Cowboys' poor pass D cracks record book

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Cowboys' poor pass D cracks record book



By Tim MacMahon | ESPNDallas.com
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Monte Kiffin's defense has already matched a dubious NFL record.

The Dallas Cowboys are the fourth team in NFL history to allow three 400-yard passers, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

It took the Cowboys only five games to accomplish this feat. Eli Manning threw for 450 yards and four touchdowns in the Cowboys’ Week 1 win over the New York Giants. Philip Rivers threw for 401 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Chargers to a Week 4 win over Dallas. And Peyton Manning threw for 414 yards and four scores in the Cowboys’ shootout loss Sunday to the Denver Broncos.

“Defensively, we were just terrible," straight-shooting linebacker Sean Lee said after Sunday's 51-48 loss to Denver. "There is no way around it. We were just terrible across the board. Fifty-one points -- unbelievable. We need to take a look at ourselves, visually and collectively and find a way because we let the team down.”

Not that it will cheer up Lee, but the list of teams who allowed three 400-yard passers is actually not bad company for the Cowboys. The 1986 New York Jets, the first team in NFL history to allow three 400-yard passers, went 10-6 and won a playoff game. The 2011 Green Bay Packers, who had the league’s highest-scoring offense, went 15-1 but got upset in their only playoff game. The 2012 New Orleans Saints are the black sheep of the bunch, finishing 7-9 and firing their defensive coordinator after setting an NFL record for yards allowed in a season.

The Saints happened to hire Rob Ryan, the defensive coordinator who was made the scapegoat for the Cowboys’ 8-8 campaign last season.

Like Kiffin’s Cowboys, Ryan’s Saints set a season high for points allowed Sunday. The 2-3 Cowboys gave up 51; the 5-0 Saints allowed 18.

 

[Jon88]

We need to take a look at ourselves, visually and collectively and find a way because we let the team down.”

 

[JBond]

Seriously dude? Chance the fucking avatar little dick.

 

[Jon88]

Holy shit

 

[Bluenoser]

Not sure if you are taking a shot at Carr, but he has been one of our best FA signings of recent memory.

Mid probably gave him an avatar because cockstrong hasn't got one yet.

 

[Jon88]

Carr fucking SUCKS. My dead uncle can see that.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

Carr fucking SUCKS.

Yep.

The guy has made two fucking plays in 20 games. Fucking thief.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

He's still better than Claiborne. Everyone talked about the pick, but that was just a lousy throw by Manning. He still got roasted by Eric "Spare" Decker for 50 or whatever earlier in the game. Unbelievable.

 

[Midswat]

Remember when our defense sucked because of Rob Ryan and Kiffin was going to fix everything?

 

[dbair1967]

He's still better than Claiborne. Everyone talked about the pick, but that was just a lousy throw by Manning. He still got roasted by Eric "Spare" Decker for 50 or whatever earlier in the game. Unbelievable.

Was that the play where Claiborne was also called for interference, even though Decker clearly pushed off too?

I believe that was also the play where the Bronco OL grabbed and pulled & twsted Ware by the facemask right in front of the ref, and somehow that was "missed"

 

[dbair1967]

Remember when our defense sucked because of Rob Ryan and Kiffin was going to fix everything?

well he did, for a couple games

 

[boozeman]

well he did, for a couple games

About the only thing he fixed was the inability to get more turnovers. We have been giving up gobs of yards and not forcing the other team into making many mistakes except for the Rams game. Everyone else has been pitch and catch for the most part.

 

[Jon88]

I have no idea what kind of defense this is. They don't stop the run very effectively and they sure don't stop the pass. The running backs are never covered out of the backfield. It's unreal.