"Howman: I think we're all dancing around the real issue, which is that linebacker play has been abysmal. Shemar James doesn't deserve a ton of criticism given he's a rookie who's clearly drinking water out of a fire hose, but there's no such excuse for Kenneth Murray. Furthermore, there's no excuse for Matt Eberflus continuing to play someone who keeps giving up chunk play after chunk play. Why Murray still sees the field over Marist Liufau boggles the mind."
"Mike: It wasn't the aggression, it was the execution. With the Cowboys defense leaking like a broken sieve this year, going for it on fourth down was the right math. The problem was the execution with too many long-developing plays and not pairing third-down calls to set up a high-percentage fourth-down play. Protection up front wasn't clean and penalties put the Cowboys offense into a panic, forcing the situation further."
Defensive breakdowns originated from soft edges and uneven interior lanes that allowed Jacoby Brissett to break contain, extend plays, stress coverage, and convert routine tackles into misses. Lane-discipline failures and containment lapses produced missed tackles and big plays. Communication breakdowns compounded assignment errors across the unit. Linebacker play was notably poor, with Shemar James excused as a rookie but Kenneth Murray criticized for repeated chunk plays and unexplained playing time over Marist Liufau. Offensive execution failed on fourth-down decisions due to long-developing plays, inadequate third-down sequencing, protection breakdowns, and penalties that forced panic and reduced conversion probability.
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