What happens when you mix a spooked Womens Nigel Bradham Jersey , unsure quarterback with an unimaginative offensive coordinator and a thinning offensive line? Cowboys’ cocktail and it’s a major problem. Making matters worse, the Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles and their buzzsaw front four gets to exploit these weaknesses in front of a raucous home crowd under the bright lights of prime time football.I often make the case that the Eagles rack up pressures and hits but not sacks with the same frequency due to the opposing offenses’ gameplan. Per Pro Football Focus, Only one quarterback has had a time-to-throw slower than an average of 2.40 seconds against the Eagles’ defense. That quarterback was Blake Bortles (2.66). He was sacked four times.Fighting in the other corner, weighing in at a league leading 10.5% allowed sack rate, are thethe Cowboys. They’re battling with a number of issues along their offensive line that has led to that ballooning number.The last meaningful win for the Cowboys over the Eagles was Week 8 in 2016. Their starting lineup along the line, from left-to-right:Tyron Smith, Ronald Leary, Travis Frederick, Zack Martin, Doug FreeEntering their first matchup this year Brandon Brooks Jersey , the line-up will look something like:Tyron Smith, Xavier Su’a-Filo (?), Joe Looney, Zack Martin, La’el CollinsI count four downgrades: Free to Collins, Frederick to Looney, Leary to whoever, and Smith is two years older and beat up (still pretty doggone good though). That’s a far cry from what is often touted as one of the best units in the league. But not all of the blame can be placed on the shoulders of the offensive line.Dak Prescott is in the trenches of a mental war. He’s hesitant and seemingly hopeless under the weight of the pressure mounting up around him. His gun refuses to come out of its holster and he doesn’t trust anything. Prescott is the 37th slowest time-to-throw quarterback in the league, coming in at a sloth-like 2.83 seconds.Even with reinforcements arriving in the form of wide receiver Amari Cooper, Prescott’s average time-to-throw in the loss to the Tennessee Titans was still a slow 2.78. So how do you exploit this if you’re Jim Schwartz?Weeks ago I broke down a method that Schwartz uses when constructing his rush plan.When watching Prescott http://www.eagleslockerroom.com/authentic-malik-jackson-jersey , there’s a clear tendency. Against defensive line “games”, he will drop his eyes and dart into the space the opening action of the stunt creates. Amplifying the impact of this tendency is his footwork, which gets out of whack when he moves within the pocket. This leads to him not being ready to throw.I spoke about this with Mark Schofield on The QB Scho Show on the Bleeding Green Nation podcast network, you can listen to that here, and he also wrote about this flaw in Prescott’s game for Big Blue View.Simply put, Prescott invites pressure. Per Sports Info Solutions the Eagles are getting 30% hurries/sacks with four man rushes. They don’t need to blitz Prescott. They can stunt any which way, especially to his ball-hand side, and let him come to them like a moth to a flame.The other key to accumulating sacks is anticipating the weakside play-action boot and playing disciplined football against it. Last year in Week 11 Derek Barnett did this and it resulted in a sack. Teams that have a plan for that action have been able to get similar results.Schwartz shouldn’t shy away entirely from bringing the blitz though, as the Cowboys have shown some weakness in picking up delayed blitzes and defensive backs in pass protection. He had a creative rush plan that bore fruit against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 8 and if it hits early for him, he might start to bring some serious heat.He also had some success overloading Bortles’ ball-hand side with blitzes Womens Timmy Jernigan Jersey , which the Jaguars also utilized against the Cowboys and Prescott.The best part for Schwartz is that he likely doesn’t have to do much of anything different with his coverage schemes. Yes, he can add cone brackets like he did against Odell Beckham Jr. to combat isolation concepts to Cooper, but Prescott has lost the battle against cover 1 and cover 3 this year. Per Sports Info Solutions, Prescott is 30th EPA per attempt and 35th in positive play rate (40%) against those staple Eagles’ coverage deployments.Unless Prescott and Cowboys’ offensive coordinator Scott Linehan change their stripes, which they couldn’t manage coming out of a bye against the Titans, this looks like a slam dunk for the defense. Cooper brings a new, enticing element, but on the whole Prescott is who he is and the Eagles front four is in a prime spot to take over the game. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles won’t have time to dwell on another loss.Kirk Cousins and Linval Joseph helped the Minnesota Vikings beat the Eagles 23-21 Sunday in a rematch of last season’s NFC championship game featuring two teams struggling to find an identity.Carson Wentz and the rest of the struggling Eagles (2-3) have a short turnaround this week and get a chance to snap a two-game losing streak on Thursday night at the New York Giants (1-4).“Getting back on the field is a good remedy,” coach Doug Pederson said.Cousins threw for 301 yards and one touchdown, and completed 30 of 37 passes to become the first player in NFL history with at least 30 completions in four consecutive games. His strong performance prevented the Vikings (2-2-1) from falling into last place in the NFC North.“I thought he made some unbelievable throws Stefen Wisniewski Jersey ,” Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said. ” … He made big, big plays.”Nick Foles led the Eagles to a 38-7 rout over Case Keenum and Minnesota’s top-ranked defense in the NFC title game nine months ago on his way to earning Super Bowl MVP honors against New England.The Vikings made all the key plays this time around.Joseph snatched Wentz’s fumble out of the air and rumbled 64 yards for a touchdown to give the Vikings a 10-3 lead in the second quarter. Stephen Weatherly knocked the ball loose and Wentz couldn’t recover to catch Joseph from behind after the strip-sack.“I consider myself an athlete but I feel everyone got a chance to see that I am faster than what I look,” the 330-pound Joseph said.Cousins tossed a 3-yard touchdown pass to Adam Thielen to extend the lead to 17-3 at halftime.Eric Kendricks forced Jay Ajayi to fumble at the Vikings 5 on the first drive of the third quarter.“I do think it meant a lot to them as a defense,” Cousins said. “They have a lot of pride in their work. They put on a great performance today.”Here’s some things we learned from Minnesota’s victory over Philadelphia:SLOPPY EAGLESThree illegal formation penalties on the receivers were just a part of the slew of mistakes the Eagles made. Mental blunders have cost the team throughout the first five weeks. Pederson tried to accept the blame but the players held themselves accountable.“Everybody has to take a long look in the mirror,” All-Pro center Jason Kelce said. “Last year we played smart football, we played as a unit, we were in sync and we won football games.”DYNAMIC DUOThielen had seven catches for 116 yards and one TD. He has at least 100 yards in all five games. Stefon Diggs caught 10 passes for 91 yards. Cousins credited offensive coordinator John DeFilippo, who was Philadelphia’s quarterbacks coach the past two seasons.“I think Coach Flip is giving Stef and Adam the opportunity to make those plays,” Cousins said. “The game plan is giving them a chance. I’m calling plays and going to the line of scrimmage with the belief that they are going to get the football.”ROUGHED UPEagles defensive end Michael Bennett was called for a roughing penalty to negate his sack on Cousins. It appeared he hit Cousins on the upper thigh, held his legs and let go as the quarterback fell backward. Cousins threw a TD on the drive.“He went low into the quarterback’s knees with his shoulder http://www.eagleslockerroom.com/authentic-carson-wentz-jersey , with force,” referee Walt Coleman told a pool reporter.STAYING CLEANCousins was only sacked once, even though Philadelphia’s defensive line entered the game with a strong advantage over Minnesota’s offensive line, which lost left tackle Riley Reiff to a foot injury.“I was proud of the offensive line for only allowing one sack today,” Cousins said. “I thought that was very impressive to play the game that they played.”BAILED OUTAfter hitting the upright on a 28-yard field goal and missing wide on a 45-yarder, Dan Bailey nailed a field goal from 52 yards out to extend Minnesota’s lead to 23-14 late. He finished 3 of 5.
