When Wade Phillips was hired in February, one number he brought with him stuck ... the same one that's been glued to Roger Maris for decades. Sixty-one. The number of sacks Phillips' crazed-dog Chargers defense posted last year. The symbol for all the coach would turn loose once he ripped the shackles off the Cowboys' 3-4 personnel and the players who groused about being reined in by Bill Parcells' two-gap, defeat-the-blocker scheme. Seven games into Phillips' tenure, the numbers fail to show a quantum leap. The Cowboys have 18 sacks, projecting to 41 for a season, which would be a modest improvement from last year's total of 34. Dallas ranks 12th in sacks per pass play, another decent but not huge jump from last year's finish of 19th in the category. Source: Alber Breer, DallasNews.com
I can't wait for the Eagles game. If Osi Umenyiora had 6 sacks, DeMarcus Ware could get to 10 easily :icon_cheesygrin:
imo and hopefully they will better the second half of the season when they really start to get into the syle of polaying this type of d
