2nd Look At The Game

[Hoofbite]

Don't know why I did but wanted to take another look. Couple things stick out.

First, thank you Tony Romo. Played excellent. Any less of a game and Dallas probably gets shellacked.

Dallas should be deferring every week they possibly can. This team gets more done in the 2nd half than they do in the 1st. Just kick to start the game.

Not sure if the Giants did that great of a job taking away the deep stuff but Dallas just never went downfield. I think you gotta take a shot every now and then though. You can't let the safeties and LBs have a free pass to sneak up.

Dallas didn't even really utilize play-action. I didn't get all the way through but I think there were only a few plays with play action. One was the beautiful play to Roy. A second was actually play action to the wrong side, there was no back to fake to and another was a little flare that ended up being behind Felix. I think I remember seeing a rollout by Romo off the fake as well.

I think Dallas got into a habit of shotgun=pass, under center=run. There was a decent period spanning from the end of the 2nd quarter when the Giants went up 4 until the Giants scored on the punt where this pattern was only broken a couple of times.

Ditch the Wildcat, Razorback, Crapshoot formation. It just doesn't get the job done. Two, maybe three plays all year? Shelf it. Especially in the redzone. I cannot believe Dallas went Wildshat multiple times in the redzone. Unreal.

Get Choice and Jones more carries. Barber looked like a guy riding a bike in 1st gear. Peddling like a SOB but just not getting anywhere.

Suppose that's it for now. Didn't really take a look at the D or say anything new or groundbreaking.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I agree on the defering. I just like, always have on every level of football to be honest, having the defense start the game and seeing whats happening and setting the tone.

 

[Rampage]

Don't know why I did but wanted to take another look. Couple things stick out.

First, thank you Tony Romo. Played excellent. Any less of a game and Dallas probably gets shellacked.

Dallas should be deferring every week they possibly can. This team gets more done in the 2nd half than they do in the 1st. Just kick to start the game.

Not sure if the Giants did that great of a job taking away the deep stuff but Dallas just never went downfield. I think you gotta take a shot every now and then though. You can't let the safeties and LBs have a free pass to sneak up.

Dallas didn't even really utilize play-action. I didn't get all the way through but I think there were only a few plays with play action. One was the beautiful play to Roy. A second was actually play action to the wrong side, there was no back to fake to and another was a little flare that ended up being behind Felix. I think I remember seeing a rollout by Romo off the fake as well.

I think Dallas got into a habit of shotgun=pass, under center=run. There was a decent period spanning from the end of the 2nd quarter when the Giants went up 4 until the Giants scored on the punt where this pattern was only broken a couple of times.

Ditch the Wildcat, Razorback, Crapshoot formation. It just doesn't get the job done. Two, maybe three plays all year? Shelf it. Especially in the redzone. I cannot believe Dallas went Wildshat multiple times in the redzone. Unreal.

Get Choice and Jones more carries. Barber looked like a guy riding a bike in 1st gear. Peddling like a SOB but just not getting anywhere.

Suppose that's it for now. Didn't really take a look at the D or say anything new or groundbreaking.

Romo won't do it cause our wrs don't fight for the ball. I can't even remember the last time I saw a Dallas wr dive for a football. wouldn't want to get those uniforms dirty. Terry Glenn was probably the last Dallas wr to dive for a pass.

 

[bootyhunta]

This team gets more done in the 2nd half than they do in the 1st. Just kick to start the game.

I totally agree... when was the last time we scored a touchdown on the first drive? Plus, I think it's always better to take the ball in the second half. If you are down you have a chance to catch up and if you are ahead you can really get ahead and keep the momentum going.

Not sure if the Giants did that great of a job taking away the deep stuff but Dallas just never went downfield. I think you gotta take a shot every now and then though.

Especially with the chances of pass interference being called. In the ravens/packers game last night, it seemed like every deep pass had a pi called on it.

Ditch the Wildcat, Razorback, Crapshoot formation.

Yes please, you have the 4th fastest QB to reach 100 touchdowns and you want to take the ball out of his hands in the red zone. Doesn't make sense to me. Don't let that big razorback run in the Raiders game make you think it's more successful than it is.

Get Choice and Jones more carries.

Not just get them more carries, but get them in the game more, even when you don't plan on handing off to them. It seemed like every time Felix was in the game they were trying to force the ball to them and the Giants were clued in. You can just bring in back when you want him to touch the ball, it's too obvious.

 

[NorTex]

If Romo plays excellent we win. He played good and we lost.

 

[Number82]

If Romo plays excellent we win. He played good and we lost.

He played excellent. 41-55 (74.5%), 392 yards, 3 TDs, and 0 picks. That's an excellent game. Sure he missed a couple of passes, BUT his play was still excellent. Like Hos said, without Romo, we pretty much get destroyed this past Sunday.

 

[goshan]

NorTex, thats a pretty silly statement there.
Lol

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

If Romo plays excellent we win. He played good and we lost.

I disagree. He played excellent. He just needed to make two better throws. One to Roy and one to Choice. Other than that you cant complain.

He played excellent. 41-55 (74.5%), 392 yards, 3 TDs, and 0 picks. That's an excellent game. Sure he missed a couple of passes, BUT his play was still excellent. Like Hos said, without Romo, we pretty much get destroyed this past Sunday.

Agreed. Sans those two big plays we gave up: Jacobs and Hixon - I thought it was a greatly played game. Just a few misses(as I mentioned above)

 

[DFWJC]

Dallas didn't even really utilize play-action. I didn't get all the way through but I think there were only a few plays with play action. One was the beautiful play to Roy. A second was actually play action to the wrong side, there was no back to fake to and another was a little flare that ended up being behind Felix. I think I remember seeing a rollout by Romo off the fake as well.

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Hard to sell play-action when the running game is off. I think you would agree that the passing game was the least of our worries.

 

[DFWJC]

I disagree. He played excellent. He just needed to make two better throws. One to Roy and one to Choice. Other than that you cant complain.





Agreed. Sans those two big plays we gave up: Jacobs and Hixon - I thought it was a greatly played game. Just a few misses(as I mentioned above)

Going for absolute perfection I see.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

If Romo plays excellent we win. He played good and we lost.

I agree. This is no rap against Romo, it's just the fact that this team needs it's QB to play near flawless ball in order to win against good teams. Not fair to Romo, but that's just the way it is.

Two plays that stand out to me:

The RW miss for a sure TD, and to a lessor degree the intentional grounding that lead to the PR for a TD.

Again.....I"M NOT BASHING ROMO HERE.

Most good teams will win this game with his QB play.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Going for absolute perfection I see.

No.

I am realistic. But the game could have been won on either of those two plays or the 2nd to last drive when we could get the first down going in on 4th down.


Not picking him apart as much as I hoped he could have pulled it out.


I think the "bond" and "progress" between Romo and Garrett is underrated. There is greatness there and we are seeing glimpses of it. More than glimpses actually....

 

[Dcowboy84]

i both agree and disagree on the Wildcat.

i think we should keep using it, i just don't understand why we continue to run the same exact play out of it every single time.

it's no wonder it didn't work in this game b/c if you watch the tape anyone could figure out that we always have Bigg pull to the left and Choice follow him on a dive up the middle.

we need to throw some wrinkles in there on occasion that will at least have the opposing team guessing.

and why isn't Felix ever even on the field in that formation? just the threat of him running in motion could throw at least a tiny wrench into what the defense needs to do in my opinion.

 

[twentytwo]

You're a brave man. There's no way I could watch that game again.

 

[percyhoward]

If Romo plays excellent we win. He played good and we lost.

Yeah, really. I was just about to say the same thing about Jenkins.

I pin the loss on those two cuz they just played good.

 

[Vtwin]

I disagree. He played excellent. He just needed to make two better throws. One to Roy and one to Choice. Other than that you cant complain.

Those two easy throws would have won us the game.

Simply because those two easy completions were not made gets Tony a good to very good but not an excellent. It's not like he just missed on an across the field, deep out, while on the run. He completely blew two relatively easy TD passes.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

If Romo plays excellent we win. He played good and we lost.

It's actually less complicated than that.

Dallas wins if they protect the ball, tackle, and Romo plays well.

 

[DFWJC]

Those two easy throws would have won us the game.

Simply because those two easy completions were not made gets Tony a good to very good but not an excellent. It's not like he just missed on an across the field, deep out, while on the run. He completely blew two relatively easy TD passes.

I disagree...he got an A and maybe an A+ from my (and a few ex-coach commentators around the league) view. Maybe Brees has done it this year, but I have not seen one player that has thrown the ball a ton in a game and complete so many good throws in one game (and only miss a couple) as I did Romo on Sunday.

You guys are splitting hairs, but it's you're right to do so. I say, if you throw it 50 times then there will be at least 1-2 easy misses in there if you are even the very best that day.

 

[ryanbabs]

I agree on the defering. I just like, always have on every level of football to be honest, having the defense start the game and seeing whats happening and setting the tone.

I like having the ball at starting the 3rd Quarter so if the offense can score right at the half, that's like two possessions straight, and an excellent psychological edge in my opinion. I've always felt this way.

 

[Nexx]

Don't know why I did but wanted to take another look. Couple things stick out.





Dallas didn't even really utilize play-action. I didn't get all the way through but I think there were only a few plays with play action. One was the beautiful play to Roy. A second was actually play action to the wrong side, there was no back to fake to and another was a little flare that ended up being behind Felix. I think I remember seeing a rollout by Romo off the fake as well.
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I was calling that by the end of the first quarter. I was yelling at the TV, Garrett they are playing the heavy run D!!! Play action and take a shot!!!! but alas, he cant hear through the Tv.