Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Good news for the defense

This week 2 very good pieces of news has come out. Jay Ratlif the Pro bowl nose tackle is expected to play in week 6, and Anthony Spencer who the Cowboys placed their franchise tag on is back in practice. This is a huge sigh of relief for the Cowboys. This year they have one of the best secondary's in the entire league, but the run defense has been giving up a lot of yards. Jay Ratlif who is a great run stopper should definitely make an impact in week 6. And Spencer who is also a great run stopper will be a huge impact. And it is a good thing they're back for week 6. They play Ray Rice, one of the best runners in the league. So with Sean Lee who is a tackling monster this season, Demarcus Ware who is getting to the quarter back consistently, Spencer, and Ratlif, this team now looks solid up front against the run. Then Flacco is not a consistent thrower, so with the powerful cowboys secondary, they will be able to stop the Ravens from doing much on offense. And with this powerful defense the Cowboys offense now has to step up if the Cowboys want to make the playoffs. This is all a huge improvement from last year and the year before. The last 2 years the Cowboys corners were giving up everything. They added Rob Ryan one of the best defensive coordinators in the league a year ago. But with the lockout he did not have much time to teach his schemes to the defense.  So the Cowboys went big in the off season this year. Getting the top free agent corner back Brandon Carr, and then getting the top corner back in the draft Morris Claiborne by trading up. And boy are the Cowboys glad they got them. They are doing great in this defense. And don't forget Jenkins the former pro bowler. He is also doing great this season. The Sean Lee is getting some of the most tackles in the league, Demarcus Ware is getting a lot of sacks, and people are saying Bruce Carter will become a great. So after being one of the worse defense in the league in 2 years ago, the Cowboys have really stepped it up to become an elite defense. Next bug problem, fixing the Cowboys offense.

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