The Truth seems to be really hard for people to understand and/or accept

Hawkeye19 said:

In my estimation, the penalties and sloppy play are a direct reflection of the coaching staff’s issues— not a defense of their abilities.

How many slow starts have we seen under Kellen’s watch? How many times has he abandoned the run? How many times are good players not included in the game-plan (Coop disappeared, Lamb has disappeared, and Pollard is often an afterthought)?

Yes— at times this offense can roll up yards and points. But when the team needed them to control a game and compete vs a good opponent— Kellen and Co often had no counter or answer and disappeared for entire stretches.

Stats alone don’t mean much. And in the end, player execution is still related to coaching. If they suck at executing— help them correct the issue through teaching, change the scheme to better fit their skillset, put your players in the best position to succeed— or if nothing else works— bench them and put other players out there.

Kellen stayed in his comfort zone and it hurt this team.

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Answer? Too damn many.

Cover 4 and Cover 3 plus rush four has indeed exposed both quarterback and offensive coordinator. The all-22 doesn't lie...and it's not just Kurt Warner breaking this stuff down. This thing has been flipped on its head since Prescott's rookie year, when the run - pass mix was 52 - 48%. It's now 42 - 58%...and the team is worse for it.

Moore doesn't help Prescott. He seems content just sticking to the "system" and rolling up enough air raid yards to get to his next coaching gig. There is simply no excuse for his abandonment of the running game...or his misuse of players. There is simply no excuse for such a vanilla scheme for running the ball...namely...right up the A gap out of shotgun (S11) with lineman in pass blocking mode. No wonder there were so many penalties. There was a 19 snap run during the game that went like this: 17 passes...2 runs. This was after a 7 - 2 run to pass series produced the ONLY points in the first half. There just seems to be no over arching goal to his playcalling...as if he's just grab-bagging plays out of hat and plugging them in like some demented switchboard operator. He's neither consistent, nor particularly adept at adjusting to what is being done to him. There was one play in the game that was run 3 or 4 times without adjustment to keep Fred Warner out of the curl zone. Everytime they ran it you could see him on the all-22 "racing" to the curl zone to kill the play. Moore never adjusted a key route to run inside the hash to slow Warner up...which is the whole idea of scheming...putting a player in a position where he is stretched and forced to make a choice, either of which will allow something else to open up. In a lot of cases you want to try to double team a defender if you can, which forces the defender into a bad choice.

In my view...given the film breakdowns of late, I have trouble seeing how this all changes next season, which will probably result in McCarthy being fired. There's some denial in the building. There is also, dare I say, too much compliance among key figures (McCarthy and Prescott both). As I've said before...Prescott seems like the type of man who does ONLY what he is told. McCarthy has already said that the person installing the plays should call the plays. But just remember this. McCarthy is a pass oriented HC from GB, where he rode the arm of Rodgers more times than not. Kellen Moore is a "yards or yards", "don't force it to any one guy" coordinator who has shown that he will vacuously abandon the run and put Prescott (and the o-line by extension) in bad situations. So with Prescott checking out of run plays it's hard to see how this thing gets back to balance if the blue-print on Dallas continues to be spread around the league. Bringing this dysfunctional nexus (HC-QB-OC) back for an encore next year might be even less pleasant than this year, given the schedule they will face.

CowboysWillRise said:

Hmm.. I guess that's why Dan Marino had some many superbowls.

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Im speaking mostly about salary cap football.

The league is built for teams to be equal.

DallasEast said:

Almost signed off but one more thing:

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Your post right here mentions it. Consider it reported.

cmoney23 said:

The truth is... Dak is a top 10 QB in this league.

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Yeah. Dak's being paid mega-millions to carry the byzantine rot that sits at the core of this miserable franchise. Just like Romo got paid to do same.

But it's such a heavy lift, nobody can do it.

At least Dak has the good sense not to take the beating that Romo did.

Remember this? We've already proven the cluckers on our team won't punish the dude that just blew you up. So it's open season.

cmoney23 said:

In our current day and age, the Truth seems to be really hard for people to understand and/or accept. I'd like to share with you some truth.

Football is a team game. Some call it the ultimate team game. The media and internet 'experts' try to oversimplify it and tell you that it's the QB... But it's not on him individually. It is one of the most important positions but it's not the key metric to team success. Fantasy football has also helped perpetuate this belief.

I'll give you a couple of examples:
Aaron Rodgers is largely believed to be one of the greatest QBs to ever play the game. He has ONE super bowl on his resume with a lot of playoff failures.
Patrick Mahomes. Often considered the next coming of football Jesus... has struggled mightily when things aren't perfect around him, including the last SuperBowl and an ~8 game stretch this season where the Chiefs had to go way back to the basics and sort of 'reset' their offense around running the ball and fundamentals.
Justin Herbert. Another second coming... missed the playoffs once again.

You might read that and think I'm now blaming those QBs for a lack of success. I'm not. They are examples of GREAT QBs in different stages of their careers that are struggling or have struggled.

The Chiefs got going because the DEFENSE became dominant and they committed to running the ball. Green Bay's big coaching change really just was a coach that committed to the run game. Look at the Rams. They run the ball they win. Stafford had 8 passes at half vs the Cards.

The truth is... Dak is a top 10 QB in this league. The team failed to execute (penalties). The coaches failed to develop consistent game plans that WON football games. They failed to rest injured players and exploit advantages The FO failed to address key position groups. And, at times, Dak failed too. But it's the team.

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The TEN TOE SLOTH IS NOT A TOP TEN QB! What's wrong with some of you posters, the Sloth's numbers are actually cheap yds and TDs. The Sloth's style of play is what is hurting the Boy's running game. The Sloth has major issues with his abilities to read defenses and find open receivers & TEs and DCs figured him out going into the second half of the season. DC's loaded the box with numbers that constantly outnumbered the O-Line which affected their abilities to open holes for the running backs. When the Sloth went up against the GOOD TEAMS in the league he would have a brain fart and couldn't figure out how to elevate his game to the next level.

cmoney23 said:

In our current day and age, the Truth seems to be really hard for people to understand and/or accept. I'd like to share with you some truth.

Football is a team game. Some call it the ultimate team game. The media and internet 'experts' try to oversimplify it and tell you that it's the QB... But it's not on him individually. It is one of the most important positions but it's not the key metric to team success. Fantasy football has also helped perpetuate this belief.

I'll give you a couple of examples:
Aaron Rodgers is largely believed to be one of the greatest QBs to ever play the game. He has ONE super bowl on his resume with a lot of playoff failures.
Patrick Mahomes. Often considered the next coming of football Jesus... has struggled mightily when things aren't perfect around him, including the last SuperBowl and an ~8 game stretch this season where the Chiefs had to go way back to the basics and sort of 'reset' their offense around running the ball and fundamentals.
Justin Herbert. Another second coming... missed the playoffs once again.

You might read that and think I'm now blaming those QBs for a lack of success. I'm not. They are examples of GREAT QBs in different stages of their careers that are struggling or have struggled.

The Chiefs got going because the DEFENSE became dominant and they committed to running the ball. Green Bay's big coaching change really just was a coach that committed to the run game. Look at the Rams. They run the ball they win. Stafford had 8 passes at half vs the Cards.

The truth is... Dak is a top 10 QB in this league. The team failed to execute (penalties). The coaches failed to develop consistent game plans that WON football games. They failed to rest injured players and exploit advantages The FO failed to address key position groups. And, at times, Dak failed too. But it's the team.

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There are a lot of layers to be pulled back on your assessment. When you pay a player 16.5% of your cap allotment (2022 numbers), there are expectations that the player has special talents to elevate a team to win games with his skills. Dak is in the 7-10 range as far as NFL ranked QBs. Considering the amount of cap he eats up, it does not appear the investment is paying off.