Tag: 2023 season Week 8

Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week

From @ToddBrock24f7: Aubrey is the first Cowboy to win the weekly award since Brett Maher, the man he replaced. Maher won it in 2019 and twice in 2018.

It’s been quite the turnaround at the kicker position for the Dallas Cowboys.

After veteran Brett Maher shanked a league-record four PATs in one game- a playoff appearance, no less- in January, it was apparent the team would move on. And while most fans spent the offseason eyeballing seasoned free agents like Mason Crosby, Robbie Gould, and Ryan Succop, the Cowboys settled on NFL newcomer Brandon Aubrey.

It turned out to be a stroke of genius; Aubrey was just named the NFC’s Special Teams Player of the Week for Sunday’s performance versus the Rams.

Aubrey went 5-for-5 on extra points and hit both of his field goal tries, including a booming 58-yarder during Dallas’s 43-20 home trouncing of Los Angeles. It was the rookie’s longest field goal of the season. His 18 consecutive three-pointers to start an NFL career ties a league record.

The onetime Notre Dame soccer star looked to be on his way to an MLS career after being a first-round draft pick for Toronto FC in 2017. But his soccer dreams had been completely derailed by 2018, and Aubrey became a software engineer.

It was only in 2019, when his wife encouraged him to try kicking an oblong ball instead, that Aubrey turned his attention from futbol to football. He went on to win back-to-back championships with the USFL’s Birmingham Stallions and was invited to camp with the Cowboys in July, where he beat out Tristan Vizcaino for the starting job.

Aubrey missed his very first NFL kick, an extra point attempt versus the Giants on opening night, but he’s been perfect since then, with the Cowboys coaching staff raving about his cannon of a leg, his effortless stroke, and his quiet confidence.

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Quarterback Dak Prescott even revealed that he’s nicknamed Aubrey “Butter” because he is so smooth.

And with this award, as special teams coordinator John Fassel joked upon first hearing the nickname, yes, Aubrey definitely appears to be on a roll.

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Cowboys update Tyron Smith’s Week 9 prognosis after late scratch vs Rams

From @ToddBrock24f7: Dallas was down to a 3rd-string LT in Week 8 after Tyron Smith was held out and Chuma Edoga got hurt. But the team is optimistic for Sunday.

It’s been said that, apart from quarterback, left tackle is the most important position on a football team. You can scheme your way around almost any other deficiency in the lineup, but if you want to have success, you’d better have an answer at left tackle.

Coming off a dominating 43-20 win and looking ahead at a massive divisional showdown, though, the Cowboys have far more questions than answers at Tyron Smith’s usual spot.

The eight-time Pro Bowler was in street clothes for Sunday’s game versus the Rams after suffering a neck stinger earlier in the week. Despite trending toward making the start, Smith found himself a very late scratch for the second time this season.

“Actually, we all thought Tyron was going to go, until the last second. Probably the better part of valor was to not play him today,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told the media at AT&T Stadium following the team’s 43-20 win.

Just as in the Week 3 switcheroo that saw Smith even named a team captain before being declared out during pregame warmups, the 32-year-old seemed ready to take the field right up until the last moment.

“Tyron was suited up- I mean, he was one of the first guys here today,” Dallas head coach Mike McCarthy told reporters in his postgame press conference “So he was ready to go. But going through the examination, the medical staff decided that he was not ready.”

Backup Chuma Edoga got the start instead and got off to a very rocky start, letting L.A. defensive end Michael Hoecht blow past him to sack Dak Prescott on the first play from scrimmage.

But Edoga himself was injured late in the game and had to be carted off the field. Early indications are that he has a low ankle sprain; he may not miss much time- if any at all- though the results of further testing will likely lend clarity.

That left fifth-round rookie Asim Richards to come on in relief in the fourth quarter, and it leaves the Cowboys with a good bit of uncertainty as they prepare to face Philadelphia’s ferocious defense.

Still, Jones says he is not inclined to rush to work a deal for a left tackle before Tuesday’s trade deadline.

“Thank goodness we’ve got some good depth. We’ve been developing depth,” Jones said. “I feel good about our offensive line. Everybody in the league is looking for starting offensive linemen. Everybody.”

“If you really look at our team right now, the biggest need is depth on the offensive line. Really. More so than anyplace else,” Jones continued before getting more specific.

“Starting kind of depth.”

So for Dallas, the real answer may simply be to trust that Smith will have himself ready to play- for real- in Week 9.

Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones echoed that on 105.3 The Fan Monday: “[H]opefully he’ll be ready to go against the Eagles.”

But the inconvenient truth is this: at this point in the oft-injured lineman’s career, Smith has come to be viewed as practically a gametime decision every single week.

“You have to,” McCarthy admitted. “We’re fortunate to have veterans that are long in the tooth that have played a lot of football for us at a high level. You do have to recognize that, especially when you when get to this point in the season.”

Smith will have several more days to recuperate, with Mondays used for film study instead of practice, Tuesdays off, and Wednesdays set aside for a handful of Cowboys veterans as a rest day.

“Even if he wasn’t injured,” McCarthy explained, “he wouldn’t be practicing on Wednesday again.”

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It was a knee injury suffered in practice that held Smith out of Weeks 3 and 4. Now his latest neck stinger- also sustained in practice- has cost him another game, even if it was out of an abundance of caution.

“[If it had been the] Super Bowl, might have been a different story,” Jones suggested. “We didn’t want him to get another stinger out there on top of what he’s had. He’ll work through this as he always has.”

And the Cowboys will explore contingency plans at left tackle, just as they always have.

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‘Give them a reason to focus on me’: Lamb’s hot start, career day lifts entire Cowboys passing game

From @ToddBrock24f7: Lamb knows opposing defenses are focused on him, so he wants to give them a reason to be. That, he says, allows everyone else to explode.

CeeDee Lamb had a career day on Sunday. Fitting, the Cowboys wide receiver says, since he’s been building his relationship with quarterback Dak Prescott from the very first day he became a pro.

“Year Four together,” Lamb reflected after the team’s 43-20 win over the Rams. “A lot of banked reps.”

The 24-year-old came away from the Week 8 victory with personal bests in receptions (12) and receiving yards (158), and he caught two touchdowns for the sixth time as a Cowboy.

The scary part? Most of those stats were compiled in just the first half; Lamb believes his own hot start helped the entire Dallas offense find its rhythm in the blowout win.

“Absolutely. I got started early, and it kind of opened up the offense for us,” he explained, “just giving us the ability to call any play with no restrictions. I feel like that’s when we’re at our best, playing fast and making plays.”

Lamb and Prescott have clearly been at their best of late. The first-round draft pick out of Oklahoma currently has a catch percentage of 82.1% on the season, the highest of any wide receiver in the league with over 30 targets.

While it’s been fun to watch, there’s no mystery about where it’s come from.

“You can clearly see the connection, and that obviously started last year,” head coach Mike McCarthy said following the win. “Just in the offseason, these guys have spent a tremendous amount of time together. The one touchdown throw was a new wrinkle, and you just don’t have that kind of patience as a quarterback unless you truly trust the receiver at the top of the stem there.”

“Work,” Prescott agreed in his postgame press conference. “A lot of work. A lot of time put into it, talking about depositing the work and then being able to withdraw it when you need to. You can go back into the offseason, from the time we started way back in April, maybe even before then in my backyard, to the time we spent in minicamp and OTAs to trips out to Atlanta, a lot of time invested. A lot of trust in that guy.”

That trust was tested after the team’s disappointing loss to San Francisco in Week 5, when Lamb was visibly upset about his apparent lack of use in the Dallas offense.

Prescott and others offered pep talks in the week of practice that followed. But Lamb has also seen more throws come his way- especially early in games- since. In Week 6 against the Chargers, he saw five targets in the first half alone, the same number he’d gotten across his entire 49ers outing.

This past Sunday, that number doubled to 10 targets before intermission.

“Just get in the game early,” Lamb explained. “Want to get the defense on their heels. Obviously, they’re going to be focusing on me, so give them a reason to focus on me. And then I want all my guys to explode.”

It worked versus the Rams, with 11 Cowboys pass-catchers getting targeted in the contest and Prescott topping 300 passing yards for the first time this season.

But Lamb was undoubtedly Prescott’s primary option; he received 14 targets on the day, Brandin Cooks and Jake Ferguson were tied well behind him for second, with four.

“He runs, he knows what I’m thinking, we’re always communicating,” Prescott said of Lamb. “And I think that’s why when it’s not going our way, it’s frustrating, because we put so much into it. But right now, we’re reaping the rewards of everything that we’ve put into this, and it’s only going to continue to grow.”

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The Cowboys’ fourth win by 20 or more points has raised eyebrows across the league about the potent Dallas offense, but Lamb took a matter-of-fact view when asked about it.

“We’re explosive and physical. And I say that with full ability and capability. I know what we can do week in and week out. We can definitely take the top off defenses,” he told reporters.

“That’s what we’re looking for week in and week out. That’s how we should play. And that’s just more of a stepping stone to what’s to come.”

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4 Downs: Little moments trigger big plays as Cowboys steamroll Rams

From @ToddBrock24f7: Despite an afternoon of splashy highlights, it was a 1st-quarter penalty and a two-point conversion and that helped define the Cowboys’ day.

It’s better to be lucky than good, the old saying goes. But being both is best of all, and that’s what the Cowboys were on Sunday. Their 23-point win over the Rams provided plenty of splashy big-play highlights— on offense, defense, and special teams — with the team’s top playmakers delivering the kinds of performances that fans have been waiting for. With Philadelphia on deck in Week 9, the timing couldn’t have been more perfect.

But the Cowboys’ 11th-straight home win was also defined largely by a few seemingly small moments. It was an easily-overlooked penalty flag that gave Dak Prescott a second chance at his first drive of the day, and it was an arguably meaningless two-point play that snuffed out any hope of the visitors climbing back into things in the second half.

A mix of both the big and the small, here are the four plays that told the tale in Dallas’s 43-20 victory to complete the L.A. sweep.

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Here’s how the Cowboys avoid a Rams’ upset in Week 8

The Cowboys and Rams both have paths to victory, sorting out which will be more dominant is the game. | From @cdpiglet

The last few weeks have shown everyone the NFL is a not-for-long league. The season seemed over for the Dallas Cowboys after a 42-10 beatdown by the San Francisco 49ers put them two games back in their division and with the fourth-best record in the NFC. Two weeks later, the Philadelphia Eagles lost a game, the Detroit Lions got blown out, and the 49ers lost two straight. The Cowboys are coming off a bye week at 4-2, and the NFC seems wide open.

Dallas is back home playing one of the nemeses of the Dak Prescott era, the Los Angeles Rams. This isn’t the Super Bowl contender Rams from a few years back. However, they still have an elite play-caller in Sean McVay, the best defensive player of this generation, Aaron Donald, one of the best receivers in the game in Cooper Kupp, and quarterback Matt Stafford.

The Cowboys might be more talented overall, but this matchup is no walk in the park. Los Angeles will scheme a great game plan for Dallas, and the top players on the Rams will show up big time with the spotlight of the Cowboys shining on the game. Here is a look at some of what Dallas needs to do and stop Los Angeles from doing to get a victory in Week 8.

Cowboys’ Jerry Jones ‘optimistic’ about Tyron Smith’s neck injury, Week 8 availability

From @ToddBrock24f7: The Cowboys owner said the left tackle hadn’t been wearing his protective neck roll in practice earlier this week.

Tyron Smith, as is so often the case, is dealing with an injury that has called his status for Sunday’s game into question.

Jerry Jones, as is so often the case, is looking on the bright side by sharing an encouraging diagnosis with Cowboys fans.

“I’m optimistic, period,” the owner said on Friday’s K&C Masterpiece show on 105.3 The Fan.

The 32-year-old veteran left tackle showed up on Thursday’s injury report with a neck issue- later classified as a stinger- that popped up during practice. He was listed as limited for the rest of the work session.

Jones gave some background information on Smith’s injury.

“He uses a neck roll to kind of keep that neck from going in that direction a lot, so we’ve got to keep that on him when he practices,” Jones explained. “He didn’t have that earlier in the week, but I’m feeling good about his availability Sunday.”

This latest injury immediately triggered a deja vu attack for the team’s fans, who have grown well accustomed to seeing the eight-time Pro Bowler on the injured list.

Smith famously has not made it through a full season since 2015 and has played in just 24 games (playoffs included) out of the 53 that have made up the Mike McCarthy era.

Thus far in 2023, he’s been on the field for 58% of the offense’s snaps, missing Week 3’s game in Arizona and Week 4’s date with New England. Chuma Edoga took his spot in the starting lineup on both occasions.

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The Cowboys have had several availability issues on the O-line this season, with only right tackle Terence Steele having taken all 409 offensive snaps. Center Tyler Biadasz and right guard Zack Martin both missed Week 3; left guard Tyler Smith sat out Weeks 1 and 2 with an injury of his own.

That “preferred five” finally started its first game together- ever- in Week 5’s drubbing at the hands of the 49ers. They took the field together once again last week versus the Chargers, but now Smith’s neck puts a third straight start for the group in some degree of question.

But not if you ask Jones.

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‘I want the big plays’: Cowboys’ Parsons looks to hunt against pass-happy Rams

From @ToddBrock24f7: Parsons says the Rams are better than their 3-4 record; the Cowboys D-line hopes to add to their sack totals by getting to Matthew Stafford.

The Los Angeles Rams are not like a box of chocolates. You actually do know what you’re going to get.

For instance, quarterback Matthew Stafford has the third-highest number of passing attempts this season and the fourth-most passing yards in the league. So Cowboys linebacker/defensive end Micah Parsons and the rest of the Dallas defense can almost certainly count on plentiful opportunities to wreak havoc with a frequent pass rush.

“If they pass it 50 times,” Parsons told reporters this week at The Star, “I wish I could have 50 sacks.”

Stafford is averaging slightly fewer pass plays that that this year, putting it up an average of 36.6 times a contest and having good statistical success through the air, though it hasn’t necessarily translated to wins.

Even with the rival Eagles on deck in Week 9, Parsons isn’t looking past the former first-round draft pick with over 53,000 career passing yards who’ll be coming home to line up on the other side at AT&T Stadium this Sunday.

“He’s a Super Bowl champion,” Parsons said of Stafford, a Highland Park native. “He knows how to make all the passes, all the reads, look you off, things like that. Super dynamic. The [3-4] record doesn’t show how really good they are. We’ve definitely got our hands full going in to this Sunday.”

And that’s despite already knowing how the Rams will line up most of the time, thanks to an offense that’s long been constructed around a heavy foundation of 11 personnel. That one running back/one tight end configuration maximizes the team’s wide receiver tandem of All-Pro Cooper Kupp and rookie sensation Puka Nacua. Both are in the league’s top five in receiving yards per game. Even L.A.’s third option, Tutu Atwell, has more receiving yards this season than the Cowboys’ WR2 and WR3- Michael Gallup and Brandin Cooks- combined.

“They’re basically saying, ‘We’re going to do this, and you’ve just got to stop it,'” Parsons explained. “And they’ve been very successful with it. It speaks to who they believe in. They believe in their skills guys, they believe in what they have. That’s what it’s all about.”

For Parsons and Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn’s defensive front, it will be all about getting to Stafford before he can find Kupp, Nacua, and Atwell downfield.

Stafford, however, is used to the heat. He’s been sacked 18 times already in 2023, tied for sixth-most across all passers. And a staggering 17 of those sacks have come in the last five games.

One of the keys for Parsons, who leads the Cowboys with five sacks, will be to give the Rams offensive line extra things to think about, like, “where I’m going to be at, how to find me,” he says. “Dan’s been doing a great job in putting me inside, outside, things like that that make it harder for them.”

Parsons is coming off a bit of a slump, at least relatively speaking. Until he dropped Justin Herbert on the next-to-last play in which the Chargers offense held the ball in Week 6, Parsons hadn’t had a sack since Week 3. Not since his rookie season had he gone three straight outings without a sack.

“I’ve got to do a better job of creating more opportunities for myself,” Parsons explained.

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Now rested and refreshed coming off the bye week, he looks to put himself back in the conversation as one of the most feared and prolific defenders in the game.

“You’ve just got to try to be as consistent as possible,” said Parsons. “Never get too high, never get too low. Understand that people are trying to take you out of the game, people don’t want you to ruin the game. You’ve just got to be a guy that’s willing to risk it all. Every time I step on that field, obviously, I want the big plays, the sacks, and I want to be as dynamic as possible.”

As long as they stay true to form, Stafford and the Rams should give the Lion- and the rest of the Cowboys pack- ample opportunity to hunt.

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Cowboys RB coach returns from leave; will run game see boost?

From @ToddBrock24f7: Jeff Blasko missed the first 6 games due to a health matter; he’ll look to kickstart a ground attack that’s been mediocre to begin 2023.

The Cowboys are readying themselves for their seventh game of the season, but a key member of the coaching staff is only just now making his 2023 season debut. The team hopes his return comes just in time to help right a ship that’s gotten off to a somewhat disappointing start.

Running backs coach Jeff Blasko returned to the team during the bye week, head coach Mike McCarthy announced Wednesday, following a health-related personal leave of absence that began just prior to the Week 1 season opener. Week 8’s home date versus the Rams will mark the fourth-year assistant’s first game as RB coach.

Blasko’s duties had been shared by other members of the offensive coaching staff over the team’s four wins and two losses thus far, but the Cowboys run game has not lived up to preseason expectations.

Dallas currently ranks sixth leaguewide in rushing attempts per game (30.3), but only 10th in yards per contest (119.7) and a below-average 21st in yards-per-attempt (3.9).

Tony Pollard put up the third-best rushing day of his career (122 yards) in the Week 3 loss to Arizona, but it’s the only outing out of his past 12 where he topped 80 yards on the ground. His 370 total rushing yards place him just 15th across all backs.

He hasn’t gotten much help from his backfield mates. Only Rico Dowdle has compiled 100 rushing yards on the season, fullback Hunter Luepke has three total carries, and eagerly-anticipated rookie Deuce Vaughn has been rendered completely ineffective in his first 20 rushes as a pro.

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Blasko’s return to his normal duties will hopefully buoy the team’s ground attack, but he and his unit may have a tough time making a dramatic turnaround this week. The Rams currently give up just over 115 team rushing yards per game and allow 4.3 yards per attempt, numbers that put their run defense in the top half of the NFL.

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Brett Maher booted by Rams days before revenge game vs Cowboys

From @ToddBrock24f7: Maher was released after a 3-miss loss to Pittsburgh; the Rams are reportedly set to visit AT&T Stadium with a kicker making his NFL debut.

There will be no rematch pitting kicker Brett Maher against his former club this Sunday when the Rams visit AT&T Stadium to take on the Cowboys.

Maher was released by Los Angeles on Tuesday after a rough Week 7 performance that saw him miss two long field goals and an extra-point attempt in a seven-point loss to Pittsburgh.

NFL insider Adam Schefter is reporting that the Rams are planning to sign former Colts kicker Lucas Havrisik to replace Maher. If Havrisik plays Sunday, it will mark his pro debut.

Undrafted out of the University of Arizona in 2022, Havrisik competed for the starting kicking job in Indianapolis last September and was invited back to spend the summer in Colts training camp. He had spent the 2023 regular season thus far on Cleveland’s practice squad.

Maher was ultimately unable to move past the late-season struggles that also cost him his job in Dallas. The 33-year-old had at least one miss in six of his last ten outings, dating back to his infamous meltdown in Tampa. Kicking in the wild-card round of the postseason in January, Maher missed an NFL-record four extra-point tries, making the end of his second stint with the Cowboys a foregone conclusion.

Through seven weeks with the Rams this season, Maher missed six field goals and a PAT.

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Maher’s replacement in Dallas, Brandon Aubrey, has been a revelation. The former Notre Dame soccer star has been a perfect 16-of-16 on field goals with a long of 55 yards. He missed his first extra-point try in Week 1 but has connected on all 12 since. If he makes his next three three-pointers, he will set a new record for consecutive field goals to start an NFL career.

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Rams’ Brett Maher misses 3 more kicks with Cowboys rematch on deck

From @ToddBrock24f7: Maher has now missed at least one kick in six of his last 10 outings, dating back to his wild-card meltdown for the Cowboys in January.

Brett Maher had hoped to reboot his kicking career with the Los Angeles Rams this season, but he’s not gotten off on the best foot. And now he’s set to return to AT&T Stadium with another (or continued?) case of the yips that got him cut from the Cowboys earlier this year.

Maher missed two field goals (both from over 50 yards) and a PAT try on Sunday in the Rams’ 24-17 loss to Pittsburgh, prompting head coach Sean McVay to remark afterward, “He’s got to be better. That’s seven points that we missed out on, that were key and critical for the momentum of the game and the type of game that it was.”

The 33-year-old has blown multiple kicks in three of the Rams’ seven games thus far this season. He’s had at least one miss in six of his last ten outings, dating back to his infamous meltdown in Tampa. Kicking for the Cowboys in the wild-card round of the postseason in January, Maher missed an NFL-record four extra-point tries in a game Dallas still won handily.

That game put him on a short leash and led the Cowboys to bring in another kicker for the week of practice leading up to the divisional round; Maher missed another PAT versus San Francisco and found himself out of a job in the offseason.

So far with the Rams, he’s been a mixed bag- at the top of the current NFL leaderboard in total field goals made, but near the bottom in conversion percentage.

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Week 8’s game in Arlington was scheduled to be Maher’s return to Dallas after two previous stints with the Cowboys, but even that may be in question now.

Following another shaky performance Sunday, all McVay could promise of his kicker was, “We’ll look at it, and we’ll see.”

The Cowboys are currently six-point favorites– or the equivalent of two missed field goals- to win the matchup.

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