Anybody expecting us to shut the Cowboys offense down is going to be disappointed.

We just need to get a few stops. They will get theirs.

How is that? Even great defenses give up a couple good drives most games.

Watts had 7 tackles tonight.

NFL has to write a different narrative tomorrow. Something tells me they don't want to. They'll hold off a bit until we beat DAL. Then we're back.

They haven’t faced a good offense the last three weeks. That likely has a great deal to do with these outcomes as well.

Uh. LVR came in averaging nearly 400yds/game, and nearly 300 of that was passing. They led the league this season in plays over 20 yards.

The defense played a very good game tonight. Not elite or top-5, but a very encouraging result. If they can clean up some more of the small stuff and somehow get a little more juice out of the pass rush, they'll be a solid top-10-12 defense and if tonight's offensive performance wasn't a one-off, we'll coast into the playoffs and have a legit shot at a Super Bowl berth.

Lotta 'ifs' but there it is.

Ingram added a spark and we are finally seeing our guys healthy and hungry.

Badger looked into it as well.

Nice to see Jarran Reed get a sack and Dirty Dan an int too.

No you can't crown them yet, but they have absolutely put the clamps on elite players like Derrick Henry, Aaron Jones, Waller, etc. in recent weeks. It's a huge step up from what we saw at the beginning of the year. They're playing better.

Having Gay, Ingram, and Clark makes a huge difference. We didn't have those three early. Plus Bolton creaming 3 players a game has added a toughness we haven't seen since Derick Johnson. So much better. Hats off to Sneed, HB, and the rest of the secondary.

Didn't hear Niemann's name being called once tonight.

I think that's because he wasn't on the field.

That's a very good thing. I think Spags is learning.

I did not even notice him in the game at all until the final Raiders drive in garbage time....which is a good thing.

No, he and Sorensen were in on the 3rd down package all night. They just didn't put those two on Waller.

This is not the Raiders offense that was. It is a shadow of itself now.

The D just looks so much different than what we saw in the first half of the Titans game. Since then, they have been fantastic. Next weekend is going to be a real challenge for them. The Cowboys O is legit.

the defense if it plays the rest of the season like it did last night is good enough. they were a liability and they stopped multiple drives

good enough is all they need to be