Nice win to start the season although there's enough wrong that someone like Jimmy Johnson would probably be throwing a shitfit over some of the issues. We don't have Jimmy though so I am sure Clapper is 100% pleased.
1) Hats off to Kellen Moore, job well done in his debut. The offense clearly looked different and Prescott has never looked better. The run blocking wasn't pristine but the pass protection was absolutely flawless, as Prescott wasn't sacked and hardly touched or even bothered. We have unquestionably the best group of receivers that we have had in years.
2) I'm thrilled with what we saw above, but lets not forget the debut of another young, supposedly hotshot OC back in 2007. Mr Garrett had himself a day, designing and playcalling the Cowboys to 42 pts, nearly 500 yds of offense and a 4TD game from the QB. And yeah, it was against the Giants too.
3) Run blocking needs work, but after Martin and Tyron both essentially missed most of camp and preseason I guess some of it was to be expected. I do think the Giants went in with the idea they were not going to let Zeke get going, and they paid a price. Eventually teams are going to have to make some adjustments for the passing attack, and hopefully by then the run blocking will be where it needs to be.
4) Probably will get lost in the shuffle of the great offensive day and mostly lousy defensive game we played, but I thought LVE's play forcing the throw away that ended up being intentional grounding was one of the real plays of the game. They looked like they were easily going to score again that play took them from what would have been 4th and less than 1 to 4th and 11 and out of FG range. We drove 80+ and scored to take the lead, and never looked back after.
5) Cole the fucktard Beasley had 5 catches for 40 yds and his most notable play was a ball that clanged off his hands for a pick 6. Randall Cobb had a sensational debut here. Cobb had 4 for 69 and a TD and his beasting catch and run for a 1st and goal on a 3rd and 10 was huge. I was super glad to see Beasley gone, and it looks even better now with Cobb in his place.
6) They should be really concerned about the defense. Other than a few plays there was no pass rush and the run defense was terrible. Hopefully getting Robert Quinn out there in two weeks will help, but he missed all of preseason too so it might take him several games to get it going. I thought the defense looked incredibly passive and they gave way too much space to the Giants receivers and didn't crowd the line enough vs the run, letting them easily create huge rush lanes. Marinelli is the DC in title and is the coach many target, but Kris Richard is running the defense and making all the defensive calls, and this is two games in a row (LA Rams in playoffs) that he has been horrendous. Marinelli might deserve to go, but Richard is leaving a lot to be desired.
7) I mentioned it in another thread, but sitting Taco Charlton seems like a poorly thought out decision. Crawford was awful at DE and only marginally better when he played inside at DT. Joe Jackson showed promise in preseason and seemingly got a lot of snaps today, but didn't register a tackle, assist or QB pressure. Tyrone Crawford got plenty of snaps and got credited for 1 QB hit and like Jackson, no tackles. Dorrance Armstrong was the exact same as Crawford.
Again I thought it was a nice opener, they won and looked very impressive offensively, especially the passing game. lets see how they do next week against a better defensive team on the road.
