Matts4313 Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 26 minutes ago, WizardHawk said: This is actually Plan B for when Dak asks for too much money. Its time to waterboard you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resilient part 2 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, Matts4313 said: Its time to waterboard you. I will take this a step further I would rather have Jason Garrett as head coach then kropinak as any part of this team. And you know know how much that pains me to say 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardHawk Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 (edited) https://theathletic.com/1374650/2019/11/13/the-richard-report-how-vikings-took-the-green-bay-game-plan-and-beat-cowboys-with-it/ You'll have to buy a subscription (100% worth it btw) if you want to read it, but Sturm has some less than flattering remarks for the defense. Smith and LVE in particular. Quote We were under the impression that a real weakness of this team – linebacker – had become a strength with the rise of Vander Esch and Smith. They were both voted by their peers as top-100 players this summer. To have them both at this age on the same team should make the good times roll. Furthermore, your best linebacker for the decade is now your third-best? Imagine when they could all be on the field together! What a dominant defense this should be. Well, we are starting to see that we better hold the phone on those declarations and projections. The Cowboys’ linebacker problem does not appear to be fixed. Quote The Vikings administered some big-boy football across the board on Sunday night, and the Cowboys did not answer the challenge very well. We always try not to overreact, but in light of how they lost a home game to Green Bay in similar fashion that we all shrugged off as a turnover anomaly, seeing the defense overrun again while the offense played turnover-free football (until the Hail Mary) is quite disappointing. This should not happen. Credit the Vikings, but their entire offensive line is thought to be inferior to what Dallas has and seldom gets mentioned for being anything more than mediocre across the board. With no Thielen and no downfield passes, this should not and cannot happen. But it did. Again. Quote On the season, Leighton Vander Esch has been charged with 11 missed tackles to lead the team, while Jaylon Smith has nine of the Cowboys’ 68. The only way a running back beats you all night is if you don’t make your tackles, and the film will reveal that as a reality. Quote Only four plays over 20 yards and only one to a wide receiver will once again signal the Cowboys’ disturbing performances with broken tackles and over-pursuit. They were charged with 12 broken tackles against the Vikings, which was the second-most all year. (Somehow, they managed to miss 18 tackles against Green Bay in Week 5.). This has been mentioned before a few times this season, missed tackles and poor angles have been an issue. Edited November 13, 2019 by WizardHawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matts4313 Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 Everyone will blame it on a lack of NT/1T. But that wasnt the case. Especially on the screens where the DT's are essentially negated completely. Our LBs this game, the Packers game, the Rams game just straight missed. They whiffed. They attempted arm tackles. They dove at legs. My gut feeling is we are attempting to go the Pete Carroll/Rugby tackle that is all the rage. But step 1 in tackling someone has and will always be positioning. We are often not in position to make a play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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acowboys62 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 (edited) Teams absolutely feast on the aggressive nature of this defense and any cut back/misdirection plays absolutely gash us. Edit: Aggressive might not be the right word, but their intense pursuit. Edited November 13, 2019 by acowboys62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardHawk Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I don't believe anyone in their right mind thought this was actually going to happen. Dallas was going to ride Witten for better or worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Matts4313 Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 Quote “After the play, [Frederick] was like, ‘What are we doing here!? Why are you running this!?’” Odenigbo said with a laugh. “And I’m just celebrating. And saying, ‘Ha, ha.’ And he’s just yelling, ‘Why are we doing this!?’ Ah man, it was just a great feeling.” --------------------------------------------- As for those final two red-zone runs, Barr said he and Kendricks both read run pre-snap and alerted the front line. “The Cowboys show tips,” Barr said. “They’re real heavy in their stances, how they set. Usually, Eric and I have a good feel for that as the game goes on. Whether the linemen are setting heavy or light. Little things like that.” http://m.startribune.com/even-without-linval-joseph-vikings-run-defense-will-be-major-test-for-broncos/564875462/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDsportsfan Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Matts4313 said: http://m.startribune.com/even-without-linval-joseph-vikings-run-defense-will-be-major-test-for-broncos/564875462/ “After the play, [Frederick] was like, ‘What are we doing here!? Why are you running this!?’” Odenigbo said with a laugh. “And I’m just celebrating. And saying, ‘Ha, ha.’ And he’s just yelling, ‘Why are we doing this!?’ Ah man, it was just a great feeling. ^^^^^^For those that caught y question in the gameday thread the next day....that is what I was referring to. To lazy to find a gif of it but you could just literally see the body language and arms go up like WTF. Just as Odenibo said and described. Hard to keep head but can't help but feel ish about to implode or explode. Either way not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D82 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 How many times have we heard opposing teams say this sort of thing about our offense? That it's easy to figure out what we're doing? Feels like one too many... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDsportsfan Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 10 minutes ago, D82 said: How many times have we heard opposing teams say this sort of thing about our offense? That it's easy to figure out what we're doing? Feels like one too many... Weird as F we're like top5 offense (I think we are). Just to many bizzare oddities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matts4313 Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 42 minutes ago, HDsportsfan said: Weird as F we're like top5 offense (I think we are). Just to many bizzare oddities. 2 in yards, 9 in points, #1 in expected points added (excludes defense and special teams, just purely offensive points). #1 in DVOA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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D82 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, DaBoys said: I can't remember the last time we had a good ST unit. It's been years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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