By this time of the season teams have plenty of history to work off of in preparing for their next opponent. It was obvious that the Cowboys were going to exploit our pass protection problems and play extremely tight down low essentially saying "go over the top if you can."
People here have been crying "throw it short"...well, we threw it short against the Boys over and over and you know what? It was HARD sustaining drives.
In short teams are going to rush four and stick to the receivers like glue feeling pretty good Rodgers will be on his back before he can get the ball to anyone open deep.
Looking ahead we play several teams at the top of the NFL in rush defense with the Steelers #1, the 49'rs #3, Baltimore #5, and Arizona #8. On the other hand both the Steelers and Baltimore have been burned by the big play downfield and Detroit, Arizona, and the 49'rs are at the bottom of the league in pass defense.
If we stay conservative and try throwing short most of the time it plays right into the hands of a good rush defense because they will stay up close to the receivers and be in position to help out on the run.
So here it is. We need Tauscher and Finley back and get back to being an offense that will destroy you with mid range passes and an occassional long ball. We beat the Cowboys because our defense was unbelievable and allowed the offense to just keep grinding away.
If we knew the D could be THAT GOOD for seven weeks we could possibly try and just dink-a-do the ball down the field but IMO we have to get this offense doing what it does best if were going to do anything like win five of the last seven games.
Teams have our number in terms of what to do against us. It's up to our 0line to call customer service and get a new number.
"The train is leaving the station."