10 reasons why Dallas will lose Saturday

[superpunk]

coached an OL that cant consistently run the ball again, and we've watched Romo get pelted with great frequency the past two games...

Sporano is a lousy OL coach

David

Even after he's promoted, he still gets blamed for the Oline....

 

[Alexander]

coached an OL that cant consistently run the ball again, and we've watched Romo get pelted with great frequency the past two games...

Sporano is a lousy OL coach

David

We don't know that.

He could be overloaded. I think we are one of a handful of teams in the league that saddles their assistant head coach/OL with as much additional responsibility. Sparano seems to have the playcalling duties, plus a good bit of offensive responsibility.

A lot of teams have a dedicated OL coach and even an assistant to him.

 

[Alexander]

"Next time, maybe do a little research"

:laugh2:

 

[dbair1967]

We don't know that.

He could be overloaded. I think we are one of a handful of teams in the league that saddles their assistant head coach/OL with as much additional responsibility. Sparano seems to have the playcalling duties, plus a good bit of offensive responsibility.

A lot of teams have a dedicated OL coach and even an assistant to him.

that might be true, but who was the genius who decided to do that? and why would somebody do that when our OL has stunk for years?

David

 

[dbair1967]

Even after he's promoted, he still gets blamed for the Oline....

because he's still the OL coach, and it is still mediocre to average

David

 

[superpunk]

because he's still the OL coach, and it is still mediocre to average

David

It has been pretty average recently. I don't know why. Clearly Rivera is awful, worse than he's ever been, but other than that, individually they seem to play pretty well. Romo isn't helping them any by being Bledsoe with more wiggle back there recently, though.

 

[Alexander]

that might be true, but who was the genius who decided to do that? and why would somebody do that when our OL has stunk for years?

David

Perhaps it only stunk because of the personnel last year? It's not a coincidence that both of our starting tackles from the last game are now gone.

I think we have a decent group that can get better. It's not like we have issues each and every week. We have matchup problems depending on the opponent, but its not a jailbreak each week. That tells me we need someone who can cover the little things and reinforce adjustments during a game. Obviously, we really don't do that much right now, especially playing a team that throws a lot of looks at us.

We do need an infusion of youth very soon. We have several veterans like Adams and Rivera who need some competition to light a fire.

 

[Alexander]

It has been pretty average recently. I don't know why. Clearly Rivera is awful, worse than he's ever been, but other than that, individually they seem to play pretty well. Romo isn't helping them any by being Bledsoe with more wiggle back there recently, though.

Adams mystifies me. One week he's dominating John Abraham. The next players like Corey Smith and Kalimba Edwards are making him look bad.

Rivera just needs to go away. Now.

 

[superpunk]

Adams mystifies me. One week he's dominating John Abraham. The next players like Corey Smith and Kalimba Edwards are making him look bad.

Rivera just needs to go away. Now.

Tell me about it with Adams. I thought Abraham was a guy who would give him crazy trouble. Although he was injured, he was still getting it done in the action he had around the injury. Bizarre. It sounds stupid, and even backwards, but it is difficult to block for a player who moves around as much as Romo, since you never know where you can't allow your man to get to. That, plus Romo's recent annoying habit of hanging onto it for the big play (great when it works on third and long, not so great on 2nd and 7) is making the line look bad as much as anything they're doing.

 

[Alexander]

Tell me about it with Adams. I thought Abraham was a guy who would give him crazy trouble. Although he was injured, he was still getting it done in the action he had around the injury. Bizarre. It sounds stupid, and even backwards, but it is difficult to block for a player who moves around as much as Romo, since you never know where you can't allow your man to get to. That, plus Romo's recent annoying habit of hanging onto it for the big play (great when it works on third and long, not so great on 2nd and 7) is making the line look bad as much as anything they're doing.

I agree, but we do need to run block better or get a back who can read and react to creases when they do open.