What The Dallas Cowboys Need To Copy From The New York Giants

with only 4 down linemen, and because they can do that without blitzing, they can put 7 guys into coverage which makes it very difficult for qbs to find passing lanes and open receivers.

That being said, I also think the Giants are being a little overrated by the media right now as well because IMO their victory had a lot more to do with the Packers mistakes and beating themselves. Giants defense had nothing to do with those 8 dropped passes.

Really? I’m shocked (that was total sarcasm, as this is just what I’ve been screaming for several years now!) I’d like to see them draft the pas rusher from Ware’s Alma Mater and THEN go after DB’s. Move Spencer inside with Lee to help with the the run or drop into coverage (which is what he HAS been doing from the outside spot.)
Oh, and I do agree with TCF that Tony is MUCH better than Fleapie (who has journeyman skills and gret WR’s AGAIN!)

Bravo, Tom, bravo. This post gets a rec from me.

or defense that “wins” games. I do think having one overwhelmingly good unit increases the odds you can beat other teams, but only if the other units aren’t seriously flawed. As much as this season was a disappointment, Dallas beat one of the final four and could have beaten two of the others. The margin of defeat was very small, so that tells me that the difference in talent between Dallas and NE/SF/NYG isn’t huge. So no, Dallas doesn’t need 8 new defensive players or 5 new offensive players. They probably need 2-3 difference makers on the D and perhaps 1 or 2 lineman on offense and they are immediately competitive next season.

I am a proponent of building from the inside out, as I think Garrett is, but I don’t think the task is as monumental as people are making it out to be.

The main thing is that the Cowboys can become much more like the Giants. (I feel so dirty saying that.)

I feel your pain brother!

However, as the examples of the Packers and Saints clearly proved, even an elite quarterback and a red hot offense cannot carry a team.

The big bad SF D generated 5 turnovers and still needed TWO miracle drives by their offense!

Every draft the Giants seem to take a OL or a DL in the first three rounds. That is how they continue to hit on linemen and have no dropoff with injuries. That is where I would start my thievery of their organization.

suicide note reads: NOT ANOTHER ILB

cops cant figure out what a ILB is

You can get by with average corner play if you win in the trenches.

However you can have Sanders stepping out of a time machine and Revis… If a decent quarterback has 6 seconds to throw the ball you will fail every time.

If DeCastro isn’t there go pass rusher and hope for gold.

Time for Romo to find an open receiver. Time to read the defense. Time to change the playcall at the line. Time to get back in the game. Time to mix the mix up the run with the pass. Time to recover after getting burned. Time to get to the Qb. Time to call a time out. Bad time for an injury. Bad time for a turnover. Good time for a sack. Time for Tony to step into his throw. Time to get a gm plan together. Too much time in the offseason ( for young players to get in trouble). Not enough time to learn a new defense. Time for Jason to get head coaching experience. Time for young players to develope. Time for Jerry to learn how to be an excellent Gm. Am I missing any thing? Oh, yeah, Good good thing we’ve got lots of time to figure this out while we watch the playoffs/superbowl with the other teams who are scratching their heads wondering what went wrong! Ugh!!!

Do you take Harris, the CB dropped by Oregon, if he is sitting there in the 3rd round? Dude was considered a sure first rounder until he messed up.

I’d be very interested in a trade with them where some how we get Colt and they get Bennett

When Eli is hurried he very often throws the ball to where the receiver is suppose to be. By that I mean that he did like Troy and threw to a spot and it was the WR job to get there.
That kind of timing route is VERY hard to cover.
If you evaluate the 2 factors in that: 1. the receiver doing his job, getting to the spot, and catching the ball, 2. the Qb taking his steps setting and firing accurately, then you see the only thing that disrupts that (other than an accident like the receiver slipping) is: A. a jam at the line or in the 1st 5yards, or B. pass rush causing the Qb to have to move (doesn’t even need to be sacked because timing routes are about timing).
In both instances the place to look to have a greater effect on the game for the defense is to have the defensive line be disruptive and the reason is because Every Db has to do the same effective job of disrupting the Wr or One Dlineman gets through to disrupt the Qb.

Now when you add to that argument the running game and the same issue: “get better at Dback or Dline” then you see Dline affects Every running and passing play where as Db much more randomly tackles Rbs (and when you throw in the Qb’s ability to target other receivers than the one covered by the new corner or safety then the choice is clear).

If Eli throws a timing route or throws into tight coverage and it is successful he is praised. If Romo does the same he is labeled as Taking Chances.
I see Eli take chances and his receivers MAKE Plays, whereas ours either catch the ball or they don’t. Look at Cruz and the number of catches he caught verses the ones he went up and Made. We see Dez do that, but not as much as Cruz. And yet we also hear Dez does not know the offense so he can’t always be trusted.
We see in games like the 49ers game that Romo had to tell the receivers what they were suppose to run and some (like Ogletree) still wandered around in a void.
So put yourself in this equation… you have to take a ball from under center while watching 5 guys to determine which one has the greatest ability to kill you. While doing that you must also watch the safeties and corners to see what coverage type they are running and how good. Now you must hit your steps, 3, 5, or 7 and within ONLY 3 seconds decide all those things and send the rock down field or else one of the opposing team’s guys is likely to hit you like a UPS truck on a rural road.
Now if your receivers are running their routes with accuracy or enough so to create confidence in you (the Qb) you have to decide whether to let it fly or not. So, as you hear the words “gunslinger” bounce around in your skull and the primal voice screams “throw it you fool, that guy’s about to kill you” , you decide you don’t trust the guy who is Suppose to do his job and you hold it hoping to see a guy come open.
THAT my friend is the difference between Romo and Eli… Romo does not have confidence in his receivers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eli does.
In the Detroit game when Robinson did not fully cross the face of the corner and Romo was picked off -everyone said that was Romo’s fault, BS! The receivers JOB is to run and win his route-which is being hotly contested by a guy on the other side of the field whose job it is to stop him no matter what he does. You don’t win and your Qb throws to where you are suppose to be (with single coverage) and it is YOUR fault; you, not your Qb, let down the team and brought about the INT which helped lead to the loss!

Jason Garrett —if you MAKE that timing happen and you Make your receivers realize EVERYTHING depends on YOU on this one (and Every) play. Then you will turn it around and Tony will feel the freedom to know his guy will go win that battle and get the ball when he puts it where the route/call says to. Watch Eli and Romo with an eye to what you just read and you will become a believer just like me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!