense? They, and not the reserve quarterback, were the key to Denver's success.
Several times during the course of the season I referred to the Broncos defense as being the return of the famed Denver "Orange Crush" defense of the mid to late 1970's. The current defense held their opponents to somewhere between 10-18 points in every post season game this season. They did the same, with a few notable exceptions, during the regular season as well. That is a recipe for sustained success in the National Football League.
NFL teams won 82.5 percent of their games over the past decade when keeping opponents in that 10-18 scoring window. Tarvaris Jackson has a 10-1 starting record when his teams give up that many points. The record over the past decade is 17-2 for Vince Young, 16-2 for Matt Schaub and 14-1 for Ryan Tannehill. Tim Tebow, John Skelton and Gus Frerotte are a combined 16-0 in these games over the 10-year period in question. (Peyton Manning, for what it's worth, is 44-1.)...
