Creeper
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First note, I never take too much from any one game. The Cowboys looked flat to start the game and played that way for most of the 1st 3 quarters. But good teams overcome mistakes to win games and the Cowboys poured it on in the 4th quarter. The fact that the Cowboys do not have to play their A game to win is a good thing. But they cannot play much worse than they did last night if they want to win.
It looked to me like Anthony Barr was taken out at some point and Clark finished the game. Did Barr reinjure himself or was he on a pitch count? I'd like to think the coaches noticed Barr is not very effective and Clark is playing better. There was one play where Taylor ran around Barr's side of the defense and Barr could not catch him. Barr's arms were fulling outstretched and Taylor was fingertips outside his grasp. It seems to me that was a play Clark makes.
Seems like some people are worried about the pass rush now because the Cowboys did not sack Ryan unless they ran those 6 man rushes. But I think the pass rush is less aggressive now because they are playing the run more instead of rushing helter skelter on every down. They still gave up a couple of big runs but overall, they are playing it better, I think.
However, we may see the return of the aggressive pass rush going forward with Brown out and two backups playing CB. With Bland intercepting 2 passes last night, Kelvin Joseph had better be prepared for an onslaught in games going forward. He is going to get targeted constantly because he does not play the ball well, and he gives up completions. He is also prone to bonehead penalties. But, it seems like teams were targeting Brown on those long bombs and they were successful so how much worse can Joseph be? If Joseph can learn ball skills the way Bland plays, he will be fine because his problem is not being sticky.
It seems it takes Dak a quarter to two get get warm. Early in the game his passes were off target and his decisions were suspect. He got better late in the game but I didn't think he had a very good game. The INT was not his fault, but there were other passes that could have been intercepted that were his fault.
It looked to me like Anthony Barr was taken out at some point and Clark finished the game. Did Barr reinjure himself or was he on a pitch count? I'd like to think the coaches noticed Barr is not very effective and Clark is playing better. There was one play where Taylor ran around Barr's side of the defense and Barr could not catch him. Barr's arms were fulling outstretched and Taylor was fingertips outside his grasp. It seems to me that was a play Clark makes.
Seems like some people are worried about the pass rush now because the Cowboys did not sack Ryan unless they ran those 6 man rushes. But I think the pass rush is less aggressive now because they are playing the run more instead of rushing helter skelter on every down. They still gave up a couple of big runs but overall, they are playing it better, I think.
However, we may see the return of the aggressive pass rush going forward with Brown out and two backups playing CB. With Bland intercepting 2 passes last night, Kelvin Joseph had better be prepared for an onslaught in games going forward. He is going to get targeted constantly because he does not play the ball well, and he gives up completions. He is also prone to bonehead penalties. But, it seems like teams were targeting Brown on those long bombs and they were successful so how much worse can Joseph be? If Joseph can learn ball skills the way Bland plays, he will be fine because his problem is not being sticky.
It seems it takes Dak a quarter to two get get warm. Early in the game his passes were off target and his decisions were suspect. He got better late in the game but I didn't think he had a very good game. The INT was not his fault, but there were other passes that could have been intercepted that were his fault.
