Cowboys Winners & Losers vs. Ravens Ft. Joe Milton, Andrew Booth, Damone Clark & James Houston

Cowboys Winners & Losers vs. Ravens Ft. Joe Milton, Andrew Booth, Damone Clark & James Houston

[Music] Week two of the NFL preseason is over for the Dallas Cowboys. We’re going to break down some winners and losers. I’ll be honest, I had a tougher time finding the winners than I did the losers side. That was a bad performance from the Cowboys. They lose 31-13. We did our instant reaction video last night. We were live for the entire Cowboys game as well. hour 15 before kickoff. If you have enjoyed our Cowboys preseason coverage, even if the game itself hasn’t maybe been that entertaining for you, show it by liking today’s video, please. And thank you. Let’s dive into the winners. And we’re going to start with the linebackers. I liked what I saw when they were kept clean. We’ll discuss that part later on in today’s show. I thought the linebackers played pretty well. No Kenneth Murray in this one, but almost everyone else who played I thought was pretty good. Dimone Clark looked pretty good, too. He looked impactful. He looked like he had good instincts, which hasn’t always been a thing for Dimone Clark. I liked what I saw from him. Seven tackles, two TFLs in this one. I thought looked like kind of how like Maurice Leel like the best linebacker, best player really on defense in week one. Kind of thought maybe Demone Clark was was the best player tonight outside of one corner who made a nice interception. We’ll discuss later on. Thought Shamar James played pretty well. Seven tackles. It was, by the way, uh 33 snaps for Clark, 56 for Shamar James. He played a lot in this one. Um got beat one time in coverage, but like overall was was fine. Darius Harris was up and down. Uh there were some good he had a couple tackles, nice quarterback hit, good TFL, also didn’t have the best stuff in coverage, and most had a bad penalty uh going with the crown of the helmet. Can’t have that. Jack Sanborn did play after Kenneth Murray was supposed to play but actually didn’t. You know, the even the starters got like, you know, uh half dozen or a dozen and a half change of snaps. Like it was like 16 or something. Sam I thought played pretty well. I thought overall the linebackers showcased some some pretty good stuff in this particular matchup. I will give credit where it is due. Andrew Booth I thought played really well. Obviously the big highlight reel play the pick six. That’s awesome. That’s the stuff you want to have out of your corners. Targeted seven times in coverage. Had to play a lot because of injury. Uh other corners got hurt in this game, so Booth had to go back in the game. The pick six was electric high and tight though. Put that ball away for me. Had a pass break up too. Seven of four in the early PFF coverage stats, but only 31 yards. You know, one yard after catch. I like him better when he’s not playing eight yards off the ball. Put him closer to the receivers. She’s typically better from what I saw tonight, but I thought given the sheer uncertainty at corner was a good showing from Andrew Booth. Kean Hall also I thought played pretty well. Uh was targeted seven times again in coverage, 51 yards. Did have some yak that was allowed. That is an issue. Has to get that dialed in, but continues to be a good tackler. I think if you’re kind of trying to figure out who makes this Cowboys team, who doesn’t, Khal’s got a chance. Shout out to Zion Childris by the way as well. I thought he also played relatively well. Again, it’s backups. Those guys should be doing well. I still have big picture concerns about this secondary. How do they fare until Trayvon Diggs is healthy? Till Savone Rebel’s healthy, but they at least play, I thought, relatively well. Two interceptions always valuable. Kaman Hall, of course, had one of those interceptions. 6.3 yards per attempt is actually less than the Cowboys had. Cowboys averaged 6.7. We’ll talk about the QBs tonight and or from Saturday night, I should say. The secondary I thought was fine for the Cowboys. So, how are you feeling confidence-wise? One to 10 is your scale. I don’t know how he makes this team. I think it’s going to be a tough path, but I thought James Houston played pretty damn well tonight. Two tackles, couple quarterback hits, couple pressures as well. Um, he played 43 snaps per PFF and he got pressures. Thought Tyrus Wheat had a pretty low-key decent night as the C the Cowboys got pressures tonight. There there weren’t really there weren’t sacks, but you know, James Houston had two in which he hit the quarterback and led to an incomplete throw. It’s not a sack, but like, you know, it kind of counts in the end. A tough path to make the 53, but he’s impactful as a pass rusher. Not so much as a run stopper. I will say I think it’s it’s pretty hard to evaluate the wide receivers um when the quarterback plays bad like it has been for the Cowboys so far. I thought Ryan Fenoy played pretty well. Two catches, 27 yards for Fenoy uh didn’t have the drops that other players had. Overall, I thought Fenoy playing ahead of guys like Tayon Holden who didn’t make an impact but didn’t get very many looks his way anyway. I think he’s still fighting for that wide receiver six job. It’s going to be tough. But I also saw Fenoy on special teams in the second half. That matters because that extra spot at receiver might come down to special teams. Who is the biggest Cowboys preseason winner? Let me know in the comments section of today’s show. Let me know who the Cowboys biggest preseason winner was in this particular matchup. We’ll keep it positive here in the comments of today’s show. In a way, maybe those who didn’t play, didn’t mean to rhyme, are some of the bigger winners. Javvante Williams did not play at all tonight. He is clearly RB1. You know, Miles Sanders wasn’t great. Seven carries, 15 yards, long as seven. The run blocking could have been a little bit better at times, too, but he didn’t really do a lot after contact. Solomon Thomas did not play. Kenneth Murray did not play. Both Donovan Wiler, Donovan Wilson, and Lee Cooker did not play. if you had any doubts that like if if you actually thought that Joe M was going to come for Dak Prescott’s job this year, you were always insane. But like clearly these guys who didn’t play who like are going to be key contributors, their roles are obvious. The Cowboys need them. That’s how they’re viewing them because they didn’t even bother playing them in this second preseason game. This Cowboys hoodie is on sale. chatsports.com hoodie link will be in the comments section and the description of today’s show. That’s chatsports.comd hoodie was 55 bucks. Now it is just 33. Let’s go to the offensive line. I thought for the most part, not perfect, but for the most part they fared pretty well. Uh they didn’t allow that many pressures. I kind of thought Nick Brock Hoffman didn’t have a great game tonight. I thought he got beat a couple times. Um Awesome Richards didn’t have that great of a game. I thought Booker got beat maybe one time, but I thought guys like Ajani Cornelius played well. Again, he didn’t allow a pressure per the early PFF numbers. Um, I thought Hakee Deni was better tonight. I thought Cooper BB did a good job. I thought Tyler Booker still like growth like there were I saw a couple like I noticed him in a good way making blocks. I was kind of cute on him, but I thought the offensive line again it did a pretty good job outside of some really like fourth quarter pressures. Um I I thought that he had plenty of time. I thought both Joe Milton and Will Greer had had time to drop back and throw. And like I I thought that if anything like there were a handful of drop backs of pressure for for Will for Joe Milton and probably even more so for Will Greer. I thought the offensive line for the most part did a pretty solid job. Perion Winfrey, want to give him some love. Couple times I noticed him making some pass rush not uh some pass rush flashes getting in the back field with some penetration too. A couple pressures for Winfrey tonight. Only the one tackle, but I thought watching live like I noticed. Okay. Hey, there he is again. And there they there there’s Winfrey doing something like positive being around the football. I noticed number number 99 a few times in the way I I didn’t notice other players on that Cowboys front. If you haven’t already, make sure you guys are subscribed. YouTube.comcowboys TV. Free Cowboys videos each and every single day right here on the channel. Plus, every Cowboys game is live. Let’s talk losers. I mean, come on. This is obvious. The quarterbacks were bad. Like, we don’t have to pretend anything other than the quarterback stunk tonight, or I should say Saturday night. Joe Milton was nine of 18 for 122 yards and an interception. He began the game one of four for two yards with a net of negative one. The first half he was two of eight for 14 yards in a pick. What are we doing out here? He has to be better. You know, Shotty kind of said like, “Oh, you know, I got to believe the quarterbacks are good.” Are they? This is back-to-back games. Milton looked like pre-season. Joe Milton, who was bad in New England, by the way, but people only watch the highlights last year. Will Greer had a great 33 yard strike down the field to Princeton Fant and then was 0 of five after that. Like I can’t win games going 10 of 23. Couple big plays mixed in there, but like the down in down out consistency wasn’t good. You might want to start Will Greer next week cuz I I don’t have faith in Joe Milton right now. Who’s your backup QB if the games began today? JM for Joe Milton, WG for Will Greer. Let me know in the comments section of today’s show. I want to mention the actual competition because Brian Shottenhammer got up there and said, you know, we liked what we saw from from Phil Mafa. You know, we Tan Holden moving up the depth chart. But are they? There weren’t any changes outside of Zion to getting reps with the ones at at nickel. Phil Mafa was again behind my Sanders. He was again behind Duce Vaughn. MafA had a great eight-yard run. had another penalty involved on one two but 2.3 yards per carry doesn’t do much for me. He he he based on the Cowboys rotation who plays first is a good indication of what the depth chart is. Phil Mafa is still behind Deuce Vaughn Tan Holden. Brian Sh says he played great up the depth chart. No, he’s not. He was the last receiver in the game again. He’s not moving up the depth chart based on how the Cowboys actually play him. If you wanted to see him do stuff, you would have put him out there earlier in the actual game. Like I don’t need to see more Jaylen Craropper. I’m sorry. Now those are different receivers. Craropper plays slot. I get that stuff. But like we get holding on the field. Craropper is a great loser by the way. Had a horrible drop on Milton’s best throw of the first like almost three quarters. Had a had a bad drop. like I I need more and it is the preseason but this next loser look expectations are always high with the Dallas Cowboys the goals are always high the lack of faith around Brian Shottimer was was real going in he made a point hey pregame like hey you know what do you want to do better Brian we we got to stop start harder stop start start hotter what were the results negative five yards of offense defense in the first quarter. They stunk again. This is back-to-back preseason games. It’s the preseason. You’re being vanilla. I know that the Cowboys have come out and look unprepared and look wildly inferior. Even if it is the backups, shotty says they’re going to be vanilla. They’re going to hit the seven iron. Okay. Hit the seven iron. L don’t sit out there and say you’re being conservative when you’re trying to hit a seven iron 165 in the middle of the fairway and you’re hitting it 45 yards left of of the fairway. What are you doing? You can be vanilla. You have to be good with vanilla. People like vanilla ice cream because it tastes good. If it tastes crappy, no one wants it. Right now it’s the preseason. I know that. need to see a lot more from this Cowboys team or else those concerns around Bryant Shottimer we all had when they hired him aren’t going to go away. So, what is the who who do you think I should say is the biggest Cowboys preseason loser against the Ravens? Let me know in the comments section of today’s show. Kind of mentioned the run game earlier. I think the run defense was was also pretty bad. Um the the final numbers look okay. It’s 3.8 8 yards per carry. I thought that they allowed too many big runs at key moments. Deionis Johnson ran all over them. 5.5 yards per carry. Rasheen Ali got bottled up a few times. It’s It’s tough to win games when you’re out there to be fair. 79 snaps on offense, 50 in the first half. I just I I think I think more is needed from this Cowboys run defense. You know, I Where was Mazy Smith? Did anyone notice him really watching live? Did anyone kind of I I noticed him a few times getting pushed six yards downfield? I can’t have that from my defensive tackle. My big guy in the middle has to be better. I know he ain’t 337 anymore, but I need a lot more from this Cowboys run defense. I get that it’s the preseason. You’re not playing OSA and Salomon Thomas, etc., but like all my concerns I had going to the preseason going to the run defense are still there. [Music]

Cowboys vs. Ravens winners and losers coming at you from Cowboys Report host Tom Downey. The Cowboys lost again in Brian Schottenheimer’s 2nd game with many of the same concerns from the first game appearing in the 31-13 loss. If you’re looking for Cowboys preseason winners & losers you are in the right place, as we discussed players like Joe Milton, Damone Clark, Andrew Booth, Traeshon Holden and more on today’s Cowboys Report.

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Cowboys winners from the Preseason loss vs. the Ravens:
– The Linebackers Led by Damone Clark, Shemar James, and Jack Sanborn
– Andrew Booth
– Kemon Hall (and Zion Childress)
– James Houston
– Ryan Flournoy
– Healthy Scratches: Javonte Williams (RB), KaVontae Turpin (WR), Solomon Thomas (DT), Kenneth Murray (LB), Donovan Wilson and Malik Hooker (S)
– Offensive Line (Mostly)
– Perrion Winfrey

Dallas Cowboys preseason losers vs. the Ravens:
– The QBs: Joe Milton and Will Grier both struggled
– Actual Competition: Players like Phil Mafah and Traeshon Holden have not actually moved up the depth chart
– Brian Schottenheimer
– Run Defense

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– Biggest Cowboys Preseason winner vs. the Ravens?
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– Biggest Cowboys preseason loser vs. the Ravens?

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Cowboys highlights and stat leaders:
Joe Milton: 9/18, 122 yards, 1 INT
Will Grier: 1/5, 33 yards
Miles Sanders: 7 carries, 15 yards
Jonathan Mingo: 1 catch, 49 yards
Damone Clark: 7 TKL, 2 TFL
Andrew Booth: pick-6
Kemon Hall: INT

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Cowboys Free Agency Tracker:
– Re-signed Osa Odighizuwa: 4-years, $80 MM
– Re-signed CJ Goodwin: 1-year, $1.20 MM
– Re-signed Juanyeh Thomas: 1-year, ERFA Tender
– Re-signed Brock Hoffman: 1-year, ERFA Tender
– Re-signed Markquese Bell: 3-years, $9 MM
– Re-signed Trent Sieg: 3-years, $4.45 MM
– Re-signed Kavontae Turpin, 3-years, $13.5 MM
– Signed Javonte Williams: 1-year, $3 MM
– Signed Robert Jones: 1-year, $3.75 MM
– Signed Solomon Thomas: 2-years, $6 MM
– Signed Payton Turner: 1-year, $3 MM
– Re-signed Bryan Anger: 2-years, $6.4 MM
– Trade: Kaiir Elam
– Signed Jack Sanborn: 1-year, $1.5 MM
– Trade: Kenneth Murray
– Signed Miles Sanders: 1-year, $1.34 MM
– Signed Dante Fowler: 1-year, $6 MM
– Signed Parris Campbell: 1-year, $1.20 MM
– Trade: Joe Milton III
– Signed Saahdiq Charles: 1-year, $1.17 MM (No GTD)
– Signed Hakeem Adeniji: 1-year, $1.17 MM (No GTD)
– Trade: George Pickens

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