Chuck 54
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1. Yes, the Bengals were 0-4, but they have talent and got their QB back, and teams like that are going to win some games, and they played hard.
2. The secondary seemed much more aggressive today, imo...the big problem is still a lack of consistent pass rush. While everyone's been calling for man-man defense, Wade knows that you get int's from zone, not man. You want pressure on the QB and DB's who are looking in at the QB...our issue is still a lack of consistent pressure, imo.
3. Felix got his touches and made the most of them.
However, what I like most about today's game, is that we were in a tough game and had to find ways to win, and we did.
In my opinion, our talented team lacks the mental toughness and will to grind and win...it's a trait we've all seen with Washington and some other teams this year. We've seen the Giants destroying teams. I was starting to worry that our Cowboys could only win when the offense was rolling up big points and everyone was celebrating big plays.
We have a stretch of supposedly easy games against weak opponents, including today...maybe we could blow them all out with huge plays like we had in the Philly game, but I'm not sure that would have made us a better team. We'll take some heat from the media and many of our own fans for playing some close games like today's, but I happen to like it. If our team is going to get anywhere in the playoffs, we have to improve in many areas...we have to find ways to win when Romo stinks it up, when the defense gives up painful plays, when the refs make questionable calls, when we can't get WR's open, or when the defense puts 8 in the box and limits the run.
Close wins will make us better later in the year. It's not how we play now, but how we improve, how we peak, how we're playing in December/January.
There's plenty to find wrong with today's game, but it was hard fought on both sides, and the score got scary at times...we reacted much better to it this week than we did last week.
I'm happy with today's win, and while I hope we eventually start hitting on all cylinders on both sides of the ball, right now I think some tough/close wins is exactly what our physically talented team needs.
2. The secondary seemed much more aggressive today, imo...the big problem is still a lack of consistent pass rush. While everyone's been calling for man-man defense, Wade knows that you get int's from zone, not man. You want pressure on the QB and DB's who are looking in at the QB...our issue is still a lack of consistent pressure, imo.
3. Felix got his touches and made the most of them.
However, what I like most about today's game, is that we were in a tough game and had to find ways to win, and we did.
In my opinion, our talented team lacks the mental toughness and will to grind and win...it's a trait we've all seen with Washington and some other teams this year. We've seen the Giants destroying teams. I was starting to worry that our Cowboys could only win when the offense was rolling up big points and everyone was celebrating big plays.
We have a stretch of supposedly easy games against weak opponents, including today...maybe we could blow them all out with huge plays like we had in the Philly game, but I'm not sure that would have made us a better team. We'll take some heat from the media and many of our own fans for playing some close games like today's, but I happen to like it. If our team is going to get anywhere in the playoffs, we have to improve in many areas...we have to find ways to win when Romo stinks it up, when the defense gives up painful plays, when the refs make questionable calls, when we can't get WR's open, or when the defense puts 8 in the box and limits the run.
Close wins will make us better later in the year. It's not how we play now, but how we improve, how we peak, how we're playing in December/January.
There's plenty to find wrong with today's game, but it was hard fought on both sides, and the score got scary at times...we reacted much better to it this week than we did last week.
I'm happy with today's win, and while I hope we eventually start hitting on all cylinders on both sides of the ball, right now I think some tough/close wins is exactly what our physically talented team needs.
