Those of you who like high scoring shoot-outs, you got your wish.
Offense: B
There are two words for this grade being this high: Dez Jackson. He came to play. It was such a brilliant effort by our third-string running back, and there were times when he was almost all the offense we had. How many times did he lower his shoulders and drive the pile for extra yards? Brilliant.
For a walking MASH unit, the offensive line played a pretty doggone good game, and Jackson's 200+ rushing yards is evidence.
Sanders.... well, he only had one incidence of "hero ball" throwing off his back foot, running to the left, throwing back to his right... interception. Wallace was, of course, his usually brilliant self w/ 7 catches for 129 yards and a TD. He made a couple of "Only Tylan can do that" catches, including the touchdown.
The only thing that I wish is that after the safety when we got the ball at mid-field we try to move the ball rather than burn clock. Scoring there would be that "step on their throats with a hob-nailed boot" moment. Instead, we didn't even actually burn that much clock. Also, I know Jackson made a "smart play" on his final carry, but, dadgum it, I wanted him to score.
Defense: C+
I can't believe we gave up as many big plays to them as we did. Their first touchdown it was a standard zone-blocking play and we over-pursued like crazy, everyone was caught inside. Our one chance at a tackle was a reach-back-throw-an-arm-out, which he ran right through. 44 points and 600+ yards is not a good day. However, I've graded up because in the second half when we needed big plays out of our defense they found a way to make them. Three turnovers, all in the second half, including a defensive-touchdown. A safety. When was the last time we scored a safety?
Special teams: B+
So, our substitute kicker missed a field goal and EP. Forgivable, but it grades ST downwards. The onside-kick touchdown grades it back up. They had ALL the momentum at that point. Jason Taylor took it all right back.
Coaching: D
It looked to me like they made better adjustments at halftime than we did.
Uniforms: A
I love the orange-orange-white though I would also have loved to see those white script Cowboys helmets again.
Officiating: B+
I don't recall any egregious errors this morning. Someone remind me if there were any.
Crowd: A
I had the sound off on my tv, listening to the radio broadcast, which is my preferred way to watch Cowboys football. The crowd really showed up on the radio. Good volume for a small crowd.
Offense: B
There are two words for this grade being this high: Dez Jackson. He came to play. It was such a brilliant effort by our third-string running back, and there were times when he was almost all the offense we had. How many times did he lower his shoulders and drive the pile for extra yards? Brilliant.
For a walking MASH unit, the offensive line played a pretty doggone good game, and Jackson's 200+ rushing yards is evidence.
Sanders.... well, he only had one incidence of "hero ball" throwing off his back foot, running to the left, throwing back to his right... interception. Wallace was, of course, his usually brilliant self w/ 7 catches for 129 yards and a TD. He made a couple of "Only Tylan can do that" catches, including the touchdown.
The only thing that I wish is that after the safety when we got the ball at mid-field we try to move the ball rather than burn clock. Scoring there would be that "step on their throats with a hob-nailed boot" moment. Instead, we didn't even actually burn that much clock. Also, I know Jackson made a "smart play" on his final carry, but, dadgum it, I wanted him to score.
Defense: C+
I can't believe we gave up as many big plays to them as we did. Their first touchdown it was a standard zone-blocking play and we over-pursued like crazy, everyone was caught inside. Our one chance at a tackle was a reach-back-throw-an-arm-out, which he ran right through. 44 points and 600+ yards is not a good day. However, I've graded up because in the second half when we needed big plays out of our defense they found a way to make them. Three turnovers, all in the second half, including a defensive-touchdown. A safety. When was the last time we scored a safety?
Special teams: B+
So, our substitute kicker missed a field goal and EP. Forgivable, but it grades ST downwards. The onside-kick touchdown grades it back up. They had ALL the momentum at that point. Jason Taylor took it all right back.
Coaching: D
It looked to me like they made better adjustments at halftime than we did.
Uniforms: A
I love the orange-orange-white though I would also have loved to see those white script Cowboys helmets again.
Officiating: B+
I don't recall any egregious errors this morning. Someone remind me if there were any.
Crowd: A
I had the sound off on my tv, listening to the radio broadcast, which is my preferred way to watch Cowboys football. The crowd really showed up on the radio. Good volume for a small crowd.
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