What happened to Defense being strength of this team?

[Loso86]

No only a losing fan would accept 7+ year of bottom tier run defense that cost you two playoff games. Tell the Jones to fix this issue once and for all.

Not at all, but nruh do you not remeber how bad the WHOLE Defense was.....seriously smsh

 

[Deionindahood]

Don't be so harsh...... we're supposed to be blaming the receivers and their crappy route running.

...and don't forget the refs.

 

[Jimbo123]

Defense was off last night. Sometimes "it'll be like that" some nights. We can blame the weather, bye week, venue, field conditions, momentum, player injuries, regardless of your justification I am not giving up on this unit at all.

Cowboys are 6-3 because of their Defense. Bottom Line!! This defense isn't the 2000 Ravens and definitely need to address some issues before they become a problem inthe future, but a lackluster week 10 showing at Green Bay isn't the nail inthe coffin as some fans making it..

The Cowboys are 6-3 because they have the easiest schedule in the entire NFL.

 

[KJJ]

I’m sure Derrick Henry already has week 17 circled on his calendar and is licking his chops at the thought of knifing through our swiss cheese run defense.

 

[DUO_CORE]

 

[Dak_Attack_09]

Not at all, but nruh do you not remeber how bad the WHOLE Defense was.....seriously smsh

The whole team wet the bed and it’s sad.

 

[Powerforward88]

Defense was never elite, fans just overreacted too early in the season.

We have a great pass rush, a good pass D (when CBs are healthy) and a bad run D.

Add it all up and you get a middle of the pack defense.

This. Even the Lions held Rodgers to 9 points last week and intercepted him 3 times

 

[KJJ]

Not only did our run defense suck yesterday, but we allowed a rookie receiver who hadn’t done anything all season to have a career game.

 

[bewp7]

a unit can have a off day

would be nice if the $40,000,000 a year franchise qb could lift them up like the defense did for the team all season but some do not have that in them

 

[cnuball21]

This. Even the Lions held Rodgers to 9 points last week and intercepted him 3 times

Half the fan base wanted to use the elite work like 4/5 games in…dumb.

We have a super soft schedule and the sample size was too small.

Playing great defense starts with stopping the run…we ain’t there.

 

[Loso86]

The whole team wet the bed and it’s sad.

Yupnits football you take the good with the bad. Lamb hat probably his best game and yet cause an unnecessary INT. For example

 

[nightrain]

Tampa is a nice draw in January.

 

[Dak_Attack_09]

This. Even the Lions held Rodgers to 9 points last week and intercepted him 3 times

The run defense has been trash since the Rams play-off game and the GM hasn’t done a thing to improve it.

 

[Dak_Attack_09]

...and don't forget the refs.

That’s on McCarthy.

 

[SuspectCorner]

So what was the point of Hankins from the Raiders - a shot in the dark?

 

[TequilaCowboy]

The biggest fraud has been this overrated defense that hasn’t been able to stop the run for a decade. They always choke in 2 min drives and end of game situations and should never be considered elite.

Defense got exposed against the run......and it would help if Dak didn't make bonehead plays. Gave up two TDs on his INT and a sure TD or FG on another one. That's 17 to 21 points off the board. You gotta have a bus driver QB who doesn't make mistakes or keeps them to a bare minimum.

 

[kskboys]

So what was the point of Hankins from the Raiders - a shot in the dark?

Did he play?

 

[conner01]

lol.. when the defense holds to under 20 like in TB or 23 like SF, or 25 like Arizona you blame it on somebody else but Dak.

Dak wasn’t perfect last night but he was far from the main reason we lost
We can’t stop the run
We have receivers not running routes correctly
The secondary got toasted
The secondary has some excuse since you lost your 2 and 3 CB but overall the defense wasn’t as good as they have been

 

[DallasDW00ds0n]

The defense is a bigger liability than the offense right now IMO

 

[Dak_Attack_09]

Defense got exposed against the run......and it would help if Dak didn't make bonehead plays. Gave up two TDs on his INT and a sure TD or FG on another one. That's 17 to 21 points off the board. You gotta have a bus driver QB who doesn't make mistakes or keeps them to a bare minimum.

Didn’t Green Bay have two turnovers also and managed to win the game?

Why didn’t our defense stop them in the red zone like the Packers defense did.