Hard Knocks Life Vol. 3-Will the Defense be up to Par(sons)- ‘21 Cowboys Season Thread

[Slimkid07]

Dak garbage time argument single-handidly put to bed in 1 night. Was asked to carry the offense and did so amazingly. No running game at all, no Martin, and carved these dudes up effortlessly.


Hate that we loss, but this team looks like a contender based off the offense alone.

We have to get better in the redzone.

 

[kevm3]

There's no way I trade McGovern and chip away at a strength. I'd trade away next year's first though

 

[Ghpstface]

How we bounce back from this game will tell me everything I need to know about this team

 

[El Bombi]

cmon breh thats not what killed us

Cowboys wasn't able to stop the run breh.

shyt, Vita Vea was able to stall key Cowboys drives by himself with pressure up the middle.

Cowboys haven't had anyone to wreck havoc like that since pre-arm injury Jay Ratliff.

Dumb and Dumber refuse to invest in a legit defensive tackle.

They decided to draft Mo Bust over replacing an injured Jay Ratliff with Fletcher Cox.

And we see how that turned out.

 

[Dallas' 4 Eva]

We should be able to win games with Dak missing a few throws. QB's miss throws all the time. If that breaks your gameplan then the gameplan is garbage



Nah bro it's not that at all

It's just like saying "you had a heart attack and and the cancer tests came back positive, but we noticed you had a really bad cavity so we're gonna focus on that"

Like everybody in this thread should be calling for Zeurlein to be cut asap

But its really nikkas in here complaining that Dak wasn't "on point" enough

That's the problem with the whole franchise is that instead of saying "an AVERAGE defense would make us a top 10 team" they say "a LEGENDARY qb could make the garbage tier defense not matter"

Look at Aaron Rodgers entire career aside from the SB run

Dak could be legendary every single game and we would never win a damn thing

You spoke a MOUTHFUL here. That's why I usually laugh at most of this fanbase. Always wanting to blame the wrong shyt.

Dak had an 11 month injury layoff, no preseason snaps, and a bum shoulder and he was playing the defending champs that just held Mahomes to 9 points off FGs in the Super Bowl and for the most part he balled. The one pick he had was a drop by his receiver. He legit exceeded the expectations I had for tonight, I honestly expected him to play like tonight, and he played more like .

 

[smitty22]

Do we really need to spend another whole draft on just defensive players?

Nope just play the ones we just drafted

 

[dtownreppin214]

I went to sleep angry at the defense, I wake up angry at the offense. Three times the offense fukked up.

1.) 1Q - Opening drive drops by Ceedee.
2.) 3Q - Kicking a field goal inside the Bucs' 3 yd line after the J-Lew INT.
3.) 4Q - Their approach after the 1:51 min mark timeout/Giving the ball back to Brady.

At the end of the game, you cannot give him the ball back. They came out of that timeout and had a miscommunication btw Dak and CeeDee, I had a feeling right then and there that we were going to lose.

 

[Thegospel]

Vita Vea squashed any hopes of running down the clock. I dont give a damn if Ceedee and Dak had Dez/Romo communication. If Vita Vea wasnt a Buc we win that game

I went to sleep angry at the defense, I wake up angry at the offense. Three times the offense fukked up.

1.) 1Q - Opening drive drops by Ceedee.
2.) 3Q - Kicking a field goal inside the Bucs' 3 yd line after the J-Lew INT.
3.) 4Q - Their approach after the 1:51 min mark timeout/Giving the ball back to Brady.

At the end of the game, you cannot give him the ball back. They came out of that timeout and had a miscommunication btw Dak and CeeDee, I had a feeling right then and there that we were going to lose.

 

[BlueHeffner]

I went to sleep angry at the defense, I wake up angry at the offense. Three times the offense fukked up.

1.) 1Q - Opening drive drops by Ceedee.
2.) 3Q - Kicking a field goal inside the Bucs' 3 yd line after the J-Lew INT.
3.) 4Q - Their approach after the 1:51 min mark timeout/Giving the ball back to Brady.

At the end of the game, you cannot give him the ball back. They came out of that timeout and had a miscommunication btw Dak and CeeDee, I had a feeling right then and there that we were going to lose.

I feel exactly the same



dnt forget to add Zeke looking and not being able to make a practice squad DB miss

 

[dtownreppin214]

Vita Vea squashed any hopes of running down the clock. I dont give a damn if Ceedee and Dak had Dez/Romo communication. If Vita Vea wasnt a Buc we win that game

I said the same thing after the game - Vea was a difference-maker. So, I did not expect them to run out the clock, b/c I wasn't expecting them to play for the field goal w/ Zucchini kicking. I knew they needed to pass, so I didn't have a problem with the pass plays that point in the game. You just can't get behind the chains there. You can't have a miscommunication coming out of a timeout. Also, didn't like how that play was designed to get out of bounds. We needed to be running the clock.

 

[dtownreppin214]

At the end of the day, it's always something with this team. They are becoming professional losers. They'll look good, but 3-5 plays a game almost always come back to bite them. Going back to last season and the preseason, they've now lost 7 straight games.

 

[Thegospel]

I feel exactly the same



dnt forget to add Zeke looking and not being able to make a practice squad DB miss

I gave Jaylon a clean slate before week 1 but he failed. Ima give Zeke a pass because Tampa front is too good
He play basic against Chargers I'll throw him away with Jaylon

 

[dtownreppin214]

I feel exactly the same



dnt forget to add Zeke looking and not being able to make a practice squad DB miss

My first reaction on that play was I miss Martellus Bennett. We haven't had proper blocking TEs in years. I'll need to watch the replay to see if Zeke could have given a better effort.

It sucks we're probably not going to be able to use Dak's legs on the goalline anymore.

 

[dtownreppin214]

Dline still can’t get pressure
Anthony Brown gotta go
Zeke might be an off-season cut to save money
WR core is nice
Oline still holding on that BS
Jaylon smith still running nowhere fast

They just re-worked his contract making him harder to cut (we'll him more money now).

 

[dtownreppin214]

The kicker actually redeemed himself.

Dak didn’t play in the preseason and missed the final 11 games last year.


This loss falls squarely on the nikkas on defense that’s been here the longest

jaylon smith
Lawrence
Lewis
LVE
Anthony Brown


You know, the same players that have been use to losing. They’re comfortable with moral victories

Nah he didn't. IF he just makes the extra point, we're probably going to overtime.