I think Eberflus has to give Kaiir Elam help all game

[Dallas5xchamps]

I think Eberflus has to give him help all game. I wouldn't be surprised to see Chicago take some shots early if he has no help. I feel Diggs is only going to get better with more PT, but until Bland gets back Eberflus has to change his philosophy.

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

Felt like the Alan Ball days to me anytime it went his way big play

 

[Coogiguy03]

Heard good things about him all summer, let's see how next game goes

 

[Gambit]

He's not a Zone CB. And apparently Murray isn't a Tampa 2 lb

 

[stilltheguru]

He played better than diggs but ok makes sense

 

[Pass2Run]

He played better than diggs but ok makes sense

He played the run very well. Probably his first responsibility.

He only recorded 9 tackles....he needs help. Cowboys neglected safety and Bland and Revel are out.

 

[gimmesix]

I think Eberflus has to give him help all game. I wouldn't be surprised to see Chicago take some shots early if he has no help. I feel Diggs is only going to get better with more PT, but until Bland gets back Eberflus has to change his philosophy.

Probably would be the way I'd go. Mostly play Diggs one-on-one with occasional safety help just to mix things up, and give Elam safety help on pretty much every play. We could still zone the linebackers and the other safety at times, but Diggs is at his best when he's playing press man, so let him play press man.

 

[Chuck 54]

Elam is a better man to man defender and showed it vs Philly.
Eberflus played way too much zone and too many various zone concepts. Players were th8nking too much and slow reacting. He panicked with Bland out.

 

[Zekeats]

The system sucks. It's the coaching. Spagnoula wouldn't be allowing 37 to that trash offense.

 

[DallasDW00ds0n]

He played better than diggs but ok makes sense

Playing better than anyone else doesn’t mean he wasn’t terrible. We all hate Diggs, I get it, but Elam was horrible.

 

[KMY_Amber]

Playing better than anyone else doesn’t mean he wasn’t terrible. We all hate Diggs, I get it, but Elam was horrible.

I don't think we can evaluate Elam or any of the DBs yet watching them run around helplessly in these vanilla zone coverages. The G-men just ran streaks and deep corner routes most of the game, and exposed Eb;s vanilla Cover 2 and Cover 3 schemes. Those plays are designed to beat these coverages, and the Giants knew Eb would run these most of the game. So Eb got outcoached for most of the game.

The safety play was bad, the DBs looked bad...but a lot of this is on Eberflus for not only calling most of these zones, but not even trying to disguise them. Russell was licking his chops. The Cowboys rarely line up in bump-n-run coverage, and can't even hide their zones. Come on, man!!!

 

[ChrisL97]

when you're safety help is Donavon Wilson, would it even matter. how many times did receivers just run by both

 

[BHendri5]

Elam is a better man to man defender and showed it vs Philly.
Eberflus played way too much zone and too many various zone concepts. Players were th8nking too much and slow reacting. He panicked with Bland out.

they played zone against Philly. but I think Elam is better than people think

 

[CCBoy]

Give him jobs he can handle.

 

[Mr_437]

Diggs, Elam, Bland, Butler, Carson, and Revel are man to man CBs. Play the personnel to their strengths, call 2 deep man sometimes, I don't care but play man more and blitz.

 

[CCBoy]

when you're safety help is Donavon Wilson, would it even matter. how many times did receivers just run by both

Poor reads as to prepared for and expected scheme by the opponent. The team in the second game. were not able to dominate. That, although, is not the final skill level to be reached.

So how does Dallas improve against the pass following their Week 2 performance? For Jones, it involves his players leaning more into Matt Eberflus' scheme.

 

[stilltheguru]

Playing better than anyone else doesn’t mean he wasn’t terrible. We all hate Diggs, I get it, but Elam was horrible.

He was bad too. I just wanted to provide context

 

[Wildcat711]

Diggs, Elam, Bland, Butler, Carson, and Revel are man to man CBs. Play the personnel to their strengths, call 2 deep man sometimes, I don't care but play man more and blitz.

Agreed..

Flus has always played zone and rarely blitzes.. I wonder if the GM knew how much that fits with our guys before he was hired.

 

[Gameover]

Hooker will run the wrong direction

No exotic stuff. Just basic defense. Our guys are not smart enough to execute exotic schemes

 

[ShiningStar]

when a player is bad, waste time trying ot even it out, dont replace him