Parcells PC in 10 minutes (2 p.m. Central)***Official PC Thread***

[Wood]

I just listend to Marty, LT, Brees press conference from last night ...but I see nothing...from Dallas. Any word?

[Hollywood Henderson]

I was wondering that as well...

[Cowboy from New York]

Cowboys home site lists Parcells press conference at 2 pm today, central time I assume.

[dguinta1]

Parcells was on briefly last night on the NFL network' post game interviews.

[jksmith269]

He will also be on Monday Morning QB on ESPN News which is his PC BTW.

[StoneyBurk]

What time is BP's press conference ?

[D41lasCowboys31]

2pm ct

[Cowchips]

I can hear him now..it was great to win but we still have a lot of work to do. Then he'll focus on the miscues and mistakes. It's the Parcells way and you have to love it!!

[Portland Fanatic]

I can hear him now..it was great to win but we still have a lot of work to do. Then he'll focus on the miscues and mistakes. It's the Parcells way and you have to love it!!

Yes indeed....great game...made some mistakes...must improve there. That game is over...looking to Foreskins.

I hope Fujita gets a lot of work this week...we need him and Ware on the field. I personally think having Ware improve on containing and getting Fujita on the field will allow Roy more freedom to roam.

[Aikmaniac]

On LT's scoring drive, I believe the last 3 plays were run to the left side. Ware got swallowed up big time and the help arrived too late.

Zimmer did make the necessary adjustments though.

[Portland Fanatic]

On LT's scoring drive, I believe the last 3 plays were run to the left side. Ware got swallowed up big time and the help arrived too late.

Zimmer did make the necessary adjustments though.

I'm sure they are going to hammer him on that big time this week. Once he gets that he can cut lose more...

I remember him in the first pre-season game...he was very conservative and figuring things out. He again looked conservative and was trying not to make mistakes, he will cut lose in a game or two like he did.

[blindzebra]

Ware has two issues right now:

1. When he gets engaged, he has a hard time shedding the blocker. He has to get better with his hands to keep the big guys off him.

2. He needs to recognize what is happening under him, and hit someone before he goes up field or to his coverage. He either gets sucked inside, or they just let him go up field and cut behind him in the running game. In pass coverage he needs to know that if you can lay the wood to a WR within 5 yards, BLAST HIM.

[AdamJT13]

Just a heads-up for those wanting to listen at www.dallascowboys.com (http://www.dallascowboys.com).

[dguinta1]

Tuned in as we speak.:starspin

[AdamJT13]

No injuries.

Burnett's procedure went very well. He's jogging already.

We have a lot of work to do. Our inexperience on special teams showed up. It had a chance to cost us the game. The spot that broke down (on kickoff coverage) was the spot that Burnett had been playing all summer.

[AdamJT13]

Defensively, we didn't have an inordinate number of mental errors (eight or nine on offense and eight or nine on defense). That's too many, but for first game (considering nuances San Diego used), not terribly disappointed.

Henry was really outstanding in the game. He lost that last ball in the sun, which could have cost us the game.

[AdamJT13]

The Chargers tried Anthony a lot of times, and he responded.

[watertown]

pc is on nfl network now

[AdamJT13]

About 25 percent of games decided by three points or less, about half by seven points or less, so you have to learn how to play under pressure.

... I was happy we didn't yield to that pressure, particularly because of that fourth down conversion.

... Players excited after that last play, but that won't mean much next Monday night. I was just relieved that we won the game, really.

... I don't think either coach ever felt like they had control of the game. Did think we were capable of moving the ball. We were pretty intent on Tomlinson, trying to do something about him. We had a lot of problems with McCardell. He's an underrated, crafty player. He was a problem for us.

[AdamJT13]

We need to get our problems fixed before they show up and hurt us.

... It's just one game, and we were fortunate enough to win it. Sometimes when you win, you have the ability to be more analytical than when you lose.

... Told the team, look at the film and learn from it, find out what needs to be done here, because it's really quite apparent.

... Opening day is a real eye-opener for the rookies.

... Most of the defensive linemen got more than 20 plays.

[AdamJT13]

... Glad Gurode got in for 23 plays. Didn't get to play Tucker, wish I had. Petitti held his own. He had some issues, but for first game, in that situation, I thought he did a passable job.

... Rushing offense would have looked a lot better if hadn't had some plays called back. ... Julius got a little winded in the fourth quarter. Probably should have gotten him out at some point in the second half, but it's hard to take him out.

[AdamJT13]

... Thought Bledsoe did a pretty good job. The cleaner we can keep the pocket, the better he'll be. We had a couple of individual breakdowns (Polite missing corner blitz) that shouldn't happen.

... (Blitz on fourth-and-14) We sent more than they had blocking, so we knew we'd have somebody free.

... If no Keyshawn TD on third down, would have kicked a field goal to tie the game instead of going for TD on fourth down.

[dstew60105]

The Chargers tried Anthony a lot of times, and he responded.

Quote from Pastabelly's tip sheet form an AFC scout:


• "I've got to admit, I was dead wrong about [cornerback] Anthony Henry when Dallas signed him this spring. We talked about him for our team, and I didn't like him. I thought the Cowboys were nuts to give him $10 million [as a signing bonus]. But, good god, what a game he had against the Chargers [12 tackles, five passes defensed, one interception]. He's better than I ever thought he was."



Don

[AdamJT13]

... We went through almost our whole red-zone pass list, which is unusual. But we were in there enough times that we used almost everything we had.

... Don't think Bledsoe was ever lacking in confidence. I told him to just let the game come to him. I don't know if he listened or not.

... Keyshawn is a very good competitor. People don't give him enough credit for that. He enjoys being in the fray, a lot of athletes run from it. Pretty much every Sunday, he's going to stand there with you and do the best you can do.

[Hollywood Henderson]

Very cool, thanks guys

[EndGame]

... Glad Gurode got in for 23 plays. Didn't get to play Tucker, wish I had. Petitti held his own. He had some issues, but for first game, in that situation, I thought he did a passable job.

... Rushing offense would have looked a lot better if hadn't had some plays called back. ... Julius got a little winded in the fourth quarter. Probably should have gotten him out at some point in the second half, but it's hard to take him out.
He was out for an entire series in the third quarter. Guess he needed more than that.

[AdamJT13]

... (Price) I don't know how that's going to work out. What I do know is I've got to have somebody cover kickoffs. Some of the offensive players I had out there didn't do a good job.

... I only dressed seven offensive linemen. I don't think that's smart, in the long run.

... Witten will get his opportunities. Crayton got his (Witten's) catches. Crayton was able to take advantage of it (Chargers focus on Witten). I don't care who catches them.

[Outlaw Heroes]

... Julius got a little winded in the fourth quarter. Probably should have gotten him out at some point in the second half, but it's hard to take him out.

Don't know exactly why, but this puts a big smile on my face. Probably because I was a bit worried that Parcells was serious about limiting his carries to 15 a game. My own view is that if you've got a horse you ride it until it can't go no more. This kid's too explosive to be getting only 15 carries a game.

[AdamJT13]

He was out for an entire series in the third quarter. Guess he needed more than that.

Julius had 26 carries. Parcells wants him closer to 20. He said he should have given Thomas about six or seven carries instead of three.

[AdamJT13]

... Davis needs to improve.

... On McCardell's first TD catch, a linebacker (Bradie James?) made a mental error.

... About a half-dozen inexperienced players were playing slower than their players. Some of them won't be dressing next week.

[stilltheguru]

ware made the mistake on keenans first catch

[SDogo]

About a half-dozen inexperienced players were playing slower than their players. Some of them won't be dressing next week.



What does he mean by that?

[AdamJT13]

... The Chargers were running an unbalanced line, and that caused some trouble.

... Some of those in-game adjustments might have been what it was supposed to have been to start with.

... Not worried about shots Bledsoe took. Only took one bad shot. He's a pretty tough guy. I think he came out of it pretty well.

... I don't think the young guys have any idea what the Redskins-Cowboys games mean. They're going to have to find out for themselves.

... Three captains this year: Ellis, Nguyen, Campbell. I just counted the votes. I didn't have any input at all.

[Outlaw Heroes]

... On McCardell's first TD catch, a linebacker (Bradie James?) made a mental error.

I suspect the linebacker in question was Ware, who should have re-routed McCadell in order to prevent him from getting up on the safety so quick.

[Bungarian]

... Davis needs to improve.

... On McCardell's first TD catch, a linebacker (Bradie James?) made a mental error.

... About a half-dozen inexperienced players were playing slower than their players. Some of them won't be dressing next week.


Playing slower than their players?

[followthestar]

On LT's scoring drive, I believe the last 3 plays were run to the left side. Ware got swallowed up big time and the help arrived too late.

Zimmer did make the necessary adjustments though.

i noticed this quickly - several big runs were suckering Ware inside, and even when he tried to compensate he was simply allowed to run past the play opening just as big a hole. their first couple drives they had lots of field to the left, but as you said we did make the right adjustments. good coaching will do that...

[AdamJT13]

... Cortez is a pretty good tackler. Bruce DeHaven told me that; he had him in San Francisco, and he told me that. You earn other players' respect when you're in on two tackles.

... We need to do something here quickly (on kickoff coverage).

... (Roster moves?) I don't know. We're still looking for a couple of things, I'll tell you that.

... (Payton calling plays?) I think he did fine.

... (Down on the team?) I don't know what I said that would indicate that. There are some obvious problems that have to be addressed.

... (But you beat a very good football team) Well, I'm happy about that.


-- The End

[SDogo]

I don't think the young guys have any idea what the Redskins-Cowboys games mean. They're going to have to find out for themselves.



The vets better give them the what's up because I want them ready to go from snap 1!

[STSINAZ]

barber and one of the receivers wont be dressing IMO....maybe polite...they could use campbell as the h back or go two TE set...polite didnt do anything and neither did barber...too slow on kickoff returning...we need a real returner

[Outlaw Heroes]

-- The End

Very impressive summary, Adam. Thanks for that. But I think you're suffering from a remarkable case of false consciousness. ;) You're our resident cap expert. 'Roshi is our speed typist / PC reporter. If you start usurping other people's functions, pretty soon this board will be comprised of only you and a bunch of people that are good for nothing but spewing their personal opinions. What next? You gonna replace all eight moderators? :D

[RCowboyFan]

Very impressive summary, Adam. Thanks for that. But I think you're suffering from a remarkable case of false consciousness. ;) You're our resident cap expert. 'Roshi is our speed typist / PC reporter. If you start usurping other people's functions, pretty soon this board will be comprised of only you and a bunch of people that are good for nothing but spewing their personal opinions. What next? You gonna replace all eight moderators? :D
:lmao2:

Good one, and Adam might do that I guess, just to see if he can do that :D

[Outlaw Heroes]

:lmao2:

Good one, and Adam might do that I guess, just to see if he can do that :D

I wouldn't doubt him. :D

[AdamJT13]

Very impressive summary, Adam. Thanks for that. But I think you're suffering from a remarkable case of false consciousness. ;) You're our resident cap expert. 'Roshi is our speed typist / PC reporter. If you start usurping other people's functions, pretty soon this board will be comprised of only you and a bunch of people that are good for nothing but spewing their personal opinions. What next? You gonna replace all eight moderators? :D

I could never replace InmanRoshi. I was going to post just a few things at first (the non-injuries, etc.), but then I kept going just in case InmanRoshi wasn't listening to it. If he does a recap, I'm sure he'll have the things I missed. And I paraphrased a few times -- InmanRoshi almost always gets the direct quote.

[Aikmaniac]

Thanks Adam.

[InmanRoshi]

No reportable injuries. Burnett was jogging this morning. We’ll see where he is for this week. Everything went extremely well on his procedure.

Thoughts on the game….

Overall, we have a lot of work to do. Inexperinece on special teams really showed up, to the point where it could have cost us the game. It didn’t, but it had a chance to. The spot that brokedown on the kickoff coverage unit was the spot that Burnett had been plyaing all summer, and throwing someone in there at the last minute hurt us. Not saying he would have made a difference there, but it was a problem. They were more aggressive than us on their coverage teams overall.

On offense, we ran the ball for 109 yards, 42 yards in rushing called back from penalties. That would have been 150 yards rushing, which was what we had hoped for. We were erratic early in the game with penalties and pressure. Settled down for a while, and it started back up again in the 3rd quarter. 1st and 3rd quarter were mirror images of each other, but we made a few plays and got a key penalty with that hands to the face call that really impacted the game.

Defensively, we didn’t’ have an inordinate amount of mental errors. 9 on defense, and 9 on offense. A little too many, but for a first game and not knowing what to expect and seeing a few new formations and nuances, I wasn’t terribly disappointed in that. A couple of our players need to tackle better. Anthony Henry was really outstanding in the game. He lost that last ball in the sun on the 4th down play that could have cost us the game, but overall some of the young players did okay but not without mistakes and problems. Taking wrong angles and doing wrong things, quite a bit of that. Quite a bit less than perfect.

Guys you brought in free agency making impacts? .
Its important, they seem capable of making plays. They tried Anthony a lot of times in that game, and he responded.

Happy with the way you won?
I tell the players that 25% of the games are won by 3 points or less. That was by 4 points, but half will be 7 points or less. So you have to know the pressure that just 1 mistake, dropped catch, blocked punt or something like that will cost you the game with the way the league is structured. I didn’t look at all the scores yesterday, but I would imagine there were a few games that were close and could have gone either way. The disappointment of them converting on that 4th down was a big disappointment, the way he just heaved it up there. So I’m glad we bounced back from that. There is more excitement from the players when you win a game on the last play, but it doesn’t mean much for Monday Night.

Feeling like the MNF game two years ago as far as a momentum builder?
No, I don’t think so. I was just relieved that we won the game, really. I don’t think either coach felt like they had control of the game. I know I didn’t. I did think we were capable of moving the ball, and we were intent on doing something about Tomlinson, but we had a lot of problems with McCardell. He’s very crafty and very underrated player. He knows what he’s doing, and he was a problem for us.

You said you expect growing pains, do you have a different view after this win?
No, I don’t. Not at all. We got a lot of problems here. We really do. I’m not inventing them. They were the same problems we had before the game. We need to get them fixed as soon as we can, or its just a matter of time before they cost us. I’m not discounting the ability of a team to improve as they go. But Marco got tired at the end because he hadn’t played that much in the preseason. You can’t get in tune with this game watching it. We got things we need to adjust to as best we can. Its just one game, and we were fortunate to win it. Sometimes I think when you win you have the ability to be more analytical than when you lose, because there is more emotion in it. I’m happy they won, they showed some guts, but I told the team in film study today that they should look at the film and really look into it.

Do the veterans need to relay that to the rookies?
You hope the veterans would point some of that to the rookies. Some of them were pointing out the urgency of moments in the game, but I expect the rookies to know some of this themselves. Its not like they haven’t played football before. But I think opening day is a bit of a awakening for the rookie players.

DL Rotation.
I did like the fact that most all of them got over 20 plays. Glover and Ellis played a bit more. Canty played a bit more too, because they were all on the nickel. We might have to make a few adjustments on that as we go this week. Glad Gurode got in there for 23 plays, and did a good job when he got in there. Didn’t get to play Tucker, but I wish I had, but Pettiti kind of held his own for his first game, other than a few false starts.

Considering the size of their nosetackle and their DL, did you run the ball better than expected?
It would have been better had we not had some plays called back. No, I don’t think it was better than expected, but Julius got a little winded in the 4th quarter. I got him out for 1 series in the 1st half, but I should have got him out another series in the 2nd half, but when the game is on the line its hard to take him out.

Did you notice the DL was fresher?
I think it’s a healthy thing to do that. I wish I could set up a rotation at the LB position too, even just 2 or 3 positions. I think some of these young linemen have ability and will improve as they go, and it will help the vets too. I told Kacy Rogers that I wanted to put them in the 2nd series, and not wait until the middle of the game to start doing it. So we did it, and and we kept them running.

Bledsoe?
Did a pretty good job. The cleaner we can keep the pocket for Drew, the better he’ll be. That’s true for any QB, but its especially true for Drew. We had a few breakdowns that shouldn’t happen, a few but by and large he did a pretty good job.

Defensive blitz on 4th down conversion on the final drive gamble vs. staying back in coverage?
That’s always the delimma about what to do. We got to them on that blitz just the play before on the 3rd down and pressured them. We rushed more than they could block, so we knew we would have someone free. Anthony had the guy covered reasonably well, but he lost the ball in the sun. That’s what they told me. That’s no excuse.

Last TD to Key, if he doesn’t make the catch would you have gone for it on 4th down or kick it?
Kick it.

Washington.
I’m glad we got them at home. I watched their game yesterday, and already watched two films on them. Their OL looks improved. They got more speed at WR. I don’t look forward to it, but I gotta get my team prepared.

Is winning this way good for Bledsoe?

I think so. Sure. I’m sure it restored some confidence. Not that I think he was ever lacking, but we just need him to play within himself. I told him before the game to let the game come to you. I don’t know if he’s listening or not, but at least I’ll say it. He didn’t make any big errors.

Lean or Julius more than you wanted to?
A little bit I would have liked to get Anthony in the game a little more.

Did Keyshawn come in clutch?
Yeah, but that’s what he’s supposed to do. Key is a very good competitor, and he doesn’t get enough credit for it. He wants to be in the fray when the game is on the line. A lot of athletes run from that, he doesn’t. I’m happy for him too, I really am. Every Sunday he stands there with you had gives it everything you can.

So how do you work the WR position if Peerless has a good week?
That’s not without question, right now. I got 3 WR’s here with Crayton coming on that I’m going to play. I don’t know how this will play out. What I do know is that I need someone to cover kicks, that is obvious. And some of our offensive players didn’t do a good job. We had a coaches meething this morning on it. So we’ll change some of that next week. I only dressed 7 OL, I don’t think that’s smart for the long term either.

Can Witten expect that kind of attention all season? Double covered the entire game?
They’re in a 3-4 defense which has one guy standing on him and another guy behind him, that doesn’t mean he’s double covered but they were conscious of him the entire game. He’ll get his opportunities. The way I look at it s that Crayton just got Witten’s catches. I don’t really care who catches them, myself.

Do you think this can get things in the right direction for the season?
It can’t hurt. Its always positive to win the first of the season. Especially in a dramatic and emotional way. It was right down to the wire, and that was a good football lteam. I think they’ll prove to be a good team as the season goes on. But, yeah, I think Confidence is an important thing in sports. The ability to know that you can do it.

How was Davis at FS?
Not without some ….. needed improvement. It was okay. Wasn’t great.

McCardell’s first TD catch.
We made a mental error, but it wasn’t Davis. It was the LB.

Did the team show you anything you didn’t know before?
Yeah, I learned some of our inexperienced players were playing a speed below where their inexpereineced players were playing. About half of dozen of them. We called it to attention in the meeting, and a couple of them won’t be dressing next week because we’ll be dressing someone else.

Aren’t all young players robotic in their first games?
The ones that are naturally that way are, but that Sproles is young and it didn’t seem to bother him at all.

Ware and Spears?
They were running an unbalanced line for a while that caused us some trouble. Its just what I said over and over, it is what it is. Its not perfect.

How did they do making in game adjustments?
Those supposed in-game adjustments were what they should have been to start with.

Discouraged about the beating Drew took?
I think he only took 1 bad shot, and he’s a tough guy. I think he came out alright.

Washington on Monday Night help the rookies focused and puts this win behind them?
They have no idea what Redskins vs. Cowboys means. They really don’t. They’ll have to find that out first hand.

Captain selection.
Greg Ellis, Dat Nguyen and Dan Campbell were voted on by the players, I didn’t have any input.

Do you worry about Cortez take a beating with all those tackles?
He didn’t get beaten up, but he was a pretty good tackler. Saved a touch down. I’m serious. Deheaven told me when we brought him in that he wasn’t afraid to stick his nose in there. He earns respect in the film room.

Do you expect any roster changes to help with the kickoff coverage?
We’ll have to do something. Hopefully we can fix it from within, but we gotta do something quickly. We haven’t discussed tweaking the roster. Without any injuries, I don’t know. We’re still looking for some things, I can tell you that.

Julius do a better job when he was thrown the ball?
Yeah, I think so.

Payton play calling?
I think he did fine.

Seems like you’re down on the team?
I don’t know what I said that would indicate that, I just said we have some things that we need to fixed. Its the truth, I can’t help how you interpret it. I’m happy we beat a good football team.

[blindzebra]

What does he mean by that?

It means Polite, Barber, and Fowler will be inactive next week.

[AbeBeta]

It means Polite, Barber, and Fowler will be inactive next week.

Sounds about right. Sub Price, TT, and Burnett there.

[Outlaw Heroes]

Nice work, as always, 'Roshi. It's a testament to the quality of your summaries that I read them even when others (this time, Adam) have already provided the gist of what they will say.

[Funxva]

Thanks Roshi! You the man dawg!

[Chocolate Lab]

It means Polite, Barber, and Fowler will be inactive next week.
I got the idea he had Barber in particular in mind... Especially when he said that Sproles was new, and he didn't play slow. I wouldn't be surprised to see Thompson in that spot next week.

[smashmouth]

Once again, I'm thanking adam and Roshi the human computer.

The growing pains have already started with the rookies - and hopefully, we'll keep winning until we grow up.

Now that we've got this hard game out of the way, the next 2 or 3 should be winnable.

[Ashwynn]

Don't know exactly why, but this puts a big smile on my face. Probably because I was a bit worried that Parcells was serious about limiting his carries to 15 a game. My own view is that if you've got a horse you ride it until it can't go no more. This kid's too explosive to be getting only 15 carries a game.

I agree with you to a point. You have to let him take a little something off, if your running him 7 straight times at the end of the game and hes gassed, hes not gunna do you near as much good as running TT 6 times at the end of the 3rd and start of the 4th Q. Like you say, hes explosive and dangerous any time he touches it. The fresher he is during and throughout the game, the more so.

[Richmond Cowboy]

No offense to any other "recappers" but I just want to thank Roshi, I usually wait until 30-45 min after the pc and then scroll down until I see Roshi's post. Great work!

[Hollywood Henderson]

I agree Chocolate lab...
Barber didn't show well on ether KO or KOR teams...

Lets get the speed RB from Irving in there on Monday night! (Thompson)

[Chuck 54]

I disagree on Barber...if he was the best KO return guy from camp and preseason, which he must have been since he was back there, and if he indeed seemed like one of the guys who played slower in his first game, I'd certainly give him another game back there to correct what you just showed him in the film room rather than put another rookie whom you thought wasn't as good a week ago in there for his first taste.

Nope, I'd play Barber as the KO return guy again this week, expecting to see more.

I think the guys we're going to see replaced, if anyone indeed is replaced, will be guys on the KO coverage units...I think when he referred to Sproiles, he wasn't comparing him to our return unit but to our coverage unit...I think the guys who were slow weren't getting down and in position to make plays. Sounds like he had too many RB's and WR's on the coverage unit and will now replace them with LB's and DB's.

[ddh33]

I thought Barber was also one of the guys helping Cortez make those two saving tackles on Sproles?

[blindzebra]

I disagree on Barber...if he was the best KO return guy from camp and preseason, which he must have been since he was back there, and if he indeed seemed like one of the guys who played slower in his first game, I'd certainly give him another game back there to correct what you just showed him in the film room rather than put another rookie whom you thought wasn't as good a week ago in there for his first taste.

Nope, I'd play Barber as the KO return guy again this week, expecting to see more.

I think the guys we're going to see replaced, if anyone indeed is replaced, will be guys on the KO coverage units...I think when he referred to Sproiles, he wasn't comparing him to our return unit but to our coverage unit...I think the guys who were slow weren't getting down and in position to make plays. Sounds like he had too many RB's and WR's on the coverage unit and will now replace them with LB's and DB's.

That would explain why we went with Glenn late.;)

[Cbz40]

Great Job Adam and Roshi. Thanks

[lockster]

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[burmafrd]

JJ was winded - which is to be expected in a game like this. He was getting hit either in the backfield or right at the line- had no room or time to juke anyone- so he was taking all the hits head on- fighting for yardage; that uses a lot of energy. a lot more then getting through the line and being able to deliver the hits instead of take them; also usually only one tackler that way. Also he was in for most of the 3rd downs and blocking- which he was not doing a lot of last year. So he was in about50+ plays total.

[adbutcher]

Super jobs with the recaps!

[percyhoward]

Parcells is almost always going to say, "I shoulda given Julius fewer carries." I predict we will hear these exact same words again...and again.

I don´t believe Julius would have got winded so easily if this hadn´t been the first regular season game. He probably wasn´t used to so many carries yet.

[dbair1967]

ware made the mistake on keenans first catch

if thats true then what I thought initially was right, that it was an incredibly stupid call by Zimmer...its 3rd and 7 in your red zone, and the guy thats the best pass rusher on the team is dropping on coverage?

I know he has to cover some, but you dont call that on that big of a play...some times people are guilty of trying to be too cute, and that was a case there

it was S T U P I D

David

[dbair1967]

I got the idea he had Barber in particular in mind... Especially when he said that Sproles was new, and he didn't play slow. I wouldn't be surprised to see Thompson in that spot next week.

only thing is Thompson was worse on kick returns in preseason than Barber was...not sure, but I dont think he got one return past the 20 or so...I cant remember one anyway

David

[dbair1967]

I suspect the linebacker in question was Ware, who should have re-routed McCadell in order to prevent him from getting up on the safety so quick.

and again, if thats the case (and apparently it was) it was an incredibly dumb call by Zimmer

3rd and 7, red zone...you want your best pass rusher going after the QUARTERBACK, not a receiver

David

[Cbz40]

and again, if thats the case (and apparently it was) it was an incredibly dumb call by Zimmer

3rd and 7, red zone...you want your best pass rusher going after the QUARTERBACK, not a receiver

David


Now David you know better than that.... ;) :bang2:

[Nors]

"What I do know is that I need someone to cover kicks, that is obvious. And some of our offensive players didn’t do a good job"


Copper not dressing next week - jmo

[Smith22]

and again, if thats the case (and apparently it was) it was an incredibly dumb call by Zimmer

3rd and 7, red zone...you want your best pass rusher going after the QUARTERBACK, not a receiver

David

Heard this play being discussed on ESPN or NFL channel, they said the Bolts caught us before we could sub out, putting Ware on Keenan. He didn't jam him at all, James didn't drop back quick or far enough and Davis was late to help out.

[Rack Bauer]

ware made the mistake on keenans first catch

No he didn't. He could have (should have) jammed McCardell at the line, but he wasn't the one responsible for the middle zone on that play (it was zone, not man coverage). Brady James bit on the play action and didn't get into his zone on time. Davis tried to come over, but it really wasn't even his zone.

[Sportsbabe]

... About a half-dozen inexperienced players were playing slower than their players. Some of them won't be dressing next week.

Oooh wheeee!! That's some serious stuff right there. BP don't play. I love it!!!

[Sportsbabe]

What does he mean by that?

It's painfully obvious to me ... and I wouldn't have it any other way :enough: