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Sturm: Cowboys have a famine on defense; how Round 1 pick is faring
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Published: 28 October 2015 09:06 AM
Updated: 28 October 2015 10:16 AM
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Dallas Cowboys cornerback Byron Jones (31) appears to intercept a tipped second-quarter pass, but official ruled the pass incomplete in a controversial call during the Dallas Cowboys versus the New York Giants NFL football game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Sunday, October 25, 2015. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)
Our defensive look at the New York Giants game is an interesting one to say the least. In many respects, the defense played one of their very best games of the year surrendering just 289 yards and seems to spend much more time around the QB and getting off the field.
At most, the defense was responsible for conceding just 13 points and you could understand some level of short tempers when the offense and special teams were giving up points - a sure recipe for disaster. The defense played hard and in many respects deserved a better fate than they received on Sunday - but that is football. It is a team game and you win and lose because of your cumulative level of quality.
There are things going better on this defense since the arrivals of Rolando McClain, Greg Hardy, and Randy Gregory (although Gregory was hardly seen on Sunday), and the reasons for optimism should be present. However, as it pertains to Sunday, there were some disconcerting elements of the game that we should consider.
For instance, of the six biggest plays the defense has conceded in 2015, three of them were on Sunday. So, yes, they didn't give up many yards in total, but they did give up 3 plays on Sunday that would be considered major explosives. A 44-yard pass to Rueben Randle on a 3rd and 5 from deep inside Giants territory - something that surely would have resulted in Cowboys points if they can force that punt; a 39 yard run to Shane Vereen later in that same drive, and a 38 yard pass to Dwayne Harris across the middle in the 2nd Quarter against a blitz. And there surely would have been a 4th in the final Quarter had Rueben Randle not bobbled a beautiful pass and allowed Byron Jones a chance to break it up.
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Published: 28 October 2015 09:06 AM
Updated: 28 October 2015 10:16 AM
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Dallas Cowboys cornerback Byron Jones (31) appears to intercept a tipped second-quarter pass, but official ruled the pass incomplete in a controversial call during the Dallas Cowboys versus the New York Giants NFL football game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Sunday, October 25, 2015. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)
Our defensive look at the New York Giants game is an interesting one to say the least. In many respects, the defense played one of their very best games of the year surrendering just 289 yards and seems to spend much more time around the QB and getting off the field.
At most, the defense was responsible for conceding just 13 points and you could understand some level of short tempers when the offense and special teams were giving up points - a sure recipe for disaster. The defense played hard and in many respects deserved a better fate than they received on Sunday - but that is football. It is a team game and you win and lose because of your cumulative level of quality.
There are things going better on this defense since the arrivals of Rolando McClain, Greg Hardy, and Randy Gregory (although Gregory was hardly seen on Sunday), and the reasons for optimism should be present. However, as it pertains to Sunday, there were some disconcerting elements of the game that we should consider.
For instance, of the six biggest plays the defense has conceded in 2015, three of them were on Sunday. So, yes, they didn't give up many yards in total, but they did give up 3 plays on Sunday that would be considered major explosives. A 44-yard pass to Rueben Randle on a 3rd and 5 from deep inside Giants territory - something that surely would have resulted in Cowboys points if they can force that punt; a 39 yard run to Shane Vereen later in that same drive, and a 38 yard pass to Dwayne Harris across the middle in the 2nd Quarter against a blitz. And there surely would have been a 4th in the final Quarter had Rueben Randle not bobbled a beautiful pass and allowed Byron Jones a chance to break it up.
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