***Cowboys vs Browns Post game thread***

[Zordon]

we will lose at least 3 more games this year with this oline.

[Hoov]

Originally Posted by ScipioCowboy

I'm thinking cornerback.

to improve the dime defensive packages - no one will get open on 3rd and long

[yimyammer]

Originally Posted by ScipioCowboy

The one good thing to come out of this game: We get to live to dream another week...or the next four days at least.

yep, I have absolutely no idea what will happen against the skins except lots of nail biting on my part

[Nav22]

Look around the league, people.

Jags hung tough with the Texans, Cards hung tough with the Falcons. Rams tied the 49ers last week. Hell, look at the Browns' results week-to-week. This team competes.

Welcome to parity. Any win is a good win.

[Idgit]

Originally Posted by Risen Star

It's why I wrote us off when we went Walmart shopping for offensive linemen in the offseason.

You just can't be a real contender with an OL this bad.

In fairness, our OL was juggled considerably today. And, yes, it was really bad.

[Boys122]

Just what I thought another nail biter, but we just barely won. Our OL is bad. We are lucky to have Tony Romo. Anyone else behind center would be in the ICU.

[a_minimalist]

In case this win wasn't good enough for some of you, look at what happened to the Texans today. They almost lost to the Jaguars and Garrett isn't even their coach!!!

[JPostSam]

Dez Bryant haters need to keep their mouths shut today. Dude was a beast. Witten, Austin and even Dwayne Harris made important plays today, too. On a day in which the offensive line was a sieve, those guys came through.

And what about Tony Romo? He was masterful, despite being absolutely abused by his offensive line and restrained by his playcaller for the entire first half.

In the past three games (yes, yes, I know about some the few stinkers before that), Romo has gone 79 for 111 (71.2% completion percentage) for 843 yards, with 4 touchdowns and ZERO interceptions.

Game balls all around for the passing game today.

[Risen Star]

Originally Posted by Idgit

In fairness, our OL was juggled considerably today. And, yes, it was really bad.

They're just bad. Injuries aren't creating this. A lack of talent is.

[Gaede]

Originally Posted by Idgit

Dude, we could be in first place in the East by this time next week. There's no reason not to talk about playoff positioning.

Good point. Win is a win is a win.

We won, that's all that matters. Every team has close games against teams they're not supposed to.

OL needs a major overhaul in the offseason however. It's clear that they are a gigantic handicap to the QB and coach. We could stand to have new guys across the board, save Tyron. Free needs to be driven to and abandoned at the garbage dump

[TheCount]

Got that one by the skin of our teeth. I'm not under and delusion that this team is a superbowl contender but a win is a win.

[Risen Star]

I just wish we could somehow get Tony Romo the ball in his hands with 90 seconds on the clock and a chance to win a title.

I believe he could do it.

[T-RO]

Originally Posted by TheCoolFan

Garrett will never adapt. He is stubborn and will do things his way and if it doesn't work, he blames the players for not executing...even though the players are clearly overmatched and need some help from their coach.

When has Garrett blamed the players? I can't think of a time once.

[nalam]

Originally Posted by ConstantReboot

Now why did we wait till the 2nd half for our offense to come alive? Its not that our oline is bad. It is. But Garrett needs to stop calling those long developing plays cause the passrush is getting to Romo.

That fumble was another bad play called by Garrett. If he would just stick to what was working, we could have wrapped up this game sooner.

Fumble is all on Romo, it is situational awareness, you don't have to extend plays when broken things when you are leading by 4 points, ball security is more important.

What was bad play call is three running plus in your 1 yard line when Cleveland had 3 TOs and punt the ball from deep end zone to J.cribbs. at least u try to get one throw to sidelines or slant.

[ScipioCowboy]

Originally Posted by Risen Star

They're just bad. Injuries aren't creating this. A lack of talent is.

This is a good point. The line today wasn't significantly worse than the line at any other point this season. That's what my eyes tell me anyway. Maybe Adam has some more objective measures.