Positives and negatives from this game vs Seattle?

[DuncanIso]

Agreed.

Milton especially for me.

He did.

I was surprised.

QB coach did their job.

 

[erod]

Caron is frustrating, will make a good play then a bad play. But bottom line you can not commit that many penalties even though not sure the PI was a PI. But you can't hurt your team with penalties.

Agreed, but he was sticking his nose in there and making tackles. That was my point. The defense was attacking once they settled down after that first drive.

 

[erod]

Agreed.

Milton especially for me.

They need to swap them next week so Howell plays with and against 2nd teamers, and Milton the third teamers.

Milton played against third string defensive backs. But he threw with confidence, yes.

Honestly, I think they've already decided on Howell as the backup.

 

[Creeper]

It's one game, and a preseason game at that. Backups and scrubs playing against backups and scrubs.

Camden Brown made a statement for himself. Let's see how he does the next 2 games. Overall I think the Cowboys have some talent at WR and RB. Nobody great but guys who look like they can play in the NFL. Traeshon Holden looks like he may have something in him but he looks a bit raw to me. If he can smooth out some of the rough edges I think he might be a player someday.

Malik Davis is a good RB. He just has a knack for running up the middle and finding the seams to squeeze through for yards.

I think the first half tells more than the second. The better backups are in at that point in the game so you get a better sense of how good the backups are.

I was positively surprised by how well the two QBs played, especially Milton. I had low expectations for him and he exceeded them.

After 1 game is is looking like the Cowboys will have some tough decisions to make at WR and RB. There are a few guys who show some skills and a few who show potential. If they all play like they did last night for the next 2 games, it's going to be tough to decide who to keep and who to cut.

 

[kskboys]

I get that, but man, Parker impressed me tonight

Absolutely, me too!!!

 

[kskboys]

Ok are you suggesting coaches don't matter at all? Because that's the other extreme and I don't think that's fair. If anything Indy was the fluke and Eberflus kind of proved in Chicago that he wasn't a great coach and then backed it up in Dallas. But yes maybe when everything is going his way with the personnel then he makes it work. Parker impressed me more in one preseason game than Eberflus did his entire tenure in Dallas. We have no idea if it will work out and we shouldn't take much from a preseason game but he did his job well tonight and that's more than I can say for Eberflus in Dallas.

Nope, that's a strawman's argument. I'm saying, nay screaming, that you have to have coaching and talent.

Parker w/ last year's group would've only done slightly better. Maybe 28th instead of 30th.

No, here's where you got it wrong. Eber proved he wasn't a good HC.

Question: Why does everything have to be extreme? I love Parker so far. Eber was like a middle of the pack DC, neither great nor horrible. However, no DC in the history of the NFL has gotten it done w/ no talent. The closest is Bellychickens, who could make a B player out of a C/D player. And even he lost to the Eagles in the super bowl due to not having enough talent on D.

It's so weird, you go to the extreme, and then accuse me of going to the extreme.

 

[kskboys]

How? He wasn't really calling anything but base plays to evaluate players.

Because people want to be impressed by him, so they are no matter what!!!!

 

[jazzcat22]

It bothered me that we never got a replay on any of those penalties. It felt like there was some ‘home cooking’ going on.

It sure did.