waving monkey
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There were questions and a bit of concern about how the Dallas Cowboys would play in the next-to-last game of the 2016 regular season. It had been rendered meaningless as far as playoff positioning for Dallas by the defeat of the New York Giants by the Philadelphia Eagles last Thursday, while the visiting Detroit Lions were looking for a win to get into the playoffs themselves. There was the risk of the Cowboys playing flat and conservative to try and protect themselves.
Not hardly. Instead of the lackluster effort many were concerned about, the Cowboys had one of the best games of the entire season. As we have all year, we learned some things about this team
Honing the edge.
Jason Garrett talked about keeping the team focused and playing to win leading into the game, and the Cowboys delivered on that. Garrett also downplayed the idea of sitting starters to rest/protect them, which was carried through the game as well. There were some players, such as DeMarcus Lawrence, who sat the game out with injuries that might not have kept them out of a contest with something to gain, but other than that it was business as usual until the decision was made to sit Ezekiel Elliott and use Darren McFadden to run the ball and the clock after things had gotten beyond any real hope for the Lions to come back.
link/http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2016...of-detroit-lions-dak-prescott-ezekiel-elliott
Not hardly. Instead of the lackluster effort many were concerned about, the Cowboys had one of the best games of the entire season. As we have all year, we learned some things about this team
Honing the edge.
Jason Garrett talked about keeping the team focused and playing to win leading into the game, and the Cowboys delivered on that. Garrett also downplayed the idea of sitting starters to rest/protect them, which was carried through the game as well. There were some players, such as DeMarcus Lawrence, who sat the game out with injuries that might not have kept them out of a contest with something to gain, but other than that it was business as usual until the decision was made to sit Ezekiel Elliott and use Darren McFadden to run the ball and the clock after things had gotten beyond any real hope for the Lions to come back.
link/http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2016...of-detroit-lions-dak-prescott-ezekiel-elliott