News: Cowboys Must Stop Abandoning Zeke

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blueblood70 said:
STUOID comment, no its the coaching staff 100% they get scared get behind and abandon the run..

Zekes a professional athlete and an élite one, hes not and never has been out of shape and more or less then any other player over and offseason that take a few full games to get going.. hes being criticized having a down year in stats when ive been saying what this article is pointing out all year, the Offense gets pass happy the first half of the season, second half the defense and offense get behind and abandon the run..

Zeke also was running 6YPC the first half of the green Bay game..

his demise while being top 5 still this year is way off base.. he will never be 2016 Zeke he was young, we have a better Oline, and was run first offense with Callahan a much better Line coach...

EE has not lost much of his talent, its BS I watch all these games and Zekes always been a grinder, ponder, and its what hes been doing this year.. the eagles/NYG giants game Miami, and these 4 games being discussed, he sure looks like Zeke to me...

just because you dont agree with his deal, his holdout or EE as person shouldnt make you a blind hater troll.

zekes not been our issue this year.. look toward KM, Dak, the defense and ST first..
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I can name for games this season where everyone On this team. Was responsible and helping,help losing it. Elliot had his turn just like others.
 
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Every game. There was a major mistake that caused us to lose it. And it wasn’t just one player. Everyone took a turn. The entire team is undisciplined
 
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nightrain said:
Blow the whole thing up.
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This is what I would do. If I was Jerry, I would cede my control to the HC and let him hire his own people. I would also let him control his own personnel and his players and make it known that the players answer to him first.

I understand the real Jerry won't do this but if I was Jerry, this is what I would do because this is what it's going to take for this team to get back to its winning ways.
 
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Every game. There was a major mistake that caused us to lose it. And it wasn’t just one player. Everyone took a turn. The entire team is undisciplined
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This is true and although they should all do their jobs I personally hold some players to a higher standard and more responsible than others, especially those who demand to be paid the highest at their position. Demand to be paid like the best, you better play like the best.
 
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aria said:
Oh the irony! An article about the Cowboys “abandoning” a player who abandoned the Cowboys and his teammates for more money with 2 years left on his contract.

Oh yeah...who abandoned who on a critical 3rd down against the Bears because the “workhorse” couldn’t handle the load?


Good stuff.
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Was touted as a generational back. Wanted to be paid like one. Wants to be treated like Emmitt, but can't handle half-load load Emmitt did.
 
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blueblood70 said:
STUOID comment, no its the coaching staff 100% they get scared get behind and abandon the run..

Zekes a professional athlete and an élite one, hes not and never has been out of shape and more or less then any other player over and offseason that take a few full games to get going.. hes being criticized having a down year in stats when ive been saying what this article is pointing out all year, the Offense gets pass happy the first half of the season, second half the defense and offense get behind and abandon the run..

Zeke also was running 6YPC the first half of the green Bay game..

his demise while being top 5 still this year is way off base.. he will never be 2016 Zeke he was young, we have a better Oline, and was run first offense with Callahan a much better Line coach...

EE has not lost much of his talent, its BS I watch all these games and Zekes always been a grinder, ponder, and its what hes been doing this year.. the eagles/NYG giants game Miami, and these 4 games being discussed, he sure looks like Zeke to me...

just because you dont agree with his deal, his holdout or EE as person shouldnt make you a blind hater troll.

zekes not been our issue this year.. look toward KM, Dak, the defense and ST first..
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Zeke previously broke tackles, had acceleration, found holes that were disappearing or small, and played elite. All of that disappeared for the most part this year. Nobody gets excuses, especially pampered boys who take themselves out of the game when they demanded elite generational back money. Emmitt busted his butt fighting for the team and got rewarded for it. Zeke needs to do the same, even if the rest of the offense is struggling.

He doesn't break tackles like he was before. That's a lack of strength, which is a lack of work on the off-season. Sorry man, no excuses for him or anyone. I'm tired of the excuses. These are supposed to be the Dallas Cowboys, not the Dallas Crybabies.
 

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Last year Zeke led the league in rushing. Cowboys went 10-6 and won the division.
This year Dak is leading the league in passing yards and the Cowboys are 6-7.

This team isn't set up, or Dak isn't able to (take your pick) win through a high volume passing attack....
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that's a reductionist view. this team is plenty capable of winning with a passing attack, they just can't have the defense suck, and the special teams unit be the worst in the league.
 
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AmariChill said:
Uh, no. This defense has been blown out in essentially 4 games. The Packers, Jets, Bears, and Bills game. Hell, even the Lions game should count. Luckily the Lions defense was worse than ours, so we won. I agree we should run Zeke more, but playcalling seems to shift as soon as Zeke gets stopped after one yard. It's like Kellen or Garrett or whoever is calling plays is like "Welp. They stopped Zeke one time! Gotta win through the air now!" :facepalm:. I think that Vikings game scared them because they haven't ran the ball as much since. Whatever. I'm over this team at this point in the season.
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The Cowboys lost the Jets game by two points. That's not a blowout. In the Bills game, it was 13-7 then Dallas missed a field goal, make that and it's 13-10. After Buffalo went up 16-7, at that point it's still doable to run the ball, to let the defense rest. But noooooooooo, it was 3 passes by Dak, and punt.

It's not so much as not running the ball enough, it's not running at the proper time.

But like you say, it's the coaching, I really think with proper coaching the Cowboys can still be a mainly running team, but the defenses know what play's coming up before the Cowboys snap the ball.
 
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BHendri5 said:
I will say it again it’s the OC , just like last 2 years they are calling the plays . Stop blaming Garrett
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It was a problem under Garrett when he was directly in charge of calling the plays as well. Do you really think he has no influence over a 1st year OC that was handed the job with no credentials? This is the same offense that Garrett ran when he was calling the plays, when Linehan called plays, and now that Moore is calling them. Garrett is the constant, common denominator.
 
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IceStarD54 said:
Until those over paid fat boys up front start earning their pay checks. Zeke or Dak isn't gonna look good. Mark Columbo as a Oline coach is laughable. Biggest reason we play horrible is because we have guys coaching that in no way should be. From Garrett on down.
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I think we need to flush the whole staff.
 
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that's a reductionist view. this team is plenty capable of winning with a passing attack, they just can't have the defense suck, and the special teams unit be the worst in the league.
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The defense has had games where they played decently enough, but the offense faltered way too much, and that's with a passing attack. Why draft a running back at no. 4, pay road grading offensive linemen, and then got to a passing game?

Dallas has listened to much to the "it's a passing league, without the 5,000 yard and 40 td quarterback, you can't win" mantra. If that was the case, then why do the top win teams not have a quarterback at the top of the passing ranks? The only team with a top 5 quarterback is the Rams, and they're only 8-5. Meanwhile we have the top quarterback and we're 6-7. Winston is way up there and the Bucs are 5-8.

If you build a team properly and coach it properly, you can win with a running game.
 

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LACowboysFan1 said:
The defense has had games where they played decently enough, but the offense faltered way too much, and that's with a passing attack. Why draft a running back at no. 4, pay road grading offensive linemen, and then got to a passing game?

Dallas has listened to much to the "it's a passing league, without the 5,000 yard and 40 td quarterback, you can't win" mantra. If that was the case, then why do the top win teams not have a quarterback at the top of the passing ranks? The only team with a top 5 quarterback is the Rams, and they're only 8-5. Meanwhile we have the top quarterback and we're 6-7. Winston is way up there and the Bucs are 5-8.

If you build a team properly and coach it properly, you can win with a running game.
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i don't think it's a binary decision. if they could simply run all over teams as they could in the past and be successful while doing it, i'm sure they would. unfortunately zeke (and the line) have been up and down this year, and unreliable. At the same time, Dak, Gallup and Coop flashed and had early success and they haven't quite found the right balance, or trusted the run game when it mattered since. I fully believe that they came into the season planning to unleash Dak to keep defenses honest for Zeke, but unfortunately Zeke started rusty and the identity has been fluid since, and seemingly always picking the wrong side of the coin
 
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We've been a run heavy team since 2013ish? Seems odd that the HC w/out a contract hire a first year OC to do the complete opposite of what brought them success. This organization is just....
 
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Whirlwin said:
Me neither. I like playing control the clock Smash Mouth. Nope everybody Was Demanding 400 yard plus football games and this is the result
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Smash mouth is also my kind of football. Even as a receiver, my all-time and current favorite Cowboys are running backs.
 
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nate dizzle said:
I've said it before, I'll say it again, it's because Garrett has no idea how to manage a game and has no feel for game flow . No gameplan. No adjustments. No attempt to put people in position to utilize their strengths. It's just straight up here's the playbook, everybody go beat your guy. Good luck.
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It isn't just JG, Moore is calling the plays and he goes pass happy after the first 15 plays which are scripted.
 
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