This is the problem. Lawrence must key off a bigger player, preferably an effective one. He is best as part of a mix of linemen. But when the opposite DE and 1T suck and the 3T is by definition undersized, he is at a major disadvantage as are all the LB's behind him.
So has Crawford.
Cool, he's on pace for 4 this year. Good stuff.
Yeah, it looks like that was a dumb bet giving him a huge contract.
He can't do it alone, especially if the guy next to him consistently gets single-teamed. Lawrence needs to play RDE, not LDE, but I think they think he plays the run well enough to be the LDE. Problem is that will wear him out.
There were other times against the Saints where he smoked the tackle. It's hard when the QB is releasing the ball the second it hits his hands. This past game he played well. The other ones I agree he needed to do better.
Maybe we need to just spread it out and let Weeden chuck it. That seemed to be the only way to get him in a good rythm throwing the ball. I would rather run out of those formations anyway. I hate when we go multiple TEs and try to run. It telegraphs what we are doing and forces extra guys near the line of scrimmage.
Weeden is definitely more comfortable in a spread and there's nothing to say you can't run the ball out of that formation.
Too thin to win all by himself. He needs to be in a rotation or play next to a powerful defender.
I think it's exhaustion. When a player gets tired these things happen. He was playing the run strong early. I'm hoping with Hardy and Gregory coming back we can use Mincey more at LE. Mincey is a nice player and all but he provides little help in terms of pass rush at RE. What he would be really helpful at is resting Lawrence and stopping the run on the left side.
Absolutely correct. I blame the running game, mainly.
If we have a healthy rotation the D-line will flourish. I just think injuries and suspensions had us to the point where we are using Lawrence way too much. I also think having Romo in there moving the ball consistently would help a ton. We can point to the run game all you want but Romo averaged like 8 yards every time he threw the ball last year. I don't care if it is 3rd and 9, I have lots of faith in Romo moving the chains.
Weeden is averaging 9.2 yards per attempt. He's nowhere in Romo's league, but he's serviceable. He can keep the offense going when he has a chance.
The Dallas offense is currently going against a run stacked defense on every down and Dallas doesn't challenge it. It's a hopeless situation for any running back. Burn the opponents defense early by changing up and the defense will be forced to realign. Dallas is their own worst enemy for a running game.
I'm not sure that's true.
