Do we all remember Derek Stingley Jr.'s adventure in Lovie Smith's Tampa 2?! It was not great. On ball CB asked only to play off & read the Slot. Cover 2 is the hardest coverage to teach.

This is common in DBs that have been in man-heavy defenses & then switch to vision zone. They get caught looking, & in many cases, that means backpedaling to oblivion. Every HS coach has had this experience. I think fans don't understand how much of a shock to the system this can be for DBs.

The easiest way to tell the DAL's DBs aren't comfortable in Flus' scheme is watching align off and till back pedal through the stem of the opposing receiver's route. They don't trust their own ability to backpedal, turn and run with vertical routes.

Across the last 3 games, Dak has had 4 would-be interceptions dropped by the defense (which Dak can't control).

(RB runs through a truck-sized lane for a big gain) Everyone: "Best RB I've ever seen",,,

Hoshoryu isn't the biggest rikishi but he is certainly one of the strongest - just tossing 300+ pounds out the dohyo like a sack of potatoes. So impressive.

Aaron Donald-esque pop & hand usage.

NFL teams bring in rugby players, sprinters, etc. But I think I'd like to see one team bring in a Sumo wrestler to try DT.

Fujinokawa is one of the smallest rikishi in Sumo but yet he's undefeated through five days. Outweighed by over 100 lbs here, but he simply overwhelms his opponent with leverage to express his considerable power. Only 121 kgs (~266 lbs)!

Your thread of the day

Pluribus is so gawd damn weird. Not like weird bad, more like weird intriguing.

"The coldest game isn't when a man gets robbed, it's when he starts defending the man who robbed him"

The biggest thing I'm looking for from DAL this week is how Eberflus constructs the front with Quinnen Williams added to the group. How many odd fronts will we see? Will those be bear fronts? Under fronts? The answers to those questions will tell us a lot about the direction this defense is headed.

Javonte Williams (33) blitz pickup

Here, you can see the slight difference between QW's stance this year (1st picture; more weight on feet, but down, head up) and his stance when he played with Whitecotton (2nd image; more forward in stance with more weight on hands, but higher, head not up as far).

Wife won't be home until super late tonight so I'm going to try to make Japanese long fries for the first time. Pray for me.

Awesome stuff John.

Thread on new #Cowboys DT Quinnen Williams:

So much bad on this play. Not only does Mazi get reached too easily from the 2i (can't happen), but he fails to the slow the LG's climb to the 2nd level, enabling the LG to get to Murray. DAL loses the cutback defender because Shemar James gets bulldozed by the RG.

Today is the 10 year anniversary since I won my weight class at the IBJJF Seattle Open. Fun times.

That jump cut was disgusting

made the best fried chicken of my life last night, inspired by videos I've seen about Cocodaq in NYC. It was incredible. Pro tip: Invest in some Evercrisp to make sure you have the best leftover fried chicken of all time as well

DAL-WAS All 22 thread starts now ⬇️

Would love for DAL but I have my doubts that LVR would be interested. Still, anything less than the 2 first-rounders would be a win for DAL (think something like a 1 and a 3 or 4 would be ideal).

Yay fun tape!

Welcome back Booker.

As a scorned #Bears fan from last season, I am actually shocked Eberflus adapted to what his defense needed to do to beat the Commanders yesterday.

DAL-WAS All 22 thread starts now ⬇️

@ryanday.bsky.social Shohei struck out his first 3 batters then hit a ball to Cancun

yo wtf is that chicken, water, crystal light shake? smoothie? from Love is Blind??? Idk but that shit is gross

My NFL Pro account is all messed up, so I can't post vids today, so we are going old school, where I just describe plays and give my takeaways like we are sitting around an ol campfire.

YT and Instagram need to stop putting every Salt Hanks video ever made into my feed. I would already kill to eat there but this is starting to just depress me lol

Didn't realize I caught Nate Thomas' personal foul after Ferg's touchdown catch. Watch 71 on the left side of the screen. @johnowning.bsky.social @mccool.bsky.social @marcusmosher.bsky.social

Fowler was a monster today

Really nice reach block by TJ Bass.

🤼Catching up on some stuff I missed. Another slick henka, this time from Asakoryu leading into okuridashi / rear push out on Tochitaikai from Day 8

How the hell has Chief of War season 2 not been confirmed yet? Incredible show.

Now up on @yahoosports.bsky.social. I wrote about the warts on the Chiefs, Ravens, and Texans. And just concerned those preseason AFC contenders should be about their starts. sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Changes I would make to the #Cowboys defense: Sam Williams → Clowney Elam → DaRon Bland Clark, Sanborn or Murray (any of the 3 will do) → Marist Liufau + activate Shemar James (why not with the way the LBs have played) Dono (if Eberflus' safeties must be "interchangeable") → Juanyeh Thomas

ooof

Remember when we went over gap responsibility.. he wasnt listening dont be like him bsky.app/profile/infa...

For the life of me if you’re in Man! WTF are you even reacting to a RB that is that far away WHEN A WR IS RUNNING RIGHT AT YOU!!!! COVER YOUR MAN 🤦🏽‍♂️

I really like the job @johnowning.bsky.social has done breaking down the #Cowboys here from Sunday afternoon against my #Bears. You still have my sincere sympathy being stuck with terrible coaches. We remember all too well what that's like in Chicago.

John does threads like this for every Dallas game, and there are few people around I'd rather listen to for trench play. Or evaluating the #Cowboys, come to think of it.

Let me tap in to this train wreck 🫩

DAL-CHI All22 thread starts now ⬇️

they're stuck in a scheme that doesn't fit their skill sets at all. Need to play better but also need a DC who will use them optimally.

Going to start calling the #Cowboys defense The Antidote™️ because they cure any woes plaguing the opposing offense entering the game