Weeks 4-7 2016

[millennial_legend]

No Dez, no problem. Undefeated. Games weren't close.

And, one of the games was in Green Bay.

Cowboys averaged nearly 200 rushing yards per game and the passing game came easy with Beasley, Witten, Butler and others getting good targets.

The loss of Dez didn't at all impact Zeke's production and Dak was just fine without him.

Even with a middling defense with a below average pass rush.

Don't forget that.

 

[TheCoolFan]

Yeah but how much "swagger" did the team have without Dez though?

 

[millennial_legend]

Yeah but how much "swagger" did the team have without Dez though?

A lot. Zeke got the lion's share of the glory and his swag was pretty awesome.

 

[aikemirv]

No Dez, no problem. Undefeated. Games weren't close.

And, one of the games was in Green Bay.

Cowboys averaged nearly 200 rushing yards per game and the passing game came easy with Beasley, Witten, Butler and others getting good targets.

The loss of Dez didn't at all impact Zeke's production and Dak was just fine without him.

Even with a middling defense with a below average pass rush.

Don't forget that.

Quoted for effect! Everything works well if you can have 200 yards rushing per game. Back to the old chicken or the egg........

 

[Aviano90]

Quoted for effect! Everything works well if you can have 200 yards rushing per game. Back to the old chicken or the egg........

Zeke is important and Dez not so much?

 

[millennial_legend]

Quoted for effect! Everything works well if you can have 200 yards rushing per game. Back to the old chicken or the egg........

The whole "chicken or egg" theory was... does Dez make Zeke better, or Zeke makes Dez better? Welp, the first one was disproven in 2016, but that doesn't mean the second one is true if Dez is inconsistent and emotionally unstable.

 

[millennial_legend]

Zeke is important and Dez not so much?

Zeke averaged 153.7 rypg in that stretch, Prescott around 30 and the other backs and Whitehead 10-15

 

[Kevinicus]

No Dez, no problem. Undefeated. Games weren't close.

And, one of the games was in Green Bay.

Cowboys averaged nearly 200 rushing yards per game and the passing game came easy with Beasley, Witten, Butler and others getting good targets.

The loss of Dez didn't at all impact Zeke's production and Dak was just fine without him.

Even with a middling defense with a below average pass rush.

Don't forget that.

2016 is not now.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

Weeks 8-11 year 2017

Dak Prescott and dez Bryant and no zeke Elliot score single digits in three straight games. And record futility.

 

[Aviano90]

Zeke averaged 153.7 rypg in that stretch, Prescott around 30 and the other backs and Whitehead 10-15

Yeah, so the running game is key, not the receiver. If we can run, we can pass.

 

[aikemirv]

The whole "chicken or egg" theory was... does Dez make Zeke better, or Zeke makes Dez better? Welp, the first one was disproven in 2016, but that doesn't mean the second one is true if Dez is inconsistent and emotionally unstable.

No the chicken or the Egg was is Dak good because of Zeke or is Dak good on his own. Dez was not necessarily a big part of that equation. The fact of the matter is the passing game was very effective because the running game was so dominant.

In 2017, teams started to take away what we did best. It always takes a year to catch up to new QB's and systems and players. It is proven over and over again. What Dak and the running game did in 2016 does nothing for us in 2018. You have to be able to adjust and it is harder to do without skill players.

 

[Bluefin]

 

[Kevinicus]

Yeah, so the running game is key, not the receiver. If we can run, we can pass.

It's a key. Not the only one.

 

[dfense]

Remember that time a few years ago.....

Who cares

 

[PAPPYDOG]

Quoted for effect! Everything works well if you can have 200 yards rushing per game. Back to the old chicken or the egg........

Keep Zeke and cut Dak.....now that's a bargain!!

 

[percyhoward]

Quoted for effect! Everything works well if you can have 200 yards rushing per game. Back to the old chicken or the egg........

Here are the averages for each game, broken down by half.

1st half
18 passes, 149 yards (5 td 0 int)
15 runs 92 yards

2nd half yards
10 passes, 91 yards
18 runs, 96 yards

 

[cowboy_ron]

Yeah but how much "swagger" did the team have without Dez though?

I would take less "swagger" and more effort.

 

[Maxmadden]

2016 is not now.

2016 is the past, now is now. Technically, now is exactly when you read this.

 

[percyhoward]

You can really just boil it down to this:

SCORING
with all 5 starting OL
300 points on 115 drives (2.61 points per drive)
27.5 points per game
without either Smith or Martin
40 points on 48 drives (1.20 points per drive)
12.6 points per game

 

[GORICO]

No Dez, no problem. Undefeated. Games weren't close.

And, one of the games was in Green Bay.

Cowboys averaged nearly 200 rushing yards per game and the passing game came easy with Beasley, Witten, Butler and others getting good targets.

The loss of Dez didn't at all impact Zeke's production and Dak was just fine without him.

Even with a middling defense with a below average pass rush.

Don't forget that.

for me personally i can live with Dez gone...i think Dez got into Dak's head too much anyway..but i wish we still had Butler..he and Dak were developing a repoirt it seemed....and i can kinda see his point of view that he did not get enough snaps ...but i dont know how things went in lockeroom or with coaches....seems he may have rubbed leadership the wrong way with his mouth....and if a player is not real good...a mouth will get players cut..so i hope the player we got in free agency along with Hurns...( forgot his name ) who is suppose to be sub 4.35 in 40 will be used to take top off defense to open up underneath lanes