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Cowboys pass-rushers ready to reap the rewards of the ‘Parsons Effect’- Reid Hanson, Cowboys Wire
Parsons’ impact extends beyond his own sacks and tackles.
In 2022, the Cowboys had six players log four of more sacks. It’s clear, Parsons opened doors for teammates all over the defense.
Starting opposite Parsons promises to offer many one-on-one situations. The “Parsons Effect” has multiple beneficiaries because the All-Pro constantly demands double and even triple teams. Even when he’s not pilling up sack numbers he’s making a tremendous impact.
Look no further than Parsons’ worst statistical games. Parsons failed to log a sack or tackle for loss in five regular season games last season. Dallas won all five games. His impact extends beyond the stat sheet because he opens things up for those around him.
It’s the “Parsons Effect.”
With DeMarcus Lawrence, Dorance Armstrong, Sam Williams, Osa Odighizuwa and Dante Fowler, the Cowboys are loaded with viable pass-rushers across their defensive line. Every one of them stands to benefit when lining up next to Parsons.
Even the Dallas safety group profits from the “Parsons Effect.” Donovan Wilson and Jayron Kearse combined for seven sacks and 14 tackles for loss as defensive backs. Superstars make things easier for those around them which is likely why Parsons recently spoke of his desire to be impact-focused rather than sack-focused.
Why Dak Prescott’s interception rate should regress in 2023- Jotiker, The Landry Hat
While it wasn’t fun in 2023, Dak’s 15 interceptions were likely the exception rather than the rule.
Over a long enough time and enough passes, these good and back bounces should start to even out to give a clear idea of a quarterback’s true tendency to throw interceptions. For Prescott, his past seasons indicate that his interception rate should regress back towards the NFL average next season.
Many analysts have looked in depth and the reasons behind Prescott’s high interception total. Prescott has always been an aggressive quarterback, but the risks he took this year seemed to bite back as his supporting cast also took a step back.
This is illustrated beautifully by @CowboysStats below, with this graphic that highlights that Prescott routinely is aggressive in attacking beyond the sticks in order to pick up first downs, but this was the first season where that aggressiveness seemed to backfire. Looking back on his interceptions, 8 of Prescott’s interceptions came on 3rd and 10+, and another three when the Cowboys were backed up due to negative plays.
Dak Prescott had the league’s 2nd-highest throw selection value on 3rd downs, using a method developed by @LuckyProphet5.
Throw selection estimates EPA for a given throw, assuming typical completion% and YAC values.
Cooper Rush was 47th. Here’s what that difference looks like. pic.twitter.com/TvqU6NT47C
— Cowboys Stats & Graphics (@CowboysStats) March 16, 2023
Dak Prescott had the league’s 2nd-highest throw selection value on 3rd downs, using a method developed by @LuckyProphet5.
Throw selection estimates EPA for a given throw, assuming typical completion% and YAC values.
Cooper Rush was 47th. Here’s what that difference looks like. pic.twitter.com/TvqU6NT47C
— Cowboys Stats & Graphics (@CowboysStats) March 16, 2023
COWBOYS COULD LOOK TO USFL FOR HELP AT KICKER – Mario Herrera Jr, Inside The Star
Last year, it was kick and punt return specialist KaVontae Turpin. This year, it might be another USFL special teamer.
LUIS AGUILAR
We will start with the subject of the tweet shown above, Luis Aguilar.
Although he played in a Cowboys hated city in Philadelphia, Aguilar could come in and settle the current kicking woes for Dallas.
Aguilar is an interesting player because he played dual roles as a kicker and a punter for the Philadelphia Stars this past season.
The Cowboys currently employ veteran punter Bryan Anger and young kicker Tristan Vizcaino.
Anger essentially has his roster spot locked up after another stellar season in 2022, but Vizcaino can be considered just a bridge player this offseason.
Aguilar finished the season with success on 25 of his 29 field goal attempts and 19 of 20 extra points.
He was a perfect 16-16 from under 40 yards away, and showed range with a long of 56 yards.
MATT COGHLIN
The USFL’s New Orleans Breakers got a gem from the Michigan State Spartans.
Matt Coghlin has played like a kicker who should have been drafted onto an NFL team.
Coghlin successfully made 18 of his 19 field goal attempts and all 25 of his extra point attempts.
Perhaps most impressive is going 13-13 from under 40 yards, and 2-2 from 50 plus yards out, with a long of 55.
According to some Cowboys insiders, Brett Maher is a very real candidate to return to Dallas for the upcoming season.
Maher saw great success during the regular season, but spiraled out of control in the playoffs.
Should the Cowboys decide to go young at the position, Aguilar and Coghlin are excellent candidates to do so.
NFC Rankings 1 to 16: Gains, Losses & Where ‘Elite’ Cowboys Stack Up – Corbin K. Smith, Sports Illustrated
Where do you slot the Cowboys amongst the 16 NFC teams?
3. Dallas Cowboys
Key Additions: Brandin Cooks, Mazi Smith
Key Departures: Ezekiel Elliott, Dalton Schultz, Connor McGovern
While the Cowboys lost some big names, Elliott had fallen out of favor behind Tony Pollard in the backfield and the team promptly replaced Schultz at tight end by investing a second-round pick in Michigan’s Luke Schoonmaker. Overall, the Dak Prescott-led offense should be better-equipped with the arrival of Cooks, who will be a fun complement alongside Ceedee Lamb and Michael Gallup, giving Dak Prescott a great trio of wideouts. The defense should remain an elite unit with Micah Parsons terrorizing quarterbacks and Trevon Diggs picking off passes in the secondary.
Dallas Cowboys prediction: Luke Schoonmaker will be rookie snap leader- Reid Hanson, SportDFW
The Cowboys’ second-round pick could be TE1 from day one.
The Dallas Cowboys drafted Luke Schoonmaker for a reason: to replace Dalton Schultz. Schultz, their previous TE1, was a big part of the Dallas offense over the past three seasons. After 2022 rookies Jake Ferguson and Peyton Hendershot impressed in their rookie campaigns, Schultz appeared to be somewhat replaceable.
It didn’t hurt Schultz had fallen out of favor with Cowboys Nation for his lackluster effort in blocking and less-than-electric dynamism downfield. But Schultz was steady and a reliable option for Dak Prescott in a variety of ways. He wasn’t just a safety blanket – he was more.
Jake Ferguson is still a gamble for the Dallas Cowboys
For as confident as Cowboys Nation felt with Ferg taking over, the Cowboys clearly thought otherwise. They wouldn’t have forced a second-round pick at TE if they weren’t concerned.
TE isn’t a premium position in the NFL. Great players can be found later and only desperation or the hunt for a rare breed drives teams to spend early picks on the position. Based on the top draft analysts, it’s safe to say the reason for Schoonmaker isn’t the latter. He’s not exactly the most explosive TE prospect, after all.
The Cowboys were just scared to roll into the 2023 season banking on Ferguson.
Cowboys countdown to kickoff: #70 Zack Martin- Mike Poland, Blogging The Boys
The season inches closer.
We’re continuing our countdown to the opening game of the Dallas Cowboys 2023 regular season. Each day we’ll present a new player whose jersey number represents the countdown to opening day. Today is number 70.
OG Zack Martin
Born: 20th November 1990 (32) – Indianapolis, Indiana
College: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Draft: 2014, Round 1, Pick 16, Dallas Cowboys.
2022 Stats:
Total Snaps: 1,364
Pass Block Snaps: 706
Run Block Snaps: 567
Sacks: 0
Pressures: 17
Penalties: 1
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First Shift 🏒
As the Stars pass the quarter point in the 2024-25 season, they definitely have some challenges.
After posting back-to-back trips to the Western Conference Final under coach Pete DeBoer and his staff, the start of this year has been uneven. Dallas last season had the best road record in the NHL and the best in franchise history at 26-10-5. This year, Dallas is 5-6-0 away from home and also has an additional “home” loss in Finland. That’s something that has to be addressed.
But, conversely, they are much better at home, going 8-1-0 at American Airlines Center, adding to the realization that this is a completely different season.
So when you compare the two performances, there is a lot to be addressed. Dallas was second best in points percentage last season at .689 and is eighth best this year at .619. The Stars last season were third in scoring at 3.59 goals per game and are eighth this year at 3.38 goals per game. That said, they are still eighth in both categories.
But it doesn’t feel that way.
“This team I don’t think has had a ton of adversity these last two years, and there’s a little bit coming at us right now,” said Duchene after a 6-2 loss in Chicago on Wednesday. “We’ve just got to figure things out and keep working and pushing.”
The Stars’ biggest issue so far has been a lack of power play success. Dallas is 25th in success rate on the man advantage at 16.7 percent after ranking sixth last year at 24.2 percent. They also have surrendered three shorthanded goals after allowing only four all of last season.
“We have to find the balance,” said Johnston. “You can’t panic, you have to stay focused. You just have to outwork the penalty killers. You have five guys, but you still have to work harder than their four.”
The Stars will get the chance to do that with some great tests coming up. Dallas plays host to Colorado on Friday and Winnipeg on Sunday. The Avalanche are starting to get healthy and are 7-2-0 in their past nine games. Winnipeg is leading the NHL at 18-5-0. After winning the Central Division last season, Dallas currently ranks third.
That said, this is a strange season. Because the league will shut down for the Four Nations Faceoff in February, and because the Stars took a week to go to Finland, the schedule is condensed. As a result, the players and coaches have to adjust. Even so, many good teams have had challenges this year too, and that’s part of the game.
“You look around the league and we’re not the only team going through something like this,” DeBoer said. “You have to dig in and stick together and get your foundation back and play better hockey.”
The New York Giants’ dreadful 2024 season continued with a 27-20 to the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving. It was the Giants’ seventh-straight loss this season and their eighth-consecutive defeat at the hands of the Cowboys, dating back to the 2020 season.
The Cowboys benefitted from two Giants turnovers, including a pick-6 by DeMarvion Overshown in the second quarter he returned 23 yards to give the Cowboys a 13-7 lead, the Cowboys at that point never relinquishing the lead.
The other came following a Giants fumble in the second half, which the Cowboys converted into another touchdown to cap a six-play scoring drive.
The game started well, as the Giants held the Cowboys to just a field goal after their first possession. The Giants offense took the field with Drew Lock under center for the injured Tommy DeVito.
Lock was under pressure practically half the game, the Cowboys hitting him 14 times and sacking him six. The Giants also had just as many penalties in this game (13) as they did first downs (17), and their defense once again couldn’t stop the run if they tried, with missed tackles–at least 10 of them in the first half alone–an ongoing problem.
Cowboys running back Rico Dowdle captured his first career 100+ yard rushing game, going for 112 yards and one touchdown against the Giants, who saw three defensive linemen–D.J. Davidson (shoulder), Rakeem Nunez-Roches (stinger) and Dexter Lawrence II (elbow)–leave the game with injuries.
Cowboys quarterback Cooper Rush finished 21 of 36 for 195 yards and one touchdown, his leading receiver being tight end Luke Schoonmaker (five catches on six pass targets).
Lock and running back Tyrone Tracy, Jr. scored the Giants’ two touchdowns, TRacy’s coming on a 1-yard run on the Giants’ opening drive to give them their first lead in a game since Week 6, and then Lock scoring a fourth-quarter garbage time touchdown on an 8-yard rush to make it 27-20 with 2:18 left.
The Giants got the rest of their scoring from kicker Graham Gano, who hit field goals of 46 and 47 yards.
Giants receiver Malik Nabers caught 13 pass targets for 69 yards, but he also dropped two balls. Rookie tight end Theo Johnson displayed toughness on a few of his receptions, hauling in five catches for 54 yards.
This is the Giants’ ninth time in the last 11 seasons that they’ve lost at least ten games. This loss eliminated them from playoff contention and currently slots them into the No.1 pick in April’s draft.
The Giants will have 10 days to prepare for their next matchup, a home meeting with the New Orleans Saints. They’re now the only team in the NFL to win a game at home still not this season, and they currently have the league’s longest losing streak.
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New York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito is expected to be out for Thursday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys because of his forearm injury and Drew Lock is expected to start in his place, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Jordan Raanan.
DeVito is listed as questionable for the Thanksgiving Day game, but a source told ESPN on Wednesday that DeVito was considered a long shot to play.
He did not travel with the team to Dallas on Wednesday as he was undergoing further evaluation, the Giants said. The team, however, said it expected him to travel to Dallas later Wednesday.
DeVito took several big hits in Sunday’s 30-7 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was making his first start of the season after the Giants released former starter Daniel Jones late last week.
The Giants turn to Lock after bypassing him following the benching of Jones for DeVito. Lock spent the first 10 weeks as the backup, with DeVito as the third string/emergency quarterback.
Lock has a short week and no real practices to get ready for the matchup of NFC East rivals. He also will be playing behind an offensive line without its starting tackles. Andrew Thomas (foot) is on injured reserve and Jermaine Eluemunor (quad) was ruled out Wednesday.
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