Micah Calls Out Defense

[CalPolyTechnique]

https://amp.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/article268715442.html

“No one is going to allows us just to rush, no one is going to allow us to be who we are,” said Parsons, the team’s leading sacker who spent more time playing run defense than rushing the passer against the Packers. “We got to put out this fire. Until we take out this fire, we are going to keep seeing it. If people want to keep doing their own thing, we are going to deal with this all year. We have to put this out. We have to be accountable. We have to stay in our gaps. We have to stop the run. Until we do that, it’s going to be a long year.”

 

[Proof]

I love it. Hate it's come to this, but it's what I want to see and hear. (Now back it up yourself as well)

 

[stilltheguru]

I'm glad he's getting humble pie. He was yapping too much about his sack goals.

 

[fivetwos]

Is this more of a gap containment thing vs just getting beat at the POA?

Maybe some of you XO guys can elaborate on who the culprits may be.

 

[USArmyVet]

That's what a team leader does in a tough loss......not like what others do.

 

[jwitten82]

Our DTs suck. Bohanna is not the player they thought he was gonna be

 

[CouchCoach]

What does any good OC do when facing the top sack D in the league?

 

[starfan1]

Our DTs suck. Bohanna is not the player they thought he was gonna be

honsetly while DT plays a role i think its more on the outside where we are getting killed. The DE are not keeping contain and when they do the Lbs are nowhere to be found until 6 yard down the field

 

[RS12]

Lead by example. Didn't happen yesterday.

 

[thunderpimp91]

Is this more of a gap containment thing vs just getting beat at the POA?

Maybe some of you XO guys can elaborate on who the culprits may be.

The answer is typically somewhere in between. For the Cowboys and I haven't watched yesterdays game nearly enough to say what the problem with the run defense was, but all year this defense has struggled heavily in two areas:

1) Outside runs / edge containment
2) Sealing off cutback lanes

Both of those are heavily an issue of gap containment and playing team defense. I'll go back and rewatch that game this week, and would bet it's a lot of the same issues. A lot of the time you dont keep gap integrity because you lose at POA, but I see a lot of undisciplined players running around, which seems to be the main thing Parsons is hitting on.

 

[DasTex]

What does any good OC do when facing the top sack D in the league?

Pass the ball 50 times.....oh wait, that's ours

 

[morat1959]

I like this kid! I hope he gets to play on a team with a snowball’s chance in hell of winning a SB one day. We’re not that team.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

I like it, but he looks like an LVE clone in everything except rushing the QB right now.

 

[links18]

The answer is typically somewhere in between. For the Cowboys and I haven't watched yesterdays game nearly enough to say what the problem with the run defense was, but all year this defense has struggled heavily in two areas:

1) Outside runs / edge containment
2) Sealing off cutback lanes

Both of those are heavily an issue of gap containment and playing team defense. I'll go back and rewatch that game this week, and would bet it's a lot of the same issues. A lot of the time you dont keep gap integrity because you lose at POA, but I see a lot of undisciplined players running around, which seems to be the main thing Parsons is hitting on.

Sounds like a coaching issue.

 

[MoistMayonnaise]

The only way the Cowboys keep Micah after his rookie contract is the franchise tag. He won't finish his career at the star. Dude is going to break someones bank.

 

[CowboyoWales]

honsetly while DT plays a role i think its more on the outside where we are getting killed. The DE are not keeping contain and when they do the Lbs are nowhere to be found until 6 yard down the field

You you think that's because the DT's aren't able to stop the O-Line getting to the second level. Micah himself couldn't get off the Center's block in time to stop the TD.

 

[Loso86]

Lead by example. Didn't happen yesterday.

1 player can't do it. But he's doing what a true leader does. Which will never be enough for most Cowboy fans unfortunately

 

[thunderpimp91]

Sounds like a coaching issue.

Ongoing issues like this I think tend to fall on either coaching or the GM.

As of right now I think this is squarely on the shoulders of DQ to fix. He deserves the credit if he does and the blame if he doesn't. I'm sure that I am in the minority but I think it gets better. The question I have is how much does the pass defense suffer.

 

[nate dizzle]

I like it, but he looks like an LVE clone in everything except rushing the QB right now.

He's an awesome pass rusher, and the LVE comparison may be a little harsh, but he's got a lot to improve on if they're going to be required to use him as a true LB due to game script. Like he said, teams are going to stick to the run to negate the pass rush until they prove they can stop it.

 

[starfan1]

You you think that's because the DT's aren't able to stop the O-Line getting to the second level. Micah himself couldn't get off the Center's block in time to stop the TD.

I think its a mixed bag. I think the run defense is better when they have Hankins in but yes I believe the DE are also complicit in the problem and for sure the LBs both of them. Micah is beast in pass rush but hes average in run defense,