TNF: Saints at Cowboys
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A player that many on this board were considering as a solid choice with our first rounder. Nice to see him playing so well this year, especially last night against our biggest rivals for the top seed lol.
Dallas will have quite the LB corps, once Lee is back, so...I'm sure they'd take a 4th and a couple of 6/7's for us to take Vander Esch off their hands!
Dallas will have quite the LB corps, once Lee is back, so...I'm sure they'd take a 4th and a couple of 6/7's for us to take Vander Esch off their hands!
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Good retro story only thing is Knox didn't get fired he left and signed with Buffalo. He and owner Rosenbloom had different opinions on personnel (like who who should start at QB), then CR was complaining that they always lose in the playoffs after the 1977 mud bowl loss so Chuck got out and went on to another team.
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Yeah I was really wanting to draft him if we kept our first rounder. But I'm ok with Brandin Cooks instead. He is turning into a stud though. Him and Smith roaming the middle of the field is a scary defense to go up against. Perfect counter to the sideline to sideline stretch offenses that Saints, Chiefs, and us like to do to open up down the field stuff.
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I believe it was a new experience for the Saints fans where Refs made bad calls that had an effect on their team winning. I watch many of a Saints game down here in the deep south. Just always seems they are not usually affected by the refs in the 10 straight easy wins till last night.Highlight of the week so far is reading Aints fans pissing and moaning about how the refs cost them the game and they're the only ones to be victimized by the refs all year
I enjoyed that Dalls win one of the best in a long while. It was nice to see those two Dallas young LB'ers tackle so well & always with a hit! Wonder if Mark Barron watch the game.
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https://www.profootballfocus.com/ne...ek-13-dallas-cowboys-13-new-orleans-saints-10
Refocused, NFL Week 13: Dallas Cowboys 13, New Orleans Saints 10
BY PFF ANALYSIS TEAM
Dallas’ defense was fantastic, particularly in coverage, where they were consistently challenging New Orleans’ receivers and making catches difficult. And when throws were completed underneath, they were quick to the ball and made tackles for limited yardage.
No surprise, but it was Leighton Vander Esch and Demarcus Lawrence who led the charge. LVE was all over the field, making stops near the line of scrimmage in both phases, while Lawrence picked up a pair of strip sacks (though one was nullified by a questionable offsides penalty).
Dak Prescott‘s stat line will look good, but it certainly doesn’t explain his performance overall. The majority of his passes were short with receivers getting yards after the catch. He did have one beautifully thrown deep ball in the first quarter, but that was his only completed deep pass of the night.
Twice he fumbled on sacks, the second coming late in the game where Dallas could have extended their lead. This was after missing a wide-open Michael Gallupearlier in the drive, who had torched Eli Apple on a deep stop-and-go double move and should have been an easy touchdown.
Zack Martin has arguably been the best guard in football this year, but he certainly didn’t play that way in the first half. He was quickly beaten in pass protection a couple of times and allowed a few stops in the run game. He fared better in the second half, but one has to wonder how much the knee injury is affecting his play and what that will mean for the Dallas offense in the final stretch of the season.
Drew Brees was kept out of rhythm throughout the night by the Dallas’ defense, uncharacteristically putting the ball in harm’s way on multiple occasions and ultimately turning in his worst performance of the season.
The Saints’ offense as a whole had very little go their way on Thursday, managing to stay on the field for only 49 plays and failing to generate really any explosive plays either through the air or on the ground. Even on their lone touchdown drive, they were bailed out by multiple penalties along the way to keep the drive alive.
The interior of the Saints’ defensive line played pretty well. Sheldon Rankins had a few pressures on the night and played well on a handful of plays he was in on run defense. He was outshone by David Onyemata, though, as he had three sacks on the night.
Apple had one of, if not the worst, performances of his career. In the first quarter alone, he gave up a 40-yard deep pass to Gallup on top of three penalties in coverage and a missed tackle. He settled down for a while, but Gallup once again torched him late in the game on a double move that should have given Dallas a two-score lead with around six minutes to go, but he lucked out that the throw was off-target.
Keys to the Game
Dallas
Controlling possession of the ball and limiting the number of drives and plays the Saints’ offense had was the perfect strategy. Despite only scoring three times with two being field goals, Dallas did just enough on offense thanks to their defense holding the high-powered Saints to just 10 points.
New Orleans
One of the top offenses in football was completely and thoroughly shut down by the Cowboys’ defense.
Refocused, NFL Week 13: Dallas Cowboys 13, New Orleans Saints 10
BY PFF ANALYSIS TEAM
Dallas’ defense was fantastic, particularly in coverage, where they were consistently challenging New Orleans’ receivers and making catches difficult. And when throws were completed underneath, they were quick to the ball and made tackles for limited yardage.
No surprise, but it was Leighton Vander Esch and Demarcus Lawrence who led the charge. LVE was all over the field, making stops near the line of scrimmage in both phases, while Lawrence picked up a pair of strip sacks (though one was nullified by a questionable offsides penalty).
Dak Prescott‘s stat line will look good, but it certainly doesn’t explain his performance overall. The majority of his passes were short with receivers getting yards after the catch. He did have one beautifully thrown deep ball in the first quarter, but that was his only completed deep pass of the night.
Twice he fumbled on sacks, the second coming late in the game where Dallas could have extended their lead. This was after missing a wide-open Michael Gallupearlier in the drive, who had torched Eli Apple on a deep stop-and-go double move and should have been an easy touchdown.
Zack Martin has arguably been the best guard in football this year, but he certainly didn’t play that way in the first half. He was quickly beaten in pass protection a couple of times and allowed a few stops in the run game. He fared better in the second half, but one has to wonder how much the knee injury is affecting his play and what that will mean for the Dallas offense in the final stretch of the season.
Drew Brees was kept out of rhythm throughout the night by the Dallas’ defense, uncharacteristically putting the ball in harm’s way on multiple occasions and ultimately turning in his worst performance of the season.
The Saints’ offense as a whole had very little go their way on Thursday, managing to stay on the field for only 49 plays and failing to generate really any explosive plays either through the air or on the ground. Even on their lone touchdown drive, they were bailed out by multiple penalties along the way to keep the drive alive.
The interior of the Saints’ defensive line played pretty well. Sheldon Rankins had a few pressures on the night and played well on a handful of plays he was in on run defense. He was outshone by David Onyemata, though, as he had three sacks on the night.
Apple had one of, if not the worst, performances of his career. In the first quarter alone, he gave up a 40-yard deep pass to Gallup on top of three penalties in coverage and a missed tackle. He settled down for a while, but Gallup once again torched him late in the game on a double move that should have given Dallas a two-score lead with around six minutes to go, but he lucked out that the throw was off-target.
Keys to the Game
Dallas
Controlling possession of the ball and limiting the number of drives and plays the Saints’ offense had was the perfect strategy. Despite only scoring three times with two being field goals, Dallas did just enough on offense thanks to their defense holding the high-powered Saints to just 10 points.
New Orleans
One of the top offenses in football was completely and thoroughly shut down by the Cowboys’ defense.
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Yeah it’s especially entertaining after these same fans claimed the officials had no affect on our game with them.
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Highlight of the week so far is reading Aints fans pissing and moaning about how the refs cost them the game and they're the only ones to be victimized by the refs all year
https://saintsreport.com/threads/the-fix-was-in-and-no-one-will-ever-convince-me-otherwise.396925/
Was this another "All-Star" crew like they had for Rams-Chiefs? Because they both were AWFUL and favored a certain team...and that certain team won both games.
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Yeah, I told my brothers last Friday that this will be the game that the NFL reins the Saints in. The NFL wants the Rams in the Super Bowl, and the Saints made it clear that the Rams could not get to the Super Bowl through NOLA.
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As for the conspiracy theory, I dont buy it. If the refs can control the outcome for the Rams, then homefield advantage is irrelevant.
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Seems odd that they blame the refs. I saw plenty of calls/no calls go in the Saints favor. Big ones too.
I’ll concede the officiating wasn’t good. But it wasn’t lopsided, nor indicative of a fix of any sort.
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Great game Rynie! I have never cheered for the Cowboys before. I felt unclean, but it was worth it to see Peyton's face afterwards. Looks like you get Garrett for another 4 years.
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Boy was I wrong, I didn't think the Cowboys had the tools necessary to beat the Saints. Kudos to you guys who called this game correctly
yeah for sure,wow the OP really called it with his hunch the aints would lose. I cant see not going to the superbowl with home filed advantage this year.