The good, the bad, and the ugly

[Number1]

at mid season 5-3 is 5-3, but this team is way better than 2018

the good

offensive production, so far the Boys have the 1# in O yard, up 90y a game from 2018

Marco Colombo, he's made a good RT out of Collins - that's major
moreover, 28 sacks in the first half of 2018 ... 10 in 2019 - that's major

Witten, the man simply makes plays, also makes Colombo's job easier

Dak, one of the most complete QBs in games, he keeps getting better and keeps leading
and BTW, he's leading the NFL in Y / A, runs the O well

the whole Cowboys' defense (almost)
5th in yards allowed, 6th in points ... that's the best of the Garrett era
27% on 3rd down

Bennett, a dirt cheap upgrade with Crawford out

the bad

Chido ...

the drops, I don't recall any Cowboys team with so many dropped passes or interceptions alarming

Conner, better but still gets manhandles times, that's up from ugly his rookie year

DT, - other than Collins, they are often beat

the ugly

the 3 game losing streak, in the JG era that only happened in his only losing season
the team has awesome talent, they loose focus at times, must improve

Coaching Chido, he's an excellent press CB, but sucks in man or zone, good LCBs do all 3 well,
playing him 5y off is crazy, the biggest decisions to be made are at CB

Lewis has everything but deep speed, he can't play 9 ball, if you move him to LCB ... it's cover 2
Brown is a natural LCB, but a penalty machine when last seen playing LCB, another coaching issue

they probably end up playing more press with Chido, it will be easy to read, but harder to beat deep

the Taco thing ... there's still dumb stuff happening at the Star
I'm glad Bennett and Quinn are here for the season, but both are over 30

Officiating, IMO, there is no current definition of pass interference in the NFL
I won't whine about the bias ... player haters exist
but that means they can make ___ up and that don't bode well for the Boys

*** concerns, both injury related
- LVE ... cross them fingers
- Amari is playing in serious pain

 

[Iago33]

Good post, but I don’t see how you put C. Williams in the bad list based on last night.

 

[GenoT]

Being first in with this thread title is cool...second in, not so much.

https://cowboyszone.com/threads/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.444592/#post-9644771

 

[Number1]

Being first in with this thread title is cool...second in, not so much.

https://cowboyszone.com/threads/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.444592/#post-9644771

that's true - by bad - didn't mean to cause a merge

 

[Risen Star]

They're done with the easier half of the schedule and managed only 5-3. Now comes the tougher half. Wonder what happens?

 

[MysteryIceGuro]

I love Dak, but he doesn't need to be in the good column after last night. He threw 3 TD's, yes, but only one of those TD's looked great to me (The Amari one was a dime). The other 2 were based off of luck and the receiver making the play. That Gallup TD made me nervous as I thought it was going to get picked off. Very dangerous pass, but also aggressive that he made a tight window throw. The Jarwin one was almost a sack and the ball was also underthrown. Its good he escaped pressure and led Jarwin, but it was almost another disastrous play...

He threw an interception on the first play of the game. He dropped a snap ball. He also overthrew and under threw many balls last night. Like I said, I love the guy, but last night was just not his night.