Howie Long's quote about Dallas D

[dallasdave]

Funny, How?
Funny like a clown?
Funny what?
Do I amuse you?

Yeah you amuse me a lot ??? Are you feeling lucky ?? Well are ya ???

 

[Trouty]

Yeah you amuse me a lot ??? Are you feeling lucky ?? Well are ya ???

Lol!!!!! Dave! Lmao

 

[Redball Express]

Still need a better pash rush but we have a couple playmakers on the front four,what more can you ask ?

I have to ask, when the heck did we learn to cover so well?

When Marinella tried something different like3 guys rushing and playing 8 guys in coverage..

It was brilliant.

Wonder how long he thought about it before they did it?

Last year while he was getting pounded..

or this year when Scandrick did his yearly departure like Tony and Dez do..

Inquiring minds want to know?

 

[nobody]

This is what everyone said about Zeke running the ball so well before today. All the stats about the teams we played being so bad against the run...he can't do it against the packers defense they said.
Now they are quiet.

So which team could you not say this same thing about?

GB has a good run defense, and Philly does too. After Zeke destroys the Eagles' run defense after having taken down Green Bay, some of the doubters will see the light.

 

[TwoDeep3]

Typical of the media types who don't do their homework.

Sorry, I don't take that as him not doing his job, but merely a comment, or quote from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. "Who are these guys?"

Meaning they are not playing like we thought they would. Probablky the reverse of "They are who we thought they were."

If your comment was sarcasm, I apologize.

 

[waving monkey]

Stop it. No one thought this defense was gonna be any good, ourselves included. I am very pleasantly surprised and can relate with what Howie said.

simply not true there were some who were pointing to 2014 as what to reasonably expect

 

[waving monkey]

Irving deserves to start over Collins. 2 FF, 1 FR and critical 3rd down pass batted down. And always seeing him push his man into the pocket.

not over my dead body thats my pet cat

 

[waving monkey]

One fifty rushing against the #1 rush D......now what?

ignore that troll

 

[waving monkey]

2 weeks ago the entire world was saying, lets see what they do against Cincy and GB. If I had come in here then and posted we would dominant Cincy and only allow 2 TD's after the game was decided, only to then beat GB and only allow 1 garbage time TD no one would have believed me. Probably would have been laughed off the forum.

Again some believe Rod would motivate his defensive underlings like 2014

 

[Eddie]

You can throw out all the worthless stats that you want about some streak. We have gone up against lowly offense or struggling offenses. FACT.

We went up against some lowly offenses last year ... and lost.

We can only play against who we're scheduled to play.

Be happy for our success.

 

[DogFace]

Don't care.

That's much of the problem.

 

[DogFace]

Legendary Matt Johnson giving the Cowboys props:

Matt is verified?

 

[dfense]

Okay, and?

This doesn't change the fact that these are the teams we went up against

Chicago
San Fran
Bengals
Packers

2 of those teams have backups starting, Gabbert just got benched. Bengals, yet again, struggled on offense against the Pats. Packers have struggled since November of last season.

Also, Packers shot themselves in the foot just as much as we stopped them. Wide open Cobb in the end zone come to mind?

You can throw out all the worthless stats that you want about some streak. We have gone up against lowly offense or struggling offenses. FACT.

Some until they play who? Falcons? Saints?

Defense is playing good. Just admit it. I think they're 8th in scoring allowed.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

So....if the Cowboys defense is really not that good, shouldn't the struggles of said offenses ended once they played them?

We just beat up the Packers at Lambeau. It's time to believe in the 2016 Cowboys.

Only the Vikings have held the Packers to fewer points (14) and that was in the stooped loud Vikings stadium. That's gotta be worth something!

 

[starfrombirth]

simply not true there were some who were pointing to 2014 as what to reasonably expect

Not very many. I read this board every day and almost nobody expected our defense to lead the league in turnovers or be anything other than average. There may have been "some" but not many.

 

[waving monkey]

Not very many. I read this board every day and almost nobody expected our defense to lead the league in turnovers or be anything other than average. There may have been "some" but not many.

There were many that just got tired of arguing about crap like Marinelli is a bad coach. The defensive players are......
The one strong point was the pass rush which I think mostly the board agreed with.
It was common sense to watch the 2014 season that didnt have as good of talent and not think Marinelli
wouldn't get the current talent to to play hard. They draft high motor guys when possible.
I did expect good play from the defense I believe in Marinelli magic and got the raspberry a lot.
Now that we are winning the boo birds have flown away.

 

[HoosierCowboy]

Okay, and?

This doesn't change the fact that these are the teams we went up against

Chicago
San Fran
Bengals
Packers

2 of those teams have backups starting, Gabbert just got benched. Bengals, yet again, struggled on offense against the Pats. Packers have struggled since November of last season.

Also, Packers shot themselves in the foot just as much as we stopped them. Wide open Cobb in the end zone come to mind?

You can throw out all the worthless stats that you want about some streak. We have gone up against lowly offense or struggling offenses. FACT.

we should not even count them as wins

 

[starfrombirth]

There were many that just got tired of arguing about crap like Marinelli is a bad coach. The defensive players are......
The one strong point was the pass rush which I think mostly the board agreed with.
It was common sense to watch the 2014 season that didnt have as good of talent and not think Marinelli
wouldn't get the current talent to to play hard. They draft high motor guys when possible.
I did expect good play from the defense I believe in Marinelli magic and got the raspberry a lot.
Now that we are winning the boo birds have flown away.

Ok... well I know that I didn't think our defense would be this good. I didn't make a big deal about it because I try not to be too negative about my team. I believe and believed in Marinelli but didn't think he had enough talent to work with. I had no idea Claiborne and Carr would be playing like they are and thought our dline would continue to be atrocious against the run. They have surprised me.... and many others.

 

[waving monkey]

Ok... well I know that I didn't think our defense would be this good. I didn't make a big deal about it because I try not to be too negative about my team. I believe and believed in Marinelli but didn't think he had enough talent to work with. I had no idea Claiborne and Carr would be playing like they are and thought our dline would continue to be atrocious against the run. They have surprised me.... and many others.

I do think that's fair way of saying it. Some credit must go to this new DB coach cause the difference in DB play is night and day.

 

[waving monkey]

Ok... well I know that I didn't think our defense would be this good. I didn't make a big deal about it because I try not to be too negative about my team. I believe and believed in Marinelli but didn't think he had enough talent to work with. I had no idea Claiborne and Carr would be playing like they are and thought our dline would continue to be atrocious against the run. They have surprised me.... and many others
yes many others were not expecting this defense sorry about my snarky replies