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Cowboys defense is last in the NFL in turnovers www.cowboysauthorizedshops.com , only defense yet to record an interception Kris Richard has bCowboys defense. Bringing in part of the braintrust behind Seattleâs famous Legion of Boom ignited confidence that he could build a similarly strong secondary in Big D. With a mind like Kris Richard guiding the likes of Chidobe Awuzie, Byron Jones, and friends, surely things were going to get better, right?Four games in the Cowboys defense has definitely played to a higher level, that even includes the secondary. Last week Byron Jones was graded as the best cornerback in the NFL through three full weeks of the season which was a testament to exactly what Richard has done. To be clear, the Cowboys defense is playing very well. DeMarcus Lawrence just ripped off three sacks against the Detroit Lions and has 20 sacks over his last 20 games. That puts him in elite company.What about turnovers, though?Turnovers are game-changing plays in football. They turn the direction a game is going and serve as a huge boost of momentum for a particular teamâs cause. We all know this. The Dallas Cowboys have two total turnovers this season through four games. This doesnât change that their defense is playing well, but itâs absolutely worth noting. What should also be noted is that both turnovers forced by the Cowboys have been fumbles. Through Week 4 the Dallas Cowboys are last in the NFL in forced turnovers and the only defense in the league without an interception on the season. Thatâs not ideal, especially with a secondary many have a lot of faith in and the Hot Boyz wreaking havoc up front.Dallas entered Monday night tied with the Kansas City Chiefs for last in the NFL when it comes to turnovers. Thanks to an insane Eric Murray interception off of Case Keenum Dallas Cowboys Womens T-Shirt , KC surged past the Cowboys and Dallas sits in last all by themselves. It was a pretty sweet interception, by the way.The Cowboys finished second in turnovers after the 2014 season, but ever since then theyâve been in the bottom half season after season. Itâs not a good situation to be in.Thereâs no need to panic about the lack of turnovers or a single interception at this point on the season, but this trend cannot continue. The Cowboys donât have an offense thatâs capable of winning games week after week, theyâre going to need turnovers for opportunities to score points if they want to do some serious damage in the seasonâs final three quarters. This is largely how they were so successful four years ago.Hopefully weâve got an interception to celebrate a week from now. Or any kind of turnover. Weâll take whatever we can get at this point. When the Cowboys hired Monte Kiffin in 2013 as defensive coordinator, one of the first things he told his players was to go watch film of the Seahawks defense, because that was what the Dallas Cowboys new 4-3 defensive scheme was going to look like. Kiffinâs tenure was mercifully short, and once Rod Marinelli (some people still insist on calling him a Tampa-2 coach) took over, Marinelli morphed the defense into a man-heavy Cover 1 defense, but also used a lot of the Seattle-style Cover 3 zone defense. Now that former Seahawks defensive coordinator Kris Richard is calling the defensive plays in Dallas, the Cowboys defense has more than just a passing resemblance to the Seattle defense.One of the staples of the Seahawks/Pete Carroll defenses has been their success againstbig plays. In fact, defending big plays is the top item on a three-item list of Pete Carrollâs defensive priorities. The 2018 Cowboys are living up to Carrollâs directive. So far this season Dallas Cowboys Hats , the defense has allowed just 28 big passing plays, the lowest total of any team in the league. That wonât stop many Cowboys fans from believing the apocalypse is upon us every time the opponent completes a pass of 16+ yards, and that happens on average four times a game, but that doesnât change the fact that the Cowboys defense is highly effective at shutting down big passing plays. Just for reference, the NFL average allowed so far this year is 42 big passing plays per team, and the Bengals and Chiefs lead the league with 58 big passing plays allowed.On the ground, the Cowboys have allowed 14 runs of 12+ yards, which ranks them seventh overall in the league. If we look at the combined number of big plays, through the air and on the ground, the Cowboys are allowing six big plays per game, the third-lowest value in the league behind the Bears (5.6) and Texans (5.9). Here are those those big plays allowed by game: The focus on defending the big play has obviously worked so far, as the Cowboys defense is allowing just 17.6 points per game Dallas Cowboys Womens Hoodie , the second-best value in the league. A defense built to defend the big play will not always look good on the stat sheet. The Cowboys defense is ranked 26th with a 98.6 defensive passer rating, and when we look at all pass plays that gained less than 16 yards, we get some startling numbers:The Cowboys have allowed 175 completions of 15 yards or less, the second-highest value in the league.They are allowing an average of 6.31 yards on those passes, the fifth-highest value in the league.And those completions lead to the fifth-highest first-down conversion percentage of 43.4.But by forcing the opponent to dink-and-dunk the ball up the field, this defense achieves its ultimate goal, preventing the other team from scoring. And in the end, thatâs all that counts.Unlike takeaways, the ability to defend big plays is something that you can plan and scheme for. You need a defensive line that generates pressure on the passer, you need good safety/nickel corner play to defend the big play up the middle, and you need a middle linebacker who can drop back in coverage. And ideally you have two corners that can shut down the deep plays outside. And the numbers suggest that Cowboys have a lot of that in place, even if many observers might not share that assessment.Per Football Outsiders and their DVOA metric Womens Customized Dallas Cowboys Jerseys , the Cowboys rank fifth overall on deep passes (deep passes go 16 or more yards through the air) and 30th on short passes (passes going up to 15 yards through the air). By direction, they are outstanding on deep passes to the left where they are ranked number one (thank you Byron Jones), they are okay on deep passes to the right where they are ranked 13th (keep grinding, Chidobe), and suck on deep passes up the middle, where they are ranked 29th (helloooo Earl Thomas in 2019?).Despite the ongoing transition from Rod Marinelli to Kris Richard, thereâs no reason to believe the basic configuration of this defense will change going forward. The Cowboys will continue to defend the big play, and while that may not always look great on the stat sheet, it should be effective in preventing opposing offenses from scoring.
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