When will we ever get a really good defense? That takes both good players and good coaching. I don't know which of those (if not both) has been missing, but we've been this way for many years.
When will we ever get a really good defense? That takes both good players and good coaching. I don't know which of those (if not both) has been missing, but we've been this way for many years.
They've both been missing for a while. The defense has looked better in previous games, but "better" is a relative term, and every single bad defensive habit of this team reared its ugly head again last night for the first time in a while. It was disappointing, because the team as a whole had legit been playing a lot better in the last month-plus, and I don't know why they chose last night to revert to what they were doing in April and May.
Both Evander and Phil are suspended for YC accumulation for Sunday, as well, so we could be in for another wild ride in the heat this weekend.
I donтАЩt know if they reverted back into old habits as much as they just couldnтАЩt handle the heat. The team started well but then gave up possession once we scored, and once the team was chasing for so long we just got tired. The players werenтАЩt making the hard runs to close players down, they just looked like they wanted to leave. And in 100 degree Texas heat? IтАЩm not happy about it (both teams played in the same conditions), but it makes sense, and hopefully that means itтАЩs just a one off. Even with that performance it was still better than how weтАЩve looked in Dallas the past many years
That could be, and I hope you're right, but it's gonna be about 100 here on Sunday as well (and turf is always far hotter than grass, it stores heat like crazy, so it may feel a whole lot worse), so we'll see how they handle it and if they can eliminate or reduce those mental mistakes they were making on Thursday night.
When will we ever get a really good defense? That takes both good players and good coaching. I don't know which of those (if not both) has been missing, but we've been this way for many years.
They've both been missing for a while. The defense has looked better in previous games, but "better" is a relative term, and every single bad defensive habit of this team reared its ugly head again last night for the first time in a while. It was disappointing, because the team as a whole had legit been playing a lot better in the last month-plus, and I don't know why they chose last night to revert to what they were doing in April and May.
Both Evander and Phil are suspended for YC accumulation for Sunday, as well, so we could be in for another wild ride in the heat this weekend.
I donтАЩt know if they reverted back into old habits as much as they just couldnтАЩt handle the heat. The team started well but then gave up possession once we scored, and once the team was chasing for so long we just got tired. The players werenтАЩt making the hard runs to close players down, they just looked like they wanted to leave. And in 100 degree Texas heat? IтАЩm not happy about it (both teams played in the same conditions), but it makes sense, and hopefully that means itтАЩs just a one off. Even with that performance it was still better than how weтАЩve looked in Dallas the past many years
That could be, and I hope you're right, but it's gonna be about 100 here on Sunday as well (and turf is always far hotter than grass, it stores heat like crazy, so it may feel a whole lot worse), so we'll see how they handle it and if they can eliminate or reduce those mental mistakes they were making on Thursday night.
Yes, Dallas maintaining possession had an effect on the game. I think the ref had an effect as well.