Scouting, Ranking Cowboys Receivers
September 5th, 2021
Joe believes only members of the Bucs defense would be surprised if Tampa Bay punishes the Cowboys 40-28 on Thursday night.
Dallas has big-time weapons and is in Year 2 under its offensive guru.
Mike Evans addressed the Cowboys’ receiver trio of Amari Cooper, CeeDee Lamb and Michael Gallup after practice today.
Obviously, Evans thinks no team has three receivers as good as the Bucs’ big dogs, but he placed the Dallas trifecta very close by.
“They’re all great receivers. They can run all the routes, you know, all of them. CeeDee’s young in the game but he’s a really polished receiver already. Amari, his routes are unbelievable. Michael Gallup can take the top off,” Evans said. “They’re a really good bunch. I think they’re top-3, top-4 in the league, if I had to choose out of, you know, trios.”
It’s a great test ahead for the GraveDiggers. (Yeah, Joe thinks it’s unrealistic for the defense to match what it did in the Super Bowl in Week 1.)
But Joe suspects a rusty Dak Prescott will serve up a few gifts on Thursday, hopefully the Bucs’ secondary squeezes them tightly.
September 5th, 2021 at 5:23 pm
The only way Dallas can beat us is if they do the same thing the Rams did last season & use our own speed against us on defense with short passes, curl routes….where we over-pursue on defense
September 5th, 2021 at 5:35 pm
Geez Pete, don’t give the the secret recipe right on a Bucs site
September 5th, 2021 at 5:42 pm
Any secondary’s best friend is a monster pass rush.
Dallas does not have the O-line it had five years ago.
I’ll give the points.
September 5th, 2021 at 7:05 pm
I fully suspect dak will get pressured and throw a couple piks
September 5th, 2021 at 7:53 pm
The highly overrated “Nosepickers” Secondary will get up some terrible plays for sure.
But hopefully our Offense scores so much it won’t matter.
September 5th, 2021 at 8:01 pm
They have very good receivers and a great running back and Dak ain’t bad either. I would love a blowout, but I’ll take a win!
September 5th, 2021 at 8:23 pm
A good test right off the bat for our DB’s. And hopefully will end up being a stepping stone for continued building of confidence in them.
September 5th, 2021 at 9:28 pm
I don’t know Joe, I think Shaq and JPP feel disrespected with rankings.
Shaq seems determined to have a big year.
Add in the rookie… and a cowboy line that isn’t what it used to be… I think this could be a five sack night.
The Gravediggers need to tighten up on the long ball. They still gave up way too many of them last year
September 6th, 2021 at 12:05 am
As usual, Pete has trolled some of you. You don’t use speed against a team through curl routes and short passes. You use their speed against them with misdirection, screens, and play action.
September 6th, 2021 at 8:47 am
Bend but dont break is a real thing though so yeah we may see some 20-25 yd pickups but that doesn’t mean the defense is terrible necessarily.
Bowles has had this team play zone regularly last year but they can press too even better.
I think this defense is gonna eat.
You don’t name yourself if you don’t believe it.
September 6th, 2021 at 9:31 am
The Bucs DB’s don’t match up well with the Dallas receivers nor does the Dallas CB’s match up well with Bucs receivers. I Think it will come down to the defensive front seven which should favor the Bucs.
September 6th, 2021 at 9:47 am
Anybody here think the Bucs lose this game? No way! Dallas’ defense is no match for our offense. We’re too talented and too prepared to miss this opportunity. At home with a full house, the team will be pumped.
September 6th, 2021 at 3:15 pm
If the front seven doesn’t get pressure early and often it’s going to be a long day for this defense.