CFZ Thoughts about today's win

75boyz

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Offense

-As I told poster Hawkeye yesterday, there will be game in which the defense has it's struggles, where the offense is going to have to pick them up. They did that today, in a big way.

-Saw a stat that the team was 9 out of 10 on third down, that was terrific, considering how that struggled in that area against the Lions.

-Pollard had a huge breakout game, although we got to keep in mind it was against the worst run defense in the league. Think the roles should be flipped, where Zeke should be more the closer. Tremendous performance today by Pollard.

-Dak was terrific, started fast and led them to 4 straight TD drives to start the game. Yes, had one poor interception, but outside of that, best game of the season.

-Shultz is a different player with Dak as the starting QB.

-I counted just 1 offensive penalty all game, keep it up.

Defense

-Thought the defense did well in the first half stopping their ground attack, but really struggled containing Fields. The only way the Cowboys were going to lose was if Fields beat them with his feet not his arm, which he did for most of the game. Think he converted 4 first downs with his legs. DLaw really struggled with outside containment today. Giving up over 200 years on the ground is unacceptable.

-Noticed both of new arrivals had good opening games in Hankins and Clark. Thought Osa's sack was due to Hankins occupying to blockers.

-Dante Fowler flashes every game, but he always commits a penalty that extends the drive. Defensive penalties have to improve from Fowler and the rest of the unit.

-Thought the defense gave up a few big plays in the passing game against a team that really struggles in that area.

-The Cowboys in my opinion, need to move Parsons around, him not moving is allowing teams to have a plan to stop him. I also think he is playing too much DE where he is waring down.

-Nice to see Lve cause a game changing turnover.

Special Teams

-Hell of a punt from Anger from our endzone.

Excellent summary. The middle gashes by the 2 RBs and the QB's running talent made it almost seem as if we didn't beat them by 20, lol.

Lotsa injured/nicked up defenders to include our leader.

Rest will be good.
DQ needs to adjust for his 1st and 2nd level personnel against strong rushing teams/mobile QBs.

Failures at both the first and 2nd level contain issues.

Best the whole offense has looked since early last year.
Kudos to Moore and his offense.
 

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Excellent summary. The middle gashes by the 2 RBs and the QB's running talent made it almost seem as if we didn't beat them by 20, lol.

Lotsa injured/nicked up defenders to include our leader.

Rest will be good.
DQ needs to adjust for his 1st and 2nd level personnel against strong rushing teams/mobile QBs.

Failures at both the first and 2nd level contain issues.

Best the whole offense has looked since early last year.
Kudos to Moore and his offense.
If the offense can do their part, we will be very difficult to beat.
 

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1st Downs 22 24
Passing 1st downs 4 15
Rushing 1st downs 15 9
1st downs from penalties 3 0
3rd down efficiency 6-15 9-11
4th down efficiency 2-3 0-0
Total Plays 71 57
Total Yards 371 442
Total Drives 11 10
Yards per Play 5.2 7.8
Passing 131 242
Comp-Att 18-24 21-27
Yards per pass 4.7 8.6
Interceptions thrown 0 1
Sacks-Yards Lost 4-25 1-8
Rushing 240 200
Rushing Attempts 43 29
Yards per rush 5.6 6.9
Red Zone (Made-Att) 4-6 4-4
Penalties 6-45 6-41
Turnovers 1 1
Fumbles lost 1 0
Interceptions thrown 0 1
Defensive / Special Teams TDs 0 1
Possession The Beers had the ball for over 34 minutes.
 

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Da Bears have the #1 rushing defense in the league , that was a great game by the defense.

2 turnovers
1 defensive TD
The D also forced the Bears to turn the ball over on downs, which for some reason, does not count as a turnover.
 

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Saw both Hankins/Bohanna playing at the same time, all those middle runs stopped. Think this is what they need to do, it will allow our backer to play more clean behind them.
 

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This win was a statement win. Today this team took a tremendous step forward, dominating a good team on both sides of the ball. Today we showed we are an elite team on both offense and defense. I don't believe there is a team out there that can stand toe to toe with us now. The rest of the season is going to be a blast.
 

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Hackins today. Ripped one helmet off. And punched one Player in the stomach when he was getting up. He’s nasty
 
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