What do we highlight about the Cowboys vs Steelers of the 2021 Hall of Fame? • First and Ten

Finally, after six months without football on the field, we were able to enjoy real NFL game action. This Thursday, August 5, the 2021 Hall of Fame game was held between the Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers and these were the highlights.

The Garrett Gilbert – Cedric Wilson Combination

Gilbert started tonight and left a good taste in his mouth. He looked solid in his readings and accurate in his passing, completing 9 of 13 for 104 yards and did all of this against a Steelers defense that, while it did not have its stars, did have a good number of starters.

Despite not having a full offensive line with the absences of Zack Martin and Tyron Smith, he looked stable in the protection bag and efficiently combined a couple of times with Cedric Wilson, who started the preseason on the right track to consolidate. as the team’s fourth receiver.

Isaac Alarcón’s debut in the NFL

It is not the product of cheap nationalism to think that the Tec de Monterrey product had a good NFL debut. Alarcón’s growth is notorious; He showed blocking for the running game as his greatest strength, opening good holes for a couple of important gains from his running backs and, although he struggled a bit in pass protection and his game was far from perfect, he looked like someone who belongs to the NFL .

A couple of noteworthy things are the fact that he practically played half a game (maybe a little more) and that all his snaps were LG and not LT as we might have anticipated.

Lack of efficiency to the Cowboys attack

During the first half, this team looked much better than its rival when it had the ball traveling the distance of the field. However, they weren’t able to get into the end zone on a couple of promising offensive drives.

Although we can attribute this to the fact that the entire playbook is not being used, when a team has the ball in position to score six points they have to settle for three, it is bad news no matter who is on the field.

First round selections

These were the first game actions of Micah Parsons and Najee Harris, selected by their respective teams in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft

Although it was a short night for both of them, they also looked great. Parsons served as a middle linebacker on the Cowboys defense, showing speed and good readings that led to him landing three tackles in the game and recovering a fumble. While Harris was decisive with the ball in his hands, attacking the line of scrimmage at good speed which gave him 22 yards on 7 carries, in addition to providing a reception.

Los quarterbacks de los Steelers

Just past a preseason game, things are not looking too good behind Ben Roethlisberger, as neither Mason Rudolph nor Dwayne Haskins looked good.

Rudolph threw for 84 yards, however 40 of them came on a single long pass to Chase Claypool, which was also not very good, since, had it been, it would have ended in a touchdown. In the short passes we saw a lack of precision, as well as an error when delivering the ball that ended in a fumble.

We cannot forget that Haskins was already a starter in this league and tonight, facing the Cowboys’ third defensive team, his performance was not very good, getting only 54 yards with an average of 4.2 per attempt, which is very uninspiring.

Contrast in special equipment

We saw everything in this regard; from missed field goal and extra point attempts, to fumbles, poor coverage on returns, to a pair of punting gems.

Most of the bad was on the side of the Cowboys, who missed a couple of field goal attempts on behalf of Hunter Nieswander who was filling in for starter Greg Zuerlein. On punts, Reggie Davis was unable to control the dribble of the ball on a punt return causing the opponent to recover it, as well as allowing a 36-yard long return from Mathew Sexton.

The Steelers, on the other hand, despite missing an extra point attempt by Sam Sloman, had a pair of well-executed punts, courtesy of Pressley Harvin III, one of which left the ball within the 1-yard line. of his rival, and the other on the edge of the 10.

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