My thoughts 11-2

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For all you doom and glooms, it was the 2nd loss of the yr. This team is still 2 games ahead of the next playoff team. IM convinced some of you would rather see this team lose then win.

IM going to start with Dak. He had a bad game, but to his defense, NY hit him 8 times in 37 pass attempts. Thats not even counting the QB pressures. NY had 9 pass defenced, meaning NY secondary blanketed these WRs. But that still doesnt excuses his lazy passes. He needs to make better reads and he needs to make better decisions. He has 11 wins because he made the right decisions but tonight it was bad. The opposing DEF had alot to do with that though. To ignore just how good NY def played tonight is pure stupidity.

Dez Bryant just seems to get shut down by the better CBs in the league. We've seen that with Revis, Peterson, Sherman, Norman and now Jenkins. Bryant was the reason for Daks first INT, but it was a slip not much u can do about that. If he doesnt slip thats a first down to Dez. Im not going to blame Dez for that deep INT, yes it was a lazy route but there was a S deep. Thats all on Dak. Nobody to blame on Dez fumble except him not securing the ball. Bryant needs to soul search instead of being Mr twitter fingers this week. He has a good game here and there but he's paid at an elite level he should be playing elite every week.

Bryce Butler needs to make that TD catch. You do that and its a win for Dallas.

Tyron and Free dominated for 3 quarters and then just fell off in the fourth. IDK what happened but both got beaten repeatedly in the fourth and forcing Dak into some bad throw placements.

Witten was a blocker for most of this game because NY brought them outside backers and S up. Coaches fault for not adjusting with motioning him to the other side to switch up the rush or out in the slot tking that backer or S with him.

This DL was outstanding tonight, but it was agaianst a very bad NY OL. All the same they forced alot of stuff tonight we dont get to see so it was nice to see.

Sean Lee is a monster. His ability to fill a gap is brutal on RBs.

Carr blow that inside route to Beckham but that was basically all he gave up but it was huge. Without that pass Dallas wins.

Church was all over the field but it just seems that hand didnt give him much help.

Its a loss but its 1 loss. Get off the soap opera gloom and doom mentality. Theres a game next week. Go Cowboys
 

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Dak did move into a few of those hits.

No idea why Linehan did not make any adjustments.

D played great.
 

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We hold a team to 10 points we should win 100% of the time.

Dallas needs answers for NYGs exact gameplan and not just this get better/execute better crap.

We need to figure out exactly how to get some guys open against those tight man to man coverages.
 

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We hold a team to 10 points we should win 100% of the time.

Dallas needs answers for NYGs exact gameplan and not just this get better/execute better crap.

We need to figure out exactly how to get some guys open against those tight man to man coverages.
Dak and the offense has been beating this style of defense all yr. Tonight they came up on the short end. Its not like they havent seen the blitz and not beaten it. Washington, Philly, Minnesota, GB, CIN, PITT al played the same way.
 

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Dak and the offense has been beating this style of defense all yr. Tonight they came up on the short end. Its not like they havent seen the blitz and not beaten it. Washington, Philly, Minnesota, GB, CIN, PITT al played the same way.

Is gotten worse over the last months and Dak extending plays has kept things going.

Same thing with Romo.

It's always about our QBs mobility and you may see 1 play a game where we get a guy open for a big play.
 

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Dak and the offense has been beating this style of defense all yr. Tonight they came up on the short end. Its not like they havent seen the blitz and not beaten it. Washington, Philly, Minnesota, GB, CIN, PITT al played the same way.

Yes but the margins have comedown.
 

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If I'm not mistaken Latin, I think we scored our only points on the play after butler dropped the pass in the end zone
ur right. I did notice after that Butler wasnt in the game much if at all
 

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For all you doom and glooms, it was the 2nd loss of the yr. This team is still 2 games ahead of the next playoff team. IM convinced some of you would rather see this team lose then win.

IM going to start with Dak. He had a bad game, but to his defense, NY hit him 8 times in 37 pass attempts. Thats not even counting the QB pressures. NY had 9 pass defenced, meaning NY secondary blanketed these WRs. But that still doesnt excuses his lazy passes. He needs to make better reads and he needs to make better decisions. He has 11 wins because he made the right decisions but tonight it was bad. The opposing DEF had alot to do with that though. To ignore just how good NY def played tonight is pure stupidity.

Dez Bryant just seems to get shut down by the better CBs in the league. We've seen that with Revis, Peterson, Sherman, Norman and now Jenkins. Bryant was the reason for Daks first INT, but it was a slip not much u can do about that. If he doesnt slip thats a first down to Dez. Im not going to blame Dez for that deep INT, yes it was a lazy route but there was a S deep. Thats all on Dak. Nobody to blame on Dez fumble except him not securing the ball. Bryant needs to soul search instead of being Mr twitter fingers this week. He has a good game here and there but he's paid at an elite level he should be playing elite every week.

Bryce Butler needs to make that TD catch. You do that and its a win for Dallas.

Tyron and Free dominated for 3 quarters and then just fell off in the fourth. IDK what happened but both got beaten repeatedly in the fourth and forcing Dak into some bad throw placements.

Witten was a blocker for most of this game because NY brought them outside backers and S up. Coaches fault for not adjusting with motioning him to the other side to switch up the rush or out in the slot tking that backer or S with him.

This DL was outstanding tonight, but it was agaianst a very bad NY OL. All the same they forced alot of stuff tonight we dont get to see so it was nice to see.

Sean Lee is a monster. His ability to fill a gap is brutal on RBs.

Carr blow that inside route to Beckham but that was basically all he gave up but it was huge. Without that pass Dallas wins.

Church was all over the field but it just seems that hand didnt give him much help.

Its a loss but its 1 loss. Get off the soap opera gloom and doom mentality. Theres a game next week. Go Cowboys

While we're going with SHOULDA, OBJ should have caught that pass for a TD, and Eli should have hit the wide open guy for a TD when the ball slipped out of his hand.
 

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Dak and the offense has been beating this style of defense all yr. Tonight they came up on the short end. Its not like they havent seen the blitz and not beaten it. Washington, Philly, Minnesota, GB, CIN, PITT al played the same way.
no one can win 100% of the time. it just doesn't happen as sooner or later the breaks go the other way.

this last game doesn't define an 11-2 team at all. 11-2 defines this team.
 

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yeah lets just hope we see the 11-2 team next game !
ain't that the truth. :)

it was painful, to be sure. and to think we're riddled with night games all the time now sucks cause i have to fight to stay awake cause i get up at 4am...that sucks too.

it's hard to see the bigger picture when you looked that bad in this piece of it. dez n dak had nothing to do with the same page or even book at times. and dak did his usual overthrow a few times more than usual. hell he bounced a few. but my concern with yanking him if he hits a spot is long term confidence. the kid went 11 straight in wins. any other cowboy ever do that? his place at the table has been earned and i'm for letting it ride to the end. i'm not for knee jerk moves in a panic. those tend to domino things out of control.

we'll know a lot more next week.
 

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no one can win 100% of the time. it just doesn't happen as sooner or later the breaks go the other way.

this last game doesn't define an 11-2 team at all. 11-2 defines this team.
Going 2 for 24 on third down over the last 8 quarters of football is becoming a trend...and not a good one. We can whistle past the graveyard all we want, but Prescott looked like a fourth round rookie Sunday night...lost, confused, tentative and dazed. He forgot he has two legs and displayed very little pocket awareness. Basically, he and the offense brought the same level of funk with them from Minnesota.
 

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Going 2 for 24 on third down over the last 8 quarters of football is becoming a trend...and not a good one. We can whistle past the graveyard all we want, but Prescott looked like a fourth round rookie Sunday night...lost, confused, tentative and dazed. He forgot he has two legs and displayed very little pocket awareness. Basically, he and the offense brought the same level of funk with them from Minnesota.
maybe cause he is this 4th round rookie. look at the 1st round goff and wentz and i'm still happier we've got him. i imagine a good portion of those fan bases would trade us straight up.

yea he's hit a funk. if anyone thought we'd go on winning forever then the funk must really surprise them and they just want to get the funk out of here... :)

he's our long term answer. we have to know what he will do in times like this.
 

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The difference in last night's game was mainly NY's pass rush as compared to ours. Purely and simply, they applied much better pressure to Dak than we did to Eli. The cold weather affected both offenses about as harshly as they were bound to. Both offenses were hampered by stiff hands and an inability to catch hard, slick balls with any real consistency. OBJ proved far more productive than Dez as well.

The home field advantage was exactly that with a raucous crowd that knew exactly when to get loud and when to pipe down. All in all, the Giants were simply the better team by a slim margin last night and the score totally reflected as much. The next time we meet them, assuming we do in the playoffs, it will take place at AT&T Stadium. Let's hope that and warmer conditions help our cause.
 
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yeah lets just hope we see the 11-2 team next game !
Next week is gonna be tough. TB has shut down every opponent the past three weeks and has a legit DEF. Next week will be the "third" playoff type of game for this team. Will be interesting to see how they respond.
 

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this was a bad loss the way things are starting to fall with the coaching and lack of adjustments I am not sure that this team will win another game.
 

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Next week is gonna be tough. TB has shut down every opponent the past three weeks and has a legit DEF. Next week will be the "third" playoff type of game for this team. Will be interesting to see how they respond.
yeah tampa is going to be tough too thats why in a way I would like romo to play this next game just to see how he does in a similar type
game.
 
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