How did the rookies look?

Cowboys5217

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Carson
BeeBee
Guyton - Keep in mind he was going against the defensive MVP
Kneeland
I am not sure Liufai sp? played as I did not see him.
I gave Guyton a metaphoric game ball for his performance against Garrett. It was an amazing performance for a rookie in his first start against the top defensive player from last season.
 

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Beebe played better than Guyton. I thought Beebe was solid. He had some good blocks but you could see he is learning the speed of the NFL game.

Guyton struggled. He had help most plays with Garrett, but he too was struggling with the speed of NFL players, and strength. This is a great learning experience for him but he needs more development than Beebe.

Carson was okay, I thought. He had one illegal contact penalty, he let a receiver get away from him in the 3rd quarter, but he was getting picked on and he held up pretty well. He too has a lot to learn but overall had a good game.

Kneeland was solid against the run. I was impressed how well he held up against blockers to his side. As a rookie he showed the strength needed to play the run. He's not flashy but stopping the run was a priority for Dallas and he got it done yesterday. He is not a pass rusher yet. He needs to learn some moves and maybe get a little quicker but he had a solid performance.

Liufau played here and there. I saw him on one blitz where he and Lawrence flushed Watson out of the pocket and Micah forced Watson to get rid of the ball early. I am sure he had a few other snaps but I did not see anything special from him. Just not enough opportunities,
 

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Carson dropped a few picks but was very good overall.
Guyton had a few bad plays but overall solid
Kneeland was invisible
Kneeland at one point in the game had 6 pressures, behind 7 from Lawrence and 8 from Parsons. He was far from invisible.
 

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WRT Guyton...

Myles Garrett had a very normal Myles Garrett game against him. He got 1 sack and 5 pass rush wins on 25 rushes. This is a guy who's averaged nearly a sack a game for 6 straight seasons, and cruises around a 20%-25% pass rush win rate every year. Simply put, Guyton played an average NFL tackle game against him, and Garrett owns the average NFL tackle.

But the fact that Guyton was able to play an average NFL tackle game in his first ever start was fantastic, because he won't go backwards from there. It's either sideways or up.
 

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Carson dropped a few picks but was very good overall.
Guyton had a few bad plays but overall solid
Kneeland was invisible
Kneeland was 3rd in pressures behind parsons and Lawrence according to one report!
He was a fraction on a second from a sack.
There were a couple of run plays ( Overshown) highlight where he stuffed the OL allowing the tackle.
He definitely wasn’t invisible
 
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