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n’t the worst Youth Terrance Williams Jersey , ranked second in NFC East Following the release of Dez Bryant and the retirement of Jason Witten this past April, many football analytic platforms were low on the Cowboys 2018 receiving corps. How could they not be? Those two clearly weren’t what they once were but you’re still talking about 132 receptions, 1,406 yards, and 11 touchdowns last year that was out the door. Though Pro Football Focus loved the Cowboys drafting Michael Gallup in the third round, they still had Dallas’ receiving corps at 29th ahead of the season:It’s quite weird to see not a single mention in there about Cole Beasley. However, Beasley definitely had a season to forget in 2017 after leading the team the year before. Only the Jaguars, Cardinals, and Bills ranked lower than the Cowboys in the preseason. So far through four games, the Cowboys’ receiving corps has been as inconsistent as expected. Week four against the Lions was the first time the Cowboys went over 200-yards in receiving this season. Well, PFF did their first-quarter of the season rankings this week, it’s certainly not great but it’s also not the worst:Call us optimistic but 19th sure seems a lot better than 29th. Hooray for not being the worst of the worst but maybe the best of the worst? Well Youth Zack Martin Jersey , let’s see what changes took shape across the entire NFL:PFF RkPreseasonFirst QTR (WK 1-4)Change +/-Not only did the Cowboys move up 10 spots but it was the fifth-highest improvement on PFF’s list. Also, the Cowboys rank second in the division behind the Giants at 10th. Two other NFC East teams were among the five biggest falls through the first quarter of the season. The Eagles had the second-largest drop with the Redskins right behind them with the third-largest. Also of note, 11 of the 13 teams PFF ranked behind the Cowboys started ahead of them in the preseason rankings. Philadelphia is 30th and Washington is 31st, let’s let that soak in.Good news, the Cowboys defense has already won two of it’s matchups against two of PFF’s Top-10 receiving corps. Bad news, they still have to play three more in the Top-5. Back to this offense, 19th is certainly pretty far off from where they want to be but it’s not bad considering they are still around 29th in all passing statistics. For comparison’s sake, here are the receiving numbers of last year’s team versus this year’s team through the first four weeks:Team ReceivingRec.Rec. YardsTDsTD RateINTINT Rate20+ Pass Comp.The Cowboys are off last year’s first quarter by 16 receptions, 163 yards, and three touchdowns. If these Cowboys can start having a few more performances like week four against Detroit and less of week’s one through three, they just might climb even higher on this list through the halfway mark. With the Cowboys tightening up their receiving corps, we may see what continuity could do for this passing offense that’s still looking for an emerging star. Could Michael Gallup and Dak Prescott rekindle their training camp connection? Will Cole Beasley and Ezekiel Elliott continue to run this passing game? So many opportunities to improve for the Cowboys but http://www.authenticsdallascowboys.com/cheap-jeff-heath-jersey , for now, we’ll take 10 spots in the right direction. Some fans have compared Monday night’s loss to the Tennessee Titans to the gut-wrenching defeat the team endured last year against Atlanta when we all watched helplessly as the offense did nothing and the defense didn’t have it in them to get stops. Both games were a hard slap in the face to Cowboys Nation.And as luck would have it, here we are again on a cold November night where they have to follow up a disheartening loss by facing their divisional foe, the Philadelphia Eagles. If you’re like me, you aren’t too optimistic about what we’re going to see on Sunday Night when the Dallas Cowboys travel to Philadelphia. It has that feel where things could get ugly. Maybe it’s because that’s exactly what happened last year in November when the Eagles smoked Dallas 37-9. Or maybe it’s because we’ve lost all confidence in this team’s ability to perform.That’s fair, but don’t be completely shocked if the Cowboys pull out the win. It’s certainly not impossible. The Cowboys can play great football. We’ve seen it. Unfortunately, it has come in spurts and only the Jacksonville game did they play 60 full minutes of good football. Is it possible they could pull off another surprise with a huge road win against the hated Eagles?For it to go down that way, some things need to happen. The Cowboys have the pieces to make it work, in particularly, some first-round draft resources from the past, present, and future who all need to have big games for Dallas on Sunday night.The Past - Ezekiel ElliottYou only have to go back to 2016 when the Cowboys selected Ezekiel Elliott fourth overall toidentify the most talented player on this Cowboys team. Everything centers around Zeke. If defenses stop him http://www.authenticsdallascowboys.com/cheap-anthony-brown-jersey , the Cowboys are toast. If they don’t, defenses are toast. One way or another, somebody’s going to be toast.Strangely enough, Ezekiel Elliott has yet to play a meaningful game in Philadelphia. In the season finale in 2016, he had his tape cut and wasn’t allowed to see the field as the team decided to play it safe to not risk him to injury before the playoffs. Last season, he played, but the Cowboys were already out of playoff contention. It was also just his second game back after serving his six-game suspension.Zeke has never lost to the Eagles. He wasn’t around for that blowout loss last November and the only meaningful game he’s played against them occurred in Dallas when this happened...Those were the days when the Cowboys had a dominant running game where Jason Garrett trusted his team enough to go for it on fourth down in overtime. Elliott is a talented player and he needs to put that talent on display under the lights if the Cowboys are to have a chance.The Present - Leighton Vander EschWhen the Cowboys beat the Eagles in their mid-season contest in 2016, Sean Lee made a game-saving tackle on Darren Sproles to take the Eagles out of field goal range. If that didn’t happen, we may have never even seen overtime. And last season, Lee injured his hamstring in the Atlanta game and wasn’t available the following week against Philadelphia. The Eagles ran all over the Cowboys defense as they allowed a season-worst 215 rushing yards.Well, just like last year, Lee hurt his hamstring in the game right before the Eagles matchup. But unlike last year Color Rush Connor Williams Jersey , the Cowboys defense doesn’t live and die by the presence of Sean Lee. This is largely attributed to the addition of this year’s first-round draft pick, Leighton Vander Esch.Vander Esch is having a great season as he’s graded out as the fifth best linebacker in the NFL according to PFF. And when you grade him out specifically in coverage, he moves up to the fourth-highest spot.The Eagles have one of the best tight ends in the game in Zach Ertz, but the Cowboys have an athletic linebacker who can limited how much of an impact he can make. Ertz is a huge test for the rookie, but this kid’s athleticism is legit. Even Bleeding Green Nation acknowledges that this could be a tough matchup for the Eagles.The Future - Amari CooperWe all know that the Cowboys will have the best running back on the field on Sunday night as Elliott is far and away better than any ball carrier the Eagles have. But the Cowboys also have the best receiver as well. Alshon Jeffrey and Golden Tate are good receivers, but the Cowboys decided to spend their 2019 first-round draft pick early with the acquisition of Cooper and that now gives them the top WR talent on the field. John Owning did an excellent breakdown of Cooper’s first game with the Cowboys and the results were favorable.Cooper hauled down every single one of his catch-able targets and was able to get separation again and again. Now, it’s just a matter of how well Dak Prescott can utilize him.The Eagles have some risk-takers at the corner position and they can be exposed, but it’s going to take a combination of two things - skill route-running and a quarterback who can look their way. With Cooper, the Cowboys have one of those things already.
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