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Definitely excited to see how him and Gurley do. See if either of them are worth the hype.
The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread
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It sounds like they were even considering giving him another chance according to this quote.
I mean that doesn't mean that they weren't going to release him, but him not even owning up to it made their decision immediate.
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Merrith
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2012 Super Bowl Champion NY Giants: 27th in D, 32nd (DFL) in rushing
2013 Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens: 17th in D, 11th in rushing
2015 Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots: 13th in D, 18th in rushing
Seattle being the outlier for the last 4 years, being #1 in D and 4th in rushing. If you go back 6 years, Packers were terrible running the ball (24th), and Saints had a shitty D (25th).
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Generally you need either an elite QB or an elite run game and defense. There are exceptions to every rule of course. I think the Ravens D was better than their ranking indicated and Eli gets sort of elite in the playoffs sometimes (and also really lucky).
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Basically, it really helps if you get hot at the right time. Giants 2 recent Super Bowls and Ravens Super Bowl are great examples of that. Even so though, the old formula of having to be able to pound the ball and having a great D for success in the playoffs isn't a completely hard rule anymore. Still helps, and a lot of cases of "bad D's" even in the ones I listed played quite a bit better than their regular season rankings in those playoffs (Giants especially come to mind).
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Giants limped into the playoffs with seven losses, barely making it via a win in the last game against Dallas to take the crown for an awful division. Like you said they got hot at the right time and there was a lot of luck involved. Not just in the SB but the NFCC.
That year's D for the Ravens allowed lots of yards but they were great in the red zone. Being eleventh in rushing is a hell of a lot better than 22nd.
Pats, 13th in D is nothing to sneeze at and they have a HoF QB one of the best of all time so that sort of counterbalances a run game.
Pack have Rodgers, Saints D that year was good with turnovers which makes up for some things, plus that's the NFC. Sure there's outliers but generally in the AFC you needsomethingmore than the one dimensional teams the Colts have been fielding with Luck.