Parcells will bring the blitz alright, the question is can the OL pick it up for just a split second and can Jay Fiedler send off an accurate pass downfield that takes advantage of the lack of safety help with the CBs.
I think if you are able to jam the football straight down the Cowboys' throats, you can win against them on defense, but the main thing against them is to be careful with the football. Turnovers will kill you against the Cowboys more than most. Its when their defense is at its best, and their offense actually becomes dangerous when they can get short fields.
The real way to beat the Boys, is to stymie that offense. They've been shut out twice this year. When they've lost its been because their offense cant score consistently. The problem is I really think that it will take some prototypical miami interceptions to make this happen...because I think it is tough for Miami to defend the entire field, and Quincy Carter is perfectly capable of painting the entire field with his armstrength. Tonight on defense what happened is what I thought could happen and hoped would not. When you spread this Miami defense out all over the field defending every area, it becomes difficult for Zach Thomas to defend the run. There is too much space and we become vulnerable to draws and delays. Tonight I saw our safeties backed up far, and wide. That opened up the outside of our D to run on, and even worst gave the RBs choices of outside vs inside and therefore kept ZT and Co. guessing at which way the RB was gonna burst. Edgerrin James tends to do that against us better than any other RB...but I knew with the Skins it would be possible for them to do it too. Their offensive success tonight was directly correlated IMO to their ability to run the ball.
Fortunately, Bill Parcells won't run a bunch of delays and draws and whatnot, but Quincy Carter's arm will force us to spread out again to try and make the big play. It will be up to Seau to stop the run. If Seau can stop the runs to the outside, Zach can easily clog the middle. If not, Zach gets burnt.
