Yakuza Rich
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- Brees pointed out something that was irking me throughout the year. The defense is vulnerable to passes in the flats. It was in particular bad in the Jags game as well. I think the problem is that in order to run the 3-4 you need bigger LB's. And while I like the 3-4, it's hard to find big LB's that can play the run, take on blockers and cover well. I hate to knock Bradie but for awhile I've been saying I'd like somebody a bit more dynamic at his spot. That being said, it's hard to find. The Steelers have that player in Farrior and the Pats have that player in Bruschi. But while SD has Edwards, he's terrible against the run in the 3-4. Obviously teams usually don't have the receiving threat that Bush presents, but there's teams with good receiving backs like JAX or Chicago that could cause some problems for quite some time.
- Romo played bad, but pushing the panic button is ridiculous. He actually played pretty well in the Giants game, but had 5 drops with one that bounced off Glenn and was intercepted by Kiwanuka. I'm a fan of looking at stats, but looking at the Giants game stats and thinking he played bad and now thinking he played 2 bad games in a row is off. Romo reminds me a lot of Roethlisberger in that they can beat you in the pocket, but kill teams outside of the pocket. I like that in a QB. The problem I see with Qb's like that is they often make a lot of impulse decisions. Instead of staying in the pocket and letting the play develop, they'll try to get outside of the pocket and make a play that isn't there. Anyway, I think this is the bad version of Romo that we'll see were he makes a lot of good plays, but makes too many bad plays. I think his only other issues is that when he misses he misses high and he still needs to work on getting air on his deep throws.
- What sometimes aggravates me about the offense is that it seems that opposing defenses seem to know when we are running off left tackle, running a draw play, or running a playaction bootleg just a bit too often.
- As much as I hate to say it, when Owens gets the ball the offense seems to start moving. Unfortunately we have to rely on him catching it.
- At least Julius didn't seem so timid running the ball last night. Unfortunately he didn't seem to care to block Will Smith on Romo's first sack either.
- Al Michaels didn't need to make Payton look like he was Belichick vs. the Rams in the 2001 Super Bowl. The reverse on 4th and 1 was something that Coughlin probably would've gotten fired over. The onside kick was even dumber since the last thing you want is for Dallas to come back and score quickly. It's alright if they score, but make them take some time off the clock. It worked for them, but if they do that in the playoffs they'll be likely calling Payton out the next day.
- Someday we'll get a free safety worth a damn.
- There's still some good news. We're still in first place and basically control our destiny. We've got 2 out of the next 3 at home and I think Dallas could easily beat all of these teams without being biased about saying that. This also probably helped serve as a wakeup call. And I still believe Dallas can beat any team in the NFC, except for the Saints. I think the Saints matchup too well against Dallas. Although I think the Bears could beat the Saints because I think they matchup well against New Orleans.
If we face the Saints again, the offense will be key since they'll need to be treated like the Colts offense and cannot be allowed on the field. The sluggish starts are killing us and they need to find ways to control the time of posession early on or it will come back to haunt us.
YAKUZA
- Romo played bad, but pushing the panic button is ridiculous. He actually played pretty well in the Giants game, but had 5 drops with one that bounced off Glenn and was intercepted by Kiwanuka. I'm a fan of looking at stats, but looking at the Giants game stats and thinking he played bad and now thinking he played 2 bad games in a row is off. Romo reminds me a lot of Roethlisberger in that they can beat you in the pocket, but kill teams outside of the pocket. I like that in a QB. The problem I see with Qb's like that is they often make a lot of impulse decisions. Instead of staying in the pocket and letting the play develop, they'll try to get outside of the pocket and make a play that isn't there. Anyway, I think this is the bad version of Romo that we'll see were he makes a lot of good plays, but makes too many bad plays. I think his only other issues is that when he misses he misses high and he still needs to work on getting air on his deep throws.
- What sometimes aggravates me about the offense is that it seems that opposing defenses seem to know when we are running off left tackle, running a draw play, or running a playaction bootleg just a bit too often.
- As much as I hate to say it, when Owens gets the ball the offense seems to start moving. Unfortunately we have to rely on him catching it.
- At least Julius didn't seem so timid running the ball last night. Unfortunately he didn't seem to care to block Will Smith on Romo's first sack either.
- Al Michaels didn't need to make Payton look like he was Belichick vs. the Rams in the 2001 Super Bowl. The reverse on 4th and 1 was something that Coughlin probably would've gotten fired over. The onside kick was even dumber since the last thing you want is for Dallas to come back and score quickly. It's alright if they score, but make them take some time off the clock. It worked for them, but if they do that in the playoffs they'll be likely calling Payton out the next day.
- Someday we'll get a free safety worth a damn.
- There's still some good news. We're still in first place and basically control our destiny. We've got 2 out of the next 3 at home and I think Dallas could easily beat all of these teams without being biased about saying that. This also probably helped serve as a wakeup call. And I still believe Dallas can beat any team in the NFC, except for the Saints. I think the Saints matchup too well against Dallas. Although I think the Bears could beat the Saints because I think they matchup well against New Orleans.
If we face the Saints again, the offense will be key since they'll need to be treated like the Colts offense and cannot be allowed on the field. The sluggish starts are killing us and they need to find ways to control the time of posession early on or it will come back to haunt us.
YAKUZA
