Parcells4Life
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Oh one thing i’d Like to add, that should be simple football knowledge to our coaches. Is that when you lack playmakers at the WR position and don’t think you have a star QB, your game plan should be to pound the opposing defense to make them tired and less motivated so that those passing lanes will open up...
Especially when you have the tools to do it.
Carolina - Zeke 16 Runs, 69yards, 4.6 AVG. 1TD
Giants - Zeke 17 Runs, 78yards, 4.6, 1TD
Seahawks - Zeke 16 Runs, 127yards, 7.9 0TD
Stats do not lie gentlemen..
To be fair against Carolina they ran it every first down and they were waiting for them. Throwing it on first down is more of a tendency breaker than anything else.
The reason Zeke only had 13 carries is because the team can’t sustain drives. How many drives have there been when the team got 3+ 1st downs in the same drive?
Off the top of my head I can recall 2 vs the Giants, 2 vs Panthers maybe 2 vs Seattle.
Hard to get a lot of carries when you can’t stay on the field. It’s not practical to think they can run it 40 times for 200 yards. The passing game has to be able to pick up 3rd and 6-8. That’s what set this team apart for years when the offense was rolling.
This.The running game has been abysmal when we needed it.
The running game has been abysmal when we needed it.
The running game has been abysmal when we needed it.
You know I haven’t posted on here in a while, but I still look through the forum every now & then. But when I seen this post I had to reply...
Because one thing that really aggravates me from the last game is the run game, or lack there of.
It’s not because lack of production but lack of commitment!!
If you go back and watch that game and you will see that the cowboys passed the ball on 1st down 80% of the time! But the times they ran it on first down they consistently got good yards, that was also when Zeke broke a couple decent runs.
But what did the cowboys do? They went right back to the pass game or never even tried to run it. Zeke has 13 Carries midway through the 3rd quarter... 13 Carries!!!
2016-2017 year when we went 13-3.. what did the cowboys do?
They ran to set up the pass! There was even talk about if we were running Zeke too much... but what did we do? We Won!!
It’s so simple that it’s driving me mad!!
I did a break down of the runs in the three games. keep in mind Zeke ran 17 times against giants, but Dak had a few runs and so did Austin. Also, we have been on pace to give Zeke 20-25 runs a game through first three quarters, but given we have been behind two games in the 4th by two scores, we abandon the run. so zeke is losing carries there. Also, I did a breakdown of run/pass for first and 2nd downs. we have run more on first downs than passed. we are about 50/50 on second downs regardless of down and distance, but have abandoned the run on 3rd downs. most of the 3rd downs are 3 and 7 and more and that explains why we are passing. keep in mind that some of Zeke's runs come on third downs and 4th quarter and we just haven't had opportunities. Against the giants, we ran more in the 4th quarter.Oh one thing i’d Like to add, that should be simple football knowledge to our coaches. Is that when you lack playmakers at the WR position and don’t think you have a star QB, your game plan should be to pound the opposing defense to make them tired and less motivated so that those passing lanes will open up...
Especially when you have the tools to do it.
Carolina - Zeke 16 Runs, 69yards, 4.6 AVG. 1TD
Giants - Zeke 17 Runs, 78yards, 4.6, 1TD
Seahawks - Zeke 16 Runs, 127yards, 7.9 0TD
Stats do not lie gentlemen..
Seriously?!
Please do me a favor! take it As me begging you if you have to! Go to ESPN and then go to our game’s Play by Play and look at our first quarter drives and Zeke’s Runs! Then tell me if my statements have any backing or not.
They are not crazy numbers but positive yards of 3 -5 yards on first down. Is the perfect set up for any drive! Hell we lived off of that in 2016-2017
Running the ball well is meaningless without scoring points.
You know I haven’t posted on here in a while, but I still look through the forum every now & then. But when I seen this post I had to reply...
Because one thing that really aggravates me from the last game is the run game, or lack there of.
It’s not because lack of production but lack of commitment!!
If you go back and watch that game and you will see that the cowboys passed the ball on 1st down 80% of the time! But the times they ran it on first down they consistently got good yards, that was also when Zeke broke a couple decent runs.
But what did the cowboys do? They went right back to the pass game or never even tried to run it. Zeke has 13 Carries midway through the 3rd quarter... 13 Carries!!!
2016-2017 year when we went 13-3.. what did the cowboys do?
They ran to set up the pass! There was even talk about if we were running Zeke too much... but what did we do? We Won!!
It’s so simple that it’s driving me mad!!