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Yes, we've lost our identity on offense. Which has put more on the QB and he's not capable of handling it.
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We miss Leary in the run game. Green/Collins in the run game is a work in progress.
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It way too early to compare a 3 game season to a 16 game season...especially since we were blown out one of those games and forced to pass.
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I'm assuming Chaz Green isn't yet clicking between Fredrick and TSmith.
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Actually Doug Free was a very good run blocker also. We miss both, for now.
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Easy way to not have that stat...get a lead and keep it....then we can say, we run 70% of the time when we have the lead.....
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Don't miss Free. Collins has been better overall than Free.
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Again, they played teams that were all ranked in the top ten last season. Two of them were ranked 2nd and 3rd against the run.
Four of their next five opponents are weak against the run, we'll have a better idea about where the running game is..
Four of their next five opponents are weak against the run, we'll have a better idea about where the running game is..
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They allowed Denver to dictate pass. Did much better at sticking with the running game against the Rams. Back out the Denver debacle and I'm sure the numbers would be much more consistent with last year.
One game is an anomaly, not a trend. "We've lost our identity on offense." Too funny.
One game is an anomaly, not a trend. "We've lost our identity on offense." Too funny.
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I don't know that I agree.
3 years into Collin's career, Collins still seems to be more potential than consistency/production.
If he had gone in the 1st round as originally projected AND the Cowboys spent a 1st round pick on him, I suspect the narrative would be pretty different at this point.
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I agree, he would be a disappointment not in the same vein as Eric Flowers but more like the zoners are lamenting about Taco these days. I think mentally he is going to come out of this fine and be a good RT. We got a real break picking him up especially with the disappointing rate at which Olinemen in the early rounds are less than average.
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Nonsense which you're capable of spewing at times and is a disappointment at least to me.
Opponents are putting 8-9 in the box and making Dak beat them with the passing game. To date I'd say Dak hasn't done enough to beat that and back them out of the box. We have to force the defense to play us in a more balanced way. Our last game we did that better just not as well as we'd like. We saw glimpses of what we need to do both in the running game beating 7-9 man boxes as well as a passing game to force them into a more balanced D.
Part of the solution is to run the ball better but it's foolish to think the OL is going to do that all by themselves. The rest is on the staff, Dak and receivers.
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Absolutely, and I would have responded the same as you did. Its a small sample size with only 3 games in the books,, and I'm sure that stat will be marginalized by mid season at the least.
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We adjusted to the stacked box last game vs the Cards, by letting Dak get ouside and make plays with option to run.Easy way to not have that stat...get a lead and keep it....then we can say, we run 70% of the time when we have the lead.....
While I don't buy into the mobile QB theory at this level, until Defenses start to back off and soften the box, Dak has to do what he has to do, and if that equates to taking off and running,
that's what this offense needs, right now.
Daks still green, but he has an old sole, and I fully expect his deep and Intermediate game to develop and become more effective each and every week, and when that happens, and he starts beating teams deep on a regular basis, they will have to respect it and back off.
He needs Butler, Twill, and Beas to be efficient on those deeper routes more often, that's what will allow Dak to stay in the pocket, and will open up running room for Zeke.
Its early, but I saw the improvement against the Cards last week, and that a very good secondary, not just with Daks adjustments, but with his WRs as well.
I see this offense getting better every week as a whole, but the passing game will have to come first, and then Zeke will feed at will.
This offense has a very high ceiling.
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This^^^
It was the same thing when he was at guard. He made one pancake block on a highlight reel and suddenly he was LA.
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We never started the season last year playing the top 3 defenses in the league. All stats are skewed right now and will correct themselves.
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Agree,, I just like throwing out meaningless stats very early in the morning to awaken all the sleeping beasts.