They need to fix the RedZone offense

[Aven8]

I looked up the stat sheet for yesterdays game. 415 total yards. 185 yards rushing. 34 minutes of TOP. 26 first downs. All outstanding numbers.

Last year Schultz and Zeke scored 17 TD’s combined. Now off to greener pastures.

No WR’s have scored a TD since Lamb caught one against Tampa in the WC round last season. All have been to RB’s or TE’s.

The offense isn’t broken. Dak has been efficient so far and yesterday he made some clutch runs.

Fix the RedZone inefficiency and we will be tough to beat.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

STOP RUNNING THE BALL AND STOP TRYING TO INVOLVE THE TIGHT ENDS

They are killing themselves by playing small ball.

 

[visionary]

When your HC/OC does not trust his QB to throw the ball in the RZ then you know where the problem is and its not “fixable”

 

[mardwin]

When your HC/OC does not trust his QB to throw the ball in the RZ then you know where the problem is and its not “fixable”

Dak doesn't anticipate receivers getting open, West Coast is a timing offense Dak doesn't do that well. They should go back to an RPO, bootleg kinda offense where he's not asked to dropback in the pocket.

 

[PlantMySeed]

No worries. Dak 'n dunk texas coast offense will lead them to victory.

 

[MysteryIceGuro]

Unfortunately, that won’t happen. We never fix team woes in season. Y’know, teams like the 49ers and Chiefs assess what’s going wrong and fix it as the season goes on. Us? We keep doing the same thing over and over and hope things fix themselves. Spoiler alert, they never do.

 

[XXLMike]

Can we get Schultz back?

 

[Creeper]

They don't have a big WR to throw to in the end zone. If they are going to throw for TDs they have to do it from further out not inside the 10 yard line. Gallup can catch contested passes but not if the refs are going to allow him to get bumped while the ball is in the air.

I would try running Luepke down inside the 5. He showed he is not just a straight ahead runner. I think in the red zone you need to be able to run the ball. But you also need to be more creative. With the field compressed creating space for receivers requires deception and imagination. The Cowboys play calling inside the 10 was very vanilla yesterday. Throwing those fades is not a strength for Dallas.

I believe if the OL was healthy they would have been able to run the ball in from inside the 10. But with 3 backups creating running lanes was going to be a low percentage ask.

I think not going for the FG when they were down inside the 10 was a mistake. Kick the FG. There is an entire quarter left to play at that point. The offense was moving the football so they should have expected to get back to the end zone again. BTW, there was a holding penalty on that drive with them at the 3 yard line. I think with a 3rd and 3, they had two downs to get 3 yards for a 1st and goal from the 1 or a TD. The penalties really hurt them on both sides of the ball yesterday. They had 11 in the first half alone.

 

[Whirlwin]

I said it we won against the Giants. If we don’t fix the red zone scoring, it’s going to come and fight us.
I’m not sure if it’s the running game.
I’m not sure if it’s a playcalling
I don’t know if it’s the tightend class
We’re moving the ball up and down the field and then we stall out
And it’s not because of one individual

 

[ChuckA1]

I said it we won against the Giants. If we don’t fix the red zone scoring, it’s going to come and fight us.
I’m not sure if it’s the running game.
I’m not sure if it’s a playcalling
I don’t know if it’s the tightend class
We’re moving the ball up and down the field and then we stall out
And it’s not because of one individual

I think it was a combination of all those things and a bone headed throw into triple coverage

 

[foofighters]

The West Coast Offense spreads teams out. Once you're inside the 20, that is no longer a benefit. So everything we are hiding with the WCO is now exposed. That's the problem.

 

[MysteryIceGuro]

It’s everything.
QB sucks
O-line is injury prone and weak
WR’s suck and either can’t get separation or just simply can’t compete
TE group reeks and is bottom 5 in the league
Playcalling is reminiscent of Scott Linehan (boring, unimaginative, lackluster, unfitting for the strengths of the team, which this team has none anyways)
Coaching is putrid
Playbook is awful and easy to figure out.

This offense is bottom 5 in the league. If the defense has a bad day, whole team has a bad day.

 

[thunderpimp91]

Schoon, Ferg, Dowdle, and Leupke need to be difference makers in the RZ. It should also help having a full strength Oline in the RZ, but the Cowboys have the opportunity to create mismatches with the TEs, Leupke can also be a dual threat player that teams will have to respect his threat to run, block, or catch. Dowdle's style seems to be ideal for the RZ and might be the tough yardage hard runner we are missing from Zeke.

The problem IMO is these guys are all every inexperienced and need reps. Might have to suffer through these guys taking some lumps early on and hope for improvement. Play calling I think also plays into it, but guys have to execute as well.

 

[Whirlwin]

I think it was a combination of all those things and a bone headed throw into triple coverage

It was nowhere else to throw it. And it would not have made it anyways.

 

[Darkhound]

I cant feel that much sorry for all the naive fools here who think this team will ever win something significant

 

[ChuckA1]

It was nowhere else to throw it. And it would not have made it anyways.

Wasn't it 3rd down? Then don't throw it, right?

 

[Rayman70]

the RZ issue is fine. We will get better as we go. Its a new system with new wrinkles. New Tightends/backs. Ya'll didnt think Fergie was Schultz day 1 did ya? It takes time.

 

[yentl911]

I think we need to mix it up more than we have. I noticed a post on here somewhere that said our rate of run on 1st and 2nd downs in the red zone is way, way up there. You need to mix it up. Bootlegs, QB draw, misdirection, etc... The good offenses find a way to make it happen.

 

[John813]

Wasn't it 3rd down? Then don't throw it, right?

Yup.
Go down or, throw it 5 feet above the WR and just get to 4th down then.

 

[Miller]

Heard today that a WR hasn't caught a TD since the Tampa divisional game. So if they are taking the WRs out, haven't we invested enough in 3 TEs that one becomes a red zone threat? Just talking to myself.