Recap: Travis Frederick "They did not play us like they play other teams"

[SackMaster]

On 105.3, Travis was talking about what the Minny D did to help limit the Cowboys offense. He stated the quote in the title which makes me think:

Other NFL Teams: Change schemes and plans based on opponents when / if needed.

The Dallas Cowboys under Garrett:

“They just kind of did what they do,” Darnold said, via Jon Machota of The Athletic. “They do it every single week. They just play one-high (safety), occasionally two-high, and they like to stop the run. I knew that I had to throw the ball today to have success, and we did that.”

 

[Batman1980]

Garrett is like a preschool teacher but he makes less adjustments than they do.

 

[Creeper]

Did he say how they were different? I watched the Vikings-Chiefs game and I thought the Vikings did pretty much what they did against the Chiefs. Maybe the focused on the run more, blitzed less. The Chiefs showed more speed than the Cowboys have on offenses. They got a 91 yard run for a TD on a straight run up the middle and a long TD where a WR caught the ball, turned on the burners and ran right past the defenders. The Cowboys don;t have that kind of speed on offense.

Against the Chiefs the Vikings ran pretty much the same offense and I posted it before the game. They like to get the ball outside with Cook and get him in space with screen passes. Then they like to throw long to Diggs. The Cowboys did a pretty good job on Diggs but the let Cook get to many of hose screens in the first half. They seems fooled by the way the Vikings OL would block to the right and then Cousins would drop the screen pass to Cook on the left. That's what they like to do. They move Cousins around to avoid the pass rush.

 

[DallasInDC]

I honestly believe (and this is not hyperbole) 50%of the posters on this board could out-coach Garrett and 85% could do at least no worse. Of course there are about 15% on here that are truly clueless.

 

[Sydla]

Collinsworth pointed this out throughout the game. The Vikings did some things they typically don't do.

They scouted well and we had zero adjustments.

 

[Cowboyz88]

You remember in the 90s when it used to be said of the Cowboys, “we’re gonna tell you what we’re gonna do and you won’t be able to stop anyway?”

Well, those players with that coach, could do it, and this coach with these players can’t do it, even though they think they can.

I ask again, in the last decade of Garrett, when can we honestly say that he and his staff out coached the other team? I would say almost never.

To me, we win almost in spite of our coaches.

 

[Stash]

I honestly believe (and this is not hyperbole) 50%of the posters on this board could out-coach Garrett and 85% could do at least no worse. Of course there are about 15% on here that are truly clueless.

I think 15% is a generous assessment of the number of people still on that Garrett train.

 

[Stash]

You remember in the 90s when it used to be said of the Cowboys, “we’re gonna tell you what we’re gonna do and you won’t be able to stop anyway?”

Well, those players with that coach, could do it, and this coach with these players can’t do it, even though they think they can.

I ask again, in the last decade of Garrett, when can we honestly say that he and his staff out coached the other team? I would say almost never.

To me, we win almost in spite of our coaches.

The league has changed, Garrett hasn't.

 

[Cmac]

….this is week in and week out. Ghost Darnold called them out....let that sink in. We might have problems with Miami a 2nd time around.

 

[zrinkill]

Now Fredbeard is making excuses.

How about just beat the guy in front of you and stop talking.

 

[CATCH17]

Duh..

Dallas does what Dallas does..

Rely on talent and the same gameplans.

This has always been the Garrett way.

You want a new wrinkle? Well you'll just have to wait until training camp the next year and after it works for a month of the season and teams have adjusted then that new wrinkle becomes old real quick.


Good teams quickly adjust.. Dallas? Don't get me started.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

You remember in the 90s when it used to be said of the Cowboys, “we’re gonna tell you what we’re gonna do and you won’t be able to stop anyway?”

Well, those players with that coach, could do it, and this coach with these players can’t do it, even though they think they can.

I ask again, in the last decade of Garrett, when can we honestly say that he and his staff out coached the other team? I would say almost never.

To me, we win almost in spite of our coaches.

I think that's what it is. Garrett comes from that school of thinking.....and he's even had success with it. But he doesn't know when to abort mission. His stubbornness and conservativeness is going to get him canned in the long haul. If he'd eliminate that he would've been in a much better situation.

 

[sbark]

You remember in the 90s when it used to be said of the Cowboys, “we’re gonna tell you what we’re gonna do and you won’t be able to stop anyway?”

Well, those players with that coach, could do it, and this coach with these players can’t do it, even though they think they can.

I ask again, in the last decade of Garrett, when can we honestly say that he and his staff out coached the other team? I would say almost never.

To me, we win almost in spite of our coaches.

Garrett spends too much time with coach k of duke bb. K. can recruit over everyone at that level, and wins 90% of game on talent....Garrett subscribes to that , confirmed by 90's cowboys triplets....in his mind

Today's nfl it doesn't hold up.,. Coaching is giving teams the diff most weeks

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Now Fredbeard is making excuses.

How about just beat the guy in front of you and stop talking.

He's playing like someone with excuses too. This whole offensive line is.

 

[Doomsday]

The league has changed, Garrett hasn't.

Yep, parody and rule changes have made coaching and scheme far more important. Most teams have talent.

 

[EST_1986]

Garrett was watching film from the 90's on the Vikings

 

[John813]

Garrett spends too much time with coach k of duke bb. K. can recruit over everyone at that level, and wins 90% of game on talent....Garrett subscribes to that , confirmed by 90's cowboys triplets....in his mind

Today's nfl it doesn't hold up.,. Coaching is giving teams the diff most weeks

If Garrett was a good recruiter, probably could do well in CFB.

 

[Romo_To_Dez]

I"ll ask this question again. How often have we heard Garrett receiving praise and accolades for actually calling a well planned, creative game plan in his ten years of coaching? Coaches like Belichick have received more praise and accolades in one season than Garrett has in his whole ten year career,

 

[khiladi]

This idea that the Cowboys were predictable and they just executed in the 90s is a joke. They had their bread and butter but they surely weren’t predictable. The pass the Harper to cement the Cowboys win over the 49ers was not predictable.

 

[atlantacowboy]

The league has changed, Garrett hasn't.

Garret has never been one to adjust much which is why Marinelli is the perfect DC for him. Marinelli doesn't change or adapt either. Both truly believe that football boils down to beating the man in front of you. They just miss the part about putting the players in the best position to succeed.