i remember that game....its like we were not prepared at all....seems this team is different....opportunistic....the defense rises to occasion....and i am Ok Dak or Rush this game...but we have to take it seriously
or we will lose
Their Rookie CB Surtain is playing very well and not just for a Rookie. IMO we got the steal of the draft especially picking up an extra pick.Until the broncs traded Von Miller, they had a very good defense. With that trade and a few injuries, their D is somewhat diminished. Their defense has been one of the top 5 in points against. I expect this game to be very physical.
Cousins hasn't had many bad games this year, but he did vs Dallas.The Vikings were not conservative. They could not protect Cousins from the Cowboys pass rush. To beat the Cowboys you will have to run the football and convert on 3rd downs. The Vikings could not do either of them.
Not saying Denver has no chance Sunday but without their pass rushers and left tackle, the Vikings are a better team then the Broncos. I get the hate for Cousins but he is a top 15 quarterback. Teddy is a great person but is really just a high end backup like Fitzmagic.Cousins hasn't had many bad games this year, but he did vs Dallas.
The conservative play-calling played a role in that too, but he just had a poor game.
Bridgewater is playing pretty well this year. I like him better than most.
But I about fell out of my chair when someone in the thread said he is a better QB than Cousins. lol. Good grief.
1 in 32 GMs might think that (probably 0 in 32)....it's preposterous.
HOWEVER, he might play better than that jag performance Cousins put up last week.
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No doubt that the Vikings are better than Denver. Can't ever overlook anyone, but Dallas should win.Not saying Denver has no chance Sunday but without their pass rushers and left tackle, the Vikings are a better team then the Broncos. I get the hate for Cousins but he is a top 15 quarterback. Teddy is a great person but is really just a high-end backup like Fitzmagic.
Having seen Denver too much this season, but did watch them against the two NY teams:
-Teddy Bridewater has beaten the Cowboys recently when it was with the NO Saints. He can beat you with his legs.
-Have a lot of talent on the offensive skill positions, 2 good backs, 2 good WR's. Sutton is probably their biggest weapon and should see Diggs a whole lot this game.
-OL is average at best. Force them into passing situations and the Cowboy D should have great chance for success.
-They just traded away their best and perhaps only pass rusher in Von Miller. Chubb is currently on the ir. Best player on their DL is Shelby Harris, this game is more about protecting the interior then the edges.
-LB's are a mash unit, many injuries have forced Browning from Ohio State, many including myself liked coming out in this year's draft. Cowboys should have a distinct advantage in running the football this week.
-Secondary has Simmons who is a star at Free Safety and Surtain, who many know I am not too high on as most. To be fair he has had a strong rookie season thus far. Put Cooper on him and see if he can handle quickness. Darby, the former Eagle is the player to attack in their secondary.
YepOur defense is simply too fast for Bridgwater to beat us with his legs.
This team has problems scoring, we do not. We should walk up and down the field on this team. I could see this being 35 to 17 and over by start of 4th quarter.
Then again, every time I think we are gonna crush someone.... we dont, so what do I know? Not much.
Darnold beat us with his legs, why can't Bridewater?Our defense is simply too fast for Bridgwater to beat us with his legs.
This team has problems scoring, we do not. We should walk up and down the field on this team. I could see this being 35 to 17 and over by start of 4th quarter.
Then again, everytime I think we are gonna crush someone.... we dont, so what do I know? Not much.
34-17 is my prediction. But not as close as the score might indicate. Denver gets one in junk time after we have the game in control.
The only way we lose this game especially playing at home is if we go out of our way to give it away.
disagree Parsons has far bigger impact given Jsmith departure already at LB playing porky, LVes decline and the facts we have diggs, brown, and Lewis playing well as group and KJ/Wright in the wings..Still hating on the 2nd best defensive player in the draft. I believe the Cowboys defense would different but just as successful if we drafted Surtain. Anyway let’s not over rate Teddy B, Cousins is better then him. They had home games against the Raiders and Ravens to prove their worth. Got embarrassed both games. I would be worried if Rush was starting but Dak should put up 35+ and the Broncos won’t be able to score that much.
I trust Quinn and Cowboys player development. I think they had a plan for having two big corners like Surtain and Diggs. The defense would have looked different but it still would have been effective. We would have probably drafted the Notre Dame linebacker in the second round. He was playing well for Cleveland until he got injured.disagree Parsons has far bigger impact given Jsmith departure already at LB playing porky, LVes decline and the facts we have diggs, brown, and Lewis playing well as group and KJ/Wright in the wings..
sorry but whos replacing parsons at LB and DE? who replacing his work ehtic, motivation, his energy, his impacts on the culture..we got far more then expected from this guy..
we didn't really need corner as bad as we thought and ended up with parsons and who Gholston or Osa in the third because of the trade down.t hat trade down was only because we didn't get Surtain or Horn..
no way this defense looks the same give the impact of Parsons, Gholston and Osa..
it worked out great and no way id go back and change it even if surtain had 10 sacks right now..
the draft is like playing Janga and you cant trying an remove and replace blocks without it effecting the rest of the stability and end up collapsing, because we dint get surtain is the reason we got a lot of other talent with Parons this draft we wouldn't have been the same getting Surtain..
Dumb!Good write up
Rest Dak and start Rush