CFZ Thoughts about last's night solid win!

Cowboyny

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Offense

-Arguably Cee Dee's best game as a Cowboy. Tremendous in the open field and made a heads up play to score the first TD of the game.
-Thought ground attack was effective, although it really didn't hit until the 2nd half.
-Peters play at LT and Tyler inside suggests Tyron is returning and Peters working as the swing Tackle.
-Cowboys receivers continue to allow easy interceptions. Any QB will be off target at times, if you cannot catch it, make sure the other team doesn't as well.
-Shultz was lucky they couldn't challenge that early fumble and needs to make that TD catch. Bad penalty by Ferguson that stopped the 1st drive in the 2nd half at the 50.

Defense

-Giving up just 80 yards to Jonathan Taylor was a big accomplishment. Run defense still is very shaky at times, by definitely has gotten better since Green Bay.
-Surprisingly the Cowboys couldn't get much of a pass rush without the blitz last night, perhaps Ryan was getting rid of the ball too quickly.
-Anthony Brown once again got beaten deep. Before the injury, I thought he needed to get benched. Sucks to lose him for the year, as it hurts our depth, but we need to see what Joseph can do. Gave up a TD, but looked better attacking the football then Brown. Diggs also had a terrible play that led to the Colts 1st TD.
-It took Hooker to play his former team to have his breakout game with the Cowboys. His interception was the key play that turned around the game.
-Both Lve and Clark made huge plays, Lve made a great tackle in space against Taylor, Clark caused that fumble in the 4th qtr.

Special Teams

-Perhaps their worse performance of the yr. Gave up long kickoff returns, had an extra point blocked.
 

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I have zero issues with the run distribution last night

Pollard 12 carries 7.6 per
Zeke 17 carries. 4.5 per
Malik 2 carries 9.7 per

they were used situationally and with efficient results
 

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Offense

-Arguably Cee Dee's best game as a Cowboy. Tremendous in the open field and made a heads up play to score the first TD of the game.
-Thought ground attack was effective, although it really didn't hit until the 2nd half.
-Peters play at LT and Tyler inside suggests Tyron is returning and Peters working as the swing Tackle.
-Cowboys receivers continue to allow easy interceptions. Any QB will be off target at times, if you cannot catch it, make sure the other team doesn't as well.
-Shultz was lucky they couldn't challenge that early fumble and needs to make that TD catch. Bad penalty by Ferguson that stopped the 1st drive in the 2nd half at the 50.

Defense

-Giving up just 80 yards to Jonathan Taylor was a big accomplishment. Run defense still is very shaky at times, by definitely has gotten better since Green Bay.
-Surprisingly the Cowboys couldn't get much of a pass rush without the blitz last night, perhaps Ryan was getting rid of the ball too quickly.
-Anthony Brown once again got beaten deep. Before the injury, I thought he needed to get benched. Sucks to lose him for the year, as it hurts our depth, but we need to see what Joseph can do. Gave up a TD, but looked better attacking the football then Brown. Diggs also had a terrible play that led to the Colts 1st TD.
-It took Hooker to play his former team to have his breakout game with the Cowboys. His interception was the key play that turned around the game.
-Both Lve and Clark made huge plays, Lve made a great tackle in space against Taylor, Clark caused that fumble in the 4th qtr.

Special Teams

-Perhaps their worse performance of the yr. Gave up long kickoff returns, had an extra point blocked.
Good write up. I like the early usage of Pollard to open the game. We are able to attack the whole field when Pollard is in the game.

Noticed Diggs moving over to AB spot after the injury. Wonder if this will be the way moving forward?
 

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Good write up. I like the early usage of Pollard to open the game. We are able to attack the whole field when Pollard is in the game.

Noticed Diggs moving over to AB spot after the injury. Wonder if this will be the way moving forward?
Teams will do the same and attack the corner opposite Diggs, no matter what side. Huge opportunity for Joseph, will he seize it or will we be drafting another high corner come draft time?
 

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Oh, and another thought is that this nationally televised beat down may solidify Jeff going back to the studio next year…….too much, too soon
 

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I hate to throw a wet blanket over this win, but if we were playing a contender, we'd have lost that game by halftime. The Cowboys looked average to poor in the first half. Dak Looked like crap early on.

It was a 2 point game going into the 4th when the Colts imploded with turnovers. Someone in the organization must have pissed off some witchdoctor somewhere, that was crazy with the turnovers.

We have to be better than that when the Eagles come to Dallas. Or Dallas isn't winning that game.
 

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I hate to throw a wet blanket over this win, but if we were playing a contender, we'd have lost that game by halftime. The Cowboys looked average to poor in the first half. Dak Looked like crap early on.

It was a 2 point game going into the 4th when the Colts imploded with turnovers. Someone in the organization must have pissed off some witchdoctor somewhere, that was crazy with the turnovers.

We have to be better than that when the Eagles come to Dallas. Or Dallas isn't winning that game.

Forum Rules infraction #73……no critical thinking allowed within 24 hours of a win
 

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This was not a solid performance by the Cowboys. As Dak said it was a 4th quarter explosion that covered up an otherwise inconsistent performance. They have things to work on so I don't expect the team to get complacent or satisfied with themselves. The coaches need to make sure the team reviews this game and fixes all their flaws. There is plenty of work to do here.
 

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- CD was a true playmaker this time
- TD for all three RBs? Cool.
- Armstrong is getting better n better
- stuck to the game plan. Nice.
- did we win because we were so good or because the Colts were so bad? lots of bad passes from both sides, our D just forced more turnovers.
- 4th Quarter, ***? The Colts were still in the game up until the end of Q3
- Dak's passes were too high so many times... what's the deal?
- Gallup's getting closer and closer, he'll be ready for the play offs
- loved the salvation army party once again! FY nfl.
 

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I hate to throw a wet blanket over this win, but if we were playing a contender, we'd have lost that game by halftime. The Cowboys looked average to poor in the first half. Dak Looked like crap early on.

It was a 2 point game going into the 4th when the Colts imploded with turnovers. Someone in the organization must have pissed off some witchdoctor somewhere, that was crazy with the turnovers.

We have to be better than that when the Eagles come to Dallas. Or Dallas isn't winning that game.
Colts having given a few teams tough games, Eagles barely beat them.
 

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Not a fan of shuffling the OL during a meaningful game. That's stuff is for practice or sub 500 teams.
 

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I wasn't counting Ryans dropbacks or time to throw but did notice Cris constantly complaining about the Colts not taking any deep shots minus their first TD drive.
Seemed like the Colts were set on quick/intermediate throws to avoid the rush. Only on the jailbreaks did they give up sacks early on due to free rushers.
 
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