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Ryan explains why defense couldn’t generate pressure against Seattle
By Rainer Sabin / Reporter
2:49 pm on September 21, 2012
IRVING — Less than 48 hours remain until the Cowboys face Tampa Bay. But no one has quite forgotten about Dallas’ 27-7 loss to Seattle last Sunday.
That includes Rob Ryan.
The loquacious Dallas defensive coordinator spent part of Friday explaining to reporters why the Cowboys sacked rookie quarterback Russell Wilson only twice and seemed incapable of stopping Seattle’s offense during the second half when the Seahawks gained 197 yards, controlled the ball, and rammed the defense repeatedly with tailback Marshawn Lynch.
“We went into the game thinking they would try to run the ball 40 or 50 times,” Ryan explained. “They ran it 41 times at us. But we’ve got to stop it, so we can get it into situations where they’re playing more our style. But until we do that, you know, that was their game plan, they had a big lead and it was easy for them to execute.”
In particular, Ryan said the schemes Seattle used to shield Wilson from pressure were well-conceived. Wilson dropped back 25 times but rarely seemed to be under duress as evidenced by the fact he completed 75 percent of his pass attempts.
“I know everybody was wanting to kill their quarterback and believe me, I was wanting to hit the kid, too,” Ryan said. “They had a plan that wouldn’t allow us to do it. It was max protect and anytime people are having success running the ball downhill on you, it’s hard to do anything else until you get that run stopped. We didn’t do a good enough job.”
The final score made that clear.
By Rainer Sabin / Reporter
2:49 pm on September 21, 2012
IRVING — Less than 48 hours remain until the Cowboys face Tampa Bay. But no one has quite forgotten about Dallas’ 27-7 loss to Seattle last Sunday.
That includes Rob Ryan.
The loquacious Dallas defensive coordinator spent part of Friday explaining to reporters why the Cowboys sacked rookie quarterback Russell Wilson only twice and seemed incapable of stopping Seattle’s offense during the second half when the Seahawks gained 197 yards, controlled the ball, and rammed the defense repeatedly with tailback Marshawn Lynch.
“We went into the game thinking they would try to run the ball 40 or 50 times,” Ryan explained. “They ran it 41 times at us. But we’ve got to stop it, so we can get it into situations where they’re playing more our style. But until we do that, you know, that was their game plan, they had a big lead and it was easy for them to execute.”
In particular, Ryan said the schemes Seattle used to shield Wilson from pressure were well-conceived. Wilson dropped back 25 times but rarely seemed to be under duress as evidenced by the fact he completed 75 percent of his pass attempts.
“I know everybody was wanting to kill their quarterback and believe me, I was wanting to hit the kid, too,” Ryan said. “They had a plan that wouldn’t allow us to do it. It was max protect and anytime people are having success running the ball downhill on you, it’s hard to do anything else until you get that run stopped. We didn’t do a good enough job.”
The final score made that clear.
