How was the offense so poor vs ARZ?

[McKDaddy]

It’s no secret, play physical against Dallas and it is usually a win for them.

Clog the short to medium routes & force Dak to make the reads & the throws to beat the coverage. That's a big part of the plan as well.

 

[Tabascocat]

Clog the short to medium routes & force Dak to make the reads & the throws to beat the coverage. That's a big part of the plan as well.

That’s part of being physical

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

The coach said "we gotta play all the rest of the games like its the playoffs"

And that is what happened.

Yup.

When the games become "must win" playoff Dak shows up.

 

[Ironicalicon]

Team played poorly.

RT gave uo too many pressures/ sacks
5 dropped passes
Too many penalties again
Inability to punch it in from 1 yardline

A bad game.

I think most of us knew going into the season the Tackles were suspect. Guyton seems to be improving but he's struggling to be consistent. Steele is getting worse, it looks like to me. Thomas replaced him in the game but I didn't know that he was any better.

 

[Redsfan_83]

DC's have figured this team out, and I am not the only one to mention this. Can Schotty adjust?

 

[Cowboy4evr]

Yup.

When the games become "must win" playoff Dak shows up.

Do you sleep with a Dak voodoo doll?

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Do you sleep with a Dak voodoo doll?

If I do it's working.

Whatever you do ain't.

I win.

 

[Cowboy4evr]

If I do it's working.

Whatever you do ain't.

I win.

LOL.....I know, lets have a spelling contest!

 

[Coogiguy03]

Dak looked like a deer in headlights unwilling to give lamb and Pickens any opportunities downfield..

The OL got dominated , they abandoned the run.

Now Seattle looks like they are just coasting up and down the field. I know Seattle is a better team but, Dallas offensively looked completely lost last week. The offense looked unstoppable at home until last week.

Did Dallas underestimate the cardinals? Was the Cowboys game the Cardinals Super Bowl? Did Jerry saying they’ve made a trade 2 hours before kickoff derail the focus? What happened ?

Uhhh of course

 

[charron]

Out schemed.

 

[DasTex]

The Cowboys are always everyone's "Super Bowl". The price they pay for the constant media coverage they get.

I don't think too many understand this....they are typically going to get every teams A game.

 

[KingCorcoran]

The Cowboys are always everyone's "Super Bowl". The price they pay for the constant media coverage they get.

I think teams are pleased the Cowboys aren’t very good, so they can be beat. No team considers beating the Cowboys as significant.

Every opponent is pretty much the Cowboys’ Super Bowl. Particularly to Jerry. Because they’re never going to get in the real one.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Dak is a very good, highly intelligent quarterback

I cant say for sure he is or isn;t...but what's the metrics here?

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Dallas is not good this year.

You can blame JJ, DC, HC and players. In that order.

So...the players don't know how to play WAY more than coaches don't know how to coach, or jerry don't know how to GM?

If I thought my coaches didn;t know how to coach I'd draw up the plays in the dirt. If I was a player that knew how to play.

 

[starfan1]

I cant say for sure he is or isn;t...but what's the metrics here?

Got to be the eye test right? Isn’t that what many in here use for both sides of argument? Lol

 

[Blast From The Past]

Dak looked like a deer in headlights unwilling to give lamb and Pickens any opportunities downfield..

The OL got dominated , they abandoned the run.

Now Seattle looks like they are just coasting up and down the field. I know Seattle is a better team but, Dallas offensively looked completely lost last week. The offense looked unstoppable at home until last week.

Did Dallas underestimate the cardinals? Was the Cowboys game the Cardinals Super Bowl? Did Jerry saying they’ve made a trade 2 hours before kickoff derail the focus? What happened ?

Look at Cowboys recent history vs the Cardinals. Maybe just more of a sample size and makes one wonder if it isn't the Redbirds SB because they beat several different Cowboys coached and player led teams. Gotta be something more than just dumb luck.

 

[DUO_CORE]

Dak is slow to read defenses. He can throw to open receivers with the best of them, but he doesn't anticipate or throw receivers open. When it's desperation time, he tries to anticipate and throw receivers open, but many times, he's picked or incomplete because he's just not sure.
It's why the majority of passes look contested, because they're late.
I'm a Dak fan, he's servicable but must have a mauling OL, a scary running game, and good/great TE (2016), otherwise, gotta have a shut-down defense.

 

[MajesticRey]

Anyone want to mention how the offense looks exactly the same with or without Ceedee

So… you’re suggesting we trade CD and extend Pickens, perhaps?

 

[SpaceCowboy99]

Dak is slow to read defenses. He can throw to open receivers with the best of them, but he doesn't anticipate or throw receivers open. When it's desperation time, he tries to anticipate and throw receivers open, but many times, he's picked or incomplete because he's just not sure.
It's why the majority of passes look contested, because they're late.
I'm a Dak fan, he's servicable but must have a mauling OL, a scary running game, and good/great TE (2016), otherwise, gotta have a shut-down defense.

This. X1000.

Dak is a good QB. He is really good at putting in the work and doing the XS and Os. Dak has enough body of work now for people to understand, if the game plan is off Dak struggles. Dak can do better when he does the 2 min offense and improvises. I've said it for 10 years. Dak either can follow his game plan or can improvise with backyard football. But if some team game plans for him, he isn't good at countering, even the 2 min offense.

I'm not making turning this into a a hate Dak post. His history of work has proven this. That's why people don't believe he's a SB QB. Welcome to be proven wrong.

But he looked exactly the same against the cardinals. Panicked, wide eyed, overthrowing. Not sure if he's fixing this, this late in his career.

 

[bsbellomy]

We have a 6 win roster.

The sooner you accept that the sooner you won't be surprised when we lose games.

6 win roster? That's a ridiculous statement. We've only beat the absolute worst teams in the league and we won't beat the giants a second time.