Top 5 offense and top 5 defense

[Galian Beast]

Statistically speaking anyways. We're a top 5 offense and defense.

We rank 2nd in the nfl in points scored per game. With .5 points behind the Colts. We're ranked 6th in overall yards per game.

We're tied for 7th in the NFL for points allowed per game. And we're ranked 5th in the NFL in yards allowed. So much for Zimmer being a no talent *** clown.

This makes me really happy knowing that the team is only get better as both sides of the ball gel. We have 5 new starters on the offense, and 3 new starters on the defense. And it's a really young defense, in our 2nd year in the 3-4. I think as time goes on we'll get more aggressive. I think we don't want to give up the big play with Watkins out there at free safety. I think the gameplan right now is play conservatively on defense, stop the run, score some points on the offense, and force the other team to pass, and make mistakes challenging this secondary.

 

[The30YardSlant]

We're tied for 7th in the NFL for points allowed per game. And we're ranked 5th in the NFL in yards allowed.

But....but....but Zimmer sucks. He couldnt condict a good defense to save his life. What a conservative, no balls idiot that guy is

 

[Gordon]

But....but....but Zimmer sucks. He couldnt condict a good defense to save his life. What a conservative, no balls idiot that guy is

I'm not a Zimmer hater by any means, but in fairness, we haven't really faced any real good offenses. Jacksonville is OK, Washington w/o Portis is average at best, and Tennessee might be the worst team in the league.

How we do against Philly and NYG in the coming weeks will tell us where the defense is at.

 

[dbair1967]

But....but....but Zimmer sucks. He couldnt condict a good defense to save his life. What a conservative, no balls idiot that guy is

we've played Jacksonville, Washington w/o Portis and a terrible Titan offense with a rookie making his first start at QB...please tell me you understand that has an impact

David

 

[Galian Beast]

Everyone on top is like that. You play a mix of good teams and bad teams.

Jacksonville's offense had little problem with Pittsburgh.

 

[Gordon]

Everyone on top is like that. You play a mix of good teams and bad teams.

Jacksonville's offense had little problem with Pittsburgh.

They scored 9 points. They had a little trouble I'd say.

 

[The30YardSlant]

we've played Jacksonville, Washington w/o Portis and a terrible Titan offense with a rookie making his first start at QB...please tell me you understand that has an impact

David

Please tell me you understand that Zimmer has had 5 top 10 defenses in his time as the Cowboys DC, including the #1 defense in 2003. His only "subpar" defensive unit was the 2004 group that was riddled with injuries across the board.

 

[Galian Beast]

I meant washington sorry. They lost, but put up 30 on them.

 

[Frozen700]

we've played Jacksonville, Washington w/o Portis and a terrible Titan offense with a rookie making his first start at QB...please tell me you understand that has an impact

David

oh plzzzzz....like portis would have made a big of a difference...ur talking like hes LT or sumthin....wat did he do to us last year??

just **** with the ohhh "no portis" bull

 

[The30YardSlant]

BTW dbair, the Jags and their "inept" offense just lit up Washington and your man crush, Greg Williams

 

[Gordon]

oh plzzzzz....like portis would have made a big of a difference...ur talking like hes LT or sumthin....wat did he do to us last year??

just **** with the ohhh "no portis" bull

Cowboys probably still would've won but you're foolish if you don't think Portis would chnage things. He's not LT, but that doesn't mean he isn't good.

And to answer your question..

Portis had 40 carries for 164 yards and 5 catches for 29 yards against us in 2 games last year.

 

[Frozen700]

ok n what did LT do? if hes not as good as LT then?? exactly......

were an upgrade from last year....n yes i still think portis wouldnt have done ****..or any dramatic to change the outcome of the game....what they woulda had 20 more yards then wat they had?...hes good but he never really had a good game agianst us..except that 1 game were we got bullied around

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Clinton Portis is a helluva running back! I doubt seriously they would have beaten Dallas with him but it would have made for better press lines in the newspapers leading up to the game.....

 

[Galian Beast]

Hell if we had a healthy T.O. the game might have been different too... He was hurt from the beginning of the game...

Anyways the point is... its rare that both an offense and a defense are so highly rated. You can look at the Bears or the Ravens, but they never had the offense to back up their defenses. They have offense now, but its not nearly as good as ours. And I think our defense can be as good as theirs.

If you back up time to look at when these dominating defenses developed, you can see that our team is really going to be good.

 

[LatinMind]

I'm not a Zimmer hater by any means, but in fairness, we haven't really faced any real good offenses. Jacksonville is OK, Washington w/o Portis is average at best, and Tennessee might be the worst team in the league.

How we do against Philly and NYG in the coming weeks will tell us where the defense is at.

thats all true but im sure if dallas was to be bad right now u would be quick to blame zimmer..and whoever is calling the offensive plays(one of the 3 stooges)..anybody but parcells

i've noticed that with cowboy fans these days..quick to issue blame on the coordinators, but give bill all the praise

 

[Vintage]

We've played 3 games.

3 games is a very poor random sample.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

BTW dbair, the Jags and their "inept" offense just lit up Washington and your man crush, Greg Williams

OWNED!

 

[Bob Sacamano]

We've played 3 games.

3 games is a very poor random sample.

it's a start

it's better than being ranked in the lower 5 of the league on both sides of the ball

 

[Smith22]

The upcoming Philly game will give us a much better idea how much our OL have improved since game 1, and assuming they have a healthy Westbrook, we will see how legit our defense is. We have a talented D, but the coverage ability of our LB'ers scares me some, that and Ellis will be tested covering backs in this game for sure. Buckle up, should be interesting.

 

[the kid 05]

im hoping for a high scoring high tension good game, low penaltys and low turnovers and of course the boys come out on top