PFF’s best Oline- Dallas

[BourbonBalz]

And that's the problem with the eye test.

The average line could block for 3.2 seconds and the cowboys could be 3.7 which is way above the average but if your quarterback holds the ball for 5 seconds all of these forum warriors will go "uhhh o-line is slacking"

Same with running, you can telegraph a slow Zeke run up the middle against a stacked box and once again those forum warriors will be like "uhhh why isn't there running lanes" (mmm I wonder why ?)

And as a lineman you can repeatedly get your *** beat by the man across from you OR just go ahead and false start or hold to kill several drives each game. But I guess that’s all on the QB. LOL.

 

[mardwin]

Exactly.

Look at Rodgers a few weeks ago, 4 of his lineman where backups and it didn't matter. 3 step drop and the ball was out or he took off running.

None of this 7 step drops with spastic twitching and staring down receivers.

To be fair, your QB needs to understand the playbook completely. I don't think Dak does, the way he actually waits for receivers to get open it makes it harder than it needs to be.

 

[atlantacowboy]

I will never pay attention to that crap again. No way in hell we were the best line.

I would say we're were bottom five in run blocking

............and you would be wrong. That is the difference between the folks who get paid to do this and the recollection of fans watching mostly on TV. But this isn't hard to figure out. We lead the NFL in scoring, total yards, ranked 9th in rushing, #2 in passing...... common dude. You can't do that without great OL play.

 

[NumOneQB]

Sounds like the grades of Martin, Tyron and Steele are making up for how poor CW and Biadasz played.

That is the only possible explanation given all the penalties etc.

3 really high grades, 1 average grade, and 1 major fail. Averages out I guess…..

 

[ChronicCowboy]

There are more threads created on this board regarding that garbage site than I’m comfortable with. Their rankings are convoluted and rarely match up with reality.

 

[Rayman70]

My eyes do the grading/ We were trash yesterday up front.

 

[Rayman70]

3 really high grades, 1 average grade, and 1 major fail. Averages out I guess…..

Grade that matters, did we win.

 

[atlantacowboy]

To be fair, your QB needs to understand the playbook completely. I don't think Dak does, the way he actually waits for receivers to get open it makes it harder than it needs to be.

The bigger issues are his slow reads and inability to throw guys open.....poor mechanics which lead to innacurate throws high and behind his targets. He's not a good QB. He piles up a lot of his numbers against really bad teams. He rarely plays well against good teams. There is a reason for it and we see it every year. If we played in the NFC West, this would be a .500 team and Daks numbers would look a lot different.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

He was pressured on 45% of his passes yesterday and we ran for like 3 YPC. I don't think Dak had a good game but the offensive line was terrible.

Yeah easy to be pressured when your holding onto the ball. Get rid of that thing. Go watch the great ones play QB. That ball is out. They believe in their arm.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Exactly.

Look at Rodgers a few weeks ago, 4 of his lineman where backups and it didn't matter. 3 step drop and the ball was out or he took off running.

None of this 7 step drops with spastic twitching and staring down receivers.

Boom ball out ball out. This qb can’t read that well.

 

[The Quest for Six]

This offense has been on a slow and steady declining since Dak's and Zeke's rookie seasons.

 

[atlantacowboy]

They had to be looking at the wrong year?

We lead the league in points and total yards. How do you think that happens?

 

[atlantacowboy]

Boom ball out ball out. This qb can’t read that well.

Bingo. This and bad mechanics are the core of the problem. Dak even admitted at his presser after the AZ that they disguised their coverages well and he had trouble with it.

 

[Ozone22]

PFF

 

[Acceptablename]

Okie dokie………

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-week-15-offensive-line-rankings-2021

That tells you all you need to know about pff

 

[atlantacowboy]

PFF

Pro Football Focus. They grade every player every play.

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

Was this done in 2016?

 

[Rayman70]

Yeah easy to be pressured when your holding onto the ball. Get rid of that thing. Go watch the great ones play QB. That ball is out. They believe in their arm.

much of that might be Kellen Moore and the routes. We need to run more quick hitters and slants, 2 step drops. We went away from that.

 

[atlantacowboy]

That tells you all you need to know about pff

We lead the league in points and total yards. You can't really do that without your OL playing really well. It is literally not possible.

 

[DaBoys12]

We lead the league in points and total yards. How do you think that happens?

The NFC East?