Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Penalties - Game 7 - Jacksonville

http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/11/bob-sturms-penalty-analysis-vs.html

Nobody is willing to suggest that penalties are no longer a problem, but the last two weeks have shown great improvement on that front. 5 penalties against the Giants and 3 penalties against Jacksonville suggest that initiative is bearing some fruit. Of course, when you are throttled on the field in both games at home, this is not some sort of consolation - "We were rolled badly tonight, men, but I am proud of you: 3 Penalties!" - but it doesn't hurt.

For the season, the Cowboys are no longer challenging for the league lead, but they are still in their comfortable home in the Top 10 in the league. With some teams still to take their bye weeks, the Cowboys rank 6th in penalties and 8th in total yards.

Since this blog entry is exclusively addressing penalties, we can say in one small department, the Cowboys did not have a complete and utter disaster. There, feel better?

Game 7 vs Jacksonville:

WkQPlayerPenaltyYardsUnitFD
72CostaHolding10Off
72ColomboFalse Start5Off
74AustinFalse Start5Off

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Totals for Jacksonville: 3 Penalties for 20 yards. All 3 Penalties for the Offense. Nothing for the Defense for the 1st time this season, and the 2nd week in a row of clean returns and coverages for the special teams.

Worst Offender: Nobody wins this award for once!

Here are your season totals - Keep in mind, my totals include declined and offsetting penalties. For football reasons, they matter way more than just accepted penalties.

This is through Week 7:

OFFENSE

PlayerTotalHoldPresnapIll BlockOther
Austin60222
Gurode53101
Free51400
Colombo50302
Witten40301
Barron33000
Romo30102
Davis21100
Bryant20002
Bennett10010
Holland10100
Kosier11000
Jones10100
Costa11000
Totals401017310

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The pre-snap penalties are always a killer for this offense, and they already have 17 or 2.4 per game.

DEFENSE

PlayerTotalOffsideRoughPass InfOther
Jenkins60051
Brooking30120
Olshansky21100
Ratliff20110
Spencer22000
Ware33000
Sensabaugh10001
Scandrick10010
Bowen10001
Totals216393

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SPECIAL TEAMS

PlayerTotalOffsideRoughIll BlockOther
Church10010
Buehler10001
Scandrick11000
Hamlin10010
L Williams10100
McBriar10001
Ball10001
Ladocuer10001
Totals81124

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Let's hope next week the good news is more than just penalties.

Bob Sturm is host of BaD Radio on The Ticket 1310 AM Mondays through Fridays at 12-3 p.m. He also hosts The Ticket's Cowboys pregame show. Follow Bob on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bobanddan Bob offers his exclusive analysis after games on SportsDayDFW.com

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