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Originally Posted by JMcLellan
I don't understand the Cowboys. There are games where they go out and absolutely destroy their competition. And then they go lay an egg like yesterday. Seems like it's either best case scenario or worst case scenario for them. The lack of discipline might be the theme that sinks them in their bad games. I still think they can beat anyone as long as they stay out of their own way.
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Originally Posted by lakefront
How many GOOD teams have they destroyed? They are very good at smashing bad teams.....they beat Philly convincingly (this time) but otherwise?
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Their problem is they are built on defense to play with a lead. Dan Quinn has built a defense designed around defending the pass and getting to the QB. Tons of speed, but the LBs and DL are undersized. So if they get down or get in to a grind it out on the ground style game, they are in trouble. Add to it 3 personal fouls on 3rd/4th down that extended drives and ultimately led to 21 points, and it was a disaster from the start.
Similarly on offense, they are built to take advantage of their speed. The run game, and especially Pollard, is not built to to run up the middle and wear down a defense all game. And when they come across a team with similar speed, they arent able to get to the edges and break something free.
Buffalo had a great gameplan to mitigate both things the Cowboys do well. They avoided putting Allen in a position to throw the ball and let the Cowboys Pass Rush tee off on him. And they played zone coverage and avoided letting the Cowboys playmakers getting open space.
Hopefully, the Cowboys do what they did after the 9ers loss and come up with some gameplans to counter this. Because this is what you are going to see in the playoffs on the road in poor weather. I'm not worried about playing the NFC South winner in the WC weekend, if they do end up the #5 seed, but going on the road to Philly in probably a poor weather game, and ultimately having to go on the road in SF, wont go well if they stick to what theyve been doing.
Still a great team, they are now #2 in point differential and you dont get that by accident. Eagles for example have a 146pt lower point differential, but they need to figure out how to fix their weaknesses if they want to make a deep run.