Adjustments. Why are we still discussing this?

GMO415 · Oct 1, 2019

Why didn't we make adjustments after the first half? We were still trying to move the ball deep down field, and run the ball into a wall. We should have been dinking-and-dunking to EzE, Pollard, and our TEs.

We could have moved the ball a lot better than EzE's 35 total yards in rushing.

Adjustments have never been an issue this season till NO. I expect it to return this Sunday against GB.

Shane612 · Oct 1, 2019

GMO415 said:
Why didn't we make adjustments after the first half? We were still trying to move the ball deep down field, and run the ball into a wall. We should have been dinking-and-dunking to EzE, Pollard, and our TEs.

We could have moved the ball a lot better than EzE's 35 total yards in rushing.

Adjustments have never been an issue this season till NO. I expect it to return this Sunday against GB.

I don't remember how many, but I think Cowboys only has three, or four, possessions in the second half.
If they did make adjustments they didn't have many opportunities to try them.

GMO415 · Oct 1, 2019

Shane612 said:
I don't remember how many, but I think Cowboys only has three, or four, possessions in the second half.
If they did make adjustments they didn't have many opportunities to try them.

Perhaps that had a lot to do with it. The first half must be scripted and the coaches won't deviate that quickly.

HoosierCowboy · Oct 1, 2019

Shane612 said:
I don't remember how many, but I think Cowboys only has three, or four, possessions in the second half.
If they did make adjustments they didn't have many opportunities to try them.

and we had two TOs --both on plays that won first downs near the 50

StarBoyz83 · Oct 1, 2019

Have we made adjustments since the 90s?

Whyjerry · Oct 1, 2019

GMO415 said:
Why didn't we make adjustments after the first half? We were still trying to move the ball deep down field, and run the ball into a wall. We should have been dinking-and-dunking to EzE, Pollard, and our TEs.

We could have moved the ball a lot better than EzE's 35 total yards in rushing.

Adjustments have never been an issue this season till NO. I expect it to return this Sunday against GB.

Look this is a Jason Garrett run team. He was bound to let the success spoil them.

CF74 · Oct 1, 2019

Garrett clearly had his old script for this game but it doesn’t come with adjustments. Moore was not allowed to deviate...

Bob-Lillys-War · Oct 1, 2019

Garrett took over , we had no read options, no play action, no pre-snap movements, etc ...

while we went back to last year ;
Peyton adjusts, learns, modifies ... because thats what good coaches do .

all the while, We are stuck with Dumb & garrett over here.

DallasInDC · Oct 1, 2019

I find it alarming that whenever Garret's team has any modicum of success it is inevitable that the team will go away from what worked. Time and time again, Garrett's team will make an adjustment that works and then subsequently go back to the way things were before the success. It's as if Garrett wants to prove that his way will work especially after being proven that it doesn't.

GMO415 · Oct 1, 2019

CF74 said:
Garrett clearly had his old script for this game but it doesn’t come with adjustments. Moore was not allowed to deviate...

It sure looked that way. Not sure how long Moore will work under JG.

G2 · Oct 1, 2019

I'm interested in seeing some factual data on gametime adjustments, because I think the phrase is misused.

Bob-Lillys-War · Oct 1, 2019

GMO415 said:
It sure looked that way. Not sure how long Moore will work under JG.

yep, but this time peyton adjusted, game planned, changed his playcalling... 'cause thats what a real coach does .

beat garrett with half the talent.

CowboyRoy · Oct 1, 2019

Shane612 said:
I don't remember how many, but I think Cowboys only has three, or four, possessions in the second half.
If they did make adjustments they didn't have many opportunities to try them.

This is true and some drives were nullified by fumbles and penalties. But still, it was a stupid game plan to begin with.

GMO415 · Oct 1, 2019

Bob-Lillys-War said:
yep, but this time peyton adjusted, game planned, changed his playcalling... 'cause thats what a real coach does .

beat garrett with half the talent.

We should have had the same game plan. Dak should have just kept everything underneath and let his players make plays. Damn sure worked for NO.

Techsass · Oct 1, 2019

The team did look a lot different than the previous games, but I'm not ready to say that was all Jason.

We did OK on our 1st possession after halftime, but the rest of the game was pretty much decided by both of our defenses. They got to the red zone, but had to kick field goals each time. Neither OC was controlling the game as far as I could tell.

Bob-Lillys-War · Oct 1, 2019

GMO415 said:
We should have had the same game plan. Dak should have just kept everything underneath and let his players make plays. Damn sure worked for NO.

yep, but Garrett likes to stick with his guns ., and if it fails he throws everyone else under the bus .

CF74 · Oct 1, 2019

GMO415 said:
It sure looked that way. Not sure how long Moore will work under JG.

My guess is that Jerry will allow it until he gets tired of losing games that we should win...

Toruk_Makto · Oct 1, 2019

GMO415 said:
Why didn't we make adjustments after the first half? We were still trying to move the ball deep down field, and run the ball into a wall. We should have been dinking-and-dunking to EzE, Pollard, and our TEs.

We could have moved the ball a lot better than EzE's 35 total yards in rushing.

Adjustments have never been an issue this season till NO. I expect it to return this Sunday against GB.

Why didn't the Saints? What was Sean Payton thinking!?!

Toruk_Makto · Oct 1, 2019

Streetwise said:
I'm interested in seeing some factual data on gametime adjustments, because I think the phrase is misused.

Oh it is. Just an excuse to blame someone anyone. Halftimes are 12 minutes. You don't install a new gameplan that quickly.

What happens is that a few plays that you didn't hit in the 1st half you hit in the 2nd and fans believe it's some master change.

Again the Saints only scored 3 points in the 2nd half. Why didn't they make adjustments! Sean Payton is still considered good right?

big dog cowboy · Oct 1, 2019

GMO415 said:
Adjustments have never been an issue this season till NO. I expect it to return this Sunday against GB.

Sunday evening was a wake up call. Anyone breathing air could see which version of the Cowboys we've seen this year looked like a playoff team and which one didn't.

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