What weaknesses can Dallas exploit against the Patriots?

Question

What weaknesses do the New England Patriots have? What do the Dallas Cowboys need to do to exploit these weaknesses, if the Patriots have any at all? Along with your "ANSWER", if there is such thing for the Patriots weaknesses,....post a realistic, not optimistic, score for Sunday's Showdown.

Answer 1

If I were the Cowboys DC, I'd be wary of blitzing. You could try to rattle Brady into getting picked, but the Pats O lIne has been excellect in providing protection so far this year. And sending 5-6 guys into the line means the DBs and LBs will be forced to single cover the receivers. Cleveland proved last week that, although you can throttle Randy Moss, you allow other capable Pats receivers to have big days, such as Ben Watson, Donte Stallworth, Wes Welker, and others. Dropping back into coverage allows the Pats to drawplay Sammy Morris for 100 yds, so that is something to think about, too.

On the other side, Romo must not turn the ball over like he did vs Buffalo. He could take shots downfield, if given enough time to get it down there. The Pats secondary is getting it done, but has always been the Achilles heel of the D. You can burn them for quick scores. The somewhat older LB corp is flying all over the place, esp w/ Thomas and Colvin from the outside. The Dallas O line has beef, but so do the Pats' Wilfork and Warren. That's a draw right there. Running the ball will be important for the Cowboys early, to grind down the older Pats players, loosen things up for Romo to get it downfield to TO.

Final Score: Pats 24, Cowboys 23.

Answer 2

well lets see, if your the defending superbowl champions playing at home and the refs help you by not only giving you 2 gift pass interference calls placing you in the red zone of the patriots but also doing the coin flip two times because you lost it the first time, had defening crowd noise while the patriots were on offense so brady couldn't audible, had a prior bye week to study film on new england and get ahead of your game plan and have the patriots play pretty lousy you would only lose by 4 points. Seriously, if you look at the patriots they are unheard of good on offense, so good you dont even bother to notice that their defense is the third best in the league in points allowed and yards allowed. I love how people say they cant run the ball, they are fifth in the league overall running the ball ahead of quite a few playoff caliber teams. The patriots are not a team with much weakness, you just have to try and keep up with them, and thats easier said then done considering they average points per game and give up 15.7.

Answer 3

As was seen on Monday night the home crowd can fire up any team to play better than they usually do. Dallas has to keep it close, as long as the game is close that Dallas crowd will fuel the Boys to victory.
That said Bradys one weakness is that he not that mobile. They have to blitz him, they have to do stunts and come in several different packages. If they can get some good hits on him in the first half they should be all right.
Also Dallas has a huge Offensive line, they need to use that size to overpower the Patriots D line. If Romo and the Cowboys offense has the ball Brady can not connect with Moss.

Answer 4

In all honesty, I don't think there are any waeknesses that the Cowboys can exploit simply because the Patriots are playing very efficiently, especially if you look at Tom Brady's passer rating. The best bet is to put as much pressure as they can on Tom Brady, stop the running game and make them work to pass the ball. Realistically, the score should be Patriots 34, Cowboys 17. The Pats have consistently put up 30+ over the past five weeks and if Tony Romo has another game like he did in Buffalo, it won't be pretty.

Answer 5

First of all I am going to give you the score, 34-23 Pats. I think the Pats will give the cowboys a shot in the first half and the half-time show will focus on the chances the boys have in the 2nd half but that Pat's Offense is too good and they will dominate the game. The ONLY weakness, like you are hinting if, if there is one possible with the pats is that they cowboys have a good 2ndary and I think they will be able to somewhat contain Moss but keep themselves in the game by getting picks. I say Brady has 2 picks in the game. The Pat's D is flawless and they rank in the top 7 in yards allowed on rush and pass and are the 2nd ranked D in the league. The cowboys can force turnovers but they give up a lot of points too.

Answer 6

Well affter watching the Cowboys on monday night football vs the Bills, they have no chance against the Patriots. I 'm a Romo fan but he looked awfull against the Bills and the Patriots have a way better defence than the Bills. The Patrots really don't have a weakness, they are the real deal. They have a great offence and defence and they are well balanced on both sides of the ball. Final scoe 38-17 Patriots.

Answer 7

collapse the pocket, don't let Brady get comfortable and move around, they must put pressure on him all day, remember he once threw 4 ints in a game when the dolphins did this, kinda like romo did last night (only difference is Dallas was good enough to overcome the qb's mistakes), this team can passed on, if they blitz tony regularly, he should have a Field day with the man to man coverage


but according to most pats homers the pats have no weakness and are the greatest team ever and could beat a team qb'd by god

Answer 8

First and foremost make sure that you changed at least most of your defensive signals. Don't kid yourself into thinking they turned in all the data that they stole over the years, Just the actual tapes themselves. I would change the signs from last week if possible who knows how many undercover spies they have. or better yet run the same signs as usual then once they mysteriously have the perfect quick slants for your blitzes show them a blitz sign and sit back in short coverage and wait for the easy pic for a TD. after that you'll be on an even playing field again but up by 7 points.

Answer 9

zone defense , or dime with 4-2-5 meaning bieng patient dropping more linebackes and cbs and safeties into coverege ,,im saying more commited to stopping the passing game make the patriots one dimensional in running the ball more than passing since pasiing is their STRENGHT ,,like use fake blitzes,, always are good like sending a cornerback on a blitz to sack tom brady will work but the important part is that the defensive linemen have to get to tom brady and casue pressure if tom brady gets injuried then the pats will not make it to the SUPERBOWL SIMPLE AS THAT !! LOL

offensively running the ball with marion barber in slots to the outside (away from adalius thomas) is really effective because the other linebackers are slow and throwing the ball in a slant or crossing the field with a good route by T.O is gona be really effective because hes a west coast type of reciever and can break many tackles and take it to the house

Answer 10

The Patriots have not played a single team yet with a winning record, so their weaknesses haven't been exposed. It will be up to the Cowboys to expose those weaknesses, if they really are a superbowl bound team.

If anything, I would say that the Patriots weakness is that they are well rounded, but not outstanding in any category.