Lack of Creativity on Offense

[AmericasTeam31]

Originally Posted by KJJ

The OL is a problem it's an awful run blocking unit but Garrett starts every game conservatively with an emphasis on the run even if it's not there. We're seeing a lot of dinking and dunking to the backs and Witten. There's been games where the Cowboys have gone almost the entire first quarter without a pass to a WR. It was said on the broadcast yesterday that Garrett commented that he would run the ball every play if he could. The Cowboys show no urgency to move the ball down the field and score points until they get behind. In the second half yesterday we started seeing a more fast paced offense with Romo going down the field. Once the Cowboys were in deep trouble Garrett finally decided to open things up.

[View Full Quote]The Cowboys need to start being more aggressive at the start of games and try putting some TD's on the board instead of waiting for the opponent to strike first and gain confidence. This is one of the lowest scoring Cowboy teams I can remember they've only scored 30 points or more once this season and it took 21 points by the defense and special teams to achieve that. If the Cowboys continue this lack of aggression offensively early in games they're going be playing from behind the rest of the season. The defense sure isn't good enough to win games.

I saw the complete opposite on Sunday. Even the announcers pointed it out that way.

In the first half, we ran deep patterns vs tight man coverage outside. In the second half we ran slants and quick hitting passes to move the ball downfield. There were no big plays in the second half at all outside of the 30yd pass to Dez down the sideline... In fact our biggest plays were the penalties by Cleveland.

I felt "satisfied" in the fact that Garrett actually adjusted to the pressure that Cleveland was getting on us in the first half. Even though the sacks were evenly split between the halves, I felt like our pass plays were quicker in development and this is evidenced by our scoring drives of 9,8,9 & 8 plays. If we were taking deep shots the whole half, we would not have taken 8 and 9 plays to move down field....

[visionary]

Originally Posted by jday

Actually, the problem all centers on the offensive line and Jason Garrett. Every game it seems to take a full 1st half for Garrett to figure out that slow developing plays and runs, as a general rule, do not work behind this offensive line.

that is becasue he has a rare disorder that causes him to forget everything learned last week

once he sees the first half, he adjusts appropriately

not his fault

now, since this game is only 4 days later, maybe he wont have forgotten, who knows

[Zordon]

[quote=Gaede;4850693]I think there's a middle ground here.

I do believe Garrett needs to be more creative with the offense.

But I also believe that his horrible offensive line and running game really hampers his ability to be creative.[/quote]
ok, but this oline didn't fall from the sky one day onto our team. garrett had signficant input into choosing all of these players. also, this oline has been terrible since training camp. all throughout training camp we got reports about how bad they were looking. in preseason they were bad. throughout the whole first half of the regular season, they were bad. jason has had plenty of time to adjust his offense to these circumstances.

[WV Cowboy]

Originally Posted by Zordon

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also, this oline has been terrible since training camp. all throughout training camp we got reports about how bad they were looking. in preseason they were bad. throughout the whole first half of the regular season, they were bad. jason has had plenty of time to adjust his offense to these circumstances.

Hard to make offensive adjustments for a bad O-line.

If you have an O-line like ours, you are pretty much screwed.

[Gaede]

Garrett definitely deserves his fair share of criticism for how the OL was handled in the offseason.

But at the end of the day, Jerry pays the cheques and drafts the players. And he has a very unique, sly and manipulative way of getting what he wants. Fast, exciting, highlight-making jersey-sellers. No coach, even Bill Parcells, can withstand Jerry's persistent onslaught of bad decisions. Eventually, every one caves to him. It's what he does. He's a salesman.

And I believe he is the major reason our team does not fully invest in beefing up the trenches.

[DTK]

Originally Posted by CowboysFaninDC

those type of plays take time to develop and need a competent OL. in case you missed it, the OL is horrible. and to run play action...you have to have an effective running game, otherwise who is going to fall for the fake hand off? !!!!

dude. get a grip

Why so rude?? I simply brought up a topic that has been on my mind. Don't like it, don't read it.

I'm very aware of the oline problems. But you can help a running game by having fake reverses, HB screens, WR screens, etc. We've run hardly any of that. My question is why not? Is it the coaching or the players?

Sheesh!! Get a grip yourself!

[rlgiv]

Originally Posted by DTK

If it wasn't for the Sunday Ticket, I'd never see a reverse, fake reverse, double reverse, flea flicker, naked bootlegs, etc. Where's the creativity of this offense? I read where we ran play action on only 2 plays yesterday even. Considering how poorous the run game was yesterday, I somewhat understand that, but still...

Ray Lewis said it a few years ago and it's still the same. This offense is very vanilla. Opposing teams have very little scouting to do. Is this a coaching problem? Or the fact that we have too many stupid players to be able to run such plays?

Anyhow ... BEAT THE SKINS!!

I cringe every time I see us even attempt one of those stupid gimmick plays. Defenses rarley fall for that stuff now days and the potential for loss is pretty high even with a good offensive line.

[BEwareDIZZLE]

Where is our screen game? Anybody seen it? Neither have I. The Browns CBs are lining up 10 yards off of Dez and Miles, how about a WR screen every now and then. I don't understand why we don't take what they're giving us. I'm not sure if I've seen a HB screen this season.

[CyberB0b]

Originally Posted by jimnabby

You know, posting this over and over doesn't make it any more true.

We ran on 14 of 39 1st downs against the Browns. Not one of them went for a loss.
We ran on 10 of 21 1st downs against the Eagles. Not one of them went for a loss.
We ran on 10 of 25 1st downs against the Falcons. One of them went for a loss.

How many of those were for more than 3 yards, though?

[Hook'em#11]

Nothing to do with creativity or , lack of..

Players need to line up , execute and do their damn jobs.


Lack of consistency is a better term here for the offense.

[EGG]

Originally Posted by DTK

But you can help a running game by having fake reverses, HB screens, WR screens, etc. We've run hardly any of that. My question is why not? Is it the coaching or the players?

If the other team is committing extra players to get their pass rush or run stops then those plays you mentioned would work. If your OL is so incompetent that they can pressure your QB and stop your run with just the DL alone then they can easily deal with any trickeration your trying to pull behind the LOS.

[CATCH17]

Originally Posted by Gaede

I think there's a middle ground here.

I do believe Garrett needs to be more creative with the offense.

But I also believe that his horrible offensive line and running game really hampers his ability to be creative.

Having a bad Oline and running game should actually make you more creative.


You're not going to just line up and win 1 on 1 a majority of the time.

You're coach may actually have to out think the other coach.

[links18]

Originally Posted by BEwareDIZZLE

Where is our screen game? Anybody seen it? Neither have I. The Browns CBs are lining up 10 yards off of Dez and Miles, how about a WR screen every now and then. I don't understand why we don't take what they're giving us. I'm not sure if I've seen a HB screen this season.

What do screen mean?

[CATCH17]

Originally Posted by rlgiv

I cringe every time I see us even attempt one of those stupid gimmick plays. Defenses rarley fall for that stuff now days and the potential for loss is pretty high even with a good offensive line.

It's really not about gimmick plays. It's about creating illusions and giving the defense every sign that you're going to do one thing and then you do another.

You can trick teams without doing 3 reverses and a throw back to the QB.

[links18]

Originally Posted by FuzzyLumpkins

That is criticizing him for running the ball. So you want him to not even try to run the ball until the second half?

That's not what he said. He said they need to set-up the run with more short and intermediate passes.