CFZ Thoughts/Opinions about yesterday's blowout victory!

Cowboyny

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Very rare to blowout a Bellichek coached team and take advantage of their mistakes, not the other way around. Also, winning the special teams battle.

Offense

-Cowboys offense is doing an excellent job in possessing the football with long drives, but they have struggled finishing them with TD's.
-Play calls in the red zone have been very conservative. Many underneath throws.
-Very smart play call to attack a backup corner when Gonzalez left that resulted in a long touchdown.
-Missed the first drive, but it appeared that Ferguson had a real good day. McKeon will a great hustle play recovering a fumble.
-Have to get Brandin Cooks more involved and take some shots down the field, Edoka starting probably gives them some pause. Also, Turpin needs to get the ball more within the offense in space.
-Vaughn has to at least try to block as he got Dak killed on a sack. He is unplayable in pass protection. Need Dowdle to return, also Pollard just doesn't look as explosive as last year, is he trying to pace himself?

Defense

-Excellent rebound with their run defense. Believe the Patriots averaged less then 3 yards per carry.
-Glad to see other defensive players make an impact, outside of Parsons. Excellent hustle strip sack by Fowler.
-Bland is auditioning for become our outside corner opposite Diggs next yr and is looking the part, 2 excellent interceptions.
-Thought Kearse had a much needed bounced back game and was good in coverage, however, dropped an easy interception.
-Penalties were far better and didn't extend drives..
-I have seen Bell playing more then Clark the last few weeks, which is interesting as the season progresses.

Special Teams

-Excellent punt and punt coverage that led to a defensive TD.
-Great fake on the extra point
-Audrey continues to be consistent, interesting that they were going to kick a 66 yarder before half.
 

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I think when we took over the game it was so quick it snowballed out of control and they became one dimensional. Then we simply played pass and got a few picks. We seem to get that one play and all phases step it up and the points just stack up.. If our red zone was a touch better it could have easily been a 50 burger.
 

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Very rare to blowout a Bellichek coached team and take advantage of their mistakes, not the other way around. Also, winning the special teams battle.

Offense

-Cowboys offense is doing an excellent job in possessing the football with long drives, but they have struggled finishing them with TD's.
-Play calls in the red zone have been very conservative. Many underneath throws.
-Very smart play call to attack a backup corner when Gonzalez left that resulted in a long touchdown.
-Missed the first drive, but it appeared that Ferguson had a real good day. McKeon will a great hustle play recovering a fumble.
-Have to get Brandin Cooks more involved and take some shots down the field, Edoka starting probably gives them some pause. Also, Turpin needs to get the ball more within the offense in space.
-Vaughn has to at least try to block as he got Dak killed on a sack. He is unplayable in pass protection. Need Dowdle to return, also Pollard just doesn't look as explosive as last year, is he trying to pace himself?

Defense

-Excellent rebound with their run defense. Believe the Patriots averaged less then 3 yards per carry.
-Glad to see other defensive players make an impact, outside of Parsons. Excellent hustle strip sack by Fowler.
-Bland is auditioning for become our outside corner opposite Diggs next yr and is looking the part, 2 excellent interceptions.
-Thought Kearse had a much needed bounced back game and was good in coverage, however, dropped an easy interception.
-Penalties were far better and didn't extend drives..
-I have seen Bell playing more then Clark the last few weeks, which is interesting as the season progresses.

Special Teams

-Excellent punt and punt coverage that led to a defensive TD.
-Great fake on the extra point
-Audrey continues to be consistent, interesting that they were going to kick a 66 yarder before half.
You haven't noticed Tolbert? I still say this is the best team they have had in decades and one of the best in the league. We will see how it plays out. 13 and 4 is a good goal with wins over the 49ers and the Eagles. Get that number 1 spot and bring it home.
 

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You haven't noticed Tolbert? I still say this is the best team they have had in decades and one of the best in the league. We will see how it plays out. 13 and 4 is a good goal with wins over the 49ers and the Eagles. Get that number 1 spot and bring it home.
Tolbert has been good, but still only plays a handful of snaps. Excellent tackle on punt coverage.
 

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You haven't noticed Tolbert? I still say this is the best team they have had in decades and one of the best in the league. We will see how it plays out. 13 and 4 is a good goal with wins over the 49ers and the Eagles. Get that number 1 spot and bring it home.
11-6 would be a pretty special season against this schedule, especially after laying an egg against ARZ. They have two more games against opponents with losing records - it's basically playoff games the rest of the way. The next four games and he stretch from end of November through December are brutal.

@SF
@LAC
LAR
@Philly

Three out of 4 road games against playoff teams.

Seattle
Philly
@Buffalo
@Miami
Detroit

5-game stretch against three division winners and probably 5 playoff teams.

Dallas could be the best team in the league but getting the 1 seed is pretty much impossible. The Eagles have a tough run through November, but get 3 easy ones to end the year. SF and Detroit are probably going to end up the #1 and #2 seeds.
 

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11-6 would be a pretty special season against this schedule, especially after laying an egg against ARZ. They have two more games against opponents with losing records - it's basically playoff games the rest of the way. The next four games and he stretch from end of November through December are brutal.

@SF
@LAC
LAR
@Philly

Three out of 4 road games against playoff teams.

Seattle
Philly
@Buffalo
@Miami
Detroit

5-game stretch against three division winners and probably 5 playoff teams.

Dallas could be the best team in the league but getting the 1 seed is pretty much impossible. The Eagles have a tough run through November, but get 3 easy ones to end the year. SF and Detroit are probably going to end up the #1 and #2 seeds.
The 49ers and the Eagles will have a lot of the same and play each other. The Cowboys, 49ers, and Eagles all should have at least 4 losses.
 

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Tolbert has been good, but still only plays a handful of snaps. Excellent tackle on punt coverage.
He made the most of his opportunities. He played very well. He is a good player.
 
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