CFZ Week 2 - Monday Overreaction on Dallas Cowboys from National Media

[VaqueroTD]

Started last night with this clip on Sportscenter and Tony Romo Analysis on CBS Sports:



Stats of the Week from National Media:

• Only 3 teams in NFL History since start of Sack tracking in 1963 to start 2 games with 10 SACKS & 5 INTS with this few points -
  • 1967 Rams (Fearsome Foursome)
  • 1979 Steelers (Steel Curtain)
  • 2023 Cowboys (Doomsday3?)
• 13 - Last night was most consecutive completions Dak has ever had to start a game in his career
• First 2-0 start for Coach Mac over Dallas Cowboys
• First time Cowboys history to start first two games with 20+ margin wins
• 9 straight wins at home for Cowboys right now going back to last year
• Have to go back to 1965, to find a year that Cowboys allowed less overall points in first 2 games
• 19 times in Cowboys history they have controlled Time Possession with 40+ minutes, they are 17-2 in those games
• Cowboys are on track for 60 takeaways this year!

Previous weeks:

Week 1: https://cowboyszone.com/threads/monday-morning-national-media-round-up-week-1.513599/

 

[VaqueroTD]

Early videos, pick your poison, recaps below:

GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL (NFL Network)
Summary: Jets defense blew it. They were supposed to keep them in the game. They have to be best defense in NFL with Aaron Rodgers out, and they didn't do it. They did it to Josh Allen, but couldn't do it to Dak. Coach Q gets lots of love from crew. They admit they were wrong about Kellen Moore's impact. Dak looks good.


GET UP (ESPN)
Summary: Jets must trade for Kirk Cousins when Vikings lose chance for Playoffs, defense can't carry the team. Crew apologizes about trashing Coach Mac for getting rid of Kellen Moore. Coach Mac is a much better play caller than he was in the past. Cowboys are the Super Bowl favorite. Jets defense was catching air whole game. Incredible how many plays Cowboys ran off. Jets screwed up by not running enough. Romo is right about how quickly the plays come in.


FIRST TAKE (ESPN)
Summary: 49ers are still the best team in the NFL. Biggest question for Cowboys offense and recent history is can you be what you need to be when you need to be it? Want to see Cowboys beat tougher teams. Playcalling for Jets was horrible and no committment to the run.


UNSCRIPTED (FOX SPORTS)
Summary: Micah Parsons is running away with Defensive Player of Year and Cowboys are best team in NFL. Cowboys are most complete team in all 3 areas. Jets have a great defense and all Cowboys offensive questions were answered. Jets CB Sauce took his Twitter account down because of criticism on his coverage of CeeDee Lamb.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Not a overereaction. Cowboys are kicking butt and taking names.

Just wait until week 5 when we go out west and beat SF.

 

[G2]

Different team. Different year. They just look different. I know it's week 2, but I fully expect this team to take the next step in the playoffs. Getting to a championship game is the next step. If we can keep this team healthy, I like our chances.
Also, the 49ers are scary **.

 

[Captain-Crash]

the defense is good, no doubt about it.

 

[Vtwin]

I can't wait to see this defense against a good offense.
I expect they will make us proud, but I can't wait to see it actually happen.

 

[G2]

I can't wait to see this defense against a good offense.
I expect they will make us proud, but I can't wait to see it actually happen.

I do think NYG and NYJ got propped up prior to playing, because both teams were talked to be prominent from the offseason and both got their backsides handed to them.

 

[VaqueroTD]

I do think NYG and NYJ got propped up prior to playing, because both teams were talked to be prominent from the offseason and both got their backsides handed to them.

Always knew about it, but don't think I've seen first-hand the darling treatment of NYC Teams until this year and the back-to-back demolishing of both teams. The world is over!!!

 

[Diehardblues]

Not a overereaction. Cowboys are kicking butt and taking names.

Just wait until week 5 when we go out west and beat SF.

When and if we do that then the hype will begin to take serious hold . Especially if we remain undefeated into week 9 at Philly.

If we pass all of those test then the hype will be totally warranted as we’ll also have the #1 seed and front runner for NFC.

It’s all within our grasp . And as exciting as this historic start is I’d still caution to pump the brakes until we reach these pinnacles.

 

[blueblood70]

Started last night with this clip on Sportscenter and Tony Romo Analysis on CBS Sports:



Stats of the Week from National Media:

• Only 3 teams in NFL History since start of Sack tracking in 1963 to start 2 games with 10 SACKS & 5 INTS with this few points -
  • 1967 Rams (Fearsome Foursome)
  • 1979 Steelers (Steel Curtain)
  • 2023 Cowboys (Doomsday3?)
• 13 - Last night was most consecutive completions Dak has ever had to start a game in his career
• First 2-0 start for Coach Mac over Dallas Cowboys
• First time Cowboys history to start first two games with 20+ margin wins
• 9 straight wins at home for Cowboys right now going back to last year
• Have to go back to 1965, to find a year that Cowboys allowed less overall points in first 2 games
• 19 times in Cowboys history they have controlled Time Possession with 40+ minutes, they are 17-2 in those games
• Cowboys are on track for 60 takeaways this year!

Previous weeks:

Week 1: https://cowboyszone.com/threads/monday-morning-national-media-round-up-week-1.513599/

 

[Creeper]

I am not buying all this talk about any teams. It is way too early. The Cowboys beat a really good Jet's defense yesterday. But Zack Wilson is a backup QB for a reason.

The Jets getting criticism for not running more is stupid. They tried to run. It didn't work. Honestly, I thought they would have more success too. Also, the way the Cowboys scored on their first drive had to give the Jets reason to believe that it would be a higher scoring game and running alone would not work.

Dak made one really bad decision yesterday, throwing that one pass that Gardner almost intercepted. He caught a big break there. Other than that, maybe taking that sack deep in the red zone was dumb but they weren't getting the TD there anyway so no harm really. This offense seems to have Dak playing at a higher level and avoiding the mistake. My one caution is Dak has a history of starting seasons well and then playing poorly in the second half of the season. I need to see more.

It is a long season. There are some really tough team left to play. The 49ers, Eagles twice, Miami, and Buffalo are all good teams. Even the Chargers , Seahawks and Lions could be tough games.

 

[blueblood70]

Early videos, pick your poison, recaps below:

GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL (NFL Network)
Summary: Jets defense blew it. They were supposed to keep them in the game. They have to be best defense in NFL with Aaron Rodgers out, and they didn't do it. They did it to Josh Allen, but couldn't do it to Dak. Coach Q gets lots of love from crew. They admit they were wrong about Kellen Moore's impact. Dak looks good.


GET UP (ESPN)
Summary: Jets must trade for Kirk Cousins when Vikings lose chance for Playoffs, defense can't carry the team. Crew apologizes about trashing Coach Mac for getting rid of Kellen Moore. Coach Mac is a much better play caller than he was in the past. Cowboys are the Super Bowl favorite. Jets defense was catching air whole game. Incredible how many plays Cowboys ran off. Jets screwed up by not running enough. Romo is right about how quickly the plays come in.


FIRST TAKE (ESPN)
Summary: 49ers are still the best team in the NFL. Biggest question for Cowboys offense and recent history is can you be what you need to be when you need to be it? Want to see Cowboys beat tougher teams. Playcalling for Jets was horrible and no committment to the run.


UNSCRIPTED (FOX SPORTS)
Summary: Micah Parsons is running away with Defensive Player of Year and Cowboys are best team in NFL. Cowboys are most complete team in all 3 areas. Jets have a great defense and all Cowboys offensive questions were answered. Jets CB Sauce took his Twitter account down because of criticism on his coverage of CeeDee Lamb.

 

[VaqueroTD]

I am not buying all this talk about any teams. It is way too early. The Cowboys beat a really good Jet's defense yesterday. But Zack Wilson is a backup QB for a reason.

The Jets getting criticism for not running more is stupid. They tried to run. It didn't work. Honestly, I thought they would have more success too. Also, the way the Cowboys scored on their first drive had to give the Jets reason to believe that it would be a higher scoring game and running alone would not work.

Dak made one really bad decision yesterday, throwing that one pass that Gardner almost intercepted. He caught a big break there. Other than that, maybe taking that sack deep in the red zone was dumb but they weren't getting the TD there anyway so no harm really. This offense seems to have Dak playing at a higher level and avoiding the mistake. My one caution is Dak has a history of starting seasons well and then playing poorly in the second half of the season. I need to see more.

It is a long season. There are some really tough team left to play. The 49ers, Eagles twice, Miami, and Buffalo are all good teams. Even the Chargers , Seahawks and Lions could be tough games.

I don't sense the usual overhype from the players on themselves. Maybe it's happened enough, and have enough vets, that they can keep it in check. Even Micah is humble about it even though some fans are trashing him for all his media bits. I think a lot of it comes from down-to-earth leaders like Coach Mac and Coach Q. Your team's mindset is a reflection of your Coach.

 

[blueblood70]

I am not buying all this talk about any teams. It is way too early. The Cowboys beat a really good Jet's defense yesterday. But Zack Wilson is a backup QB for a reason.

The Jets getting criticism for not running more is stupid. They tried to run. It didn't work. Honestly, I thought they would have more success too. Also, the way the Cowboys scored on their first drive had to give the Jets reason to believe that it would be a higher scoring game and running alone would not work.

Dak made one really bad decision yesterday, throwing that one pass that Gardner almost intercepted. He caught a big break there. Other than that, maybe taking that sack deep in the red zone was dumb but they weren't getting the TD there anyway so no harm really. This offense seems to have Dak playing at a higher level and avoiding the mistake. My one caution is Dak has a history of starting seasons well and then playing poorly in the second half of the season. I need to see more.

It is a long season. There are some really tough team left to play. The 49ers, Eagles twice, Miami, and Buffalo are all good teams. Even the Chargers , Seahawks and Lions could be tough games.

So you had to point out the one bad decision even though I can look at every game from all 32 teams every week and find even the best quarterbacks have that one type of play every game every single game I mean no one's perfect we don't know what he saw or what he was trying to do but yeah people make quick decisions when under fire and quarterbacks are not perfect I mean we're figuring that out right why don't you take a look at who's number one in QBR right now that would be Prescott you wanna know who's struggling right now some of the highest paid quarterbacks in the league are struggling...

Just saying look at their passing stats if that's all we wanna look at look at their decisions we've seen even jalen hurts a fumble and interception he's missed some throws I mean they took the ball out of his hands we've seen Joe Burrows looks like trash but he'll probably be OK later I mean seriously it is what it is you take one game at a time every game is different there's no reason to overreact but there is every reason to be very very happy as a Cowboys fan right now... Prescott will throw an interception this year he might even fumble the ball because that's what all quarterbacks do there is no quarterback that's gone through a season without making a mistake or a high throw or throw into the ground or missing a wide open guy all quarterbacks do it, seriously some of the best ones to ever play the game make mistakes the thing here is fans need to understand that and we need to stop picking on the guy for just being human..

 

[blueblood70]

I am not buying all this talk about any teams. It is way too early. The Cowboys beat a really good Jet's defense yesterday. But Zack Wilson is a backup QB for a reason.

The Jets getting criticism for not running more is stupid. They tried to run. It didn't work. Honestly, I thought they would have more success too. Also, the way the Cowboys scored on their first drive had to give the Jets reason to believe that it would be a higher scoring game and running alone would not work.

Dak made one really bad decision yesterday, throwing that one pass that Gardner almost intercepted. He caught a big break there. Other than that, maybe taking that sack deep in the red zone was dumb but they weren't getting the TD there anyway so no harm really. This offense seems to have Dak playing at a higher level and avoiding the mistake. My one caution is Dak has a history of starting seasons well and then playing poorly in the second half of the season. I need to see more.

It is a long season. There are some really tough team left to play. The 49ers, Eagles twice, Miami, and Buffalo are all good teams. Even the Chargers , Seahawks and Lions could be tough games.

Yes it is a long season we will have bigger challenges ahead and by that time hopefully we have our starting guard and Zach Martin healthier and Brandon cooks back and a better understanding of all the plays in this new playbook.. That happens for all teams it's early in the season but you know what don't don't take the shine off being two and O in the fashion that we've done it fans have a right to be happy and so do the players you can only talk about what just happened not what's going to happen so since we're here right now 70 to 10 point differential two and oh in this division too you didn't mention that it's a lot better than it has been in years past it's gonna be tough to win those games against Washington New York and the Eagles it it will be much tougher road ahead but who cares we'll worry about that each game next week Arizona...

Heck the giants almost lost to Arizona I mean who played Arizona in the first game didn't they almost lose to them too I mean was that the Eagles I can't remember really but anyway none of these games are gonna be easy so we could possibly lose or look bad against Arizona it is a week to week league I used to say it's year to year and it is it's a one off every year but each week a different game plan against a different opponent will make our team look different...

 

[Creeper]

So you had to point out the one bad decision even though I can look at every game from all 32 teams every week and find even the best quarterbacks have that one type of play every game every single game I mean no one's perfect we don't know what he saw or what he was trying to do but yeah people make quick decisions when under fire and quarterbacks are not perfect I mean we're figuring that out right why don't you take a look at who's number one in QBR right now that would be Prescott you wanna know who's struggling right now some of the highest paid quarterbacks in the league are struggling...

Just saying look at their passing stats if that's all we wanna look at look at their decisions we've seen even jalen hurts a fumble and interception he's missed some throws I mean they took the ball out of his hands we've seen Joe Burrows looks like trash but he'll probably be OK later I mean seriously it is what it is you take one game at a time every game is different there's no reason to overreact but there is every reason to be very very happy as a Cowboys fan right now... Prescott will throw an interception this year he might even fumble the ball because that's what all quarterbacks do there is no quarterback that's gone through a season without making a mistake or a high throw or throw into the ground or missing a wide open guy all quarterbacks do it, seriously some of the best ones to ever play the game make mistakes the thing here is fans need to understand that and we need to stop picking on the guy for just being human..

I was not criticizing Dak by pointing out he made only one bad decision. I was saying this offense under McCarthy has him playing better than he did last year even if he is not throwing for as many yards. Dak is playing very efficiently so far. If he continues to play this way, the Cowboys will win a lot of games.

 

[Creeper]

I don't sense the usual overhype from the players on themselves. Maybe it's happened enough, and have enough vets, that they can keep it in check. Even Micah is humble about it even though some fans are trashing him for all his media bits. I think a lot of it comes from down-to-earth leaders like Coach Mac and Coach Q. Your team's mindset is a reflection of your Coach.

I wasn't referring to the players. I was referring to all the "pundits" making proclamation after ever weekend, like they do all the time. My only point is it is too early to conclude anything about anybody. They Cowboys are going to lose a few games. No one is going undefeated. It's a marathon, not a sprint. I want to see how Dallas is playing the last 3 games of the season and hopefully into the playoffs. But that seems so far off from today.

 

[blueblood70]

I was not criticizing Dak by pointing out he made only one bad decision. I was saying this offense under McCarthy has him playing better than he did last year even if he is not throwing for as many yards. Dak is playing very efficiently so far. If he continues to play this way, the Cowboys will win a lot of games.

And what I tried to explain to you is he had plenty of games like this in the past even with Kellen Moore give me a break in capital letters Prescott had 37 touchdowns and 10 interceptions which by far probably was his best year outside his rookie year that was as good or better than Patrick mahomes that year 2021 in case you can't remember he can have less interceptions and more touchdowns even playing wide open I'm telling you expect it to happen again and I don't even care if it happens if he fumbles it throws an interception in the game where we need big throws high risk high scoring games Prescott can be that quarterback as well..

Let me reiterate cause maybe you guys just don't understand this, this has less to do with Prescott and more to do with who were our wide receivers last year who were our play callers and who was designing the plays and calling the games that was the bigger problem... Literally Prescott is a drop back pocket passing quarterback he is not a runner he will run when needed but if you need to him to be that quarterback to put up 350 yards a game he can do that there's just more risk to it just like all quarterbacks now you get it just like all quarterbacks the more you stand back there and throw the higher the risk it's gonna get kicked off or bounced or fumbled it it happens..

I'm gonna say this one last time there's gonna be a lot of games in the middle of the season where Prescott's going to have to be that quarterback again he's going to have to throw 35 passes there may be an interception or a fumble it happens it is what happens when you do higher risk type play calls.. And guess what I won't be complaining about it just like I didn't complain last year because we all knew most of it was not Prescott's fault he is not a changed quarterback this year he's just doing what the coach is asking him to do but sometime in the year just like last year,

the defense and the special teams are gonna make mistakes and give up points and give up yards and we're going to need to score Prescott's going to stand back there and do what he's always done and if he happens to make a mistake, it's part of the game..

 

[blueblood70]

Not a overereaction. Cowboys are kicking butt and taking names.

Just wait until week 5 when we go out west and beat SF.

Yes that will be our teams true litmus test when we have to meet the Eagles, Miami , & the 49ers these are the games we're going to be judged upon not these first two it's nice being too you know and beating people the way we are but the real tests are coming.. Especially with the odd scheduling and the three games and 12 day nonsense and all that it's going to wear on our team it's a long season and I'm expecting some bumps in the road but our real team are going to be judged upon those games..

Let's just hope we have left guard solidified by then and Brandon cooks back and everyone really knowing this playbook like the back of their hand...

 

[blueblood70]

SAS still annoying **

made excuses that the Cowboys just beat two very very bad teams and he can't wait till we start losing again!!! This dude just sat up here and made excuses that the cowboys just beat bad teams and he can't wait till we implode. we must beat SF to shut him up!

he and horse face mocking our offense saying its flawed and being coved up LMAO! drooling over SF and Philly..