Kaiser
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The team has publicly said Kris Richard is the Defensive Coordinator in all but the title, from the first two games it really seems like the defense has fully transitioned to Richard’s scheme. It’s not the all-out Marinelli rushmen attack, they are rushing 4 DL to get good but not great pressure. Then the CBs take away short routes and Jaylon & LVE cover miles of ground to make tackles.
As much as I love Richard as a person, is that the right strategy? With our offense scoring at will, it really seems like a contain strategy is better than a gambling style that makes plays but gives them up as well.
In all the “Dak Sucks” threads I said most of the problems were on the OL. You see now what this team does with a healthy OL. They are scoring at will and completely controlled both games, I put the improvement over last year 50% on the OL, 30% on Kellen Moore and 20% on improvements Dak has made (with Kitna). Your mileage may vary.
One of the biggest mistakes of last season (in terms of making me read bad threads) was holding all the starters out of preseason and then falling flat against the Panthers in the opener. They did it to avoid injuries but the Panthers game was a trainwreck, so we should have played the starters this offseason, right? Or Garrett’s an idiot, right?
Right?
Wrong, they knew they would pancake two of the first three opponents. These three opening games basically are our preseason so it was actually smart to hold the starters out of the actual preseason.
Jaylon Smith and LVE are playing well but haven’t had any dominant performances. But they are playing well enough that Sean Lee has 3 tackles in 2 games and fans (myself included) don’t give a rats hiney about it.
Xavier Woods is clearly improved but he hasn’t shown the level of play the coaches were saying – at least not yet. In Bob Sturm’s metric of Splash Plays Jeff Health is tied for 2nd (with LVE) with 4.5 (DLaw has 6.5). Both guys are playing good, not great. But we gave up a 5th round pick and low salaries for the two of them, it completely justifies the Dallas strategy if not overpaying in draft picks or FA dollars for a safety.
And finally, I’m sure someone posted this already but he’s a Fish Taco now.
As much as I love Richard as a person, is that the right strategy? With our offense scoring at will, it really seems like a contain strategy is better than a gambling style that makes plays but gives them up as well.
In all the “Dak Sucks” threads I said most of the problems were on the OL. You see now what this team does with a healthy OL. They are scoring at will and completely controlled both games, I put the improvement over last year 50% on the OL, 30% on Kellen Moore and 20% on improvements Dak has made (with Kitna). Your mileage may vary.
One of the biggest mistakes of last season (in terms of making me read bad threads) was holding all the starters out of preseason and then falling flat against the Panthers in the opener. They did it to avoid injuries but the Panthers game was a trainwreck, so we should have played the starters this offseason, right? Or Garrett’s an idiot, right?
Right?
Wrong, they knew they would pancake two of the first three opponents. These three opening games basically are our preseason so it was actually smart to hold the starters out of the actual preseason.
Jaylon Smith and LVE are playing well but haven’t had any dominant performances. But they are playing well enough that Sean Lee has 3 tackles in 2 games and fans (myself included) don’t give a rats hiney about it.
Xavier Woods is clearly improved but he hasn’t shown the level of play the coaches were saying – at least not yet. In Bob Sturm’s metric of Splash Plays Jeff Health is tied for 2nd (with LVE) with 4.5 (DLaw has 6.5). Both guys are playing good, not great. But we gave up a 5th round pick and low salaries for the two of them, it completely justifies the Dallas strategy if not overpaying in draft picks or FA dollars for a safety.
And finally, I’m sure someone posted this already but he’s a Fish Taco now.
