Why did we have grit in Pittsburgh then go flat at home?

[windward]

Which words you pick are not the issue, Detroit is a better team than Pit and Dallas can't handle the better teams. We just barely beat Pit anyway, and we never even came close to matching up with Detroit. Getting killed by Detroit was no freak accident or just an off day for the Cowboys, we got stomped by a better team, and the same thing is probably going to happen against the 49ers next week.

Ok.

 

[Aven8]

Goff wouldn't look much different in Pittsburgh. Get out of here with that nonsense. Lions just pulled out all the stops to win that game.

Steelers are 4-2 and could play against anyone and have a chance to win. They never let the opposing team dial points on them, so they have a chance as long as the game is close into the 4th quarter. They could beat the Chiefs and it wouldn't surprise me. They have the defense to limit them, and if they don't let Mahomes touch the ball last....they could absolutely close them out.

Steelers played their usual game the way they knew how. They didn't try to gameplan around the Cowboys as much as the Lions did.

Cowboys just play better against teams that don't usually blow out their opponents. If you keep it close, Cowboys have a chance. The NFC North and NFC South and those offensive teams ike New Orleans, Detroit or Green Bay teams historically known for offense, trick plays, or fancy play design. If they get up on us early, the game is only really 30 minutes long. We gotta force them to play all 60 minutes, not 20 or 25.

Bottom line, the name of the game is to keep it close.

Nice post

 

[khiladi]

PIT was soft. DET wasn't.

Pittsburgh is grossly over-rated. They got toasted by the Colts. Even the Raiders game was much closer than the score as the Raiders fumbled 1 yard away in the second half from scoring and another INT out the Steelers in scoring position in the 4th.

Steelers were just rushing 4 and running basic cover 2 scheme the whole time. The only reason it was close against us is because of Dak’s dumb TOs. The Steelers have allowed over 100 yards rushing in 5 of their 6 games. They’ve just played against AWFUL QBs.

The only exception is Kirk Cousins who was coming off an injury and limited snaps and they kept him on shotgun the whole game.

 

[khiladi]

Once detroit got ahead, they did not go to a prevent defense, they kept the pressure on,playing like it was 10-7.
That prevented dak from his usual comeback and garbage stats.

On offense they kept trying to score, kept passing and running their trick plays which fortunately did not work.
They never let up like most teams do.

They did not allow dallas to score points in garbage time like most teams have.

I think pitt on that last drive that won the game for dallas, they went into some sort of prevent defense, because it was suddenly
easy for dallas to move the ball down the field.

Wasn’t prevent, they actually played man and brought an extra man up front.

The Steelers front line was worn out, as they were rushing 4 the whole time and running a basic soft shell cover 2 defense without disguising anything. I said with 5 minutes to go, Dallas has plenty of time, as it’s obvious the line is worn out and they just need to rush the ball.

The reality is, Dallas should have blown them out if not for Dak’s asinine turnovers. The INT he threw staring down Lamb, the Cowboys consumed like 6-7 minutes on the drive and the Steelers couldn’t do anything about it.

 

[Steve007]

I thought the last minute win with toughness and grit in Pittsburgh would carry us for a while. Then at home the team went flat. We are a Jekyll and Hyde team. I want to know what happened between these two games that caused such a stark difference in outcomes. Open thread and taking ideas.....

The Cowboys offense wasn't great against the Steelers. The Steelers offense was bad so the defense looked better. Fields is horrible. The Lions are a good team.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

I thought the last minute win with toughness and grit in Pittsburgh would carry us for a while. Then at home the team went flat. We are a Jekyll and Hyde team. I want to know what happened between these two games that caused such a stark difference in outcomes. Open thread and taking ideas.....

Detroit is full of speedy talent at each skill position. The big difference Det qb is much more decisive and accurate on all levels. This translates to an old fashion behind the shed...well you know.

 

[kskboys]

How so?

Someone declared that Fields and Dak were equals as passers. That post was in response to someone saying it is Trance, not Dak, who is equal as a passer to Fields.

"Right?" means agreement.

 

[FVSTONE]

I thought the last minute win with toughness and grit in Pittsburgh would carry us for a while. Then at home the team went flat. We are a Jekyll and Hyde team. I want to know what happened between these two games that caused such a stark difference in outcomes. Open thread and taking ideas.....

Because the Steeler's offense is on the same level as the Cowboy's offense (NON EXISTENT). The Lions on the other hand have an explosive offense that can strike by air and their exceptional run game. The Cowboys are so far behind the better teams in the NFL that it's going to take a REAL Cowboy GM years to catchup to them. Jerry Snyder has pretty destroyed this team with insanely stupid non-moves. He thinks he's some awesome GM who is probably the butt of more backroom NFL owner's jokes.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Someone declared that Fields and Dak were equals as passers. That post was in response to someone saying it is Trance, not Dak, who is equal as a passer to Fields.

"Right?" means agreement.

I know what right? means. I wanted to know why you felt compelled to agree on something that had one post of thousands and thousands.

 

[kskboys]

I know what right? means. I wanted to know why you felt compelled to agree on something that had one post of thousands and thousands.

Sorry, I don't understand your question.

I don't care for Dak, but he is a passer at the NFL level. Fields is not. They are not in the same convo as passers. I was agreeing that Fields and Trance are more equal as passers.

 

[atlantacowboy]

Pittsburgh does not have a coherent offense which makes playing defense a lot easier. For some reason, Justin Fields decided to park the best part of his game (running) and be a pocket passer against us. We hung around long enough to have a chance to win.

 

[LysleE]

Detroit came in and punched Dallas in the mouth and were very physical with them on both sides of the ball to the extent the Cowboys quit.
Maybe you could find 1-2 players on the Cowboys that played hard the entire game.

And Goff is superior to Fields with a vast array of playmakers at RB, WR and TE.

 

[Proof]

I agree. People can say we are bad but you can’t diminish the gsme against the Steelers. It was just a different team. They were physical and fighting. It just wasn’t there yesterday.

right. i've already turned apathetic early this season, and wasn't particularly invested in the pitt game. but they did show some heart, and i did walk away impressed. looked like their might be something to build on there. of course coming out of a game like that even more injured, up against potentially the best/deepest team in the league (not saying they are definitively, but they're in the discusssion) coming off a bye week, and with a meathead coach that has a vendetta against you, and it's a recipe for disaster. coupled with the fact they have (again arguably) the best collection of offensive talent (line, backs, receivers, te, qb and while mcaffrey is hurt) and our defense is down 5 de's and starting cb? yeah... that's a mismatch of epic proportions. would have been nice to see some fight though, and to go down swinging instead of just being dunked.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Detroit came in and punched Dallas in the mouth and were very physical with them on both sides of the ball to the extent the Cowboys quit.
Maybe you could find 1-2 players on the Cowboys that played hard the entire game.

And Goff is superior to Fields with a vast array of playmakers at RB, WR and TE.

That seems to be the theme lately....at home no less. We are spineless princesses

 

[jsb357]

PIT was soft. DET wasn't.

 

[Manster_Mash]

Because PIT is not good and DET is. It's very simple.