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Flat out embarrassment. Even during the years of Ray Rhodes we played Dallas tough. I knew this team wasn't good. But I didn't think Dallas was that good either. In fact they may not be. We may be that bad.
1. Siranni this starts with him. Now I know a lot are blaming his play calling but its really tough to call a game when your QB played as bad as he did. I saw so many plays that Hurts just missed throws that would have made Siranni look better. I will say this though he didn't run the ball enough and his team doesn't seem prepared. Again tough to tell because the QB was that bad. his team is undisciplined with all the penalties (Much of which were legit but seemed like Dallas got away with a ton more)
2. Hurts - Pathetic performance. Didn't read the defense, his throws were short (Both INT were short, doesn't matter that Smith fell down, that throw was short) those were just the INT. I counted 10 other times were his throws were either late or short. you can't be indecisive as a QB. He is not sure if he want to run ore if he wants to pass. That is causing all kind of things to be out of sync. He can't run the RPO game. Don't care about the late TD. He just didn't play well. He need to pick it up because his rent check bounced and the landlord is looking for him.
3. Smith - Bad game. He is having problems with contested catches. That is a huge issue and one I identified would be a problem for him coming out of college. To be a number 1 receiver in this league you have to win those contested catches. The past two drafts we have taken WR in the first round and neither can win a contested catch. Now its early with Smith but so far not so good. He needs to step it up. Reagor on the other hand looks to be a 3rd receiver in this league. Quez Watkins should be starting on the other side of Smith and targeted more than he is.
4. You all know I don't like Gannons defensive scheme but tonight showed me a few things tonight. I think the issues he is having may be personnel related. He tried a ton of things to stop the run and most of the time the LB were out of position. We know we need linebackers and if you look at the Vikings and Colts defensive where Gannon came from they both had star level linebackers. What we have are replacement level LB. His defensive line is struggling with the hard count. Lots of work to do here. I loved the blitz where Sweat got the sack. I want to see more of that. Again it may be he just doesn't have enough of the players to do that.
5. Sippos continues to be our best player.
6. Javon Hargrave has surpassed Fletcher Cox as our best DT. He is splitting double teams and he caused the fumble that Fletch recovered for a TD. Credit the DB's on that play some too, they took away the quick throw and forced Prescott to hold the ball.
7. Injuries are starting to pile up on this team. Can't continue to lose offensive lineman every year. We are now down to Kelce and Johnson left standing.
8. I thought Dillard played OK, he got caught upfield and got called for a ticky tackly holding call. The upfield one again could have been an RPO issue. Overall though I don't think he played bad tonight. I think the announcers made it sound like Parsons was so great. The half a sack he got had to do with Hurts not throwing the
9. Why did it take so long to get Gainwell in to the game? Hurts missed him on one that could have been a long gainer. Then the garage time TD he was targeted a ton. We need to see more of him.
10. Patrick Johnson got a ton of play time early in the game and I thought he played better than Avery has. Then all of sudden Avery and Wilson were back in the game. Just weird
Overall this is a bad football team that lacks talent all over the place. If the season ended today we would have three picks in the top 10. That goes a long way but they are going to need a few more drafts to rebuild this team. First things first they have to figure out the QB position Hurts has to step it up or its Minshew time in my opion.
1. Siranni this starts with him. Now I know a lot are blaming his play calling but its really tough to call a game when your QB played as bad as he did. I saw so many plays that Hurts just missed throws that would have made Siranni look better. I will say this though he didn't run the ball enough and his team doesn't seem prepared. Again tough to tell because the QB was that bad. his team is undisciplined with all the penalties (Much of which were legit but seemed like Dallas got away with a ton more)
2. Hurts - Pathetic performance. Didn't read the defense, his throws were short (Both INT were short, doesn't matter that Smith fell down, that throw was short) those were just the INT. I counted 10 other times were his throws were either late or short. you can't be indecisive as a QB. He is not sure if he want to run ore if he wants to pass. That is causing all kind of things to be out of sync. He can't run the RPO game. Don't care about the late TD. He just didn't play well. He need to pick it up because his rent check bounced and the landlord is looking for him.
3. Smith - Bad game. He is having problems with contested catches. That is a huge issue and one I identified would be a problem for him coming out of college. To be a number 1 receiver in this league you have to win those contested catches. The past two drafts we have taken WR in the first round and neither can win a contested catch. Now its early with Smith but so far not so good. He needs to step it up. Reagor on the other hand looks to be a 3rd receiver in this league. Quez Watkins should be starting on the other side of Smith and targeted more than he is.
4. You all know I don't like Gannons defensive scheme but tonight showed me a few things tonight. I think the issues he is having may be personnel related. He tried a ton of things to stop the run and most of the time the LB were out of position. We know we need linebackers and if you look at the Vikings and Colts defensive where Gannon came from they both had star level linebackers. What we have are replacement level LB. His defensive line is struggling with the hard count. Lots of work to do here. I loved the blitz where Sweat got the sack. I want to see more of that. Again it may be he just doesn't have enough of the players to do that.
5. Sippos continues to be our best player.
6. Javon Hargrave has surpassed Fletcher Cox as our best DT. He is splitting double teams and he caused the fumble that Fletch recovered for a TD. Credit the DB's on that play some too, they took away the quick throw and forced Prescott to hold the ball.
7. Injuries are starting to pile up on this team. Can't continue to lose offensive lineman every year. We are now down to Kelce and Johnson left standing.
8. I thought Dillard played OK, he got caught upfield and got called for a ticky tackly holding call. The upfield one again could have been an RPO issue. Overall though I don't think he played bad tonight. I think the announcers made it sound like Parsons was so great. The half a sack he got had to do with Hurts not throwing the
9. Why did it take so long to get Gainwell in to the game? Hurts missed him on one that could have been a long gainer. Then the garage time TD he was targeted a ton. We need to see more of him.
10. Patrick Johnson got a ton of play time early in the game and I thought he played better than Avery has. Then all of sudden Avery and Wilson were back in the game. Just weird
Overall this is a bad football team that lacks talent all over the place. If the season ended today we would have three picks in the top 10. That goes a long way but they are going to need a few more drafts to rebuild this team. First things first they have to figure out the QB position Hurts has to step it up or its Minshew time in my opion.
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