Youth on the DL

[Irvin88_4life]

Did not mean to offend, but look beyond the stats and recall that in the 2nd half Cowboys D could not get Packers off the field and while they bottled up Lacy (and Rodgers) in the first half he picked up chunks of yards at will at the end of the game.

It was the passing game that killed us not the run game

 

[AzorAhai]

It was the passing game that killed us not the run game

More directly, the inability for the DL to get home on a one legged QB that killed us. That should be an area of strength this year.

 

[endersdragon]

The Lions D is really good, are you really trying to compare last years Cowboys D to the best Run stopping D in the league? While our D improved .last season from year before, Cowboys still struggled to stop run consistently especially at end of games. We were also assisted in this stat because it was even easier for teams to throw on us. The D played hard, but D was buoyed by offense keeping D off field and D's ability to generate turnovers. Not trying to undermine our D, just being honest.

No but if all that matters is when the game is on the line against good teams, then in that case the Lions allowed the Packers 1 more rushing yard than we did. If you take the whole season as a whole... then we were 8th in run defense.