This offseason priority-fix the run game!

[quickccc]

- we'll have to see what becomes of the FA period, before the NFL draft comes about . . who will we be able to re-sign ? .., and who will be moving on elsewhere in FA ?
Will we need to replenish the LB, OL or even TE positions ? Gregory, Gallup, Kearse, Ced Wilson, Hooker, Kazee, Williams, LVE, Neal, etc.

- As well equipped and deep as we have been at the WR unit, we could be losing that depth as both Gallup, Wilson will be FA's, no telling what surprising offers
some NFL team could dish out to them. So could we well be fishing for mid round WRs again.

- And i trust McClay that he is going for value, he's gonna draft according to a players' draft grade and draft round value, not simply because we need OG and thus we need
to draft one in the first round. ..

 

[quickccc]

It was three million I think.. and as it turns out we might have overpaid..

i would think quite on the contrary...from relying on a backup QB and the worse defense in team history ,we still managed to get one game away (finale vs Giants) from
barely squeezing into a wild card playoff berth -.. instead of overpaid, i would call that great value.

 

[McKDaddy]

Not this year. Elliot’s contract will cost to much to cut him. Same with D-Law..

Ahh, I was thinking we could.

Onto the next plan.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Last year's offseason the team's priority was fixing the rush defense, now it looks like the other side of the football:

-Teams are daring the Cowboys to beat them on the ground and they just cannot do so.
-Yes, Zeke is hurt and unproductive, but Pollard also has had his struggles.
-OL is a penalty machine
-Starting TE is a terrible inline blocker
-Playcaller gets away from the run and does little to scheme for it.

Playcaller has nothing to do with it. Until we move on from Zeke this running game will struggle. If you want to blame Moore, blame him for featuring Zeke.

TE's might be worst blockers in the NFL. Our old guys are getting old. Young guys are nothing special. Penalties destroy our run game.

 

[kumizi]

Trade Martin if he has any premium trade value left. He isn't dominating & if you can get value this is your last chance to do so. Make pretty sweeping changes to the OL and see if we can reinvigorate it.

I love how CZ’s ideas for “fixing” the offensive line usually involve getting rid of two hall of famers still playing at a pro bowl level.

like there’s a pro bowl oline tree growing at The Star

 

[zeke21]

I'm worried we will invest money 'fixing' something that may not be broken.

How about we actually commit to the run and go from there?

Run it down their throats.. keep running at them until we find a way to make it work. Running game is going to struggle with only 12 carries between your RBs.. 12 carries and you want to blame Zeke and/or Pollard.

I'm not saying Zeke isn't done.. highly likely he is or he is injured.. either way I won't defend him too much BUT there is only so much you can do with 8 carries.. 7 of which are called as audibles up the middle and you are met in the backfield by two defenders and your OL falling backwards. Not to mention when you do get a nice run they call it back, twice, for holding.

I've said it all year and most of last year.. Moore does NOT know how to call a running game. That is your problem right there.

Get a run first OC and this run game could be very good and very quickly.

 

[Whirlwin]

offseason hell, need to be this week into the playoffs.

the biggest issues with our run game aren't our RBs sorry,

1. Offensive line blocking and penalty's..
2. offensive line health, never the same lineup ie no consistency's
3. offensive line not suited for the run game
4. Kellen Moore is not a run game coordinator, has zero idea how to practice, insert, incorporate a run game into his pass happy tree.
5. open holes, our rbs will find this is a fact look at what happened when we did make the run priority during the 6 game win streak. at some point Moore, dak, and the offense on whole decided they wanted to throw 35times game because running was too hard ie defenses taking it away. quitters they are trying to go the easy route instead of practicing and emphasizing the run. they gave up.. it's fixable we are capable we saw it during the 6-game win streak and we need to to a lot like the eagles and 9ers decided just run until it becomes successful. IDC if it 2-3YPC at first just go this week in meaningless game and run 40 times 20 different formations experiment and try and find run rhythm. our PA and long pass has suffered from no run game.

lets be clear, its the OL 75% of the issues is in fact OL play and mistakes. they are drive killers' momentum killers and allow the defense to make us left-handed. Hard to play with one dimensional. that's a fact. weve seen the opposite in ravens and titans not being able to throw, its the same concept you cant be easy to defense, easy to take away half the offense and win big games against good opponents. we are a good team lost by 3 when we played horribly. THats actually a sign its fixable. 12 runs that it against team that struggled stopping the run? seriously shorthanded small DL, thats all you try? I Mean is MM not in Moores ear , that sad sickening and unacceptable.

we are about to be the 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers went from hot to not real fast and the most hollow 11-5 team in the league. we've became soft, mistake prone, and shown an winningest to fight to fix the run game.

basically, like a bad relationship, we are settling. wev accepted not running.

that Moore, the Ol, and overall, the attitude has become soft. they are allowing teams to dictate who we are.

fix it now not the offseason, NOW!!

we have perfect opportunity in meaningless game, outdoors in cold weather to just go work on the run game, dont care if its a bunch of 2-3 yard runs and 6 punts we need to just run all game and find something that works. dont care if it is using 4 Rbs finding out what Clements and Smith can also add to this.

maybe we leave a few WRs home for the playoffs and actually use FB and more Rbs..go make this happen.

I actually like what Wilson brings to the table as a wide receiver. Cooper is a great route runner. But they know where he’s going to be at the end of the road. Wilson seems to make it up you find the open spot.

 

[Whirlwin]

This team can fix its run game problems by simply committing to running the ball. They aren't going to run for 200 yards and 6 ypc every game. Sometimes it's going to be 110 yards on 35 carries.. So what? You still have to do it. Your offense has to be diversified .. no matter what softheads try to sell us on no QB has ever won anything "by himself." Dak is not going to be the first. The throw it throw it throw it and throw it some more plan doesn't work. At least not for this team. I'm not sure it works for any team. Every Super Bowl in the last 20 years has featured at least one team with a top 10 rushing attack and most years it has been both teams. Yet Kellen Moore has decided that it's not important.. "Yards are yards" he says. Dude is clueless where the running game is concerned and that as much as anything is why I want him gone.

We ran the ball for one set of downs against the Cardinals. And we made a first down. And that was the end of it

 

[Blackrain]

Last year's offseason the team's priority was fixing the rush defense, now it looks like the other side of the football:

-Teams are daring the Cowboys to beat them on the ground and they just cannot do so.
-Yes, Zeke is hurt and unproductive, but Pollard also has had his struggles.
-OL is a penalty machine
-Starting TE is a terrible inline blocker
-Playcaller gets away from the run and does little to scheme for it.

I'm kind of figuring if we don't fix it now we're going to be in the off-season before we know it

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Last year's offseason the team's priority was fixing the rush defense, now it looks like the other side of the football:

-Teams are daring the Cowboys to beat them on the ground and they just cannot do so.
-Yes, Zeke is hurt and unproductive, but Pollard also has had his struggles.
-OL is a penalty machine
-Starting TE is a terrible inline blocker
-Playcaller gets away from the run and does little to scheme for it.

I'm not sure he'd consider it or if Jerry/MM would be interested but I'd call Bill Callahan in a heart beat. I could be wrong but guessing his contract with the Browns will expire after this season. Generally speaking, positional coaches two-year deals (coordinators three years ). He's one of he best OL coaches in the business.

https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/bill-callahan-named-browns-offensive-line-coach

 

[Seth5545]

Ooo reading these comments a lot of you better be prepared for disappointment this offseason lol

 

[Cowboyny]

I'm not sure he'd consider it or if Jerry/MM would be interested but I'd call Bill Callahan in a heart beat. I could be wrong but guessing his contract with the Browns will expire after this season. Generally speaking, positional coaches two-year deals (coordinators three years ). He's one of he best OL coaches in the business.

https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/bill-callahan-named-browns-offensive-line-coach

Believe they had a falling out, but you are right, best in the business if you want to fix the run game.

 

[Cowboyny]

I'm kind of figuring if we don't fix it now we're going to be in the off-season before we know it

Lack of balance probably will knock us out of the playoffs. Very hard to fix the issues in season.

 

[Cowboyny]

Playcaller has nothing to do with it. Until we move on from Zeke this running game will struggle. If you want to blame Moore, blame him for featuring Zeke.

TE's might be worst blockers in the NFL. Our old guys are getting old. Young guys are nothing special. Penalties destroy our run game.

All of it adds up to why they are struggling.

 

[Cowboyny]

Pollard is averaging 5.5 YPC. Other than being underutilized, he's not having a problem.

He has been struggling too, rewatch the games. Yes, he has a high yards per carry due to a few long runs throughout the season.

 

[goshann]

Last year's offseason the team's priority was fixing the rush defense, now it looks like the other side of the football:

-Teams are daring the Cowboys to beat them on the ground and they just cannot do so.
-Yes, Zeke is hurt and unproductive, but Pollard also has had his struggles.
-OL is a penalty machine
-Starting TE is a terrible inline blocker
-Playcaller gets away from the run and does little to scheme for it.

Pollard has not has his struggles beyond pass protection.

 

[Blackrain]

Lack of balance probably will knock us out of the playoffs. Very hard to fix the issues in season.

Agreed as of late it looks like it's going to be pretty tough sledding against playoff quality teams

 

[goshann]

He has been struggling too, rewatch the games. Yes, he has a high yards per carry due to a few long runs throughout the season.

That’s the way it works for all runners. He hasn’t struggled at all

 

[Cowboyny]

I would let Gallup go as well. He will net us a 4th round comp pick. I think the Cowboys have finally figured out the comp game. We need to invest high picks in the offensive and defensive line. Paying Martin, Frederick, and Tyron was the best investment this team has had in the last 20 years. Protect Parsons with big ugly defensive tackles. Make teams one handed.

I agree about the trenches, but not getting rid of our offensive playmakers. Remember our passing game pre-Cooper? It was awful, perhaps the worst in the entire league.

 

[baltcowboy]

I agree about the trenches, but not getting rid of our offensive playmakers. Remember our passing game pre-Cooper? It was awful, perhaps the worst in the entire league.

We have a young CeeDee who should be entering his prime next season. Cooper has had injury issues the last 3 seasons and you can see he is losing his explosiveness. Let’s not have a Zeke situation when you are paying Cooper elite money for 3-5 round draft production. That 20 million cap hit could be divided up on Gregory/Kearse and maybe Hooker if the contracts are done correctly. The future of this team is defense.