Pass2Run
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If you ask me, this last part of the season is going to come down to how we match up with those four teams at the back end of the schedule.
Somehow, I have a feeling a lot will hinge on that last game in Washington.
This team has lost two games over the course of six.
In 1993 the Cowboys came out of the gates in a 16 game season 0-2. Of course, that was when Emmitt Smith was holding out. And, at the time, let's be real, the team was a different animal after you added Emmitt. Because he was a rare kind of dynamic and reliable in his earlier days, even though many said he might be too small for the NFL.
We took a beating from a team with a top record, and a team with a not-so-good record, but we also clobbered some not so good teams, and won a close one with the Chargers.
Guys like Daron Bland, and Gilmore stepped up and closed out the game, and the defensive line overall was impressive, with Hankins once again making veteran type impact plays that added up over a period of time. In my opinion, he's a bit undervalued in the NFL, in general, specifically because sacks don't account for much. But his job is important, and I think he has a case up there with being underappreciated as much as running backs.
Parsons, as multi-talented and raw and authentic as he is, might be semi-over appreciated. Everyone giving him props for doing his job. Just his sack was even sort of the catalyst to the second throw and pick to Gilmore. But my thing is, as much as Broadus and everyone else has knocked Gilmore, he was more than solid enough to win and surely held down his fair share on defense. I'd rather have a savvy vet that is a tad slower than he was at 21 than 21-year-old greenback, most times, anyway. As high as PFF has Bland rated, they obviously can't be accounting for those two over-thrown passes that Bland was lucky they were unable to connect on.
That's not taking anything away from Bland, but I think a lot of it comes down to how well our secondary plays down the stretch.
Somehow, I have a feeling a lot will hinge on that last game in Washington.
This team has lost two games over the course of six.
In 1993 the Cowboys came out of the gates in a 16 game season 0-2. Of course, that was when Emmitt Smith was holding out. And, at the time, let's be real, the team was a different animal after you added Emmitt. Because he was a rare kind of dynamic and reliable in his earlier days, even though many said he might be too small for the NFL.
We took a beating from a team with a top record, and a team with a not-so-good record, but we also clobbered some not so good teams, and won a close one with the Chargers.
Guys like Daron Bland, and Gilmore stepped up and closed out the game, and the defensive line overall was impressive, with Hankins once again making veteran type impact plays that added up over a period of time. In my opinion, he's a bit undervalued in the NFL, in general, specifically because sacks don't account for much. But his job is important, and I think he has a case up there with being underappreciated as much as running backs.
Parsons, as multi-talented and raw and authentic as he is, might be semi-over appreciated. Everyone giving him props for doing his job. Just his sack was even sort of the catalyst to the second throw and pick to Gilmore. But my thing is, as much as Broadus and everyone else has knocked Gilmore, he was more than solid enough to win and surely held down his fair share on defense. I'd rather have a savvy vet that is a tad slower than he was at 21 than 21-year-old greenback, most times, anyway. As high as PFF has Bland rated, they obviously can't be accounting for those two over-thrown passes that Bland was lucky they were unable to connect on.
That's not taking anything away from Bland, but I think a lot of it comes down to how well our secondary plays down the stretch.
