Turnovers

[JBS]

I don't know the exact stat- but Dallas was near the top of the league in turnovers forced over the latter part of last season, possibly even #1.

Regardless of exactly what the statistic was - what was the reasoning behind this? I don't really want to hear about the coaching staff emphasizing taking the ball away, we have heard that for darn near a decade and it barely mattered.

Is changing defensive coordinators going to have a negative impact on our ability to take the ball away? Our defense was trash last year, don't get me wrong, but taking the ball away improved significantly. How do we ensure that we continue doing that?

 

[Flamma]

I really don't know what the reason for that is. I'm guessing it's situational. Dallas was playing a little better in the second half so maybe opponents were a bit more desperate. That could lead to more turnovers.

That's my ignorant opinion. The better the D plays and the more desperate the opponent is, the more turnovers.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I don't know the exact stat- but Dallas was near the top of the league in turnovers forced over the latter part of last season, possibly even #1.

Regardless of exactly what the statistic was - what was the reasoning behind this? I don't really want to hear about the coaching staff emphasizing taking the ball away, we have heard that for darn near a decade and it barely mattered.

Is changing defensive coordinators going to have a negative impact on our ability to take the ball away? Our defense was trash last year, don't get me wrong, but taking the ball away improved significantly. How do we ensure that we continue doing that?

yes, they were. but they also played 4 games against bottom feeding teams who are in the top 10. 3 games played against 2nd and 3rd strong QBs....if we didn't dominate those teams, then we really really really sucked. as opposed to just really sucked which is what we were.

 

[shabazz]

yes, they were. but they also played 4 games against bottom feeding teams who are in the top 10. 3 games played against 2nd and 3rd strong QBs....if we didn't dominate those teams, then we really really really sucked. as opposed to just really sucked which is what we were.

Playing those easy schedule bottom feeder teams has led to several bloated contracts for some of our players

One would think the FO wouldn’t be impressed by beating the lowly nfc least opponents and the rest of the leagues turd heaps........but they respond to media cheerleaders hyping certain members of the virtue class

 

[John813]

Playing Donovan Wilson and then facing bad QBs

 

[jazzcat22]

I don't know the exact stat- but Dallas was near the top of the league in turnovers forced over the latter part of last season, possibly even #1.

Regardless of exactly what the statistic was - what was the reasoning behind this? I don't really want to hear about the coaching staff emphasizing taking the ball away, we have heard that for darn near a decade and it barely mattered.

Is changing defensive coordinators going to have a negative impact on our ability to take the ball away? Our defense was trash last year, don't get me wrong, but taking the ball away improved significantly. How do we ensure that we continue doing that?

They ended up at 7th I think, or right around there.
I think changing DC will have a positive impact and they can improve upon it.
A better pass rush will cause more errant throws, hence, more INT's.

 

[Killerinstinct]

I think the team was finally starting to grasp Nolans system. Especially Wilson and Diggs. The lack of an offseason affected us more on defense due to trying to implement a new system

 

[Tangle_Foot]

I don't mind the coaches making the statement of emphasizing turnovers, you want to send that message. In short you want that but you also need better athletes with an aggressive mindset. I think there's no better way to get turnovers than to arrive in a timely manner with bad intentions. Teach those cornerbacks and safeties to locate the ball and make a play on it. Teach those tacklers to use their shoulders when making the hit. Tackling seems to be a lost art in the NFL.

 

[Ranching]

Those teams tanked better than we did. We got out-tanked!!

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Some of it was luck. Some of it was bad play bu other team. But Cowboys played better defense as the season went on. Getting rid of deadweight like Poe, Griffen and others helped in that regard. Getting Gregory back helped.

 

[stilltheguru]

Playing Donovan Wilson and then facing bad QBs

My dawg Donovan. But if we want another ball hawk cb Adebo should be the pick but I know we wont do it.

 

[jnday]

I don't know the exact stat- but Dallas was near the top of the league in turnovers forced over the latter part of last season, possibly even #1.

Regardless of exactly what the statistic was - what was the reasoning behind this? I don't really want to hear about the coaching staff emphasizing taking the ball away, we have heard that for darn near a decade and it barely mattered.

Is changing defensive coordinators going to have a negative impact on our ability to take the ball away? Our defense was trash last year, don't get me wrong, but taking the ball away improved significantly. How do we ensure that we continue doing that?

Keeping Nolan as the DC was not an option even if the defense led the league in turnovers. He was that bad and his scheme was horrible to say the least. I think that many of the turnovers came after the opposing team knew that they had the game out of reach and they was being careless which resulted in turnovers.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Nolan dumbed down his scheme and our interior DL started getting their legs a bit. Figured out rotations and our young secondary started actually learning a bit. Lastly, we only played two Offenses in the top half of the NFL, over the last 8 games, the other 6 were in the bottom half and 5 of those teams were bottom 10 in the league.

 

[Adreme]

Dalton has always been a little weak in the TO department and when you add in an injured OLine more turnovers are going to happen. If you have a good OLine you will have less turnovers because it means less pressure. Nobody plays well when pressured.

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

Donovan Wilson and Randy Gregory started getting more playing time.
Hopefully they're our starters next year.

 

[the_h0wey]

I don't know the exact stat- but Dallas was near the top of the league in turnovers forced over the latter part of last season, possibly even #1.

Regardless of exactly what the statistic was - what was the reasoning behind this? I don't really want to hear about the coaching staff emphasizing taking the ball away, we have heard that for darn near a decade and it barely mattered.

Is changing defensive coordinators going to have a negative impact on our ability to take the ball away? Our defense was trash last year, don't get me wrong, but taking the ball away improved significantly. How do we ensure that we continue doing that?

My understanding is that it is better to get turnovers than to give them

 

[JoeKing]

I don't know the exact stat- but Dallas was near the top of the league in turnovers forced over the latter part of last season, possibly even #1.

Regardless of exactly what the statistic was - what was the reasoning behind this? I don't really want to hear about the coaching staff emphasizing taking the ball away, we have heard that for darn near a decade and it barely mattered.

Is changing defensive coordinators going to have a negative impact on our ability to take the ball away? Our defense was trash last year, don't get me wrong, but taking the ball away improved significantly. How do we ensure that we continue doing that?

You don't know the exact stat but you want to get upset about it because we changed who our Defensive Coordinator is? Figure out what it is you are talking about before you go getting upset about us changing something in that equation.

 

[JBS]

You don't know the exact stat but you want to get upset about it because we changed who our Defensive Coordinator is? Figure out what it is you are talking about before you go getting upset about us changing something in that equation.

Figure out how to read and then reply. Thanks.

 

[DanA]

Playing those easy schedule bottom feeder teams has led to several bloated contracts for some of our players

One would think the FO wouldn’t be impressed by beating the lowly nfc least opponents and the rest of the leagues turd heaps........but they respond to media cheerleaders hyping certain members of the virtue class

Who exactly are you talking about...Jourdan Lewis? He’s the only guy we’ve signed as far as I am aware. Woods I suppose was signed on a tender....I think you’re talking about Jaylon and Zeke but that was last off-season (before those games).

 

[JoeKing]

Figure out how to read and then reply. Thanks.

You said you don't know the stat. That seems important to know if you are suggesting the possibility of the hiring of Dan Quinn is going to prohibit duplicating whatever you think that stat was. How do we have this conversation without your snark?