Creeper
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You know when you have one of those games when everything goes right? Like the Saints game for example. Or the Jags game. Its one of those things no one can predict or figure.
Today, the Cowboys had one of those games where all of their flaws were on display, front and center. Maybe the Colts planned for it and maybe they just caught the Cowboys at the right time. I don't care about the shutout. The Cowboys could have kicked a FG in the first half but for some reason down only 7 they chose to go for it and they got stuffed on 4th down and 2. Its gutsy, or stupid, to go for it in that situation. I would have kicked teh FG. I remember John Madden saying always break the ice first before turning down points.
So the Colts got Jason Garrett to be Jason Garrett and it paid off.
The Colts defense was good, or was it? The Cowboys didn't have much trouble moving the football. They ran it pretty well. But just about every Cowboys drive was stopped by either a holding penalty or a sack, and every sack was Dak holding the football too long. This has been Dak's problem all year. He sits in the pocket and gets sacked. He's supposed to be mobile but he doesn't move until the tackler is right on top of him.
This game looked like one of the games earlier in the year. How many times did Dak run the football today? Dak's greatest attribute is he can run for first downs off those read options. Dak didn't do that today. He didn't make any big plays with his feet. He stood there like a statue and got sacked.
Speaking of Dak, sorry, he makes his receivers work too hard. He can be accurate at times but then he throws wild passes that Blake Jarwin has to leap to reach and then tips into the hands of a DB. Dak is not the answer at QB - yet. I say yet because he is young. I don't see how he gets any better but I will give him a chance to see - one more year? If Jerry pays him $25 million a year, I will be sick.
Then we have the holding calls on the offensive line. The Cowboys must lead the league in holding. I cannot see how they can't. And they just seem to come at bad times, like passes for first down on 4th and 4. Too many holding calls kill drives. That never gets any better either. Today they had 4 more - Tyron, Connor and Joe Looney 2.
On defense, I don't know where to begin but we have not seen any team run on the Cowboys the way the Colts did today. They just gashed them for 8 yards almost at will. Part of it was bad tackling, which we also saw earlier in the year. The Cowboys CBs are not good tacklers and they missed a bunch today. How many times did the Colts get 4 or 5 yards after the first hit? All day. Another weakness of Dallas exploited.
The DT are castoffs, for the most part and today they got pushed around. Watch those running plays and yo will see the DT get knocked to the side by one linemen while a free lineman was downfield taking out Jaylon Smith or LVE. DTs are supposed to occupy blockers so that doesn't happen. I am going to bet David Irving get healthy all of a sudden after this week.
And how about the holding and PI calls on defense to extend Colts' drives? Saw too many of them earlier in the year too. Negated an interception today and a couple of stops. No bueno.
The question we have to ask is, what this a fluke game for Dallas, kind of like blowing out Jacksonville? or is this the real Dallas Cowboys team. I think the answer is somewhere in the middle but we saw a lot of this earlier in the year and it concerns me.
Today, the Cowboys had one of those games where all of their flaws were on display, front and center. Maybe the Colts planned for it and maybe they just caught the Cowboys at the right time. I don't care about the shutout. The Cowboys could have kicked a FG in the first half but for some reason down only 7 they chose to go for it and they got stuffed on 4th down and 2. Its gutsy, or stupid, to go for it in that situation. I would have kicked teh FG. I remember John Madden saying always break the ice first before turning down points.
So the Colts got Jason Garrett to be Jason Garrett and it paid off.
The Colts defense was good, or was it? The Cowboys didn't have much trouble moving the football. They ran it pretty well. But just about every Cowboys drive was stopped by either a holding penalty or a sack, and every sack was Dak holding the football too long. This has been Dak's problem all year. He sits in the pocket and gets sacked. He's supposed to be mobile but he doesn't move until the tackler is right on top of him.
This game looked like one of the games earlier in the year. How many times did Dak run the football today? Dak's greatest attribute is he can run for first downs off those read options. Dak didn't do that today. He didn't make any big plays with his feet. He stood there like a statue and got sacked.
Speaking of Dak, sorry, he makes his receivers work too hard. He can be accurate at times but then he throws wild passes that Blake Jarwin has to leap to reach and then tips into the hands of a DB. Dak is not the answer at QB - yet. I say yet because he is young. I don't see how he gets any better but I will give him a chance to see - one more year? If Jerry pays him $25 million a year, I will be sick.
Then we have the holding calls on the offensive line. The Cowboys must lead the league in holding. I cannot see how they can't. And they just seem to come at bad times, like passes for first down on 4th and 4. Too many holding calls kill drives. That never gets any better either. Today they had 4 more - Tyron, Connor and Joe Looney 2.
On defense, I don't know where to begin but we have not seen any team run on the Cowboys the way the Colts did today. They just gashed them for 8 yards almost at will. Part of it was bad tackling, which we also saw earlier in the year. The Cowboys CBs are not good tacklers and they missed a bunch today. How many times did the Colts get 4 or 5 yards after the first hit? All day. Another weakness of Dallas exploited.
The DT are castoffs, for the most part and today they got pushed around. Watch those running plays and yo will see the DT get knocked to the side by one linemen while a free lineman was downfield taking out Jaylon Smith or LVE. DTs are supposed to occupy blockers so that doesn't happen. I am going to bet David Irving get healthy all of a sudden after this week.
And how about the holding and PI calls on defense to extend Colts' drives? Saw too many of them earlier in the year too. Negated an interception today and a couple of stops. No bueno.
The question we have to ask is, what this a fluke game for Dallas, kind of like blowing out Jacksonville? or is this the real Dallas Cowboys team. I think the answer is somewhere in the middle but we saw a lot of this earlier in the year and it concerns me.
