Galian Beast
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With Dez out the for the next month or two, the Cowboys will need to lean on their running game more.
I think La'el Collins gets the nod for his first start. I don't think it will be Bernadeau. I don't know if people have heard anything or if they're just assuming he will start because he was active over Collins. I hope they're not forgetting that Bernadeau is the backup center as well as being a backup guard. I think Collins got first team reps for a reason. We'll run and we'll run left with success. I expect a 60-40 run pass split. Passing less will also protect Romo with a rookie guard out there.
I also think you need to focus on the two tight end sets finally. Losing Dez (assuming he comes back 100%) could give us an opportunity to really expand our offense and finally develop Escobar.
I don't think Brice gets activated this week, which gives us the opportunity to bring C-Mike into the running back rotation. Allow him to be our short yardage guy. Many of our mistakes happened because the receivers weren't in sync, yet we kept passing. I'd like to see us slow things down a bit, especially against a high tempo offense like Philly...
What's most important against philly now though, is that they don't have any players that I'm afraid of. There is no ODB Jr. I really do think that missing Gregory might impact this team more immediately than Dez. We need to get after the quarterback, but against a team that I'm just not afraid of in the air, it'll be good to see if Russell can replace Gregory and improve the run defense.
I also think people are being hard on our running game so far. We simply didn't focus on running the ball enough, partially because of all the mistakes the receivers had. Randle is 14th in the league in rushing yards. I'd like to see McFadden more involved in the next game as well. 10 snaps is not enough for this guy.
I think La'el Collins gets the nod for his first start. I don't think it will be Bernadeau. I don't know if people have heard anything or if they're just assuming he will start because he was active over Collins. I hope they're not forgetting that Bernadeau is the backup center as well as being a backup guard. I think Collins got first team reps for a reason. We'll run and we'll run left with success. I expect a 60-40 run pass split. Passing less will also protect Romo with a rookie guard out there.
I also think you need to focus on the two tight end sets finally. Losing Dez (assuming he comes back 100%) could give us an opportunity to really expand our offense and finally develop Escobar.
I don't think Brice gets activated this week, which gives us the opportunity to bring C-Mike into the running back rotation. Allow him to be our short yardage guy. Many of our mistakes happened because the receivers weren't in sync, yet we kept passing. I'd like to see us slow things down a bit, especially against a high tempo offense like Philly...
What's most important against philly now though, is that they don't have any players that I'm afraid of. There is no ODB Jr. I really do think that missing Gregory might impact this team more immediately than Dez. We need to get after the quarterback, but against a team that I'm just not afraid of in the air, it'll be good to see if Russell can replace Gregory and improve the run defense.
I also think people are being hard on our running game so far. We simply didn't focus on running the ball enough, partially because of all the mistakes the receivers had. Randle is 14th in the league in rushing yards. I'd like to see McFadden more involved in the next game as well. 10 snaps is not enough for this guy.