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Have to admit I am very surprised at the result, I really thought we'd lose and to me the best case scenario was something similar to the Chargers game. All three phases showed up and made significant contributions but all three were not without flaws either. Even though it was a 30 pt lead and a blowout win, they have obvious stuff they need to work on or address.
1) Since 2009, that fucking abomination called Jerry's World had never been much of a home field advantage for us. They were an ok home team, but it was one in which visiting teams had it easy for the most part. Something has finally changed though, and the Cowboys play great at home and whatever it is, they have a significant advantage over opponents now at home. They've now won 11 in a row there. This year's 3 wins have been 43-20, 38-3 and 30-10.
2) Prescott followed up a quality performance against the Chargers with his best game of the year by far. The passing game looked good yesterday and there were more attempts to get the ball downfield or at least into the intermediate areas. Prescott was this <> close to a 5 TD/0 Pick performance, because I believe had the DL not been able to get his hand on that eventual interception it probably would have been a TD to backup TE Sean McKeon (the ball ended up behind him and he tipped it too, leading to the pick). Using his legs the last two games HAS made a difference. He doesn't look "elegant" doing it but it's been quite effective. But for the most part he threw the ball great yesterday against a Rams defense that had been surprisingly good all year.
3) Defense came up with a number of "pressures" and Brand got another pick 6. Not sure what happened although it appeared to be some sort of miscommunication between Safford and Kupp, but give Bland credit for jumping on it. Run D was ok but did have some moments where they gave up too many 5-6-7 yard runs. Parsons got one sack early (big play on 3rd down) and had what appeared to be a strip sack overturned by replay. Still not sure why unless it was just a mercy call by officials, we were already up 26-3 at the time. Armstrong had a late sack as well.
4) Love our special teams. Aubrey is an absolute stud. The 58 yd FG he hit was right down the pipe and probably would have been good from 65+. Every kickoff was a touchback again and he leads the league in that category (by a wide margin). He's hit every FG he has attempted this year and looks absolutely effortless kicking it. We got another blocked kick (this time a punt block by Sam Williams, which ended up as a safety). Turpin had one great return and had a tremendous 88 yd punt return TD wiped out by a dumbshit penalty on Nashon Wright (wasted pick)
5) Scouting department has some notable misses with 2nd rd picks, but they have to get major credit for some of the finds they do have outside the 1st rd. Deron Bland looks like a probowler for certain and with 9 games left in season is a legit threat to tie or break the NFL record for pick 6's in a season. Jake Ferguson has the makings of one of the better all around TE's in the making, spectacular TD grab yesterday (good route, great throw and catch) and ended up with 4 catches. Outstanding blocker too. Marquese Bell has been outstanding the last two games and his speed and sure tackling really stands out. Aubrey as noted above is a stud. Kevontae Turpin has some lapses here and there (another dumb return decision yesterday, running one out of endzone fro the backline, also had a dumbshit pre-snap penalty as WR) but he is extremely explosive and a potential house call from almost anywhere on field.
6) CeeDee Lamb is gonna get paid, and absolutely deserves every penny. Best offensive player on our team (by a significant amount IMO) and is just entering his prime. One of the best route runners in the league and is a YAC monster. Is on pace for career highs in catches and yards, despite having a couple games where he was inexplicably ignored in the game plan. Don't see them making that mistake anymore this yr though.
7) As noted in beginning, despite the blowout win there is some stuff they can address and fix. They don't have a consistent pass rush and sacks are few and far between since the Diggs injury. 10 sacks first two games, only 8 in 5 games since. To me, getting another pass rusher should be the teams #1 priority between now and the trade deadline tomorrow afternoon. Do something (Jones idiots) to help make this team a legit contender. Go big for once. Go get a bigtime DL to help Parsons, Lawrence, Odiggy, Armstrong etc etc. Every team now knows if they can block Parsons (even with two or three guys) that we will unlikely hit the QB. The run blocking is still mediocre to poor and Steele had another game where he got worked. Martin also seemed to struggle again and is obviously still not 100%. Pass protection is also still shoddy and needs to improve. Getting another CB (to get Lewis off the field) should also be something they focus on, and there appears to be several decent CB's available they could take a look at.
8) Turpin had the two knucklead plays but otherwise was outstanding. Had what should have been a 88 yd punt return TD (after nearly taking another to the house earlier). Also was wide open late for what probably would have been another TD but Cooper Rush threw a terrible pass. Getting him more involved (and less of Gallup) seems to be a good idea to me.
9) Speaking of Gallup, I'd move him by tomorrow if I could. He had one nice catch early in the game and then just one other short reception after. He needs a new start somewhere else and we have young guys behind him here (Tolbert and Turpin) that need to be getting more chances. Jake Ferguson should be more involved in the passing game as well and is a bigger impact player than Gallup now anyway. They probably cant get a lot for him, but just getting his contract off the books and opening chances for others makes it worth the move IMO, even if they only got a day three pick or something in return. Even better if they can use him as part of package to get a bigtime DL.
10) Really nice to watch a game where the damn refs don't fuck everything up left and right. Only 4 flags on each team yesterday.
Good win and big game next Sunday against an Eagles team that has not looked as good as they were last yr. Would love to see the idiot GM finally do something that shows they truly want to win it all. They have two glaring needs on defense and several teams that by most accounts are looking to start a rebuild. If they got a bigtime DL to help the pass rush that could move the defense from being pretty good to truly special.
1) Since 2009, that fucking abomination called Jerry's World had never been much of a home field advantage for us. They were an ok home team, but it was one in which visiting teams had it easy for the most part. Something has finally changed though, and the Cowboys play great at home and whatever it is, they have a significant advantage over opponents now at home. They've now won 11 in a row there. This year's 3 wins have been 43-20, 38-3 and 30-10.
2) Prescott followed up a quality performance against the Chargers with his best game of the year by far. The passing game looked good yesterday and there were more attempts to get the ball downfield or at least into the intermediate areas. Prescott was this <> close to a 5 TD/0 Pick performance, because I believe had the DL not been able to get his hand on that eventual interception it probably would have been a TD to backup TE Sean McKeon (the ball ended up behind him and he tipped it too, leading to the pick). Using his legs the last two games HAS made a difference. He doesn't look "elegant" doing it but it's been quite effective. But for the most part he threw the ball great yesterday against a Rams defense that had been surprisingly good all year.
3) Defense came up with a number of "pressures" and Brand got another pick 6. Not sure what happened although it appeared to be some sort of miscommunication between Safford and Kupp, but give Bland credit for jumping on it. Run D was ok but did have some moments where they gave up too many 5-6-7 yard runs. Parsons got one sack early (big play on 3rd down) and had what appeared to be a strip sack overturned by replay. Still not sure why unless it was just a mercy call by officials, we were already up 26-3 at the time. Armstrong had a late sack as well.
4) Love our special teams. Aubrey is an absolute stud. The 58 yd FG he hit was right down the pipe and probably would have been good from 65+. Every kickoff was a touchback again and he leads the league in that category (by a wide margin). He's hit every FG he has attempted this year and looks absolutely effortless kicking it. We got another blocked kick (this time a punt block by Sam Williams, which ended up as a safety). Turpin had one great return and had a tremendous 88 yd punt return TD wiped out by a dumbshit penalty on Nashon Wright (wasted pick)
5) Scouting department has some notable misses with 2nd rd picks, but they have to get major credit for some of the finds they do have outside the 1st rd. Deron Bland looks like a probowler for certain and with 9 games left in season is a legit threat to tie or break the NFL record for pick 6's in a season. Jake Ferguson has the makings of one of the better all around TE's in the making, spectacular TD grab yesterday (good route, great throw and catch) and ended up with 4 catches. Outstanding blocker too. Marquese Bell has been outstanding the last two games and his speed and sure tackling really stands out. Aubrey as noted above is a stud. Kevontae Turpin has some lapses here and there (another dumb return decision yesterday, running one out of endzone fro the backline, also had a dumbshit pre-snap penalty as WR) but he is extremely explosive and a potential house call from almost anywhere on field.
6) CeeDee Lamb is gonna get paid, and absolutely deserves every penny. Best offensive player on our team (by a significant amount IMO) and is just entering his prime. One of the best route runners in the league and is a YAC monster. Is on pace for career highs in catches and yards, despite having a couple games where he was inexplicably ignored in the game plan. Don't see them making that mistake anymore this yr though.
7) As noted in beginning, despite the blowout win there is some stuff they can address and fix. They don't have a consistent pass rush and sacks are few and far between since the Diggs injury. 10 sacks first two games, only 8 in 5 games since. To me, getting another pass rusher should be the teams #1 priority between now and the trade deadline tomorrow afternoon. Do something (Jones idiots) to help make this team a legit contender. Go big for once. Go get a bigtime DL to help Parsons, Lawrence, Odiggy, Armstrong etc etc. Every team now knows if they can block Parsons (even with two or three guys) that we will unlikely hit the QB. The run blocking is still mediocre to poor and Steele had another game where he got worked. Martin also seemed to struggle again and is obviously still not 100%. Pass protection is also still shoddy and needs to improve. Getting another CB (to get Lewis off the field) should also be something they focus on, and there appears to be several decent CB's available they could take a look at.
8) Turpin had the two knucklead plays but otherwise was outstanding. Had what should have been a 88 yd punt return TD (after nearly taking another to the house earlier). Also was wide open late for what probably would have been another TD but Cooper Rush threw a terrible pass. Getting him more involved (and less of Gallup) seems to be a good idea to me.
9) Speaking of Gallup, I'd move him by tomorrow if I could. He had one nice catch early in the game and then just one other short reception after. He needs a new start somewhere else and we have young guys behind him here (Tolbert and Turpin) that need to be getting more chances. Jake Ferguson should be more involved in the passing game as well and is a bigger impact player than Gallup now anyway. They probably cant get a lot for him, but just getting his contract off the books and opening chances for others makes it worth the move IMO, even if they only got a day three pick or something in return. Even better if they can use him as part of package to get a bigtime DL.
10) Really nice to watch a game where the damn refs don't fuck everything up left and right. Only 4 flags on each team yesterday.
Good win and big game next Sunday against an Eagles team that has not looked as good as they were last yr. Would love to see the idiot GM finally do something that shows they truly want to win it all. They have two glaring needs on defense and several teams that by most accounts are looking to start a rebuild. If they got a bigtime DL to help the pass rush that could move the defense from being pretty good to truly special.
