Glenn "stretch" destroying Jaylon Smith

[Sydla]

I'm looking at the PFF grades. Last week LVE was grading at 74 on the season , and jaylon was at 56. LVE is going to plummet this week b/c he was god aweful yesterday.

Nobody is further off where they were last year than Jaylon.

In fairness, I don't put a ton of value in PFF grades. Never have. For example, after four games they had Jason Peters as their 2nd ranked LT and there is no way that guy was playing that well.

 

[morat1959]

You know what, I do hope Dak is who we want him to because then we’ll be in the hunt for another qb. Who knows how long this “maturing” and “geling” process is going to take. However, if he isn’t, we need to hop on the reality train straight away

Probably as long as the clapper’s process of becoming a legit head coach. News flash....it ain’t gonna happen. What you see is what you get with Garrett and Dak.

 

[GORICO]

(in bold ^^^) Dak's throw was not behind Cooper. Take a look. It hit Cooper on his left chest. Cooper should have caught it. Even Aikman said so. The problem is Cooper "gator armed" it, meaning he didn't extend his arms out and catch it with his hands. Instead, he let the ball reach him but he kept his arms tucked in close to his chest, thus making it difficult for he to catch it. That was on Cooper, not Dak.

i am not totally blaming Cooper on this....this was an easy throw for Dak...not under pressure and no one close to Cooper to whack him if he caught it...yes he should have caught it...but if you read my post.."Daks default under duress" post i explain Daks most significant problem in throwing motion he has always had....he has improved this year meaning he is aware of it and has started to correct it...but he defaults to it every time under duress

 

[Runwildboys]

All of this is true..but putting that first int on dak is wrong

Only half wrong.

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

Another issue I saw yesterday was our LBs struggling to get off blocks.

This, is it too late to call back the Purple dranker. That dude has to be motivated since out of money. Will say at his best, is better than what we are seeing now.

 

[atlantacowboy]

In fairness, I don't put a ton of value in PFF grades. Never have. For example, after four games they had Jason Peters as their 2nd ranked LT and there is no way that guy was playing that well.

And you base that on........

 

[ScipioCowboy]

I think if they FIGHT a little harder. And SCRATCH AND CLAW. They can be better.

Would it helped if they STACKED good things?

 

[Sydla]

And you base that on........

Base what on?

The criticisms of PFF ratings isn't something new. You can google it and find many criticisms of what they do and how they grade players.

As for Peters? I live up here in the Philly area and their fans were surprised he was named the 2nd best LT thus far. He's not been playing great for them to date. In fact, in their Top 10 OL, they had 3 Eagles despite the fact through four games, the Eagles OL really hadn't been all that good.

So I have long said PFF isn't something I put a ton of value in, at least their "grading" system. I think they, along with places like Football Outsiders, do nice statistical work that has some value.

 

[Hennessy_King]

please read my "Dak default under duress" post...Dak not stepping into his throws is the biggest contributing factor in most of his bad throws....he defaults to it under duress every time...tries to heave while on back foot...this is correctable

no excuses....no way he should get even 30 mil a year but he will get more than that and cripple our team from getting the help he needs.....

I mean he threw from his back foot with a guy in his face for an absolute dime to zeke

 

[Playmaker3128]

Side to Side Jaylon is an excellent Player, but you can run at him which teams are doing. I remember even the great Ray Lewis late in his career hated when he had to play in the 3-4 because he couldn't flow as freely to the ball.

Now i know were not a 3-4 team. Still if your DT's are getting pushed around it doesn't help your talented sideline to sideline linebackers. You gotta match the personal to the strength of the team.

Get a couple big bodies in their for the early downs. Sure your sacrifice some pass rush, but your let your ends do their jobs, plus our secondary is good enough that you can blitz with the LB's.

Btw this doesn't excuse his poor angles. I'm just saying he's better when he doesn't have to fend off blocks every play.

 

[GORICO]

I mean he threw from his back foot with a guy in his face for an absolute dime to zeke

hen---yes he completes some throws doing it because its how he has learned in a wrong way how to throw...but many of his bad throws can be traced back to this issue

 

[texbumthelife]

So the defensive coaches didn’t learn anything and adjust from the Rams game?

Shocker.

Marinelli is Garrett on defense. His scheme is his scheme. He doesn't adjust he just expects players to suddenly start winning. I am sick to death of watching our DL set up wide and get gutted. I said it in the game thread and I'll repeat it here: the defense is FUNDAMENTALLY broken. It's schematic ally weak and predictable. It has to go as does the entire defensive staff in my opinion.

 

[Kaiser]

All of this is true..but putting that first int on dak is wrong

That play goes for an interception one time out of a thousand. If the ball hit Cooper in the hands its pretty silly to blame Prescott.

 

[Vtwin]

(in bold ^^^) Dak's throw was not behind Cooper. Take a look. It hit Cooper on his left chest. Cooper should have caught it. Even Aikman said so. The problem is Cooper "gator armed" it, meaning he didn't extend his arms out and catch it with his hands. Instead, he let the ball reach him but he kept his arms tucked in close to his chest, thus making it difficult for he to catch it. That was on Cooper, not Dak.

LOL
I'm off work today and it's been pouring all day so I'm stuck inside. Been watching/listening football all day. Not one single pundit has agreed with your take. Not one. To a person its been said that it was a bad pass behind the receiver forcing him to reach back for it.

The only place I've heard it is all on Cooper is here. That includes the live radio broadcast I was listening to the beginning of the game on.

Have you ever caught a football?

 

[big dog cowboy]

* Teams are using Rams rushing model against Cowboys. This entails: Dallas 1 tech DT getting upfield with DE going wide. This creates a gap the RB can run thru. What makes this deadly for Cowboys is LB (especially Jaylon Smith) are taking bad angles at RB and DB don't support run well.

Don't expect that to change anytime soon. Until the Cowboys fix this, it will continue to be a problem.

 

[noshame]

We have 2 defensive coaches who go together like oil and water, I could see the old Rod rush 3 and drop 8, it was the same defense we used against GB in the playoff game until we were carved up and then got aggressive when it was too late. SAME AS YESTERDAY. Rod needs gone tomorrow and let Chris have the rest of season to sink or swim. Either he makes it or we get a whole new staff.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

(in bold ^^^) Dak's throw was not behind Cooper. Take a look. It hit Cooper on his left chest. Cooper should have caught it. Even Aikman said so. The problem is Cooper "gator armed" it, meaning he didn't extend his arms out and catch it with his hands. Instead, he let the ball reach him but he kept his arms tucked in close to his chest, thus making it difficult for he to catch it. That was on Cooper, not Dak.

That was definitely on Cooper.

The rest of the analysis regarding alligator arming it is off base. You catch a football coming into your body with arms stretched and elbows locks. He dropped it. No further analysis necessary.

 

[Creeper]

Cooper has to make that catch, but it should have been out in front of him where he can see it and the field at the same time. When your moving east at full speed and you have to turn and twist to the west to catch a ball its simply a more difficult catch to make. Cooper said he took his eye of it for a second which is natural because you want to look at the ball but also where you are going. Coop and Dak share the blame. Certainly a guy wanting near $40 million a year has to make a better throw than that regardless of whether Cooper should have caught it or not. It seems to me, Dak has thrown a few passes behind receivers the last two weeks. His missed Cobb on a crucial 3rd down last week in New Orleans by throwing it behind him.

But let me repeat, Cooper has to make that catch. Its all part of how bad the entire team is playing. There are threads on Maher, the DTs, the LBs, the coaches, Cooper, Dak and DLaw and the OL. Sounds like a group effort.

 

[nyc-cowboy]

All of this is true..but putting that first int on dak is wrong

No not really - he had the WHOLE middle of the field open - you have to lead the WR - I mean time after time we see him throw slightly behind the WR on those crossing/slant routes.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Spirited podcast with Glenn "stretch" Smith and Matt Mosley.

Some highlights from Doomsday podcast:

* Jaylon Smith has reverted back to his rookie year of bad angles and poor football instincts.

* Teams are using Rams rushing model against Cowboys. This entails: Dallas 1 tech DT getting upfield with DE going wide. This creates a gap the RB can run thru. What makes this deadly for Cowboys is LB (especially Jaylon Smith) are taking bad angles at RB and DB don't support run well.

* Dak Prescott body language on sideline has changed and Glenn thinks he is feeling pressure of contract situation. Says that ball that was thrown slightly behind Cooper (went for Int) has to be completed 100 out of 100 times if he is gonna get paid franchise money. Says its an easy throw with tons of time. Just needs to step into it and throw simple post and its TD.

* Dallas defensive coaches got out-schemed. This included Ben Bloom & Kris Richard.

LOL............9 out of 10 people know that interception that bounced off of both Coopers hands HAS to be caught.