ravidubey
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Megatron and Stafford were unbelievably wasted in Detroit. That combination of pure arm and unique receiving talent on it's own would be nearly impossible to replicate-- very, very rare.
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ravidubey
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Disregard any lasting impression based off a game vs a team as bad as New York is this year.
I'm more encouraged by the team's steady improvement, particularly the offense's, since San Francisco.
I think if we can fix Terence Steele, we have a shot to do a lot of damage in the playoffs.
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Beat a team on the road that has a winning record (Buffalo, Miami) and I'll start paying attention.
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you have to consider the shitty ending, against the shitty opponent. Then the next series went 3 and out.
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True that something like that would be a better litmus test (shout-out Dak for not knowing what that is) than the Giants, but I've contended that the only real test will be in the second round of the playoffs and beyond, and I'm going to hold to that. Even if they sweep through buffalo and Miami.
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The shitty ending matters, but it also matters that they drove to a point in the field that was so disadvantageous to the Giants when they took over that the Giants couldn't dig themselves out of it and they gave the ball back to us around midfield.
Our first drive was not entirely unsuccessful despite the lack of points.
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I will be frustrated any time we fail 4 times inside the 5 yard line.
And in hindsight, seeing how terrible the Giants are, it still blows chunks.
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No shit. Sorry, but I'm not excited by this win. This is what we've been doing; beat the brakes off inferior teams and then shit the bed playing someone over .500.
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Steady improvement while staying in contention is the key.
We suck on grass. Our team is built for speed while the Eagles and especially 49ers are made for grass and grass-hybrid turf.
Getting our offense right, and then getting better on grass/hybrid surfaces should be our focus.
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Listening to the Fan today I heard a couple of things that were interesting.
First Skip Peete told them on his way out that if they wanted to feature Tony Pollard then they would need to get a second RB. Team ignored that evidently.
Second the guys on the radio said that Pollard admitted 3 different times last year that he was a 15 carry guy and after 15 he was done. I don't know what the done means exactly. Either he is saying that is all he wants or he is admitting to what the doubters think of him.
Just more evidence that the FO dropped the ball on the position.
First Skip Peete told them on his way out that if they wanted to feature Tony Pollard then they would need to get a second RB. Team ignored that evidently.
Second the guys on the radio said that Pollard admitted 3 different times last year that he was a 15 carry guy and after 15 he was done. I don't know what the done means exactly. Either he is saying that is all he wants or he is admitting to what the doubters think of him.
Just more evidence that the FO dropped the ball on the position.
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I found it interesting that it was blatantly put out there and nothing done. I do like Dowdle as a #2 now but nobody knew that going in. It took a last minute decision for him to even be on the team. The FO just continues to handicap the team everytime you turn around.
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I remember that from last year and I think that turned out to be not true. I think they are referring to this and misremembering:
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Cowboys running backs coach Skip Peete told Clarence Hill Jr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that Pollard said he was "done" after 30 plays in Sunday's win over the Chicago Bears.
"[Pollard] played a total of 30 plays, and I think that’s his max—as far as total play count— because then the juice doesn’t become the same and he’s not as quick, not as fast," Peete said of the 25-year-old.
And Pollard's response:
Cowboys' Tony Pollard disagrees with RB coach on maximum snap load: 'Whatever they need me to do, I got it'
Pollard says he was joking when he told Skip Peete he was done for the day after a 54-yard touchdown run
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Week 9, the Cowboys finally had an opportunity to see what Pollard looked like when given a feature back role as Elliott sat out with a knee injury; but curiously, he played only 53% of the snaps against the Chicago Bears. (He still took his 15 touches for 147 total yards and three touchdowns.) When asked about it, Cowboys running backs coach Skip Peete told reporters that he feels Pollard has around a 30-snap-per-game maximum because he becomes not quite as effective after that.
Pollard seemingly disagrees. "I definitely can do more" than 30 snaps, Pollard said, per the Dallas Morning News. "I'm pretty sure he didn't mean exactly a 30-play cutoff."
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I remember that from last year and I think that turned out to be not true. I think they are referring to this and misremembering:
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Cowboys running backs coach Skip Peete told Clarence Hill Jr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that Pollard said he was "done" after 30 plays in Sunday's win over the Chicago Bears.
"[Pollard] played a total of 30 plays, and I think that’s his max—as far as total play count— because then the juice doesn’t become the same and he’s not as quick, not as fast," Peete said of the 25-year-old.
And Pollard's response:
Cowboys' Tony Pollard disagrees with RB coach on maximum snap load: 'Whatever they need me to do, I got it'
Pollard says he was joking when he told Skip Peete he was done for the day after a 54-yard touchdown run
Week 9, the Cowboys finally had an opportunity to see what Pollard looked like when given a feature back role as Elliott sat out with a knee injury; but curiously, he played only 53% of the snaps against the Chicago Bears. (He still took his 15 touches for 147 total yards and three touchdowns.) When asked about it, Cowboys running backs coach Skip Peete told reporters that he feels Pollard has around a 30-snap-per-game maximum because he becomes not quite as effective after that.
Pollard seemingly disagrees. "I definitely can do more" than 30 snaps, Pollard said, per the Dallas Morning News. "I'm pretty sure he didn't mean exactly a 30-play cutoff."
Good. Im glad he didnt say that because thats not a guy that I would want on my team.
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