Quote:I agree. I genuinely believe we have good players for the most part. Babich needs to go. Our defensive scheme is atrocious.


Ryan O just posted a stat about the effectiveness when we blitz but how little we do it. Seems like he posts the same thing every week. If you think our DBs can play man like you claim, then take a damn LB or Safety and blitz more!

 

I've been saying the same thing for like 3 weeks!  Why, god why???, does it take Bradley so long to figure something out?????

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Quote:Oh I understand that the bulk of his stats were against Gratz, but I'm thinking it was likely coincidence. I doubt McCray would of done that much better.

 

 

Quote:Again, I get that it he had the bulk of his stats from Gratz, I'm just thinking of it being more due to him warming up than McCray. I don't remember how well McCray was doing against him, but I mean, even with McCray he was on pace for like 112 yards, I can't look up the exact splits right now.

 

For some reason, I have a really clear memory of this game.  In the first quarter and early second quarter, McCray was all over Dez like a cheap suit.  Dez was targeted several times and McCray was right there to either defend the pass or tackle Dez for little yardage.

 

There was one particular play, I believe in the early part of the 2nd Quarter where McCray knocked a TD away from Dez in the end zone.  It was the next series that Dez lined up on Gratz's side, and the rest is, as you say, history.


I remember asking, why did they let Gratz cover Dez when McCray was covering him so well...  Apparently, our coaches only teach our CBs how to cover on one side of the field?  I didn't even know that was a thing...

 

Either way, yes, McCray pretty much shut down Dez until the Cowboys "adjusted" and moved Dez to the other side of the field.   "Adjusted" a word that is not heard of around these parts.

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