The A, B, C & D For Beating The Eagles

[DallasEast]

A) Do Not Hand Philadelphia Easy Points Due To A Short Field

The Eagles scored 17 points off drives which began the Panthers’ side of the field due to interceptions. They added 13 points off the Giants and seven points off the Buccaneers due to drives also initiated by interceptions snatched on their opponent’s side of the 50-yard line.

Short punts which never reached Philadelphia territory netted 14 points (seven each) against the Chiefs and Commanders. Washington added another three points due to a muffed punt. The Commanders and Giants tacked on six additional points (a field goal apiece) by fumbling away the ball inside their 40-yard lines.

B) Make Philadelphia Work While Driving The Field

1-play touchdown drives against the Chiefs and Giants, two 2-play touchdown drives against the Buccaneers, a 3-play touchdown drive against the Giants and 4-play touchdown drives (one each against the Commanders and Giants) are ways for a defense to give up huge chunks of points far too easily.

C) Prevent Long Philadelphia Drives From Crossing Our 35/40-Yard Line

Make the Eagles punt instead of surrendering chip shots to David Akers, who has a below 50% career field goal average kicking beyond 50 yards. He’s topped off long Eagles drives with twelve points kicking within their opponents’ 27-yard line (two field goals versus the Chiefs and one each against the Buccaneers and Giants).

D) Do Not Play Santa Claus With Philadelphia’s Defense Or Special Teams

Carolina fumbled at their 2-yard line. Touchdown. They allowed DeSean Jackson to return a punt 85 yards. Touchdown. Tampa Bay found their backs against the wall a.k.a. trying to run out of their end zone. Safety. Washington watched an Eagles defender grab an interception at their 9-yard line. Touchdown.

Philadelphia has averaged a 20-point margin of victory during their five wins. Reducing or wiping out any or all of the above takes any advantage they may have now over Dallas out of their hands and places it solidly within ours.

 

[DEZBRYANT x88x]

I think A is deff going to be the deciding factor.

Make them work for all their yardage. But overall we will have to stop them on all aspects.

Great post.

 

[reddyuta]

we should not be afraid to punt.our offense is good enough to score on them but turnovers will kill us.Romo should throw it away or take a sack rather than force it.

 

[Monster Heel]

E) Be somebody other than the Cowboys.

 

[JohnsKey19]

A and B are the keys. No short fields and eliminate the big play. It'll be interesting to see if we play a lot of coverage and hope our front 7 can get the job done vs. the run.

 

[DallasEast]

we should not be afraid to punt.our offense is good enough to score on them but turnovers will kill us.Romo should throw it away or take a sack rather than force it.

He's done a pretty good job of protecting the ball over the past few weeks. If he receives adequate protection, there isn't much fear of that trend reversing itself.

Defense will share a greater share of the responsibility in my opinion. Philly has enjoyed great success via the big play. Remove that factor and they're going to have a hard time beating this team.

 

[DallasEast]

E) Be somebody other than the Cowboys.

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[ShiningStar]

lords, dont the same rules apply to every team.

The number 1 rule to beating any team, SCORE MORE POINTS.

The things that help and are re iterated every week. Play mistake free football.

Uhhh stop their offense?

and a personal favorite of mine, no penalties.


You beat the Eagles like every other team, you play better that day. If that doesnt work, go back to rule number 1, SCORE MORE POINTS.

 

[DallasEast]

lords, dont the same rules apply to every team.

The number 1 rule to beating any team, SCORE MORE POINTS.

The things that help and are re iterated every week. Play mistake free football.

Uhhh stop their offense?

and a personal favorite of mine, no penalties.


You beat the Eagles like every other team, you play better that day. If that doesnt work, go back to rule number 1, SCORE MORE POINTS.

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Oh well. What else can we discuss during our free time?

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EUREKA! A totally original topic! "Cowboys sucks!!!" [re-opens thread]

 

[George]

My biggest concern, besides penalties and turnovers, is the ability of our offense to handle the blitzes and the defense's ability to prevent the long pass plays.

 

[ShiningStar]

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Oh well. What else can we discuss during our free time?

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EUREKA! A totally original topic! "Cowboys sucks!!!" [re-opens thread]

Nothing against you personally, but come on, anything talked about is dead the second the ball is kicked and the game goes on. You can talk about stopping westbrook all day, but if McCoy has a strong day, it will cause havoc either way.

The rules apply to every team, the first is score more points. I dont care what day D Jackson is having, if we score more points, his day of a gabillion yards is useless.

We dont know whats going to happen. What if the Eagles do the onside kick again and recover again?

What happens if Flo has a career day of 15 penalties as we were stopping their defense and holding Kevin Curtis to 2 yards?
I'll tell you, the same thing that happened last year the first go around, we have to score more points, regardless if the eagles come to pass or run, we need to score more points than what they have.

 

[theogt]

A lot of this sounds familiar:

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167166

 

[superpunk]

I say we just load up and stop the run and come after McNabb all day. We can't play coverage against them, so let's force McNabb to beat us by being quick and precise (he can't). That's my in-depth analyzating.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Excellent OP. I agree with the points.

 

[DallasEast]

Nothing against you personally, but come on, anything talked about is dead the second the ball is kicked and the game goes on.

You can make it personal. It doesn't matter... as long as no forum guidelines are violated.

You can talk about stopping westbrook all day, but if McCoy has a strong day, it will cause havoc either way.

The rules apply to every team, the first is score more points. I dont care what day D Jackson is having, if we score more points, his day of a gabillion yards is useless.

We dont know whats going to happen. What if the Eagles do the onside kick again and recover again?

What happens if Flo has a career day of 15 penalties as we were stopping their defense and holding Kevin Curtis to 2 yards?
I'll tell you, the same thing that happened last year the first go around, we have to score more points, regardless if the eagles come to pass or run, we need to score more points than what they have.

Those seem like good discussion topics. It is okay to say they're good discussion topics or should I just respond, "lords, dont the same rules apply to every team. The number 1 rule to beating any team, SCORE MORE POINTS." ?

 

[DallasEast]

A lot of this sounds familiar:

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167166

:laugh2:

Next time, tell me to keep my nose out of the NFL.com Gamecenter gamebooks!

 

[ShiningStar]

You can make it personal. It doesn't matter... as long as no forum guidelines are violated.

Those seem like good discussion topics. It is okay to say they're good discussion topics or should I just respond, "lords, dont the same rules apply to every team. The number 1 rule to beating any team, SCORE MORE POINTS." ?

Doesnt matter what Flo does if at the end of the game, we scored more points. No one complains after that point. Well okay some do, but regardless, that rule still applies and works best.

Hey, we can chat all day about how many yards Felix Jones can have, but how many of those yards equals a win? If he has 4 or if he has 1 trillion, nothing matters more than crossing that line.

 

[DallasEast]

I say we just load up and stop the run and come after McNabb all day. We can't play coverage against them, so let's force McNabb to beat us by being quick and precise (he can't). That's my in-depth analyzating.

Well, that's great and all, but what if Romo throws nine interceptions. Smash/Dash/Slash (I probably got that wrong) have a combined -50 yards rushing and Crayton fumbles three punts? One 1-yard TD McNabb pass to DeSean Jackson is all that would really matter. Remember, it's only about who scores the most points.

 

[ShiningStar]

Well, that's great and all, but what if Romo throws nine interceptions. Smash/Dash/Slash (I probably got that wrong) have a combined -50 yards rushing and Crayton fumbles three punts? One 1-yard TD McNabb pass to DeSean Jackson is all that would really matter. Remember, it's only about who scores the most points.

Query, i know your fast with an attack and quick with the strokes, but have you ever gotten into a full blown fight? Because if you have, you know what all other fighters know, they dont ask how you won, they ask IF you won.

At the drop of that ball no one is holding a card wondering what the pundits or the media talked about, its crossing that line and doing it more than the other team. You dont come in first for how your uniform looks, you dont get it for how pretty your qb is, you get the win based off scores, not did you stop McNabb enough.

 

[DallasEast]

Doesnt matter what Flo does if at the end of the game, we scored more points. No one complains after that point. Well okay some do, but regardless, that rule still applies and works best.

Hey, we can chat all day about how many yards Felix Jones can have, but how many of those yards equals a win? If he has 4 or if he has 1 trillion, nothing matters more than crossing that line.

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