 | Josh Ellis' Personal Cowboys Blog |
The Cowboys' offense has scored only one touchdown a game. The defense gave up 27 points on Sunday. There's one sure-fire way to help them both. The team has to start winning field position battles, as it did for much of last season. Against Washington the Cowboys won the average starting point race, shifting the balance by starting one drive on the Redskins' 34, which led to the team's only touchdown. Defensively hey kept Washington backed up and gave up just one touchdown on the night. Versus the Bears, the Cowboys' average drive started at their own 23, while Chicago's mean starting point was their own 36. The Cowboys had poor kickoff coverage, threw interceptions in their own territory, a poorly executed pooch kick, missed a field goal and fumbled, all setting up the Bears with relatively short fields. This also partly explains why the Cowboys gained more yardage, had more first downs and led the time of possession battle against Chicago - they had farther to go. Last year the Cowboys were second in the NFL in opponents' average starting position (22.8-yard line), which helped them lead the conference in scoring defense and make more out of an offense that could move the ball but not finish drives. They need to get back to that. |
No comments:
Post a Comment