10 Revealing Stat Tendencies of Cowboys Offense

[Dre11]

I didn't make it to the end, but did this ever compare to the rest of the league so that it actually means something?

So, we ran too much in the red zone, yet fans cried every time a pass was called down there and thought we should be running every down.
We flexed the TE out on one side to occupied the CB and then mostly threw to the wideouts on the other side ....isn't that what you're supposed to do?

We ran all the time from the I formation....1) how often was the full back in the game? 2) when he was, didn't we want to run due to goal line or short yardage?

Stats don't mean a thing when you're successful, and they can mean anything when you aren't successful.

These stats mean something to those of us who are arm chair QBs who want to trick the defense, but without knowing the stats for the same categories for 2016 when we went 13-3 and how those stats compare to other teams built similarly to us (not GB), it's hard to really know what any of that proves.

Exactly

 

[Dre11]

With this QB, what exactly do you call? You can't roll out every play, as we've seen defenses wise up to that. You can't run the option. You can't throw to Beasley and Witten every play without defenses pressing up and taking that away. And you can't force it downfield if you can't put the ball in tight windows.

So?

You run it on virtually every down?

Exactly, with a qb that wasn't suppose to start, and just in year 2....lol
In 2016 when it worked it was called Identity, when it doesn't it's called tendencies...lol

 

[Bohuntr97]

I still don't understand why we don't throw the halfback pass when defenses sell totally out yo stop the run. It will get you a cheap TD here and there and make defenses play you more honest.

Ingenuity, something we lack but our punter gets it.

 

[Dre11]

Ingenuity, something we lack but our punter gets it.

Do you know if the halfback can throw. And they have done it with Dez.

 

[Bohuntr97]

Do you know if the halfback can throw. And they have done it with Dez.

No, I don't. I also did'nt know the punter can throw. He improvised without the coaches knowledge and it wasn't to Dez.

 

[Dre11]

No, I don't. I also did'nt know the punter can throw. He improvised without the coaches knowledge and it wasn't to Dez.

No he didn't. They knew he could throw and had the play in the game plan. He was just given the green light to do it when he saw what he liked.

Actually he ran,

https://www.___GET_REAL_URL___/cowb...es-fake-punt-jason-garrett-rich-bissacia/amp/

 

[Bohuntr97]

I agree, some punters are given the green light if its totally obvious. But I don't think the punt/pass was the playcall. Jones read the field and saw an opporunity.

I know the run, but he also threw (I think to Butler) and that play was called back on OPI.

 

[SlammedZero]

To think we still went 9-7 with this predictable offense is both impressive and depressing. Imagine if we had a imaginative coaching staff?

 

[Bohuntr97]

Here ya go Dre. This is what I was talking, I'm not sure if it was correct or not.

http://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/201...hris-jones-brice-butler-sean-lee-tyron-smith/

 

[Beast_from_East]

The offense being predictable is not something new, even our own players like Dez have said the CBs were running the routes better than our WRs because they knew every one of them.

When your own players say your offense is predictable......................its not going to be a secret to your opponents.

 

[Bohuntr97]

The offense being predictable is not something new, even our own players like Dez have said the CBs were running the routes better than our WRs because they knew every one of them.

When your own players say your offense is predictable......................its not going to be a secret to your opponents.

Maybe the rumors that Rivers was calling out our plays to his D might be true.

 

[Sarge]

The offense has been predictable since Garrett's 1st year as OC. Why is this news to some people?

 

[northerncowboynation]

I read a statement from Dak saying he wanted an offense that was more like the Chiefs. More read options. The thing is, we don't have a Kelce or a Tyreek Hill. Our guys won't beat anyone with speed or route running ability and, I think this is big, there are very few plays where they make plays after the catch. Dez used to be able to do that but his RAC was way down in 2017 and I'd like to see the stats showing what has gone on with his RAC over time. When Dak does find him, there is usually a DB right there, he's just not that open. How do we get the ball to Dez in space? We know he's not fast and we know the route tree is limited. Is it on Dak for throwing into those tight windows where Dez is tackled right away or is it on Dez for not being able to separate from the DB?

When Dak came here wasn't he known for running the ball in college? I said right from the start that Wade Wilson would do his best to change that and turn him into his own image. The true luck with Romo was that Wilson WASN'T here for the first 3 formulative years of Romo's career. He was in Chicago working his magic with their great QB's (sarcasm). I think Dak has amazing instincts as a QB. Wilson did all he could to dumb the instincts down. For some reason I have a hard time believing that Mini-Me Moore will be a good QB coach. I have no proof that he will or won't be. We'll just have to see. I hate trial and error

 

[EST_1986]

That’s worse than my Madden play calling

 

[DFWJC]

I agree that this offense isn't creative.
Its just odd that people (other than a very few) are only just now (this season) using play calling as an excuse when its been this way for many years.

 

[silvrNblue]

I do have a question. How much of this can be attributed to Prescott? The formation stuff and running same plays is a coaching thing but, for example, they talked about the 3x2 formation and passing out of it and said we only "targeted" the middle WRs 18% of the time.

Well how much of that is Prescott missing or simply ignoring the middle of the field?

I only ask because I this shouldn't turn into a complete Garrett and Linehan bash fest. LOL.

All you have to do is look at how BAD our O line play was, and I think it answers your question. Getting back to the Clapper and his vanilla queen OC, THEY monkeyed with the O-line, they had "hope" Chaz Green would be "that" player they picked up.... we all see how that worked out. No, I believe this past season was an UTTER failure on the part of the clapping carrot and the vanilla queen NOT properly using Dak's strengths, and implementing a game plan to fully utilize them. Add to that NO game time/ half time adjustments and you get a 9-7 season and miss the playoffs because your either to stupid, arrogant or down right in over your head as a leader.

 

[glimmerman]

In order to have success with our limited playbook you have to have dominate players all over the Offense. JG is stuck in the 90’s when we had a Offense that could run the same play over and over and still move the ball at will.

 

[TheHerd]

1/3 (8.1 out of24.9) of our pass routes were curls?!?!?!? Awesome.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

9-7 season and no playoffs. And that's with the suspensions and injuries to key players.
But what does it mean???

means we are not a well balanced team, depend heavily on specific players individual abilities to execute, and our depth sucks and when key players are injured, then the scheme and coaching can't over come it. It shows the MVP of the offense is Zeke, Smith and then Dak, since unlike some other QBs in the league he is not able to overcome things.

with that said. it would be interesting to compare our tendencies with other teams tendencies.

 

[jazzcat22]

Offenses with 4 plays in the playbook tend to be predictable.....it's also helpfull when you run the clock down to the last second on every play.

That is one of the few things I do not miss about Tony.