Haslett's Defense

I feel your pain....

1-I don't get the 1 down lineman either. I could see if it was 3rd and 15 in which they have to pass but 3rd and short should be a stacked line to stop the run.

2-AH was not using good technique or applying the scheme right in my oppinion. He couldn't get a decent push up the middle. Even the announcers noticed it and commented on his lack of pressure and how he was not driving straight for the QB but taking side angles and getting pushed out of the play.

3-Yeah the cowboys were stupid to stop running the ball so much.

4-Orakpo would have had 4 sacks had it not been for #71 holding all night. Is he still on their team?

5-We would have if not for the holding. But I think because it's a rivalry I wonder if the coaching staff says "do whatever you have to do to keep them from getting a sack or getting to Romo." Might explain why #71 is still on the team and we have not heard he's been cut.

I'm liking the defense also. I was worried about what Haslett would bring to the table but it seems he's pulling his weight. The turnovers were there just not capitalized on in the case of Rogers. Hopefully that changes. I really can't fault Rogers even though others were quick to call him cement hands. I thought as the ball came in and hit his hands a cowboy hit him in the legs up ending him. I think if he's not hit he might have caught it.... I could be wrong.

i think for the 1st game of the season, with real schemes we did pretty damn well. I didn't see the kind of run stopping D we are use to, but I think with time it will get better. I notice they ran a lot to the left, not to the right, which is where there best oline men are. Also, this is the Cowboys offense we are talking about. They were one of the best last year. Holding them to under 100 yards rushing, holding Witten to virtually nothing along with Dez bryant to virtually nothing i think says a lot about our D. The real test i think will come this week against the Texans. That dude ran the ball like freaking OJ last week. And they stick to the run, not like Dallas that feels they need to throw it 40 times a game. Albert better be playing a lot more this week if we are going to stuff the run. Also, scrap the whole 1 down lineman so much. We need 3 run stopping fools in there this week. Albert, Daniels on ends and Kemo at NT.

I'm with you... I don't think AH is NT material. I think he simply doesn't get it or he's purposefully not caring so the team will either move him or trade him. and... at this point I would move him since we paid him already. Put him in at DE with Daniels like you said and have Kemo at NT. That would be one heck of a DL to run through.

I also think our team is somewhere in the middle of being awsome and just good. Dallas was supposed to be #1 offense and #2 defense. I think we moved the ball pretty well but had trouble in the redzone. Houston is not that good in the secondary which is why the Colts were able to score. The Skins significantly slowed or shut down Dallas all game, not to mention their penalties in order to stop our rush. Dallas is the unknown, are they as good as everyone said and we beat them or did they take several steps backwards and are not as good as everyone thought? I like to think it's a combination of the two and hoping it's more the Skins are better then people thought.

I'm hoping we squeek a win out this weekend. This was one of my games I had as a loss but maybe between the defense and K.Shanahan's knowledge of what Houston will do and our offense stepping up we can squeek one out.

If you watch the replay on Rogers' drop, he flat out dropped it. In fact he started to close his hands before the ball even got to his hands. The ball was gift wrapped for him. He just can't catch.

I think we aren't used to as much gameplanning as we are going to see. On both sides of the ball. Blache ran one defense and rarely strayed from it. I am going to bet every week our defense will be catered to our opponent like it used to be under Williams. I liked Blache in a lot of ways but I think ultimately he was just an average coordinator who underachieved with the talent he was given. Don't be surprised when against Houston we line up in 4-3 half the game or something like that. I won't be.

I think we aren't used to as much gameplanning as we are going to see. On both sides of the ball. Blache ran one defense and rarely strayed from it. I am going to bet every week our defense will be catered to our opponent like it used to be under Williams. I liked Blache in a lot of ways but I think ultimately he was just an average coordinator who underachieved with the talent he was given. Don't be surprised when against Houston we line up in 4-3 half the game or something like that. I won't be.

Agreed. Blache was a one trick pony. I think with Haslett we'll see a lot of different looks week to week.

We held The number 2 offense to 7 points.. I wouldn't be to concerned about our D at this point except maybe our Run D.

If you watch the replay on Rogers' drop, he flat out dropped it. In fact he started to close his hands before the ball even got to his hands. The ball was gift wrapped for him. He just can't catch.

That was the first thing that I noticed, even without the replay. How you can mess up timing that badly is crazy. I'm hoping he lost it in the lights or something, but who knows.

So some questions entering this year, with this defense, was that London is too small and will get overpowered by guards in this defense, is that still true? I think he's doing alright in this defense...agreed?

Our defense played well for against Dallas. They did however give up over 350 yards of total offense but they only allowed 7 points. Our defense is still learning the 3-4 scheme and still have a few players who are adjusting to their new positions. AC still looks awkward when dropping into coverage and playing in space. He did make up with his hustle on the field. Reed Doughty was a step late most of the night on pass plays, I think this is just due to his lack of foot speed. He would be better used closer to the LOS. We need a true FS and maybe K.Moore will be the answer when he returns. Guys that stood out was Orakpo, Laundry, London, Hall, and Rocky. This guys played well and were flying around all over the field. When Dallas had their final drive in the game , it made me think back to last seasons game in Dallas when we lost on the final drive 7-6. We also had a fg that would have given us a 9-0 nothing lead but we missed it. Romo throws TD pass when Orakpo missed him for a sack. This season our defense made the play to win the game. Lets hope Carlos can work on catching int's cause he had a chance to end the game with his dropped int. Those kind of drops can haunt you later. The defense must get better at stopping the run and getting sacks on the QB.

I hope the defense continues to improve and force turnovers and score TD's. I will be watching Sunday on my LG 52in in HD on my couch thanks to DTV. HTTR

Romo is pretty elusive.