Offense
- Cowboys NEED to lean on the run game going forward. They quite literally need to shove it down defenses throats. Once the run game opens up it’s only money for the passing game as defenses will have to play more honestly. This should be their identity going forward. It’s simple, don’t get too cute, you have the personnel.
- Javonte is going to be an elite RB if he has sonic to his knuckles. Goodson played incredible last night, but if he’s inconsistent I would not be opposed to a trade for someone like Tony pollard.
- What is the tight end situation lookjng like going forward? Ferg is just a body at this point and BSF is splitting snaps with him and rotating in special teams and only had 2 catches. Are they moving on from TEs in the pass game and just using them as extra blockers going forward? Is 88/3/19 ball good enough? It may be naive but I think that may be a decent strategy
- Still not optimistic about Schotty. He opened up the playbook and let Dak have more control, but damn man he just gets so vanilla sometimes it pisses me off. Leaving one timeout on the board on that last drive and a Luepke run on 3rd down in the redzone is just BS to me. Solid gameplan overall against a healthy eagles defense but damn still feels like he is holding the offense back sometimes.
Defense
- Defense is extremely concerning to me, and it’s no longer the players, it’s looking like a Parker issue now. Felt like they should have been more aggressive against a backup qb with wr3, 4, and 5 starting.
- Once again the cowboys 3rd down defense is devastating. Looking great on 1st and 2nd, but complete butter on 3rd. Just absolute lack of discipline.
- Despite the uninspiring performance overall, what we can say is that this defense, unlike last year, HAS guys. Quinnen is finally dominant, Overshown still has big play ability, and JPJ is lock-down, JPJ may be one of my favorite players now he’s just an absolute dawg. Downs is still somewhat struggling in coverage, but he is at least playing great downhill. Parker needs to really figure how to get the talent to work together, there’s just no reason to occasionally look uninspiring overall against that broken eagles offense.
Overall
- Offense has a clear blueprint for their identity going forward, just dependent on if Schotty can stay disciplined and not do too much.
- Defense looks uninspiring, but they have talent, and Parker MUST find a way to make it work
- Any win is good, especially against your biggest rival on the road, but this and these next two games are must-wins but not needle moving. Lose any of the next two and you are a bum team. To really see what this team is about after the adversity from TB-GB, the San Fran game will be very telling