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Marinelli Report – Rolando McClain Continues To Dominate
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Bob Sturm Follow @sportssturm Email sturm1310@me.com
Published: November 26, 2014 8:13 am
Sunday was quite a tale of two halves from the Cowboys defense against the Giants. In the first half, the Cowboys needed until inside the 2 minute warning of the 2nd Quarter to mix in their first stop of the night. The Giants marched down the field for touchdown drives the first three times they touched the ball with relative ease, to the tune of 223 yards on 30 plays which is a very poor 7.43 yards per play to concede. During those drives, the Giants converted 7 of 7 3rd Down attempts which added to a trend of the Cowboys spending the last month or so sliding down the standings in situational football.
Over the last month – from the Washington game until today – the Cowboys are the worst team in the NFL (32nd) at getting off the field on 3rd Down. They have allowed teams to convert 3rd Downs on 30 of 59 occasions for a 51% conversion rate. Prior to that Washington game, the Cowboys were actually slightly worse than league-average (40.9% is the NFL 3rd Down conversion rate) at 3rd Down defense, allowing 35 of 84 for (41.7%). That puts them now at 29th for the entire year.
They have also fallen down the charts all the way to 31st in Red Zone defense as well. In a league where 55.7% of all drives that enter the red zone are converted into touchdowns, the Cowboys are allowing 7 points on 67.7% of occasions. Indianapolis is worse, but that is the only team that can claim as much. Dallas has only allowed 31 opponents’ trips inside the 20 (league average of 35), but have then allowed 21 touchdowns (league average is 19).
Marinelli Report – Rolando McClain Continues To Dominate
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Bob Sturm Follow @sportssturm Email sturm1310@me.com
Published: November 26, 2014 8:13 am
Sunday was quite a tale of two halves from the Cowboys defense against the Giants. In the first half, the Cowboys needed until inside the 2 minute warning of the 2nd Quarter to mix in their first stop of the night. The Giants marched down the field for touchdown drives the first three times they touched the ball with relative ease, to the tune of 223 yards on 30 plays which is a very poor 7.43 yards per play to concede. During those drives, the Giants converted 7 of 7 3rd Down attempts which added to a trend of the Cowboys spending the last month or so sliding down the standings in situational football.
Over the last month – from the Washington game until today – the Cowboys are the worst team in the NFL (32nd) at getting off the field on 3rd Down. They have allowed teams to convert 3rd Downs on 30 of 59 occasions for a 51% conversion rate. Prior to that Washington game, the Cowboys were actually slightly worse than league-average (40.9% is the NFL 3rd Down conversion rate) at 3rd Down defense, allowing 35 of 84 for (41.7%). That puts them now at 29th for the entire year.
They have also fallen down the charts all the way to 31st in Red Zone defense as well. In a league where 55.7% of all drives that enter the red zone are converted into touchdowns, the Cowboys are allowing 7 points on 67.7% of occasions. Indianapolis is worse, but that is the only team that can claim as much. Dallas has only allowed 31 opponents’ trips inside the 20 (league average of 35), but have then allowed 21 touchdowns (league average is 19).
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