been saying it for a while... TERRIBLE offensive playcalling. everything is downfield passing. they gotta mix some dink and dunk type plays in there, where romo can get rid of the ball quickly, as opposed to having every pass be either a 15+ yard route, or a checkdown to the HB. their offense is ridiculously predictable. whomever is calling the shots, whether its Garrett or Wade, has to go. its pathetic.
If guys would catch passes, run the correct routes, not fumble and not jump offsides this offense would be just fine. The Cowboys got beat by a playoff team with a championship caliber defense, and when it came right down to it, it wasn't the offense that lost the game.
yeah dumb mistakes on both sides killed them, but ive always hated what they do on offense. they are way too predictable, and rely on big plays too much. that was exploited last year in the playoffs by the Giants, and they still havent made the changes they needed to, despite the league picking up on it. of course, they are still such a talented offense, that they are capable of putting up some scores, but not with the efficiency they need to be.
too much passing. i thought choice was playing pretty damn well. with the short fields the defense was given through much of the game and how much it seemed they were on the field, i wasn't surprised the ravens broke the first one, but the second was inexcusable. just sloppy, undisciplined play all around. if romo had been able to hit the broad side of a barn the first 55 minutes of the game they wouldn't have been in that position. just disappointing. even if the boys win next week it's almost certain a first round exit is coming.
When Romo got in trouble in the past, he used to put the ball down and run more than he's done recently. Now every time he gets pressured out of the pocket, it seems like he's more inclined to heave the ball 30 yards down field into double coverage when he could have picked up an easy 10 just running up field.
I think the biggest problem is decision-making by the quarterback. The dinks and dumps are there in the passing game for a quarterback who reads through progressions and checks down to those throws. Almost any pass play at the NFL level involves multiple receivers running routes at a variety of levels vertically on the field; and not many plays at that level are single-reads that necessitate taking the ball to a particular receiver. Too often, Romo seems bent on trying to make the huge play instead of taking what defenses give him and working to make the big play available. He forces the ball into bad spots as a result and either takes the offense off schedule with incompletions or ends drives with interceptions. When you add in the penalties and the drops, the offense actually has pretty little margin for error.
That the offense can be as effective as it is at times (4th Q against Baltimore for instance) is a testament to the talent that's out there and Romo's ability to make plays. But talent alone isn't usually enough against good NFL defenses.
Yeah I think Romo is to blame for a lot of the issues but then again he is an upgrade from Brad Johnson.
jason garrett is stupid and over-rated...the cowboys over paid him after the cowboys good regular season...dude doesn't have the experience to run the offense.
romo is okay, the defense is solid, but look at the play calling offense. everything down field and/or max protect. abandons the run when it's working in the baltimore game. doesn't even try to establish the run in the washington home game. constantly going down field...very very predictable. how many times where crayton & austin even on the field and where's tellus?
seriously an option toss on 3rd down, wtf? an this is the heir apparent...FAIL
Of course let us not forget the main problem. Jerry Jones. I know he wants to build a championship team but he needs to hire a coach that can get it done. Jones needs to keep his nose out of the huddle and keep it in the front offices.
Hit the nail right on the head.
he's got a lot to do with it but c'mon, the offense got WAY too conservative in pittsburg in the 4th quarter and then were force to throw in those conditions and had NOTHING in the baltimore game until the last 3 minutes. throw in the st louis game where the offense (and defense) was pathetic, and there are three games that may come back to haunt you.
as far as jj, dude just wants to win. sometimes he sucks at player personnel decisions and sometime he doesn't. all i know is the usage roy e williams has been lacking...throw the mother- ing fade to him all time in the red zone!
as far as jerry picking yuck yuck phillips as the coach, look i like him. say what you want but the defense has improved ten-fold since he took over play calling. everyone says he's too laid back, but we had the hardest hard-ass in the history of the world in the tuna and that didn't work...i think if we get in, we can get to the second round of the playoffs.
I must admit, last year I thought he was doing a great job of calling games but he has been awful this year. I have a feeling, unless the Cowboys win the Super Bowl, the whole coaching staff is gone in the off season...
Take away the big play and that offense struggles badly. I know you hate the Pats stretch but that team and the colts were experts and mastering good long scoring drives. the Raiders during the Rich Gannon era were great at that as well. All of those teams could go for the deep balls too but they were all great at mixing it up. Cowboys have the talent to do that but they dont have the coach with brains to call it.
I agree completely. I've said for a long time that those were the cowboys main issues.
Same for last year with the Pats. They were a downfield passing team, and it didn't work. If they did more dink and dunk, they probably would have won the Superbowl. Notice that the best drive of their day in the SB, consisted of just that. Short passes to move the offense downfield.
since when has Wade called any kind of shots on offense?
your opinion = fail
Wade has to go because this team is too lazy and there is no discipline. Parcells was too hard, but this opposite end of the spectrum is ridiculous.
The Cowboys have Super Bowl talent on both sides of the ball and should be the Patriots of the NFC.
I never said he was calling the shots. My point was, whomever's offensive scheme this is, has to go. Many times offensive coordinators run the offense, based on the scheme of the head coach. The scheme is what is terrible.
im sure you do.
I agree.
LMAO harrell
again, WTH are you talking about? Wade is all defense.
you said:
implying you aren't sure if it's Wade or overpaid OC Garrett that's "calling the shot"
you are an idiot.
I'll go ahead and post your comeback:
dumbass
Another huge problem for the Cowboys (Other than bonehead penalties and constantly going for big plays) is their inability to step up and deliver in the clutch. As great as that D played in Pitts, they allowed the Steelers to score 10 points on 2 consecutive drives late in that 4th quarter. Romo's pick sealed it but the D couldnt hold a 4th quarter 10 point lead.
Then vs the Ravens the D was playing very well. even the first ravens td they needed a fake fg run on that drive. But in the 4th after the offense scored a td to cut the lead to 16-14, the D once again couldnt step up and get the stops when it was needed most. They allowed a 2 long td runs in 2 plays on 2 consecutive defensive series. Championship caliber defenses are clutch and make the stops in the most crucial parts of a game.
I don't know about that. I mean Moss has his share of problems, but he is a choir boy when you compare him and TO together. TO is the cancer of that team. Dallas was doing what they wanted against us in the 1st qtr when they were mixing it up running Choice and hitting the short passes. But when Romo started trying to force feed TO is why they couldn't score, or move the ball consistently. Our defense zeros in on that. Thats why the last few times we have played the Colts we have been totally destroyed. Manning just doesn't throw to Harrison or Wayne all the time. He spreads our defense out and pretty much forces us into man coverage which is our weakness.
Dallas wins Sunday and all is forgotten. They showed they can beat the Giants. Panthers,Falcons,Cardinals and Vikings are the remaining teams most likely. They can win against all of them especially if the D shows up like they did the previous 5-6 weeks before the Ravens.
Personality wise I think Romo is a bag but the guy is a good QB and everyone can see where the Cowboys were without Romo. The D will have to step it up against the Eagles. The Eagles may not even have a shot at the playoffs by game time but that won't matter, they will play the Cowboys HARD no matter what. If the Boys win every team in the NFC will hate life if the play them. The problem is even with Romo they lose the big game. I'm curious if they can change that.
I wish TO would shut up, but he's not the source of the problems.
It all starts with JJ hiring Wade Phillips. That was a bad hire from day 1.
I honestly think that if Parcells were still here with this team that they would have 11 or 12 wins right now and be pushing the Giants for the NFC le.
I'm curious about what is it with Romo's personality that makes you think he is a bag. Its not like he is pulling a TO.
+1I wish TO would shut up, but he's not the source of the problems.
It all starts with JJ hiring Wade Phillips. That was a bad hire from day 1.
I honestly think that if Parcells were still here with this team that they would have 11 or 12 wins right now and be pushing the Giants for the NFC le.
You mean the option toss that worked perfectly except that the running back fumbled it out of bounds instead of getting the first down?
again, you missed the point. anyone that is more interested in actually talking football, as opposed to being a ing dumbass tech fan like yourself, would have gotten it.
LMAO harrell
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