Fanhouse: Elfin:Cowboys Have NFC East's Best Defense

[doncherry]

You have 0 depth in the secondary and if your starters aren't in teams can run the ball on you.

this is true of any team in the league, that why starters start....

[Ken]

Which explains why teams have been able to throw all over them in the preseason and the Texans were able to run all over their starters...

You have 0 depth in the secondary and if your starters aren't in teams can run the ball on you.

Well that settles it....Rivers and Schaub were able to move the ball on us while we played base (soft base at that) defense with no blitzing. Maybe you are correct....

I thought our backups played well against miami's starters yesterday actually...

[SWFLSkins]

2009 stats for team defense....

9 Dallas Cowboys 16 15.6 250 979 315.9 5.2 17.9 70 200 35 6 12 50 93 768 28:08 23 10

10 Washington Redskins 16 21 336 1,000 319.7 5.1 17.5 87 219 40 4 17 24 98 763 31:24 21 6

11 New England Patriots 16 17.8 285 941 320.2 5.4 18.1 72 194 37 10 21 48 91 780 27:13 28 10

12 Philadelphia Eagles 16 21.1 337 1,037 321.1 5.0 18.4 73 221 33 17 30 57 104 789 31:46 25 13

13 Houston Texans 16 20.8 333 974 324.9 5.3 18.8 79 201 39 9 21 43 92 728 28:06 27 13

13 New York Giants 16 26.7 427 953 324.9 5.5 19.2 77 199 39 12 19 63 88 678 28:33 28 11

I was amazed at how close the NFCE teams actually were last year.

[Mr. Jones]

2009 stats for team defense....

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I was amazed at how close the NFCE teams actually were last year.

They separate a bit when you looks at points allowed

2. Dallas 250

18. Washington 336

19. Philly 337

30. New York 427

[illone]

Cowboys defense might be the worst in the division.

best? :doh:

We'll see for sure here shortly, but no way they have the best defense, even if you consider it's a new year and pre-season doesn't matter.