Dak Prescott is an average quarterback. He played well against a bad Eagles defense. He'll revert back to his sub-200 yard passing game once he faces a good offense with a decent defense and has to play from behind.
I rewatched the tape and saw nothing special from Cowboys offense regarding play design. They ran the ball very effectively and Prescott took what the defense gave him. Dinked and dunked all game with a couple of 20-yard completions sprinkled into his stat sheet. A couple of deep throws that went nowhere. Could not scramble for more 5 yards.
I said in another thread before the game that Eagles defense is suspect. I saw only 2 designed blitzes dialed up by Jim Schwartz all game. TWO!!!!
None of us are professional coaches, but look at this play and tell me how any of this makes sense. It's 3rd & 2 in the second quarter and Schwartz dials up a blitz for the first time in the game.
Looks like he's blitzing 7 and playing man-to-man coverage on the back end. But look at the way he positions the secondary. They're playing 7-10 yards off the receivers. Anyone with half a brain can see that Prescott will take a 3-step drop and will try to get rid of the ball to avoid the pressure. Wide receivers will cut their routes short to compensate. There is no threat of deep throw because QB will not have time to take a 7-step drop. CB's need to be in WR's face and jamming them at the line of scrimmage.
Cole Beasly ran a quick 5-yard out route and picked up the first down.
Jim Schwartz is so bad that it's infuriating. His defensive philosophy is to bring pressure with 4 rushers and drop back 7 into coverage. It's fine when it works, but he is incapable of adapting and switching things up when it doesn't. The D-line faces a new offensive line every week. Some offensive linemen are weak against a speed rush, others against bull rush. Guys like DE Chris Long are speed rushers. He is not capable of pushing a tackle backwards, but instead tried to beat him with a speed rush. Against a slow tackle he has great games. But if he faces a tackle with quick feet, you can watch an entire game without hearing Chris Long's name. And that's how the Eagles defensive line has been all year. There are games where it completely destroy the opposing offense with 4 rushers. Other times they can't sack a QB to save their lives.
But at the very bottom, what really irks me about Jim Schwartz is that he doesn't even try to disguise his defense. Even if he plans to send 4 rushers, he will never show a blitz to confuse an offense and drop everyone into coverage. Look at the Cowboys game. He lined up 4 pass rushers all day and Cowboys offensive line didn't have to make any shifts or adjustments all game long. Cowboys had a backup center playing and he was never challenged to change protection.
Eagles fans will drive Jim Schwartz out of town by the end of the year. That's a promise.
