Observations

[Hoov]

I watched that play in slow motion and it didn't even look like Austin was trying. If nothing else it was a lack of concentration but it hit him in the hand and then he actually pulled his hands into his body instead of extending them. Very poor effort.

i thought that as well.

 

[roughneck266]

The Dallas offense was Harris, 222 special team yards, that's 4 more than Dallas total offense for the night..

Part iof the reason for the lack of offense is the fact that we had, what, three drives starting inside the Commanders 20? Something like that. Anyway you cant really fault the offense for that.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

The Dallas offense was Harris, 222 special team yards, that's 4 more than Dallas total offense for the night..

I actually think we will perform much better on offense against Philly. Washington had 2 weeks to prepare, and this was a do or die game for them, not to mention this is Haslett's 7th game against us.

Philly just doesn't have the pass rush that Washington has (I know the blitz didn't get home, but that had more to do with Romo) and they are just as bad in the secondary. The offense scares me a bit, but if it's Nick Fowles, not Vick, then we should be able to get to him.

 

[nalam]

True but when you have a return td, that takes away an offensive series, then we had to drives start at about the 10 and the 2, so we got three touchdowns while only traveling about 12 yards. ..... I'd be more concerned.

Good observation, I would take it any day for 500 yards and 2 scores game.

 

[Stryker44]

Game made no sense.

Hatcher is horrible yet he manhandled the Washington Commander interior line that had run Morris for over 200 last season.

The Dallas defense sucks yet the Commanders only mustered 16 points.

The Commanders have regressed worse than any other team from 2012-2013.

The Indian curse over the team name is real. The tribes need to remove it before we will win again with consistency.

 

[Stryker44]

I actually think we will perform much better on offense against Philly. Washington had 2 weeks to prepare, and this was a do or die game for them, not to mention this is Haslett's 7th game against us.

Philly just doesn't have the pass rush that Washington has (I know the blitz didn't get home, but that had more to do with Romo) and they are just as bad in the secondary. The offense scares me a bit, but if it's Nick Fowles, not Vick, then we should be able to get to him.

I felt like the Dallas offense took it easy once they realized the Commanders were inept on offense and would beat themselves.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

I felt like the Dallas offense took it easy once they realized the Commanders were inept on offense and would beat themselves.

I would hope not. One thing that makes the Broncos great, is they do not let off of their opponents. They'll mix in more second half runs, but even that, imo, is them trying to get the RBs ready for the tough late season games/post season.

If we let off of Washington, after a 7-0 lead, that would be a huge mistake. Scoring TDs early/often is the only was to guarantee a win in this league

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

T Will is becoming a stud,.

TWill had 2 catches for 22 yds. Stud for 1 catch, ok.

 

[SDCowboy]

TWill had 2 catches for 22 yds. Stud for 1 catch, ok.

 

[cowboys1981]

Our CB's playing press gave our line time to pressure RG3. Way to adjust the scheme based off personnel skill set.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

Game made no sense.

Hatcher is horrible yet he manhandled the Washington Commander interior line that had run Morris for over 200 last season.

And here lies the problem with most fans, they only watch their team, and feel they can say who is good and who isn't. Here's something you obviously didn't know, Hatcher leads all DTs with 5 sacks this season. Cameron Jordan and Muhammad Wilkenson (3-4 DEs) also have 5, so among all interior D-Linemen, he is tied for most sacks.

The Indian curse over the team name is real. The tribes need to remove it before we will win again with consistency.

Blaming anything on a curse, just shows you can't cope with your teams weaknesses. Truth is they played over their head last season and beat teams that they shouldn't have with a gimmicky offense.

 

[Stryker44]

And here lies the problem with most fans, they only watch their team, and feel they can say who is good and who isn't. Here's something you obviously didn't know, Hatcher leads all DTs with 5 sacks this season. Cameron Jordan and Muhammad Wilkenson (3-4 DEs) also have 5, so among all interior D-Linemen, he is tied for most sacks.



Blaming anything on a curse, just shows you can't cope with your teams weaknesses. Truth is they played over their head last season and beat teams that they shouldn't have with a gimmicky offense.

We won last year because of the Offensive Line and ability to run at will when needed. For some reason this year we abandoned the run...even though Morris can easily go for 120-150 and 25 carries a game...

Hatcher has never been a factor against us...but for some reason this year we can't block him. Ugh.

In the finale last year...RGIII only had 100 yards passing, yet Morris ran for over 200 and we win.

Power run game wins games in this league. Same offensive line as last year. More practice running the system should lead to more efficiency. Something isn't adding up.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

TWill had 2 catches for 22 yds. Stud for 1 catch, ok.

Yea and how many catches, yards and tds did Dez and Witten have? Are they not studs? I said becoming a stud, you have to look at more then just stats. How about T Will blocking downfield? His ability to draw double coverage sometimes? His awareness to help his QB when protection breaks down. Only 170 yards passing offense, players arent going to have 100 yard games

 

[jterrell]

various stuff:
Randle has to pass block better. if he does that and doesn't fumble the yardage is just gravy.
RB is a position where we could add someone at the vet minimum tho now with two possible injuries.
would have loved McGahee here.... --maybe a Ced Benson/Michael Turner is a fit.

T-Will does really look good. that's important because WRs usually take a couple years to get their feet under them.

the OL has looked good. Murray being healthy and WRs making plays helps them look good though.

we need to catch some health breaks.
a miraculous return by Ratliff, a quick return of Ware/Murray... this team is due for some good injury news.

defensively we wont be able to play M2M every week all game. but we need it to be the base set for sure. no doubt our CBs are better in it.

next week is worrisome because Philly will probably be more effective versus M2M. Shady and DeSean are big play guys who can get open and go the distance.
keep them from big plays and we win going away versus a porous defense. gonna be interesting to see the game plans.

what I like most is the fact we have so many young guys which are ascending.
that is how you win in December.

 

[Hoov]

We won last year because of the Offensive Line and ability to run at will when needed. For some reason this year we abandoned the run...even though Morris can easily go for 120-150 and 25 carries a game...

Hatcher has never been a factor against us...but for some reason this year we can't block him. Ugh.

In the finale last year...RGIII only had 100 yards passing, yet Morris ran for over 200 and we win.

Power run game wins games in this league. Same offensive line as last year. More practice running the system should lead to more efficiency. Something isn't adding up.

You have to pass well to win in the NFL - or at least pass better than the other team. Griffin had a bad night throwing the ball.

As far as last year, Griffin ran a lot more than he is running now and that had teams so off balance that guys were getting open easier. He has been running less this year - perhaps due to still recovering from injury. But going forward I dont think the coaches will ask him to run as much as last year because that kind of play increases injury risk for your QB and the beating shortens their career.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Only have lost to AFC teams but we are what our record saids a .500 team.

While that is true, 2 of our defeats have come to still undefeated teams.

 

[Rockport]

I really like Randle at RB, he seemed to always fall foward and has some nice vision as well. Randle and Tanner can get the job done untill Murray comes back.

T Will is becoming a stud, the way he is coming back to the ball and have the awareness to give Romo a target when protection breaks down is amazing for a rookie. Dez, T Will with Beasley in the slot is tough to beat. Miles and Harris to keep them fresh makes this the deepest in the league.

This offense needs to spread out like last week when we play Philly next week. Really hope we can go full throttle on offense with up tempo and getting 7.

DLine is next man up and really like the pressure. Hatcher is a beast but needs help and I think coach will have them playing their best down the stretch.

Fred is a monster and this OL is finally starting to gel, couldnt believe we was running the ball for short yardage and redzone and actually scoring. Waters is looking better and feel happy about their development. Props to Free and is earning his money now. We need to get better at run blocking the most but overall cant complain.

Only have lost to AFC teams but we are what our record saids a .500 team. Winning a game and losing a game has to stop if we want to make the playoffs. Starting a win streak will help with confidence but also momentum.

While this is a great win we need to go back to work and get ready for Philly, do some extra sprints this week.

I feel if we stay in man to man we can improve our defense, The two guys on Philly we have to watch is Desean and Shady. More so Shady, the good news is with Lee and Carter roaming we can hold tight there but our safeties have to step up as well.

Dallas wins 34-23 and propels us to a win streak.

Good post, but I disagree on Randle. 11 rushes for 17 yards with 11 coming on 1 play is not very good. He looked hesitant and wasn't hitting the holes with any force. He's a rookie, so I'll give him a pass but he'll have to show much better than what he did last night. The rest of your post is spot on.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

Good post, but I disagree on Randle. 11 rushes for 17 yards with 11 coming on 1 play is not very good. He looked hesitant and wasn't hitting the holes with any force. He's a rookie, so I'll give him a pass but he'll have to show much better than what he did last night. The rest of your post is spot on.

Most of his carries came when killing time, everybody knew we was running and he picked up yards to seal the victory. Another carry came just a few yards from the goal line. I want to see him for a whole game and see what he can do. That said I agree he has to do better but lets see for extended game action...

Not being able to run in for a TD has been a problem so with Randle punching it in was a welcome sight.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

While that is true, 2 of our defeats have come to still undefeated teams.

That is true. Both with in a FG. We have to win those close games against better teams. If offense played KC like they did Denver and defense play Denver like KC we win both those games. Hopefully we pull it all together to make a run. We will see what we are made of against Philly, a must win

 

[Hostile]

The Commanders have regressed worse than any other team from 2012-2013.

Naw.

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