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| Cowboys fans were absolutely livid with Randy Gregory on Thursday night and many wanted him out of the game. Granted Cole Beasley Color Rush Jersey , that was emotion talking in the heat of the moment, but it was extremely frustrating to watch Gregory not once, not twice, but three times, commit a costly penalty that gave the New Orleans Saints a new set of downs. You know that old saying, “fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.” Well, how many times was Gregory going to have to mess up for head coach Jason Garrett to take him out of the game?The uniqueness of Garrett (some prefer the word “stubbornness”) is that he doesn’t make decisions based on emotion. It’s certain he wasn’t very pleased with his young defensive end, but Garrett doesn’t discipline his players by putting them in a timeout. They’re grown men. There’s a good chance they know what they did wrong. The key is putting it behind you and focusing on what you need to do next. Don’t stew, don’t dwell, be your best and be it right now. Here is what Garrett said about the ordeal.The best thing for him to do is forget about it and go out and make the next play. And you have to give Gregory credit as he did exactly that. He was disruptive all night. If it wasn’t for the penalties, we’d be talking about how great he played.But the penalties happened and they happened again and again. Gregory got called for a facemask penalty (15 yards + automatic first down), roughing the punter (15 yards + automatic first down), and offsides (5 yards + nullifying a sack/strip that would have given the Cowboys the ball). Gregory single-handedly gave the Saints first downs or new life three different times in the game. Had it not been for an out-of-this-world performance by the Cowboys defense, these mistakes could have easily cost them the game.Gregory has been called for six penalties this season, which is the most defensive penalties of anyone on the team. Besides the three penalties he had against the Saints, he’s also been called for illegal use of the hands twice as well as an unnecessary roughness penalty when he shoved a Carolina player after the play was over (it gave the Panthers a free three points from a field goal). What’s even more astonishing is that he’s done that much damage in just 38% of the defensive snaps. 13 defensive players have logged more reps than him, yet he’s committed the most defensive penalties.Gregory is a talented player, but one has to wonder what is going on between the ears with all the mistakes even though he is an intelligent guy.Jerry Jones would reiterate Garrett’s statements on continuing to give him chances.When you take a close look at Gregory’s penalties, it’s not as blatantly negligent as originally thought. On the facemask play, Gregory was slapping with his hands, reaching for Drew Brees. While he wasn’t mindful of where his hands were going, it also didn’t help that he was being held on the play.Gregory’s active hands helped knock the football away from Brees on an earlier play in the game so while he needs to work harder to control his aggression https://www.dallascowboysfanshop.com/Marcus-Martin-Jersey , the intensity he’s playing with is extremely valuable. In fact, DeMarcus Lawrence was initially credited with a sack on the Brees fumble, but it was Gregory that got there first and knocked the ball loose from his hand.On the roughing the punter penalty, the blocker went low to cut him and Gregory jumped over him. While his momentum was still carrying him towards the punter, he simply lost his balance and fell. Again, better body control would have helped, but this didn’t look like one of those times where he was trying to do too much and was careless.And finally, the offsides penalty was so ticky-tacky. I’m not going to say it was terrible call, but let’s be honest - it was a terrible call. Players line up real close to the line of scrimmage all the time, and in some cases - they’re in the neutral zone and nothing is called. The only time a flag is ever thrown in these instances is when it’s blatantly obvious the player is offsides. This most certainly was not one of those times. In fact, if you look closely - he’s not offsides. Pro Football Talk agrees as they explain why he actually wasn’t lined up in the neutral zone.So I’m not even going to count this one against him. The Cowboys coaches weren’t very happy on the sidelines, but it wasn’t directed at Gregory. They were angry with the officials.Gregory has had some mental mistakes this season, that much we know. He’s also coming back to a game he hasn’t played in a long while. He’s going to mess up, but the key is whether or not he learns from them and eliminate some of these errors or if he’s going to play with a reckless abandonment. The Cowboys defensive line had one of their best pass rushing games of the year, even if they only got credit for a two sacks (Brees is the least sacked quarterback in the league this season), and Randy Gregory is a big part of that. Over the last couple of months, Gregory's game has really come together when you remove the penalties. Check out his stats compared to DeMarcus Lawrence over each player’s last seven games played:Their stats at getting to the QB and disrupting plays in the backfield are pretty similar. Gregory is quietly establishing himself as a pass-rushing bookend for Lawrence. In the New Orleans game, an early pass rush from Gregory (and Tyrone Crawford) was responsible for a bad pass from Drew Brees that Jourdan Lewis almost intercepted. Gregory is affecting football games, and not just in a bad way with penalties. Should Garrett punish Gregory and take some of his snaps away to teach him a lesson? While I had my head-shaking moments on Thursday night, I’m over it now and glad to see 94 lining up at right defensive end. The reason the Redskins beat the Cowboys last time these two teams played wasn’t because of Alex Smith or Adrian Peterson. It was the Washington defense that was smothering the offensive line and stuffing the run. Going into this next matchup, which is an absolute must-win scenario for Dallas, the offense will need to find a way to move the ball against this unit, which boasts the sixth best run defense in the NFL. Still, though, the Redskins have given up 1 Dak Prescott Jersey ,312 total yards, averaging 437 yards per game over their last three contests. In those three games, 964 of those yards have been through the air, which is a big reason why the Redskins’ pass defense is ranked 24th in the league going into Thursday’s matchup. Yes, the secondary for this defense has been the weakest point of the whole unit. Josh Norman is a shell of what he once was, and Quinton Dunbar hasn’t been much better. Slot cornerback Fabian Moreau has been largely ineffective, and he had struggles against this Cowboys receiving corps before Amari Cooper came along and made everything better. Safety DJ Swearinger has been the lone bright spot in this secondary, leading the team in interceptions (4), passes defensed (9), and forced fumbles (3), as well as being sixth on the team in tackles. Nevertheless, this is a secondary that faced Dak Prescott when he was still very much struggling to put up any production, and they gave up 273 yards to him without putting up much of a fight. Now that Cooper’s presence has opened things up for the Cowboys’ passing offense, Prescott should have an easier time throwing the ball against a defensive backfield that has actually gotten worse since the last head to head matchup. The bigger question for Dallas will be running the ball against this front seven. A big reason for Ezekiel Elliott’s recent hot streak has been the improved play of the offensive line after Marc Colombo took over the unit after that Redskins game. But this front seven might be the toughest challenge Colombo and his line have faced yet. Middle linebackers Mason Foster and Zach Brown have combined for 156 tackles, and they’re doing it behind a stout defensive line. Defensive end Jonathan Allen has been a huge presence, notching 31 tackles, five of which are for a loss, and sacking the quarterback four times. Rookie nose tackle Da’ron Payne has three sacks and 34 tackles. But it’s Matthew Ioannidis who has been most disruptive, leading the team in sacks with 7.5 and is tied for most tackles for loss at six. Additionally, pass-rushing outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan has stepped up with 6.5 sacks. The Dallas offensive line will need to be at their very best against this defense in order to get their run game going, as that’s been a huge key for their success during this two-game win streak they’re currently on. It shouldn’t be a surprise to see Prescott throw more often and try to take advantage of this porous secondary, but establishing their best skill player early will set up a lot of things for this offense. The Dallas defense held the Redskins to just 13 points last time, and there’s reason to think they can do the same - if not better - again. But it will be largely up to Dak and Zeke to get things going if the Cowboys want to make it a three-game win streak and keep their playoff hopes alive. |
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