Rewatched game and it cant be said enough

[romothesavior]

I was very impressed with Carr and the secondary yesterday, but I'm very nervous about Megatron this week.

 

[mahoneybill]

Carr is great on two fronts:

1) He is very technically sound. You can tell that he practices hard, watches a lot of tape and understands his assignments. He just doesn't make mistakes. This will lead to a long career IMO.

2) He can RUN. He isn't a burner, but he knows how to use his legs. I don't have a way to describe this, but he doesn't slow himself down because he is worried about a double move. Once he feels the WR is committed, he is running flat out with the guy. To me this is a combination of natural instinct combined with confidence in his understanding (which comes from number one here).

Great observations.

Liked the way he shadowed him , watched for ball, and then closed on him when he knew a pass was actually coming his way.

All Pro - All the Way

 

[Tabascocat]

I was very impressed with Carr and the secondary yesterday, but I'm very nervous about Megatron this week.

No need to worry. I need a fantasy football win in a huge way to stay in the race and Megatron is on my team. So, as history would predict, Calvin goes off for 5 catches on 43 yards and no scores, I guarantee it!

No need to sweat it, Dallas has got this

 

[T-RO]

single high safety and press coverage, while playing man coverage on avant and cooper. then hope your backers take care of shady. somehow we did all of that. i was real confident we could handle those recievers, but the fact that our LBs handled shady just wowed me.

I wish I could hit LIKE on this button more than once!

 

[AbeBeta]

Over the last few weeks, seems to me that we have played a lot less zone and much more man press technique with our CBs. This is a question of playing to our strengths with our existing talent and less to the Kiffen Cover2 strategy.

Both Carr and Mo are natural man to man or press corners. I'm not surprised to be honest. That fits our personnel much better IMO.

What is strange about this is that when Kiffin initially came on we heard all about how it we were going to play more man.

Of course, not playing a hobbled RGIII and a mediocre Foles sure makes a difference. Glad we aren't seeing Manning or Rivers again this year. We will, of course, need to figure out how to deal with Manning in the Superbowl.

 

[Jenky]

What is strange about this is that when Kiffin initially came on we heard all about how it we were going to play more man.

Of course, not playing a hobbled RGIII and a mediocre Foles sure makes a difference. Glad we aren't seeing Manning or Rivers again this year. We will, of course, need to figure out how to deal with Manning in the Superbowl.

Blue print was set last night. Need to man up with press and rush the crap out of Manning.

 

[Crown Royal]

What is strange about this is that when Kiffin initially came on we heard all about how it we were going to play more man.

Of course, not playing a hobbled RGIII and a mediocre Foles sure makes a difference. Glad we aren't seeing Manning or Rivers again this year. We will, of course, need to figure out how to deal with Manning in the Superbowl.

I think consistently playing man coverage takes a lot of trust in your players, some gut checking, and the fortitude to realize that sometimes it WILL bite you.

 

[Crown Royal]

Also, playing man makes it really hard to disguise blitz packages IMO.

 

[cowboys1981]

The adjustment to playing man has really paid off vs two teams that are very capable of racking up points on us.

 

[Crown Royal]

I think you see us show a man look a few times against the Lions but bail at the last second into zone. Try to buzz a LBer or Safety underneath Johnson a couple of times and try to get Stafford to either force it without seeing it or hold it once in a while.

To me, the zone should be used as a counter with this defense.

 

[T-RO]

What is strange about this is that when Kiffin initially came on we heard all about how it we were going to play more man.

I sure missed that memo. Ryan is all about man-to-man. Kiffin is historically all about zone.

 

[Supercowboy1986]

As Rick Flair said "To be the man you have to beat the man", and Carr is the man after beating Jackson all day long.

you forgot the "Woo!" at the end

 

[Crown Royal]

I sure missed that memo. Ryan is all about man-to-man. Kiffin is historically all about zone.

It came out in a lot of interviews around the hiring. The other thing is that everyone assumed Kiffin was going to run a lot of Tampa two (renamed Texas Two here). I don't know the number but we run very, very little of that. Usually it's more traditional cover three.

 

[NextGenBoys]

I like the win, but he got burned for what should've been an easy TD.

The defense has had nice stats the last few weeks, but the Wash and Philly games were more about RGIII and Foles just flat out playing poorly and throwing wildly inaccurate passes.

The way our offense played yesterday, we would have lost against most other teams that didn't have a Foles/Barkley QB lineup.

A win is a win, is a win. But there's a lot that needs cleaned up.

 

[NextGenBoys]

Worth every penny since the day he got here.

He plays both man and zone at a high level. He's one of the best complete CBs in the game.

Borderline top ten. I'd put him in the 12-15 range.

 

[Crown Royal]

I like the win, but he got burned for what should've been an easy TD.

The defense has had nice stats the last few weeks, but the Wash and Philly games were more about RGIII and Foles just flat out playing poorly and throwing wildly inaccurate passes.

The way our offense played yesterday, we would have lost against most other teams that didn't have a Foles/Barkley QB lineup.

A win is a win, is a win. But there's a lot that needs cleaned up.

Are you talking about the Avant play? That wasn't burned, that was the QB escaping pressure and buying time, Carr thinking he had more safety help, and generally good play by Avant.

 

[jobberone]

I wasn't too high on Carr his first year and not a lot more the next. This year since they have gone with pressure play some he has done well. I'll gladly eat some crow.

 

[Crown Royal]

I wasn't too high on Carr his first year and not a lot more the next. This year since they have gone with pressure play some he has done well. I'll gladly eat some crow.

I generally like any DB who plays with good technique and confidence. I liked Anthony Henry for those reasons but he just got too slow to keep up. Carr reminds me a little of him but, while shorter, he has better physical ability.

 

[ThrowuptheXDez88]

Orlando Scandrick deserves major props.. The dude has been a beast out there all season.

 

[NextGenBoys]

Are you talking about the Avant play? That wasn't burned, that was the QB escaping pressure and buying time, Carr thinking he had more safety help, and generally good play by Avant.

The route was a corner route. Carr was on his inside hip, and he faked the post, and cut to the corner. Judging by positioning, yes I'd say it's a safe bet he thought he had more safety help, but he still got beat for a should-be-TD.