CFZ Thoughts/Opinions about yesterday's win!

[Cowboyny]

Offense

-Carolina played that double shell defense that forced Dak to take what was given, dared them to run the football into light boxes. Running game was very hot and cold, for some reason it appeared that Carolina knew the snap count. Derrick Brown gave this front a lot of trouble, including Zach Martin.
-Thought Dak stayed patient and didn't force the action. When he needed to answer the bell after the Panthers cut the score to 7, he responded with a TD drive.
-Some questionable playcalling, wildcat multiple times???
-Dak and the offense made the Panthers pay for all their stupid penalties before halftime, excellent execution on that 3rd and goal TD to Lamb.
-Thought the Carolina Corner got away with multiple PI's on third downs against Tolbert, arm was around his waist and turned Tolbert to force an incomplete both times.

Defense

-Run Defense is extremely poor in my opinion, this was the only reason why Carolina was able to move the football with any consistency. Saw several bad angles, mistackles.
-Adam Thielan had a field day against Lewis. When watching the Bills game last night, we should of traded for from Packer/Eagle, Rasual Douglass. Lewis remains the weakest link on this unit.
-Pass rush was excellent and it wasn't just Parsons, either, thought Armstrong had another strong game.
-Cannot allow any team to convert multiple 4th downs on a single drive, very poor job by the defense.
-Thought the Panthers TE got away with an offensive PI against Kearse, when you see full extension, it is usually called.
-What can we say about Bland, might be a defensive player of the year, which is absolutely crazy!

Special Teams

-Sam Williams with a terrible running into the punter penalty, that eventually lead to a TD. These type of penalties can make you lose football games.
-Anger had another exceptional game and remains a weapon for this team.
-Audrey missed an extra point, but his next FG was right down the middle.

I am going to say this now, this week is a "must win", if the Cowboys want to realistically challenge for the division. I don't care about their record as this will be their Super Bowl and they put a beat down the last time we played them. It's a very important game to win!!

 

[atlantacowboy]

Well, if you have to pick at a 33-10 win, you can say it was against the worst team in the NFL so the result was expected. The only troubling part was that Dak continued to struggle against zone coverage. Carolina was able to take away just about the entire down field passing game. We had no big chunk plays. Red zone offense also got bogged down. One of Daks TD passes came on a drive aided by 2 personal foul penalties on 3 rd downs that kept the drive alive. We need to get better, bc nobody is going to give Dak man coverage down the stretch.

 

[jazzcat22]

Pretty much all games are must wins. But also need the Eagles to drop at least 2 of the next 3.

In an ideal scenario. Dallas must beat Washington and Seattle. Philly loses 3 to KC, Buffalo, SF.
Then we beat Philly, up 2 games with 4 games to go.
Then Philly goes to Seattle, but we go to Buffalo.

It is a dream but if we can win the next 4 and Philly lose their next 5. We are up 3 games with 3 to go.

 

[jazzcat22]

Well, if you have to pick at a 33-10 win, you can say it was against the worst team in the NFL so the result was expected. The only troubling part was that Dak continued to struggle against zone coverage. Carolina was able to take away just about the entire down field passing game. We had no big chunk plays. Red zone offense also got bogged down. One of Daks TD passes came on a drive aided by 2 personal foul penalties on 3 rd downs that kept the drive alive. We need to get better, bc nobody is going to give Dak man coverage down the stretch.

Did they take it away, or did Dallas choose to take what was there, and did not try to go downfield too much at all.
I still say MM played it more close to the vest as previous goes. Not to put too much on film for the upcoming opponents. Yes they have previous game film. But still, it was not to show a consistency in play calls.
Just a wild thought.

 

[Risen Star]

This week is a must win just to make the playoffs. They have to get to 8-3 before they start playing good teams again.

That win gave me no confidence going forward. It was just meh.

 

[BrassCowboy]

I actually thought the Carolina db against Tolbert played it pretty well, reason I watched that closely is because I wanted them to be PI but they weren’t and refs need to let these guys play a little football.
As far as this game, biggest thing I would take from it is we struggled to move the ball for 2 quarters against a bum team. We won and we should have so let’s not confuse things.
no one’s opinion of this team changed after that game because we did what we needed to do.

 

[jazzcat22]

This week is a must win just to make the playoffs. They have to get to 8-3 before they start playing good teams again.

That win gave me no confidence going forward. It was just meh.

So if they beat Washington and get to 8-3. Does that count as a good win?

 

[atlantacowboy]

Did they take it away, or did Dallas choose to take what was there, and did not try to go downfield too much at all.
I still say MM played it more close to the vest as previous goes. Not to put too much on film for the upcoming opponents. Yes they have previous game film. But still, it was not to show a consistency in play calls.
Just a wild thought.

I don’t know. It’s possible the entire offensive play calling was just a ruse to get through the game without injury and not put anything new on tape. But, this certainly did not put to bed concerns about Dak vs zone coverage when a 4 man front can pressure him. That is the obstacle SF presents.

 

[atlantacowboy]

So if they beat Washington and get to 8-3. Does that count as a good win?

Oh you’re just stirring the pot today! lol

 

[Risen Star]

17-10 in the 4th quarter against a 1 win team.

 

[Gambit]

Sam Williams with a terrible running into the punter penalty, that eventually lead to a TD

This is the same drive the Panthers converted 3 4th downs. While that penalty was unfortunate, it was still 4th down, they opted to go for it, that is what led to that TD.

 

[Cowboyny]

Well, if you have to pick at a 33-10 win, you can say it was against the worst team in the NFL so the result was expected. The only troubling part was that Dak continued to struggle against zone coverage. Carolina was able to take away just about the entire down field passing game. We had no big chunk plays. Red zone offense also got bogged down. One of Daks TD passes came on a drive aided by 2 personal foul penalties on 3 rd downs that kept the drive alive. We need to get better, bc nobody is going to give Dak man coverage down the stretch.

That type of scheme takes away the big passing plays and forces team to throw underneath. You are going to see a lot of dink and duck, kind of like how we played the Jets. Having more success running the football, will force teams to get out of that shell coverage, that is the key down the stretch for this team.

 

[Gambit]

17-10 in the 4th quarter against a 1 win team.

Sounds about right, leading in the 4th against a 1 win team.

 

[Ranching]

So if they beat Washington and get to 8-3. Does that count as a good win?

Not good enough for many....

 

[foofighters]

Agree on the run defense issues. I was like, aren't these guys bad at the run? This team needs to be careful to not start drinking the kool aid again. They need to stay hungry.

 

[Cowboyny]

Pretty much all games are must wins. But also need the Eagles to drop at least 2 of the next 3.

In an ideal scenario. Dallas must beat Washington and Seattle. Philly loses 3 to KC, Buffalo, SF.
Then we beat Philly, up 2 games with 4 games to go.
Then Philly goes to Seattle, but we go to Buffalo.

It is a dream but if we can win the next 4 and Philly lose their next 5. We are up 3 games with 3 to go.

We have to take care of our own business and everything will work itself out.

 

[Cowboyny]

This week is a must win just to make the playoffs. They have to get to 8-3 before they start playing good teams again.

That win gave me no confidence going forward. It was just meh.

This team is going to make the playoffs, it's more about seeding now.

 

[Cowboyny]

I actually thought the Carolina db against Tolbert played it pretty well, reason I watched that closely is because I wanted them to be PI but they weren’t and refs need to let these guys play a little football.
As far as this game, biggest thing I would take from it is we struggled to move the ball for 2 quarters against a bum team. We won and we should have so let’s not confuse things.
no one’s opinion of this team changed after that game because we did what we needed to do.

Carolina's issue is their anemic offense, Defense is actually good.

 

[CowboyoWales]

Well, if you have to pick at a 33-10 win, you can say it was against the worst team in the NFL so the result was expected. The only troubling part was that Dak continued to struggle against zone coverage. Carolina was able to take away just about the entire down field passing game. We had no big chunk plays. Red zone offense also got bogged down. One of Daks TD passes came on a drive aided by 2 personal foul penalties on 3 rd downs that kept the drive alive. We need to get better, bc nobody is going to give Dak man coverage down the stretch.

I wouldn't go as far as 'struggled' against the zone defense, but im sure that teams who are proficient at both defensive systems (those pesky 9ers), are favoring 'reverting' back to zone.

 

[Cowboyny]

This is the same drive the Panthers converted 3 4th downs. While that penalty was unfortunate, it was still 4th down, they opted to go for it, that is what led to that TD.

Point is, they were punting and giving the ball to us.