Keys to Beating Dallas

[links18]

On Defense: Blitz just about every play. We have no idea how to make teams pay for blitzing consistently.


On Offense: Screw up on 1st and 2nd down, so you are facing 3rd and 10 or longer. We don't know how to stop 3rd and long.

Pray you draw Jeff Triplette's officiating crew.

 

[SharutoX]

I don't think they really beat us, we just beat ourselves. I mean with the missed austin opportunity, Roy fumbling, us throwing it every play at there endzone leading to the INT, folk missing a field goal he should of made. All momentum changers.

I will admit though when jenkins got hurt.. Driver made Scandrick his toy

 

[Big Country]

On Defense: Blitz just about every play. We have no idea how to make teams pay for blitzing consistently.


On Offense: Screw up on 1st and 2nd down, so you are facing 3rd and 10 or longer. We don't know how to stop 3rd and long.

Pray you draw Jeff Triplette's officiating crew.

Plus have Joe Buck and Troy calling the game. DAMN I hate those guys commentating Dallas games.

I know I know Troy calls it like he sees it, but I wish they would move to BSPN and let Moose and Stockton call the Fox national games!!!

 

[Yakuza Rich]

On Defense: Blitz just about every play. We have no idea how to make teams pay for blitzing consistently.

Wrong. The Falcons blitzed and got killed for it. Romo had over 300 yards passing against a heavy blitzing Eagles team.

I would say that defenses will start overloading the weakside a lot more with corners and safeties as that's what worked for Denver and GB.

On Offense: Screw up on 1st and 2nd down, so you are facing 3rd and 10 or longer. We don't know how to stop 3rd and long.

Dallas was actually 5th in 3rd down defense before the GB game. GB has an excellent 3rd down offense. Dallas' offense stunk and kept the defense on the field. 3 points in 3 quarters of play by GB, defense really wasn't the issue.

Pray you draw Jeff Triplette's officiating crew.

You can say that about a lot of the crews lately. In the Eagles game they apparently just ignored the massive holding by the Eagles O-Line.





YAKUZA

 

[skinsscalper]

On Defense: Blitz just about every play. We have no idea how to make teams pay for blitzing consistently.


On Offense: Screw up on 1st and 2nd down, so you are facing 3rd and 10 or longer. We don't know how to stop 3rd and long.

Pray you draw Jeff Triplette's officiating crew.

To be fair, Dallas did pretty well against that exact same scheme a week before in Philly. The offense (O-line in particular) played like a band of sissies yesterday and the play calling didn't help matters.

Hopefully it gets straightened out this week. A loss to the Commanders at home next week won't really strengthen the "this team is different" argument. In fact, it would do just the opposite.

In my heart of hearts (from what I've seen in previous weeks) I do believe this team is different. Performances like yesterday keep the ghosts of seasons past alive and well, however.

 

[links18]

Wrong. The Falcons blitzed and got killed for it. Romo had over 300 yards passing against a heavy blitzing Eagles team.

I would say that defenses will start overloading the weakside a lot more with corners and safeties as that's what worked for Denver and GB.



Dallas was actually 5th in 3rd down defense before the GB game. GB has an excellent 3rd down offense. Dallas' offense stunk and kept the defense on the field. 3 points in 3 quarters of play by GB, defense really wasn't the issue.



You can say that about a lot of the crews lately. In the Eagles game they apparently just ignored the massive holding by the Eagles O-Line.





YAKUZA

Whatever the Broncos and Packers did, we had no answer for it all day long in either game. It would have helped yesterday if Roy E. Williams would hold onto the ball, but we still showed no signs of figuring out how to make adjustments.

Our 3rd down defense may be good, but not on 3rd and long. This has been a consistent problem for a long time now and once again, we show no sign of knowing how to correct it. You just can't consistently let teams get out of 1st and 20 situations by converting 3rd and 12, 3rd and 14, etc.

 

[Mr Cowboy]

On Defense: Blitz just about every play. We have no idea how to make teams pay for blitzing consistently.


On Offense: Screw up on 1st and 2nd down, so you are facing 3rd and 10 or longer. We don't know how to stop 3rd and long.

Pray you draw Jeff Triplette's officiating crew.

Wow, a revelation!

That has been the book on defensing the Cowboys. Every team we've played so far has gone in with the same game plan. Stop the run first, and make Dallas beat you with the pass, and blitz heavily up the middle.

When the offense is firing on all cylinders and execute the called plays, (see Philly and Atlanta), then we can't be stopped. When the offense keeps shooting themselves in the foot, (see GB and KC), then we don't play so well.

Yesterday, they stopped the run and we couldn't buy a third down conversions. We are usually pretty darn good at third down conversions. There was nothing wrong with the play calling, the problem was with the execution, and some untimely mistakes.

Now there is some on this board who have been miserable for the past four weeks, during the Cowboys winning streak. There was nothing there to start the Garrett/Wade/Roy sucks threads.

The board was pretty quiet until we lost yesterday.

 

[CATCH17]

On Defense: Blitz just about every play. We have no idea how to make teams pay for blitzing consistently.


On Offense: Screw up on 1st and 2nd down, so you are facing 3rd and 10 or longer. We don't know how to stop 3rd and long.

Pray you draw Jeff Triplette's officiating crew.

More specifically blitz your secondary against us. That is our overall biggest team weakness right now imo.

We cant identify blitzing DB's very well.

 

[skinsscalper]

Whatever the Broncos and Packers did, we had no answer for it all day long in either game. It would have helped yesterday if Roy E. Williams would hold onto the ball, but we still showed no signs of figuring out how to make adjustments.

Our 3rd down defense may be good, but not on 3rd and long. This has been a consistent problem for a long time now and once again, we show no sign of knowing how to correct it. You just can't consistently let teams get out of 1st and 20 situations by converting 3rd and 12, 3rd and 14, etc.

That was a killer yesterday. To the defenses credit, they had ZERO help from their offense for the majority of the game. That many consecutive three and outs will kill a defenses stamina and fight. Hell, for a majority of the game, Romo and Co. could have stepped on the field and taken three knees in a row and been more effective. That game, offensively, was absolutely pathetic.

 

[chuffly]

Normally when you score more points than us, that seems to do the trick.

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

Dungy pointed out.. when you see safeties cheating over for coverage etc... the nickel corner is most likely blitzing. The primary difference between your Manning's and Brady's over Romo is that they recognize adjust and make you pay more.

I also agree that we are not adjusting well enough for blitzes that should be seen a mile away.

 

[Hook'em#11]

Where was this thread the last 4 weeks or so please?

 

[JohnsKey19]

Teams do blitz us a lot it seems. Some games, we win that battle, others we dont. But we continue to see heavy blitz packages. Teams feel that's the best way to attack our offense apparently. I'm not sure if that's a knock on Romo, OLine, WRs or what...

 

[Mr Cowboy]

Dungy pointed out.. when you see safeties cheating over for coverage etc... the nickel corner is most likely blitzing. The primary difference between your Manning's and Brady's over Romo is that they recognize adjust and make you pay more.

I also agree that we are not adjusting well enough for blitzes that should be seen a mile away.

And if Flozell had blocked Woodson like he was suppose to, the WR had broken free in the middle of the field and would have been a TD.

Manning and Brady would have been killed just like Romo if their lineman don't block who they are suppose to block. If you saw the game last night, the same thing basically happened to Brady.

 

[jimmy40]

Don't bust coverages or miss tackles on Miles Austin.

 

[nalam]

I don't think they really beat us, we just beat ourselves. I mean with the missed austin opportunity, Roy fumbling, us throwing it every play at there endzone leading to the INT, folk missing a field goal he should of made. All momentum changers.

I will admit though when jenkins got hurt.. Driver made Scandrick his toy

This is the thing I've been saying for some time. Its ridiculous , if we can't even show a pose for trying to run from 1 yard line in 1st down (with more than 6 min on the clock ) , what confidence we have ?
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