All 22 vs Cards

[Captain-Crash]

seems like dak is too slow to read the field. I guess seeing only half or a quarter of the field is his problem. he's good with one read and that's it I guess design plays where he looks at a quarter of the field and that's it. throws it or runs. not much you can do with a guy who's scared and can't see the field. Moore is good but he's no Houdini.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Watching that tape it is amazing we put any points on the board. Their defense was all over us from go. The line was overmatched vs back up DEs.

Our only chance is 10 play drives, without penalties and drops. It's bad right now. We have to block better.

yes, they did. chandler jones had a great game. we never countered his play and doubled him. he wreaked havoc.

penalties killed us. or we killed our selves. we shot ourselves in the foot. in a game like this you can't do that.

 

[starfan1]

seems like dak is too slow to read the field. I guess seeing only half or a quarter of the field is his problem. he's good with one read and that's it I guess design plays where he looks at a quarter of the field and that's it. throws it or runs. not much you can do with a guy who's scared and can't see the field. Moore is good but he's no Houdini.

Dak sees the field what hes slow at is making the adjustment. Defenses are disguising things and showing him one thing presnap then dropping out of it at last minute. Dak and the receivers and the line have all been bad at adjusting to it. And when they do get it right they dont always execute.

Dak continuing to run it will help with some of this but if he doesnt pick up things quicker were in for a short post season. Again its not just dak but he needs to communicate it better as hes the captain

 

[TheHerd]

I swear the most underreported story about this offense this year has been the abysmal blocking from Schultz. How could the coaches allow this crap to persist all season? He is responsible for so many negative plays.

Yet we insist on using running plays where he has the key block, and often 1:1 against a DE. Coaching matters.

 

[OmerV]

Here is a video of every offensive snap from the Cards game.

One thing seems clear, Dak is too cautious when it comes to throws to the outside and I believe it is causing teams to play more aggressively on the inside routes. The Cards played quite a bit of single-high safety and Dallas didn't take advantage of it.

Interested in seeing what others think.

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I've said this before - not specifically about throws to the outside, but that Dak seems to be playing more cautious. Early in the season when things were clicking it seemed his decisions were quick and confident. He made a read, dropped back and let it go.

He seems to be less confident doing that now. Obviously how teams play against the Cowboys could have adjusted some, so that could be part of it, but the job of Dak, Moore and the whole offense is to adjust as well. When a defense shifts to protecting more against one thing, it should open up other opportunities.

 

[visionary]

This has been proven wrong recently. It’s been shown the success of PA has very little correlation with a good running game. The Rams ran PA consistently with no running game and Goff throwing the ball and were incredibly effective. The Browns, on the other hand, have a very good run game and can’t get anything going with PA.

yes that’s true but the problem with stats like “correlation “ is that they can’t take into account game situations and what the defense is doing and don’t take into account issues like multiple colleniarity (ie if we say one thing is causing another we have to correct for other variables involved and typically these don’t).

yes the threat of the run is good but I don’t think it is as good as the threat of a run game that is actually effective

just my .02

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

I don’t have time to go back and watch everything on an All 22 but Christ Almighty, you can’t tell me we play that many snaps without one of the freaking wideouts open deep. I’m not saying that Dak has to be a Romo and just start gunslinging it like crazy down there, but what’s the freaking point if your offense is never moving because you’re too afraid to take a chance? And I don’t know what has happened, if it’s Dak’s confidence, if it’s Kellen Moore clamming up, because they were not like this at the beginning of the year. I don’t care how much better the run game was, it still doesn’t cause an offense to completely shut down like that through several quarters. As being pointed out, play action is still effective regardless of your running game. Hell, all you had to do was watch Quincy Carter play under Sean Payton. That man was a playaction machine with Troy Hambrick.

Even if it doesn't work.....it stretches the defense and makes them play the whole field.
You can't just run the route you gotta take the zhot.

 

[Denim Chicken]

Smith didn't have a great game after his return.

He always seems to need a game or 2 to get right after sitting. He should be good for the post season, though.

 

[31RoyW31]

I swear the most underreported story about this offense this year has been the abysmal blocking from Schultz. How could the coaches allow this crap to persist all season? He is responsible for so many negative plays.

Schultz is basically a WR. He is a horrible blocker.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Thank you , painful , but will put through to see certain things if correct.

Are you talking about Law’s commentary when you say painful?

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Schultz is basically a WR. He is a horrible blocker.

Schultz’s has the hands of a reciever, the blocking ability of a kicker, and the agility of an offensive lineman in terms of YAC when he has the ball.

 

[CWR]

I've said this before - not specifically about throws to the outside, but that Dak seems to be playing more cautious. Early in the season when things were clicking it seemed his decisions were quick and confident. He made a read, dropped back and let it go.

He seems to be less confident doing that now. Obviously how teams play against the Cowboys could have adjusted some, so that could be part of it, but the job of Dak, Moore and the whole offense is to adjust as well. When a defense shifts to protecting more against one thing, it should open up other opportunities.

That the entire problem. The one thing it should open up is the run game.

 

[Zordon]

Yet we insist on using running plays where he has the key block, and often 1:1 against a DE. Coaching matters.

FO deserves blame too. They should have addressed this at the trade deadline.

 

[Creeper]

I think when these two teams meet again in two weeks the Cowboys need answers for the Cardinals blitzes and pass rush. It's too bad they are such a horrible screen team because maybe a few screen passes would be effective. But the video clearly shows Dak did not have time to get the ball downfield. There was no time for receivers to run double moves. It got to a point where Dak was looking for the dump off as he took the snap. On top of that it looked like the Cards were bumping the receivers a lot disrupting the timing of some plays. This is where I think Moore fails the team. He does not seem to make adjustments to the defense.

Jarwin should be back barring further injury. He is not a great blocker either but I think if you are going to ask a TE to block Chandler Jones, it would be better to ask Jarwin to do it than Schultz who is an awful blocker.

The next time they play, they need to run the ball inside and outside. Running outside on some quick pitches may be more effective because the Cards were sending guys up the middle. But they play a fast and aggressive defense.

On defense the Cowboys need to contain the outside runs.

 

[Aven8]

I just watched the whole thing. We refuse to throw in the middle of the field. Unless it’s the seam route to the TE. We finally did late and Lamb got a long one.

JG’s button hook bonanza stayed with Moore as well.

Everything we do offensively is outside the hash marks.

Dak did not set his feet a lot and it affects his accuracy every time.

The Oline is not very good at run blocking. It’s Zone blocking and everyone now just hits the backside and makes the tackle very easily.

Zeke looks very slow.

 

[Jarv]

Agreed, but the problem is our Oline.

Get a better Oline Coach who will fix our Oline problems. Dak, our RBs, TEs and WRs will execute much better.

Agreed, something is wrong there. The same player who were pro-bowlers are not very effective now. Yeah they're a couple of years older but there has to be something else.

 

[America's Cowboy]

I think when these two teams meet again in two weeks the Cowboys need answers for the Cardinals blitzes and pass rush. It's too bad they are such a horrible screen team because maybe a few screen passes would be effective. But the video clearly shows Dak did not have time to get the ball downfield. There was no time for receivers to run double moves. It got to a point where Dak was looking for the dump off as he took the snap. On top of that it looked like the Cards were bumping the receivers a lot disrupting the timing of some plays. This is where I think Moore fails the team. He does not seem to make adjustments to the defense.

Jarwin should be back barring further injury. He is not a great blocker either but I think if you are going to ask a TE to block Chandler Jones, it would be better to ask Jarwin to do it than Schultz who is an awful blocker.

The next time they play, they need to run the ball inside and outside. Running outside on some quick pitches may be more effective because the Cards were sending guys up the middle. But they play a fast and aggressive defense.

On defense the Cowboys need to contain the outside runs.

 

[Jarv]

100% this. A lotta hate on our RBs without understanding they are often tackled before the handover is even completed.. how many runs from shot gun?

I would be finding a TE and fast.

I have been preaching about using Noah Brown as a TE. Even tho he is smaller than Shultz, what does that matter if Shultz can't even get in the way.

Oh yeah he's faster than Shultz too, for when he get's those "slip away" passes after he's staying on the line fake blocking.

I do like Shultz's moves after the catch, he's slow, bur effective. But, we need more run blocking help now. Use Brown or some of our other BU TEs more.

 

[DeaconMoss]

I watched alot and noticed ALOT of wr routes include running straight, stopping and turning around. If you are going to do that, why not launch the ball before the guy even turns around? Ala Aikman. Thats one thing I dont like about Dak, he has no anticipation. Generally he has to wait until the receiver stops and turns around before he throws.

And then throws it high wide and outside. Thats our QB

 

[Mark]

Schultz’s (sic) has...the agility of an offensive lineman in terms of YAC when he has the ball.

Schultz regularly jukes the first tackler to gain extra yards. No Jay Novacek, perhaps, but pretty respectable once he gets the ball in his hands. Aside from his blocking deficiencies, he's our most reliable offensive player.