2016 NFL Week #16: Detroit Lions (9-5) @ Dallas Cowboys (12-2)

[Scot]

And so it begins.....

 

[jeremysmith214]

They still need a pass rusher but I would love to see them get a stud MLB. Someone the caliber of and similar to Kuechly or Sean Lee.

My honest opinion. I rather start benson and Irving next year at the Defensive End Positions. Draft a dtackle to compliment Collins.

Was it just me but Gregory is severely overhyped. I'm not saying he can't be a star in this league but I don't think he can be a DEnd in the league

 

[LAZARUS_LOGAN]

Because nobody's getting the touches. Nobody's really tried to run the ball.

Maybe because they haven't had success. If you are going to make that argument, than you can question the legitimacy of the Ravens #2, Patriots #3, Panthers #4, Titans #5, and Steelers #6 run defenses.

 

[MrB]

Because nobody's getting the touches. Nobody's really tried to run the ball.

Because teams don't want to get behind. They know once they get behind they're going to have to climb a long uphill battle to stay in the game. They feel they HAVE to throw.

That's why Atlanta and Green Bay don't scare me going into the playoffs. Can Rodgers and Ryan beat the Cowboys? Sure they can. They will have to play a perfect game though because their defenses aren't good enough to hold the Cowboys offense. Once they make a mistake they're playing catch-up and they're playing right into the Cowboys hands.

 

[Scot]

My honest opinion. I rather start benson and Irving next year at the Defensive End Positions. Draft a dtackle to compliment Collins.

Was it just me but Gregory is severely overhyped. I'm not saying he can't be a star in this league but I don't think he can be a DEnd in the league

There are a number of issues with Gregory

This was his first game all season so I expected him to be out of shape. I said it before the game started

But first and foremost he has proven he can not be trusted. I stopped counting the failed drug tests at six

All this hype for a kid who has yet to record a single sack

He may be great someday. But he has to get out of his own way first!

Mark my words, he will be suspended for drugs again and next time it's for an entire season

 

[Bushmaster78FS]

It's too early to know who's coming to dinner yet. There's still one more regular season game left, then of course the wild card round on our bye week. We won't know until after that wild card game.

For sure, just trying to have an idea. If NYG played GB for example, Packers would beat the Giants in my opinion.

 

[Doomsday]

Maybe because they haven't had success. If you are going to make that argument, than you can question the legitimacy of the Ravens #2, Patriots #3, Panthers #4, Titans #5, and Steelers #6 run defenses.

You gotta look at the attempts. We are LAST in the league in rushing attempts against us. Those defenses are legitimate run stoppers because they have a ton of attempts against them compared to us. Nobody's really tried all that hard to run on us and the first one who does is gonna get 200+ on us.

This game tonight is the 8th or 9th time we've seen this, getting gashed - then the opponent just abandons it.

 

[Doomsday]

For sure, just trying to have an idea. If NYG played GB for example, Packers would beat the Giants in my opinion.

That'll be one hell of a war though. I'll watch.

 

[Scot]

This game tonight is the 8th or 9th time we've seen this, getting gashed - then the opponent just abandons it.

Sounds like the Cowboys playbook all season

 

[Doomsday]

Sounds like the Cowboys playbook all season

Huh? That's the OLD Dallas playbook. Since 2014 though we generally don't abandon the run when it's working.

 

[yimyammer]

If Atlanta loses to the #6 seed, then no they wouldn't come to Dallas. Dallas would have already lost. But that was not his question.

What?

Yes the #6 seed would come to Dallas if they beat the #3 seed (Atlanta) and Dallas wouldn't have played a playoff game yet so there is no way they would have already lost.

Are you drunk?

The Way the winner of the Giants vs GB game comes to Dallas is if Atlanta wins

and I do believe this was Bushmaster78FS question, feel free to correct me Bush if I misunderstood

 

[Scot]

Wtf are you talking about?

How many times this year has Zeke been rolling and we take him out and put in Morris who doesn't do shit?

It's happened all damn season. You have bitched about it yourself

 

[Scot]

That didn't take long to go to shit

 

[JBond]

My honest opinion. I rather start benson and Irving next year at the Defensive End Positions. Draft a dtackle to compliment Collins.

Was it just me but Gregory is severely overhyped. I'm not saying he can't be a star in this league but I don't think he can be a DEnd in the league

If he can get his shit together he has the potential to be a special player. He has that rare ability to stay balanced as he gets low and beats the T on the outside and also has a spin move to go inside. He can also play with power.

 

[Doomsday]

Wtf are you talking about?

How many times this year has Zeke been rolling and we take him out and put in Morris who doesn't do shit?

It's happened all damn season. You have bitched about it yourself

You're confused. We still kept running the ball. It doesn't matter the ball carrier, we didn't abandon the run. We just rested the starter here and there.

Tonight we saw from Detroit what we used to do. They just stopped calling running plays altogether.

 

[MrB]

My honest opinion. I rather start benson and Irving next year at the Defensive End Positions. Draft a dtackle to compliment Collins.

Was it just me but Gregory is severely overhyped. I'm not saying he can't be a star in this league but I don't think he can be a DEnd in the league

I wouldn't be upset with that either. Trading Romo should fetch them another premium pick. The 2017 draft could be the year they completely rebuild their defense. And I'm not even factoring in Jaylon Smith who I don't expect to ever play again.

 

[bbgun]

Talk about a tale of two halves. Whatever adjustments we made on D worked. Was surprised the play-by-play guy thought slamming Zeke into the ground was a "tackle" and therefore aok.

 

[Doomsday]

Whatever adjustments we made on D worked.

Yes, getting them to just totally abandon the run was a genius adjustment on our part.

 

[yimyammer]

That didn't take long to go to shit

Would be nice if jeri would throw his fucking weight around and tell those mother fuckers he's playing this year and fuck off with the run around bullshit

 

[Doomsday]

Because teams don't want to get behind. They know once they get behind they're going to have to climb a long uphill battle to stay in the game. They feel they HAVE to throw.

Detroit had the LEAD tonight, when they abandoned the run game. Teams do that for the same reason we used to - running the ball just isn't sexay enough for them.