1:24 on the clock

[FiveRings]

Garrett's fault for calling a simple play and his players failing on him? Why don't we stop reading too far into these things and take them at face value. Smith needed to execute a simple block, he didn't, it screwed us, and then the defense crumbled.

 

[links18]

Name one coach, at any level, that you have seen do that in that situation. I played for 14 years, coached afew more and never missed a game the boys have played in the last 39 years and I have never seen any coach do that, ever. Every coach in the nfl would have done the same exact thing and to say otherwise is stupid. Blame the players for not executing, that is where the problem is. Good grief, Smith has to know not to hold on that play, thats not coaching, thats a player that is just ********.

Smith may be a total idiot, but its the coaching staffs job to educate player on situational football. Of course, that's hard when the coaches themselves struggle with situational football.

 

[texbumthelife]

and Scandrick allowing Kris Durham to get behind him for 40 yards, and you have the recipe for a defeat.

Thank god someone mentioned it. I don't know how OScan isn't catching any flack. You can't let the guy get behind you there. Period. It's your only job.

It was just another game of brain dead redundancy. When your head coach isn't tasked with calling plays, it is absolutely inexcusable for there to be this many mental mistakes. It absolutely falls on Garrett's head.

 

[ConstantReboot]

I'd put the game on Smith for the stupid holding penalty before I put it on Garrett for the play calling in that scenario.

Why in the world do you run it outside? Just take the knee and never have to worry about any penalties? Thus the knee would have been the safest bet.

 

[Avery]

Garrett has his fair share of blame, but every coach in the league would pretty much run up the middle in that situation. It's the players responsibility not to be idiots (which Smith apparently missed the memo on).

 

[texbumthelife]

Garrett's fault for calling a simple play and his players failing on him? Why don't we stop reading too far into these things and take them at face value. Smith needed to execute a simple block, he didn't, it screwed us, and then the defense crumbled.

Smith did execute his block, the runner cut back and bounced outside. It was a run designed to go inside. That's when the hold occurred. Still a terrible penalty, but he did execute his original block. So well, in fact, that the guy he was blocking was sealed outside so when the runner bounced, Smith held him to keep him from containing.

 

[percyhoward]

Dallas Cowboys at 1:24
1-10-DET 31 (1:24) J.Randle right end to DET 34 for -3 yards (D.Levy; S.Tulloch).
Timeout #2 by DET at 01:19.

2-13-DET 34 (1:19) P.Tanner left end to DET 35 for -1 yards (Tr.Lewis).
Timeout #3 by DET at 01:14.

3-14-DET 35 (1:14) P.Tanner up the middle to DET 26 for 9 yards (R.McIntosh).
Penalty on DAL-T.Smith, Offensive Holding, declined.

4-5-DET 26 (1:07) D.Bailey 44 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-L.Ladouceur, Holder-C.Jones.
DAL 30 DET 24, 4 plays, 5 yards, 0:22 drive, 13:58 elapsed

D.Bailey kicks 65 yards from DAL 35 to end zone, Touchback.

Detroit Lions at 1:02
1-10-DET 20 (1:02) (Shotgun) M.Stafford pass short left to R.Bush pushed ob at DET 20 for no gain (O.Scandrick).
2-10-DET 20 (0:56) (Shotgun) M.Stafford pass deep middle to C.Johnson to DET 37 for 17 yards (B.Carr).
1-10-DET 37 (0:42) (No Huddle) M.Stafford spiked the ball to stop the clock.

2-10-DET 37 (0:40) (Shotgun) M.Stafford pass deep left to K.Durham pushed ob at DAL 23 for 40 yards (J.Hamilton).

1-10-DAL 23 (0:33) (Shotgun) M.Stafford pass deep right to C.Johnson to DAL 1 for 22 yards (J.Hamilton; B.Carr).
1-1-DAL 1 (0:14) M.Stafford up the middle for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN

 

[Nirvana]

Why in the world do you run it outside? Just take the knee and never have to worry about any penalties? Thus the knee would have been the safest bet.

It's not hard to execute an outside running play. Smith laid an egg. It will be corrected.

 

[ConstantReboot]

Thank god someone mentioned it. I don't know how OScan isn't catching any flack. You can't let the guy get behind you there. Period. It's your only job.

It was just another game of brain dead redundancy. When your head coach isn't tasked with calling plays, it is absolutely inexcusable for there to be this many mental mistakes. It absolutely falls on Garrett's head.

I rewatched that play and that is not pass interference. But still, all we needed to do was chew time off the clock with a knee. We didn't need to get fancy by running outside the tackle.

 

[texbumthelife]

I rewatched that play and that is not pass interference. But still, all we needed to do was chew time off the clock with a knee. We didn't need to get fancy by running outside the tackle.

Im not talking about the BS pass interference call. I am talking about Durham getting behind OScan for 40 yards on their final drive.

 

[ConstantReboot]

It's not hard to execute an outside running play. Smith laid an egg. It will be corrected.

Its not hard to call a knee during that time period also. Which would have been more appropriate.

 

[Coy]

Kneel down...I mean I can't believe the OP made this thread...then you had some guy tell his wife we should have taken a knee.

I hope she corrected him.

See post number 9, that´s the way it should have been done.

 

[texbumthelife]

It's not hard to execute an outside running play. Smith laid an egg. It will be corrected.

It wasn't an outside running play. The runner cut back and bounced outside in an attempt to get more yards.

 

[supercowboy8]

there was plenty of blame in this game to go around.

The offense was awful until the 4th. The defense got 4 turnovers but the offense could only turn one of those into TDs. Got to do better at that. Then the defense needs to find a stop at the end of the game. 3 of our 4 losses this game we had the lead in the 4th quarter. 2 of the 4 we had the lead under 2 minutes.

 

[EPL0c0]

yeah i didn't understand at 2.30 why we passed and got an incomplete when we should have ran it there to make detroit burn another timeout before the 2 minute

That was one of those plays where I wish Romo had it in him to just run with the ball and get whatever yards he can get. But I think it takes a certain mentality and I think Romo's mentality is to rely on his arm, not his legs. He's a QB, that's reasonable, but there's always idea of doing whatever it takes to win. If a QB has to get out of his comfortzone, so be it.

Not criticizing Romo at all, I still believe in Romo. It's just an aspect of his game that I wish he had/did more of

 

[ConstantReboot]

Im not talking about the BS pass interference call. I am talking about Durham getting behind OScan for 40 yards on their final drive.

Yes your right. However, we should not have given that chance in the first place. Just run out the clock and punt it. By then Detroit would have been left with only 20 seconds or less in the game clock.

 

[Cowboy4ever]

Smith may be a total idiot, but its the coaching staffs job to educate player on situational football. Of course, that's hard when the coaches themselves struggle with situational football.

Thats total bs Do you to "coach up" a reciever to catch a ball that hits him in his hands? No! These guys have played for years, if he don't know not to hold, then a coach saying, do not hold, isnt going to change things. The player was stupid, and blaming any coach for him holding is just stupid agenda.

 

[BoysFan4ever]

We play stupid & have for years.

You just wait & see what knucklehead does the wrong thing at the worse time.

 

[Plankton]

I rewatched that play and that is not pass interference. But still, all we needed to do was chew time off the clock with a knee. We didn't need to get fancy by running outside the tackle.

That's the wrong play.

The play we are referring to was when Stafford hit Durham for 40 yards down the left sideline. That completely flipped the field position, put them at worst in FG range, set them up to take a shot, and worst of all, he got out of bounds.

 

[Nirvana]

Its not hard to call a knee during that time period also. Which would have been more appropriate.

I'd rather get the fg and go up by 6, the problem was a penalty that should not have occurred. This Lions team showed how quickly they can move the ball down the field. the play simply needs to get executed.