THE ROCKPILE REVIEW – At the Bye

[Billsatlastin2018]

The critical downfall is on Defense- MCcDs DEFENSE… pure and simple. It absolutely fails on all 3 critical components:

a) NO Pass Rush;

b) NO coverage;

c) NO ability to tackle properly.

 

In that, Shaw’s findings of absence of power and total lack of speed, plus- let’s face it, absence of ABILITY are self evident.

There is no SB down the road with these scrubs.

 

To make it a catastrophic failure, OBD decide to waste all available Draft resources on this poor D and Beanie Boy clearly rolled snake eyes.

NOBODY can get free on Offense (other than Cook who is never on the field for critical 3rd Down and long RECEPTIONS) and therefore nobody eats!

What a total management failure for one of the greatest football athletes invented!

 

It is to weep.

[Mike R]

On 10/21/2025 at 7:23 PM, Shaw66 said:

Maybe what we’ve seen is all part of Sean McDermott’s plan for the season: Play vanilla offense and defense to the bye, then begin to ramp up

I’m afraid this is just what McD’s teams look like. There are no magical adjustments coming.

[GaryPinC]

6 hours ago, Ray Stonada said:

This was an very balanced, realistic summary of how we look after six weeks. We've had this lull around weeks 5-7 the last four seasons. One difference is our defense looks much more helpless. I am hopeful that the players will improve and gel into a solid unit.

 

But I wish we'd play the younger guys with more physical abiliity more: Hancock, Ingram, Walker, etc., over the vets who are barely hanging on, like Tre. Even if they have growing pains, they often improve with game play.

 

A guy like Elam, who has a lot of talent, didn't get the time to develop here. Now he's starting for Dallas and played damn well the last two games--it might be coming together for him finally. 

 

 

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/cowboys-kaiir-elam-demoted-to-bench-role/

 

He's been coming off the bench the last two games.  Where are you getting he's played damn well?  Special teams?

Edited 1 hour ago by GaryPinC