Why is Dak so good at AT&T?

robjay04 · May 11, 2020

I found this and I was really shocked—-our stadium has wildly been criticized by our fans by not giving us a clear advantage but the last 4 years says otherwise.

shabazz · May 11, 2020

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Kolemmitt · May 11, 2020

In his last youtube video, Jeff Cavanaugh hit on this. He believed that JG was more open to an aggressive offensive game plan when playing at home while favoring the approach of keeping it close and win it late on the road, especially against the good teams. Not sure the evidence, but it does make some sense, especially in 2019 when JG was "tutoring" a young OC and probably had more control over him than he did with Scott Linehan.

GMO415 · May 11, 2020

D4KADON · May 11, 2020

That statistic is misleading. Many of those losses have been when we had our 3rd string qb starting because Romo went down, not to take anything away from Dak.

Jake · May 11, 2020

I think some of it is our old friend JG and his ultra-conservative offensive approach to road games. People commented here about it a lot last season. We saw all sorts of motion and stuff at home and everything got basic on the road.

How much that impacted things we'll see, but I'm really glad about the coaching change. This team needed it, and I'm not just talking about JG.

calico · May 11, 2020

Kolemmitt said:
In his last youtube video, Jeff Cavanaugh hit on this. He believed that JG was more open to an aggressive offensive game plan when playing at home while favoring the approach of keeping it close and win it late on the road, especially against the good teams. Not sure the evidence, but it does make some sense, especially in 2019 when JG was "tutoring" a young OC and probably had more control over him than he did with Scott Linehan.

This. It was especially obvious last season when the offense would go into a shell on the road and do nothing that made then successful in previous weeks.

Redball Express · May 11, 2020

Kolemmitt said:
In his last youtube video, Jeff Cavanaugh hit on this. He believed that JG was more open to an aggressive offensive game plan when playing at home while favoring the approach of keeping it close and win it late on the road, especially against the good teams. Not sure the evidence, but it does make some sense, especially in 2019 when JG was "tutoring" a young OC and probably had more control over him than he did with Scott Linehan.

Amari also plays well in ATT.

If you really looked at Zeke..most of his production is from home field.

I think generally teams that have to travel away games tend to suffer.

Dak is part of a team that helps him tremendously. Perhaps even disproportionally compared to other QBs.

But it is interesting. With his new payday..I think the pressure may change this trend. Meaning Dak will be dealing with all new coaches and offense and I expect some regression.

We shall see.

Stash · May 11, 2020

Kolemmitt said:
In his last youtube video, Jeff Cavanaugh hit on this. He believed that JG was more open to an aggressive offensive game plan when playing at home while favoring the approach of keeping it close and win it late on the road, especially against the good teams. Not sure the evidence, but it does make some sense, especially in 2019 when JG was "tutoring" a young OC and probably had more control over him than he did with Scott Linehan.

Thanks for bringing this up, I was going to mention this same thing. I attribute it to a scared, uninspired, uncreative coach who curled up into the fetal position at the first sign of adversity.
:thumbup:

Stash · May 11, 2020

Jake said:
I think some of it is our old friend JG and his ultra-conservative offensive approach to road games. People commented here about it a lot last season. We saw all sorts of motion and stuff at home and everything got basic on the road.

How much that impacted things we'll see, but I'm really glad about the coaching change. This team needed it, and I'm not just talking about JG.

Stash · May 11, 2020

calico said:
This. It was especially obvious last season when the offense would go into a shell on the road and do nothing that made then successful in previous weeks.

Playing scared. A direct reflection of their timid, milquetoast former head coach.

ScipioCowboy · May 11, 2020

Prior to Dak, the team wasn’t very good at home. It was much better on the road.

Tabascocat · May 11, 2020

It had nothing to do with ATT stadium itself for Dak or the players. Thank the ginger for cowardly football on the road!

Kolemmitt · May 11, 2020

stasheroo said:
Thanks for bringing this up, I was going to mention this same thing. I attribute it to a scared, uninspired, uncreative coach who curled up into the fetal position at the first sign of adversity.

The thing that makes me sad/mad is that if we had a better staff for Romo, I have no doubt he would have gotten us to a couple of Superbowls and he would be considered a slamdunk HOF QB.

It's funny that I considered him a Jimmy disciple when we first hired him because he turned out to be the exact opposite. Jimmy would go for the throat on the road and in big games.

Stash · May 11, 2020

Kolemmitt said:
The thing that makes me sad/mad is that if we had a better staff for Romo, I have no doubt he would have gotten us to a couple of Superbowls and he would be considered a slamdunk HOF QB.

It's funny that I considered him a Jimmy disciple when we first hired him because he turned out to be the exact opposite. Jimmy would go for the throat on the road and in big games.

Yes, a decade of talent and potential was wasted on a never-was of a head coach. And Hall of Fame caliber players like Romo, Witten, and Ware saw their careers wasted in Dallas.

nalam · May 11, 2020

Kolemmitt said:
In his last youtube video, Jeff Cavanaugh hit on this. He believed that JG was more open to an aggressive offensive game plan when playing at home while favoring the approach of keeping it close and win it late on the road, especially against the good teams. Not sure the evidence, but it does make some sense, especially in 2019 when JG was "tutoring" a young OC and probably had more control over him than he did with Scott Linehan.

This, I hated JGs not to lose mentality , it came back to bite us several times. AZ cardinals , last year NO saints...

robjay04 · May 11, 2020

D4KADON said:
That statistic is misleading. Many of those losses have been when we had our 3rd string qb starting because Romo went down, not to take anything away from Dak.

even if you omit that

it’s still 26-22.

Better but still not much more than 500.

This isn’t so much a Dak versus Romo argument though.

Cowboysheelsreds053 · May 11, 2020

Jake said:
I think some of it is our old friend JG and his ultra-conservative offensive approach to road games. People commented here about it a lot last season. We saw all sorts of motion and stuff at home and everything got basic on the road.

How much that impacted things we'll see, but I'm really glad about the coaching change. This team needed it, and I'm not just talking about JG.

This, that last Houston game at there place that Sunday night still sticks out in my mind.

Flamma · May 11, 2020

robjay04 said:
I found this and I was really shocked—-our stadium has wildly been criticized by our fans by not giving us a clear advantage but the last 4 years says otherwise.

Dallas is 15-9 over the last 3 years. Adding the 2016 season makes Dallas look better at home. But that's not our current trend.

Williamsboys · May 11, 2020

After looking at that STAT. My question is more how come the Cowboys and Dak are just 5-11 in their last two seasons of road games??

Why is Dak so good at AT&T?

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