CFZ The team that controls the LOS has the best chance to win

[Bobhaze]

It’s FOOTBALL 101…The team that controls the line of scrimmage has the best chance to win. You can have all the flashy skill positions guys- even a great QB. If you can’t win in the trenches, you won’t win that many football games.

Put it in even simpler terms- Football is a game of blocking and tackling. The teams that do those two things best are always in the best position to win.

• Which team Sunday night most often controlled the line of scrimmage? Tampa Bay.
• Which team controlled the los in our WC playoff game last January vs. SF? SF did.
• Last year’s SB- what was the final deciding factor in the rams ability to win that game? The rams DL led by Aaron Donald was able to control the bengals OL and put pressure on Burrow.

Yes our QB was pathetic Sunday. Our receivers looked lost and unable to get open very often. Our running game was occasionally there, but we were too far behind to be able to stay with it.

Tyler Smith had a pretty good game Sunday so that is hopeful. Maybe Jason Peters can help. But our D-line must improve. Yeah Parsons as a pass rusher is great but he MUST improve his run stopping role.

If we don’t get better in the trenches, and get better at tackling, it won’t matter who’s under center.

 

[Captain-Crash]

(2014-16), teams that held their opponents under 20 points in a game were 464-108-2. That’s a winning percentage of .810. A .810 winning percentage works out to be 13 wins in a 16-game season. hum old data but how true is this?

 

[Silver N Blue]

What’s sad is who was on the Tampa JV line and how they dominated everyone not named Parsons.

 

[GoCowboysGo]

Defensively, the interior push is so important, you need less flashy edge players and DBs…JJ may not like that, or may not understand that. Or both.

It’s FOOTBALL 101…The team that controls the line of scrimmage has the best chance to win. You can have all the flashy skill positions guys- even a great QB. If you can’t win in the trenches, you won’t win that many football games.

Put it in even simpler terms- Football is a game of blocking and tackling. The teams that do those two things best are always in the best position to win.

• Which team Sunday night most often controlled the line of scrimmage? Tampa Bay.
• Which team controlled the los in our WC playoff game last January vs. SF? SF did.
• Last year’s SB- what was the final deciding factor in the rams ability to win that game? The rams DL led by Aaron Donald was able to control the bengals OL and put pressure on Burrow.

Yes our QB was pathetic Sunday. Our receivers looked lost and unable to get open very often. Our running game was occasionally there, but we were too far behind to be able to stay with it.

Tyler Smith had a pretty good game Sunday so that hopeful. Maybe Jason Peters can help. But our D-line must improve. Yeah Parsons as a pass rusher is great but he MUST improve his run stopping role.

If we don’t get better in the trenches, and get better at tackling, it won’t matter who’s under center.

 

[Bobhaze]

Defensively, the interior push is so important, you need less flashy edge players and DBs…JJ may not like that, or may not understand that. Or both.

The evidence of the last 3 decades suggest JJ does not understand the fundamentals of football. He loves the sizzle while undervaluing the steak.

 

[glimmerman]

Need to power block on O-Line. Quit zone blocking. Oh and philibin needs to be fired. We have gotten worse since he arrived..

 

[leeblair]

It’s FOOTBALL 101…The team that controls the line of scrimmage has the best chance to win. You can have all the flashy skill positions guys- even a great QB. If you can’t win in the trenches, you won’t win that many football games.

Put it in even simpler terms- Football is a game of blocking and tackling. The teams that do those two things best are always in the best position to win.

• Which team Sunday night most often controlled the line of scrimmage? Tampa Bay.
• Which team controlled the los in our WC playoff game last January vs. SF? SF did.
• Last year’s SB- what was the final deciding factor in the rams ability to win that game? The rams DL led by Aaron Donald was able to control the bengals OL and put pressure on Burrow.

Yes our QB was pathetic Sunday. Our receivers looked lost and unable to get open very often. Our running game was occasionally there, but we were too far behind to be able to stay with it.

Tyler Smith had a pretty good game Sunday so that is hopeful. Maybe Jason Peters can help. But our D-line must improve. Yeah Parsons as a pass rusher is great but he MUST improve his run stopping role.

If we don’t get better in the trenches, and get better at tackling, it won’t matter who’s under center.

This is correct, but not that simple. Coaching has to study the opponents in equally matched instances and plan to create a weakness based on match-ups. You plan to attack areas that you think you can create openings in- on both offense and defense.
One of the ways Micah Parsons was attacked was with LeGarret Blount in an effort to negate his pass rush. It did help, but not completely.
On defense you have to find match-ups on the line you want to exploit for pressure, and ensure that the opposition cannot do the same to you.
But you are right- controlling the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball is where a game plan begins.

 

[cowboys1981]

Exactly!

I don't understand how we don't build from the inside out. The weakest part of both sides of the ball are those who are assigned to play in the A gap, with the exception of Martin.

 

[john van brocklin]

Good point sir...

 

[Brax]

(2014-16), teams that held their opponents under 20 points in a game were 464-108-2. That’s a winning percentage of .810. A .810 winning percentage works out to be 13 wins in a 16-game season. hum old data but how true is this?

I was told by folks here points mean nothing yards only count for D .

 

[RS12]

I very been watching football 50 plus years and this is a tried and true fact. 95% of the time win the trenches, win the game.

 

[RS12]

The evidence of the last 3 decades suggest JJ does not understand the fundamentals of football. He loves the sizzle while undervaluing the steak.

Suggests?

 

[CWR]

It’s FOOTBALL 101…The team that controls the line of scrimmage has the best chance to win. You can have all the flashy skill positions guys- even a great QB. If you can’t win in the trenches, you won’t win that many football games.

Put it in even simpler terms- Football is a game of blocking and tackling. The teams that do those two things best are always in the best position to win.

• Which team Sunday night most often controlled the line of scrimmage? Tampa Bay.
• Which team controlled the los in our WC playoff game last January vs. SF? SF did.
• Last year’s SB- what was the final deciding factor in the rams ability to win that game? The rams DL led by Aaron Donald was able to control the bengals OL and put pressure on Burrow.

Yes our QB was pathetic Sunday. Our receivers looked lost and unable to get open very often. Our running game was occasionally there, but we were too far behind to be able to stay with it.

Tyler Smith had a pretty good game Sunday so that is hopeful. Maybe Jason Peters can help. But our D-line must improve. Yeah Parsons as a pass rusher is great but he MUST improve his run stopping role.

If we don’t get better in the trenches, and get better at tackling, it won’t matter who’s under center.

Tried and true. It's the foundation of success in the NFL. The trenches, the QB and the coach are the Holly Trinity of football. If you can win 2 of 3 you are absolute gold. All things equal you can get away with less talent if you have a dominant oline.

We've also seen Dallas without Romo or Indy when Manning was out for example, not comparison.

 

[G2]

Always a great rule of thumb.

 

[John813]

(2014-16), teams that held their opponents under 20 points in a game were 464-108-2. That’s a winning percentage of .810. A .810 winning percentage works out to be 13 wins in a 16-game season. hum old data but how true is this?

In that time frame we had the best offensive line but probably a bottom 5 defensive line. Could only imagine how much further that 14 team could of gone had they had an average D-Line.

 

[kskboys]

I was told by folks here points mean nothing yards only count for D .

By whom? I've never seen a poster say that. I've seen the opposite many times, the FF crowd thinks that only points count.

 

[Brax]

By whom? I've never seen a poster say that. I've seen the opposite many times, the FF crowd thinks that only points count.

There are many that says yards are the metric and official stat to rate and rank a D, I would rather have a higher yards low PA Defense than the lower yard higher PA instead. I’ve had this debate in a few threads already about the Dallas D rank last year 6th in points 19th in yards, that 19th is all folks see.

 

[America's Cowboy]

It’s FOOTBALL 101…The team that controls the line of scrimmage has the best chance to win. You can have all the flashy skill positions guys- even a great QB. If you can’t win in the trenches, you won’t win that many football games.

Put it in even simpler terms- Football is a game of blocking and tackling. The teams that do those two things best are always in the best position to win.

• Which team Sunday night most often controlled the line of scrimmage? Tampa Bay.
• Which team controlled the los in our WC playoff game last January vs. SF? SF did.
• Last year’s SB- what was the final deciding factor in the rams ability to win that game? The rams DL led by Aaron Donald was able to control the bengals OL and put pressure on Burrow.

Yes our QB was pathetic Sunday. Our receivers looked lost and unable to get open very often. Our running game was occasionally there, but we were too far behind to be able to stay with it.

Tyler Smith had a pretty good game Sunday so that is hopeful. Maybe Jason Peters can help. But our D-line must improve. Yeah Parsons as a pass rusher is great but he MUST improve his run stopping role.

If we don’t get better in the trenches, and get better at tackling, it won’t matter who’s under center.

 

[America's Cowboy]

I was told by folks here points mean nothing yards only count for D .

It depends.

A D can keep opponents at 20 or less points (which is very good), but if it gives up a lot of yards, that means your opponent in all likelihood has controlled the time of possession, thus has been on the field a majority of the time, thus keeping your O from being able to generate enough points for a win.

 

[Brax]

It depends.

A D can keep opponents at 20 or less points (which is very good), but if it gives up a lot of yards, that means your opponent in all likelihood has controlled the time of possession, thus has been on the field a majority of the time, thus keeping your O from being able to generate enough points for a win.

The inverse is also true 3 and outs on O limited points can have same effect. Would you rather a D that gives up a average of 19 points a game and middle of the pack in yards or a team tha gives up a average of 23 a game with top 5 in yards allowed.Look at the team PA vs yards stats and the teams.