Phil Gould recently criticized the tactic employed by the Dragons during their 46-20 home loss to the Melbourne Storm, which included conceding five tries in a mere 18 minutes.
He pointed out that the size of the Dragons might be turning into a disadvantage in today's faster-paced game.
Gould argues that this gap in speed influences certain unfavorable tactics displayed in the opening rounds of the season.
"The Dragons impacted the flow of the game for more than half the match," he commented.
During an episode of Six Tackles with Gus, he went into detail about the Dragons' playstyle, noting that their "time-wasting" strategies are designed to give their larger players a chance to recuperate.
"In Las Vegas, when the Bulldogs played (the Dragons), there were times where the Dragons did fatigue in defence, and they are vulnerable," Gould stated.
"Bulldogs just couldn't take advantage of it. And the Dragons were wasting a lot of time and taking time off the clock in that game, because they knew that physically they do get tired, their big fellows do get a little bit vulnerable in defence.
"Part of their tactic is to waste time and take time off the clock and scrimmage, muck around in tackles, and stop the game for different things, flare-ups and all that sort of thing."
"It's to keep breaking the game up and keep getting spells in what they're doing. They got away with a lot of that in Las Vegas, which was very frustrating, but the Bulldogs just couldn't take advantage of what they saw."