xwalker
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This is my initial reaction. I’ll review the game in more detail later on the All-22, but for now here are my thoughts:
1. I see the comments here at CZ and I think some people were watching a different game that the one I was watching.
2. Collinsworth (Turkey Neck) did his best to make an exciting game into a boring one. He was constantly harping on things that were a side note and missing the big picture.
3. The biggest disappointment for me was Dez. He was dehydrated before the half. Garrett pulled him on 1 play because he was trying to get into a fight and he just couldn’t shut up. All of this after missing most of the preseason on an injury that occurred because he was showboating (dunking over the crossbar in practice). The injury was the final insult.
4 The RBs contributed over 200 yards. Randle had a 4.1 ypc which is better than some of Murray’s games last year.
5. They had 356 yards passing for 2nd in the league and Dez only had 48 of those yards.
6. If the RBs had over 200 yards of total offense and the Cowboys were 2nd in passing with Dez making a minimal contribution, then I’m not sure how people can claim that either the RBs or the WRs totally sucked.
7. I actually thought the Cowboys were fairly clean and crisp for the most part. The turnovers and the penalty by Mincey were the only things that could be called sloppy, IMO.
8. Turnovers. The Street turnover was a perfect play by the defender. The Witten turnover was a really lucky play to have landed perfectly in the hands of the defender.. Beasley should have protected the ball better, especially once he was past the 1st down marker and had defenders on both sides. I don’t know if there are many coaching points on these other than for Beasley to get 2 hands on the ball in that situation.
9. I think T. Williams really only had 1 drop. On the other plays the defender got his hands on the ball to knock it away. The play in the end-zone was tipped at the line.
10 The pass blocking was terrific. The run blocking was physically good by most of the individual blockers but it was a little out of sync overall. One run was killed by a missed block by Lucky. I’m not certain why he was in that situation in the 1st place. I saw Leary crush some defenders to the point I was having flashbacks to LA.
10. The defense was really good. Without the Cowboys turnovers, the Giants would have struggled to score much of anything.
11. Losing Gregory sucks. He looked really good. Finding a pass rush, especially at the end of games is going to be difficult for the next 3 games with Hardy out. They’re going to wear out Mincey and Lawrence.. It was odd to only have 7 DL active.
13 The LBs looked good. Even Wilber made some critical plays.
14. Jones is apparently the TE coverage specialist which is a good idea considering how pass catching TEs have emerged in the modern NFL.
15. I can’t remember Claiborne giving up much of anything. I didn’t really focus on him, but I just didn’t notice it.
16. Patmon looked like Scandrick.
17. I think the hit on Bechham by Wilcox early had an effect on how Beckham played.
18. Special Teams looked good. So much for all the crying in the preseason. Keith Smith and Corey White were 2 that stood out to me.
19. Dunbar had a huge contribution to the win despite the dozens of posts calling for him to be cut this preseason.
20. To a lesser extent than Dunbar, Escobar also played well despite the hate that he gets from “fans”.
21. Romo is The Man. A few of his passes were slightly off but he came through when it mattered.
1. I see the comments here at CZ and I think some people were watching a different game that the one I was watching.
2. Collinsworth (Turkey Neck) did his best to make an exciting game into a boring one. He was constantly harping on things that were a side note and missing the big picture.
3. The biggest disappointment for me was Dez. He was dehydrated before the half. Garrett pulled him on 1 play because he was trying to get into a fight and he just couldn’t shut up. All of this after missing most of the preseason on an injury that occurred because he was showboating (dunking over the crossbar in practice). The injury was the final insult.
4 The RBs contributed over 200 yards. Randle had a 4.1 ypc which is better than some of Murray’s games last year.
5. They had 356 yards passing for 2nd in the league and Dez only had 48 of those yards.
6. If the RBs had over 200 yards of total offense and the Cowboys were 2nd in passing with Dez making a minimal contribution, then I’m not sure how people can claim that either the RBs or the WRs totally sucked.
7. I actually thought the Cowboys were fairly clean and crisp for the most part. The turnovers and the penalty by Mincey were the only things that could be called sloppy, IMO.
8. Turnovers. The Street turnover was a perfect play by the defender. The Witten turnover was a really lucky play to have landed perfectly in the hands of the defender.. Beasley should have protected the ball better, especially once he was past the 1st down marker and had defenders on both sides. I don’t know if there are many coaching points on these other than for Beasley to get 2 hands on the ball in that situation.
9. I think T. Williams really only had 1 drop. On the other plays the defender got his hands on the ball to knock it away. The play in the end-zone was tipped at the line.
10 The pass blocking was terrific. The run blocking was physically good by most of the individual blockers but it was a little out of sync overall. One run was killed by a missed block by Lucky. I’m not certain why he was in that situation in the 1st place. I saw Leary crush some defenders to the point I was having flashbacks to LA.
10. The defense was really good. Without the Cowboys turnovers, the Giants would have struggled to score much of anything.
11. Losing Gregory sucks. He looked really good. Finding a pass rush, especially at the end of games is going to be difficult for the next 3 games with Hardy out. They’re going to wear out Mincey and Lawrence.. It was odd to only have 7 DL active.
13 The LBs looked good. Even Wilber made some critical plays.
14. Jones is apparently the TE coverage specialist which is a good idea considering how pass catching TEs have emerged in the modern NFL.
15. I can’t remember Claiborne giving up much of anything. I didn’t really focus on him, but I just didn’t notice it.
16. Patmon looked like Scandrick.
17. I think the hit on Bechham by Wilcox early had an effect on how Beckham played.
18. Special Teams looked good. So much for all the crying in the preseason. Keith Smith and Corey White were 2 that stood out to me.
19. Dunbar had a huge contribution to the win despite the dozens of posts calling for him to be cut this preseason.
20. To a lesser extent than Dunbar, Escobar also played well despite the hate that he gets from “fans”.
21. Romo is The Man. A few of his passes were slightly off but he came through when it mattered.
