News: There is a reason Dak Prescott might be in a ‘slump’ and it’s not his calf injury

[Cydios]

At this point we're all guessing what's wrong. Here's the statistics on what defenses are cloning. I think Moore needs to inject more plays to counter this. This puts extra bodies into midfield. The Oline is not opening gaps for the run game. We should be pushing the DEs and LBs backwards. This is also why Pollard was effective. It's the outside lanes that are open.

[URL='https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/there-is-a-reason-dak-prescott-might-be-in-a-slump-and-it-s-not-his-calf-injury/ar-AAROQjf?ocid=msedgntp']There is a reason Dak Prescott might be in a ‘slump’ and it’s not his calf injury (msn.com)[/URL]


"....Prescott has a reputation for beating the blitz, and through the first part of the season most teams were blitzing the Cowboys at a high rate.

That all stopped when the Cowboys played the Broncos. There was probably more to that blueprint thing people were claiming than we gave credit to at the time."

 

[Aven8]

Link doesn’t work for me. But having said that yes Dak was the best against the blitz and now teams have stopped that. Moore for some reason wants to throw a million bubble screens now instead of attacking the middle. It’s not working.

 

[blueblood70]

nothings interested reading bunch of nonsense from fans with 45 Dak threads open at the same time..jeez..

9-4 , 4 to go, 3 up in the division, headed to the playoffs ..enjoy it it doesnt last long..smh ughh

you all are soem debbie downers..

 

[Cydios]

Link doesn’t work for me. But having said that yes Dak was the best against the blitz and now teams have stopped that. Moore for some reason wants to throw a million bubble screens now instead of attacking the middle. It’s not working.

Fixed. thank you

 

[Cydios]

nothings interested reading bunch of nonsense from fans with 45 Dak threads open at the same time..jeez..

9-4 , 4 to go, 3 up in the division, headed to the playoffs ..enjoy it it doesnt last long..smh ughh

you all are soem debbie downers..

You didn't read. This is stats. Defenses are not blitzing and putting an extra man behind the nose. This is not a debbie downers. It's an article really on defensive scheme vs Dak.

 

[blueblood70]

You didn't read. This is stats. Defenses are not blitzing and putting an extra man behind the nose. This is not a debbie downers. It's an article really on defensive scheme vs Dak.

dont care tired of hearing about dak this and dak that..get over it!

 

[Cydios]

Link doesn’t work for me. But having said that yes Dak was the best against the blitz and now teams have stopped that. Moore for some reason wants to throw a million bubble screens now instead of attacking the middle. It’s not working.

I think Moore had a formula that work and now Defenses have countered the formula. Kid genius has to change it up. The offense I think needs to move faster. Don't let the defenses set.

 

[morat1959]

You didn't read. This is stats. Defenses are not blitzing and putting an extra man behind the nose. This is not a debbie downers. It's an article really on defensive scheme vs Dak.

That doesn’t matter to Dak’s boys. He does no wrong in their eyes.

 

[Cydios]

dont care tired of hearing about dak this and dak that..get over it!

then you have the right not to comment. moving on.

 

[Cydios]

That doesn’t matter to Dak’s boys. He does no wrong in their eyes.

Right! If anything the stats are showing that it's not Dak, but the play calling.

 

[blueblood70]

then you have the right not to comment. moving on.

nope ill say whats on my minds to try and wake fans up to stop the nonsense so dont post if you dont want a reply that not to your liking..works both ways, im truly sick of it and you will be hearing it!!

 

[morat1959]

Right! If anything the stats are showing that it's not Dak, but the play calling.

Agree to disagree.

 

[Cydios]

Agree to disagree.

Personally, I'm not a "Dak Basher" I do call it like I see it. I'm more worried about what the coaches are seeing and not seeing and what they hell they're not adjusting or do we have the personnel to adjust. Is it the lack of the run? etc etc.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

It's everyone else and NOT Rayne.....can we close this thread now???

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Dak is playing the worst he's ever played with the most weapons he's ever had.

He's being exposed and it's no coincidence that this started after that Broncos embarrassment. They saw something. Dak knew they saw something. That's why he said "I hope teams play us like that every game". They were doing something specific and Dak knew that. The problem is Dak doesn't seem good enough to overcome that, because teams that can, have been playing them like that and he looks completely horrible. The hubris is real with Dak and his arrogance back fired.

We just have to hope that Kellen Moore can work some magic and get the best out of what he's got. Because, although the defense is improved, it's not going to carry us through 4 playoff games.

 

[Creeper]

Fewer blitzes but in his last 4 games he has been sacked 11 times which means he is either not getting rid of the football quick enough, or the OL is failing to block the 4 guys in front of him. Against Washington, the Cowboys faced Washington's 4th, 5th, and 6th DEs. Yet Tyron and La'el struggled. Dak was sacked 4 times.

At the same time, with 7 guys in coverage Dak is having difficulty finding the open receivers. When he does, he throws often late or inaccurately. The pick 6 is a good example of this. Schultz was wide open, but Dak threw it late and short.

 

[CWR]

You didn't read. This is stats. Defenses are not blitzing and putting an extra man behind the nose. This is not a debbie downers. It's an article really on defensive scheme vs Dak.

We are all tired of it, BUT it's a good post and it's past time a little reality is interjected into the conversation. Thanks for sharing.

 

[G2]

I still think there's a physical limitation, you can tell when he tries to run.

 

[Aven8]

I think Moore had a formula that work and now Defenses have countered the formula. Kid genius has to change it up. The offense I think needs to move faster. Don't let the defenses set.

I think two things need to happen and you mentioned one of them, play faster. I also think Dak needs to start running more. He only has 106 yards rushing this year and that’s 200 off his normal pace. The RPO is not even considered any more.

 

[fivetwos]

I don't know XO all that well, so I can't even try to speculate as to why....or if there's even anything to it...but since Denver, our receivers seem to be blanketed by the DBs.

Didn't seem to be the case earlier on in the season.