The Commanders nearly beat the Eagles

[Cowboys1966]

Eagles are good, not as good as last year and are a team we can and should beat. The 49ers are the best team in the NFC and the one that is our biggest obstacle.

Dude, please… We can beat the Eagles, but I don’t know that we should beat the Eagles…

 

[Reverend Conehead]

3. That's the key to beating anybody. Running the ball and playing good defense. But that type of football has been deemed outdated. Now if your a powerhouse passing team fine, but everyone doesn't have the personnel to do that. Some Teams don't have the QB, some teams don't have the receivers, most don't have the Offensive line.

Well, there has been the rise of the pass-happy team. However, it depends on having an elite quarterback. As you correctly point out, not everyone has one. I personally find that approach unsustainable. Not everyone can have a Payton Manning -- and how many Super Bowls did he win anyway? He won two, and the one he won with the Broncos was not on that type of team. By the time Manning was with the Broncos, he was not the elite QB that he once was.
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So while I wouldn't call it the blueprint for beating absolutely anyone, I do think you're onto something. I think the ball-control/good defense type of team is back on the rise. It's easy to find a competent running back, but super hard to find an elite quarterback. Building an overpowering O-line is still not an easy task, but it's more doable than your scheme depending on finding and signing the next Manning.
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But, yeah, whenever some TV pundit has referred to a ball-control type of approach as "dated," I've thought to myself, "Not as dated as you think it is." IMO, the need to stop a pass-happy team with a defense containing a lot of D-backs isn't going to instantly vanish. However, teams are going to realize that they don't have to find a Dan Marino or a Payton Manning in his prime. If they can run the ball and play excellent defense, they can win with a competent quarterback who doesn't have to pass 40+ times a game.
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I think, at one point, the sports pundits were predicting that "pass-happy" would so catch on that everyone would be doing it, and that style of play would take over for good. However, I think coaches are going to realize, "If I pass 40 plus times per game, my quarterback throws a pick right when it destroys our chance to win." If you've got the ball control/good defense thing down, you can win with a Mark Rypien kind of quarterback, and you don't need a Dan Marino.

 

[Motorola]

Does this mean you are going to start addressing posters as "hon"?

No -- just like I'm not going to respond to you as "bro"

 

[KingCorcoran]

You will see when they play the tough part of their schedule and against us.

Not the Cowboys, though. Cowboys are 3-1 playing a less difficult schedule than the Eagles, but when the “tough part” of the Cowboys’ schedule starts the Cowboys are going to thrive. “You will see”.

 

[DogFace]

Washington was our true rival for a long time.

They once surrounded Tom Landry in a saloon. True story.

 

[StarOfGlory]

Before the season started, when we made our NFCE predictions, I said the Giants would finish last and the Commanders, if they got good QB play, would make the playoffs. I was laughed at by a few posters. We will see.

 

[Captain-Crash]

They once surrounded Tom Landry in a saloon. True story.

Yep I remember that commercial.

 

[TexasHillbilly]

Washington is formidable. Seems they may have gotten the AB position right as well as the O coordinator. The season is young though. If it continues, they will ultimately be held back by their O line in my opinion.

Sounds a little bit like the Cowboys. Oline and LBers are our weakness right now. jmho

 

[JoeKing]

Riverboat Ron should have gone for two and ended it.

 

[Sydla]

I'm with Clarence. And answering the question, Eagles 25, Patriots 20.

I mean the guy’s tweet is accurate. Our RZ offense is weak right now.

When someone has to say, “hey guys, just enjoy the win!” That’s a giant neon sign saying the point being made is dead on.

 

[DogFace]

I mean the guy’s tweet is accurate. Our RZ offense is weak right now.

When someone has to say, “hey guys, just enjoy the win!” That’s a giant neon sign saying the point being made is dead on.

Disagree. The point is that it did not matter.

 

[MRV52]

Are the Commanders for real? They are good but not as strong as some are making them out to be. They lost big to the Bills and squeaked by the Cardinals. I keep harping on this, but the Eagles are not last years Eagles. That pass secondary is not very good.

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

Want to change your answer yet?

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

Here's what we know from that game:
1. Washington should be taken seriously. They're a capable team.
2. Philly ain't invincible!
3. Washington has provided the blueprint for beating the Eagles. It involves grinding it out on the ground and playing good defense.

 

[starfan1]

week to week league. you never know how inspired a team is going to come out.Or how uninspired we are among the leagues best but there are so many factors that go into each game

so piggybacking on this we saw Chicago absolutely shred a washington team that Philly on the ropes in Philly. Chicago had been showing they were in the caleb Williams sweepstakes so credit to their coaching staff having them ready. Any given Sunday. We just need to not have anymore unpredicted lossses