Coogiguy03
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Say something come on!!??
Moving on, what players from NE should we be concerned with?
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Coogiguy03
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We all know he's about to do it
SuperBowlz
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You really don't think the Cardinals had anything to do with their double digit win while rushing for well over 200 yards. Not one Cardinal played well? It's just that the Cowboys missed assignments? Give the a little respect!
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I'm agreeing with you, I wanted you to expand on it!! There's no way in hell that you can't give them credit for what they did, they pushed us around on both sides of the ball!!
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Ohhh, my bad brother. I got you confused
Coogiguy03
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I'm on your side with this, just like Nationwide
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No, I really don't. The long Dobbs run is a perfect example. Here's all of the things Dallas did wrong:
1. Micah is unblocked - he has to know he's the read defender and has to maintain integrity on the QB keep, especially with two blockers on DBs outside of him. It's also 2nd and 8, with 3 defenders covering the 3 gaps to your left. There is nothing that would indicate a run in that direction, and no reason to think it would be successful. He cheated to try to make a play, and blew his assignment.
2. Kearse is slow off the ball and gets totally washed by a TE.
3. Wilson has really poor eyes, and does not maintain any gap, surrendering the edge. He overcommitted to try to help Kearse, but backside flow would have prevented a larger gain if he maintained outside leverage and forced Dobbs to cut inside of Kearse (and that's giving him the benefit of the doubt, becuase he it looked like he was cheating the RB too).
4. Clark makes the wrong read and buys the fake, immediately diving into a gap that LVE was already in anyway, washing himself out of the play regardless of where it went.
5. Hooker had bad eyes and bit on the fake as well.
It is 2nd and 8 for a team that can't move the ball. There is absolutely no reason to overcommit to a run fake like this. Stupid football, lazy execution. Had absolutely nothing to do with physicality or ARZ making a play. Dallas just handed them 44 yards. The guy who makes the tackle is in man coverage on a WR ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE FIELD. That doesn't happen without multiple blown assignments.
You can do this with play after play from that game. If ARZ had any talent, they would've scored 50.
First play.
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All I know at this point, the game day thread will be very interesting and chipper.
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Feels so goodAll I know at this point, the game day thread will be very interesting and chipper.
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Quarterback mobility
The Cowboys’ defense is somewhat notorious for its poor play against mobile quarterbacks. In the first two weeks of the season, 79 of 172 yards allowed on the ground came from opposing QBs. Against Arizona, the trend continued.
Excluding knee downs, Joshua Dobbs ran the ball four times at a perfect 100% success rate. His 44-yard run on the opening drive was worth a whopping 3.335 expected points added (EPA) making it one of the biggest plays of the game. The other three runs averaged an impressive 0.208.
https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/lists/cowboys-week-3-by-the-numbers/
The Cowboys’ defense is somewhat notorious for its poor play against mobile quarterbacks. In the first two weeks of the season, 79 of 172 yards allowed on the ground came from opposing QBs. Against Arizona, the trend continued.
Excluding knee downs, Joshua Dobbs ran the ball four times at a perfect 100% success rate. His 44-yard run on the opening drive was worth a whopping 3.335 expected points added (EPA) making it one of the biggest plays of the game. The other three runs averaged an impressive 0.208.
https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/lists/cowboys-week-3-by-the-numbers/
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With the upheaval across the offensive line, the Cowboys should have worked to avoid obvious passing situations. The threat of the run keeps defenses honest and can buy replacement linemen extra time and expose them to less blitzing.
Early down runs were largely successful, producing a 52 percent success rate and 0.10 EPA/play, but they also put Dak Prescott in too many obvious passing situations on third downs. Pass rushers had the green light on anything more than 3rd-and-short and Prescott was pressured routinely.
https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/lists/cowboys-week-3-by-the-numbers/
New England's pass rush now.
Third and fourth down passing suffered as a result, producing a -0.28 EPA/play and a paltry 36 percent success rate. That’s very rare in the Prescott era and likely a direct result of the pass protection and WR separation issues.
Early down runs were largely successful, producing a 52 percent success rate and 0.10 EPA/play, but they also put Dak Prescott in too many obvious passing situations on third downs. Pass rushers had the green light on anything more than 3rd-and-short and Prescott was pressured routinely.
https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/lists/cowboys-week-3-by-the-numbers/
New England's pass rush now.
Third and fourth down passing suffered as a result, producing a -0.28 EPA/play and a paltry 36 percent success rate. That’s very rare in the Prescott era and likely a direct result of the pass protection and WR separation issues.
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But there is no excuse for 222 rushing yards.
There is also no excuse for this team needing to get off the field midway through the fourth quarter and allowing a 69-yard pass to a receiver who was in a different zip code than the closest defender.
My point to all of this? Sure, the injuries to Diggs and the three starting offensive linemen affected the Cowboys and contributed to the way they played. And the injuries on top of that were too much to overcome. But the fact is, if the Cowboys weren't getting gashed on the run at a seven-yard clip, this game definitely goes the other way.
Now, without me really watching the game again and studying the film, my initial impression is that this might be the downside of having undersized linebackers – converted safeties – who are coming up into the box to stop the run. Then again, I saw true linebackers that had difficulty getting off blocks at times.
And this is also what you get when you have a defense that is always applying pressure and looking for sacks. Sometimes it allows wide-open running lanes, which happened on two long runs of 40-plus yards.
https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/eatman-injuries-flags-aside-what-about-run-d
There is also no excuse for this team needing to get off the field midway through the fourth quarter and allowing a 69-yard pass to a receiver who was in a different zip code than the closest defender.
My point to all of this? Sure, the injuries to Diggs and the three starting offensive linemen affected the Cowboys and contributed to the way they played. And the injuries on top of that were too much to overcome. But the fact is, if the Cowboys weren't getting gashed on the run at a seven-yard clip, this game definitely goes the other way.
Now, without me really watching the game again and studying the film, my initial impression is that this might be the downside of having undersized linebackers – converted safeties – who are coming up into the box to stop the run. Then again, I saw true linebackers that had difficulty getting off blocks at times.
And this is also what you get when you have a defense that is always applying pressure and looking for sacks. Sometimes it allows wide-open running lanes, which happened on two long runs of 40-plus yards.
https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/eatman-injuries-flags-aside-what-about-run-d
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- LT Brown, 6'8 380, mobile, good LT
- RG Onwenu, 6'3, 365, monster
- all 3 TE's: Henry, Gisecki, Brown
- Zeke is still good, Rhamondre Stevenson hasn't broken out yet
- none of the WR's are that great, not bad but not dangerous
- Mac Jones - on the rise, underrated
- Judon is a sack machine
- Uche also gets to the QB
- Gonzalez playing like a CB1 so far
- Safeties Dugger and Peppers are big hitters
- RG Onwenu, 6'3, 365, monster
- all 3 TE's: Henry, Gisecki, Brown
- Zeke is still good, Rhamondre Stevenson hasn't broken out yet
- none of the WR's are that great, not bad but not dangerous
- Mac Jones - on the rise, underrated
- Judon is a sack machine
- Uche also gets to the QB
- Gonzalez playing like a CB1 so far
- Safeties Dugger and Peppers are big hitters