Blame Tony-Not BC for imbalanced attack

[JBS]

@jonmachota: Jerry Jones on Callahan's play-calling: "You can get some tempers sometimes when the play gets changed for you by the guy taking the snaps."

@jonmachota: Jerry on calls getting changed by Romo: "When it works, then u say it was outstanding. When it doesn't, u say why didn't u stay in the run?"

 

[Future]

Its not mystery that Tony has a propensity to audible out of the run...but when the balance is as skewed as last night, its hard to think that the playcalling didnt have something to do with that.

 

[Doomsday101]

@jonmachota: Jerry Jones on Callahan's play-calling: "You can get some tempers sometimes when the play gets changed for you by the guy taking the snaps."

@jonmachota: Jerry on calls getting changed by Romo: "When it works, then u say it was outstanding. When it doesn't, u say why didn't u stay in the run?"

I'm sure Romo will get asked about the changing of a play when it does not work, just part of the job. Romo is going to tell Callahan what he saw and Callahan from his seat up stairs will be able to tell Tony what he saw. I don't expect SB performance in week 1 what I do expect is this team to continue to work on improving over the course of the season.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

Its not mystery that Tony has a propensity to audible out of the run...but when the balance is as skewed as last night, its hard to think that the playcalling didnt have something to do with that.

I don't know about you, but i noticed A LOT of audibles last night.

 

[Trueboysfan]

I had the same thought process going on last night...I like that they gave Romo more say in the offense...but if you give a mouse a cookie, Romo will change it to a pass every chance he gets. Probably time to pull back on the riegns a tad.

 

[Hoov]

All the complaining about Garretts playcalling and things sure looked similar last night even though the playcaller changed.

It just makes one wonder - how much of the blame for playcalling that people disliked last year goes to Garrett or Tony.

And How about the No huddle offense that they ran. It looks like they are running no huddle to give Tony extra Time at the LOS to call out adjustments rather than running no huddle to tire the defense. I think Al Michaels even called it the No huddle slow down or something like that. Can anyone comment on that - would like to hear oppinions on that.

 

[Boyz981]

IMO, the passing was an extension of the running game last night, DM had alot of catches out of the backfield.

 

[cowboys2233]

All the complaining about Garretts playcalling and things sure looked similar last night even though the playcaller changed.

It just makes one wonder - how much of the blame for playcalling that people disliked last year goes to Garrett or Tony.

And How about the No huddle offense that they ran. It looks like they are running no huddle to give Tony extra Time at the LOS to call out adjustments rather than running no huddle to tire the defense. I think Al Michaels even called it the No huddle slow down or something like that. Can anyone comment on that - would like to hear oppinions on that.

Well, it does prevent a defense from switching out players, which is a primary benefit of running a no-huddle, regardless of when you actually snap the ball. On the other hand, it seemed to take WAY too long to get everyone on the same page when he did audible, nearly the entire clock every time. I think switching to an audible should be as seamless as running the play that was originally called. They really need to work on their system, because I just think there is way too much going on pre-snap.

 

[JonJon]

I personally think all the audible play changing just creates too much confusion which results in penalties and/or busted plays/routes.

 

[khiladi]

If anybody says the play-calling looked the same, they obvously weren't watching.

Murray caught 8 passes out of the backfield, not simply a check-down. They ran the screen to Harris 3 times. Dallas employed the quick slant more. Romo completed 70 percent of his passes...

And DM ran the ball 20 times, for a 4.3 YPC... That is a lot in today's game. Look how much Lynch ran last night.

 

[BoysFan4ever]

No need complaining about this. All summer long I read over & over Jerry & the coaches wanted Tony more involved in the games & game plans.

So let him. I think in the end t'll be a good thing. We just need to make sure the others are coached up.

 

[Hoov]

Well, it does prevent a defense from switching out players, which is a primary benefit of running a no-huddle, regardless of when you actually snap the ball. On the other hand, it seemed to take WAY too long to get everyone on the same page when he did audible, nearly the entire clock every time. I think switching to an audible should be as seamless as running the play that was originally called. They really need to work on their system, because I just think there is way too much going on pre-snap.

Yes, good point - it will keep the defense from substitutions. Tony seemed like he was doing a little more than just changing the play - it looked like he was giving adjustment to specific players as well. And the thing that looked a little funny to me was how calm he was just walking back and forth along the line talking to his players. If it works im all for it, but am I the only one that thought it looked different than anything ive seen before ? It seemed kind of surreal - like watching it you wouldnt think they are 5 seconds from snapping the ball - it looked like something that would take place while the ball is being placed by the official or during a timeout. I dont really know how else to explain it but it looked odd.

 

[ufcrules1]

I personally think all the audible play changing just creates too much confusion which results in penalties and/or busted plays/routes.

There is certainly something to that. Why does it always seem like players on our Oline get confused all the time? Even Jason Witten which we all know is a smart player. Maybe the way Romo communicates confuses people?

 

[TwoDeep3]

Couple of things.

1. The clock was ticking down to the last seconds again. I thought that was going to be fixed. So who is responsible for this?

2. When Dallas runs the no huddle, why does it seem they allow the other team to substitute and yet other teams who run this against Dallas control the substitution of the Dallas defense?

What the offense came up against was a defensive game plan that was well thought out and took away the strongest aspects of the Dallas offense. Meaning Dez and the vertical passing game.

Knowing this, we will see how bright our offensive minds are when they try and offset this with their own game plan. Dallas will need to beat this defensive scheme or they will see it every week.

Dez has to get open and that is not Tony's responsibility. It falls to Garrett and Callahan. So with that in mind, let's see how they overcome.

 

[cowboys2233]

Yes, good point - it will keep the defense from substitutions. Tony seemed like he was doing a little more than just changing the play - it looked like he was giving adjustment to specific players as well. And the thing that looked a little funny to me was how calm he was just walking back and forth along the line talking to his players. If it works im all for it, but am I the only one that thought it looked different than anything ive seen before ? It seemed kind of surreal - like watching it you wouldnt think they are 5 seconds from snapping the ball - it looked like something that would take place while the ball is being placed by the official or during a timeout. I dont really know how else to explain it but it looked odd.

Yes, I agree. I would even say it looked inefficient. I think he was giving adjustment to specific players because they are not all on the same page. To me, that is on the coaching or the system they're running. I keep hearing how receivers are running the wrong routes because they're not making the proper adjustments. If that happens once or twice, fine, blame the receivers. But we're seeing this time and time and time again from this team which tells me it's more of a systemic issue.

 

[Lazyking]

Um the run game wasn't exactly on fire. It's not like Murray was gaining 6 yards a carry... and most of the passes were slants, passes out in the flats. Tony only tried to go deep once.

 

[Direwolf63]

Romo handling things at the LOS reminded me of Peyton Manning on the LOS, in terms of getting his guys lined up and making sure everybody knows what to do. There were a couple of times when the Giants were flailing around pre snap and I was hoping Romo would snap teh ball the take advantage...kind of like what they did to ours in Cruz's first TD.

Romo and the offense need to be aware of when the defense seems confused, get that ball snapped and take advantage of their confusion.

 

[Doomsday]

Just once I would love to see them take a shot down field vs a blitz.

 

[Direwolf63]

Um the run game wasn't exactly on fire. It's not like Murray was gaining 6 yards a carry... and most of the passes were slants, passes out in the flats. Tony only tried to go deep once.

I think this is because Romo doesn't fully trust his o-line in front of him. I thought the o-line was better than last year, especially up the middle. But it is still inconsistent and Romo gets injured yet again.

Hopefully Waters can finally stabilize the line, allowing Romo to throw downfield more.

 

[Hoov]

Yes, I agree. I would even say it looked inefficient. I think he was giving adjustment to specific players because they are not all on the same page. To me, that is on the coaching or the system they're running. I keep hearing how receivers are running the wrong routes because they're not making the proper adjustments. If that happens once or twice, fine, blame the receivers. But we're seeing this time and time and time again from this team which tells me it's more of a systemic issue.

Someone commented a while back that you dont see that when Orton is in the game - Although we have not really seen a whole lot of Orton and cant assume that he would be given the same authority to change things up as Tony has.

So the big question for me is....Is this just something that comes with Romo's game and as long as he is given the ability to audible this will always be a part of it; OR is the audible system created by the coaches the problem.

Im leaning toward this being part of the package you accept when you have Romo doing his thing due to....

That it isnt one player that is not in sync with romo, first it was TO, then Witten, the Dez doesnt know the playbook, its been Miles and last night it was T Williams. Now we clearly saw T Williams blaming himself on the sideline last night so we know he made the wrong adjustment. But why is it so difficult that it has affected almost every player from time to time ?