3rd and 2 on the 1st Drive of the Game

[robbieruff]

I stand gladly corrected and thank you!!

The point of my thread was coaches trying to get cute and getting away from something that is working. On Sunday's 3rd and 2, that should have been a run, and any pass options should have been short passes and or using Dak in bootleg. Further, at no point in the game on 3rd and very short should we ever have been in empty backfield, especially with our line and Zeke. We told the defense we would not run and we're going to pass. Does Linehan know play action freezes the LB's and that Zeke is great on pass blocking?

Completely. Our approach to short yardage situations throughout Sunday's game was a betrayal to our team's identity and core values of physical football that controls time of possession and wears down the opponent. It was a disgrace in my view. And tactically speaking an exercise in monumental stupidity. Maybe AR still pulls off a miracle because he's that great but don't help the guy along the way with pathetic decision making...as u most astutely point out. The loss I can live with....been doing that type of football for 20 something years and my faithfulness for the team has never waivered since I started watching this team in the 70s. But I am absolutely livid that we don't force them to stop what we do best. We basically stopped being who we are that game (offensively) and that had everything to do with our decisions and nothing to do with Packers.

And to quote Dennis Green - "we let 'em off the hook!?!"

 

[DFWJC]

That was Dak's decision to throw to Dez. The coaches didn't fully dictate that. And I suspect Garrett had absolutely nothing to do with it. zero.
I'm surprised anyone would think the Head Coach would step in and call that play.

 

[Eric_Boyer]

That was Dak's decision to throw to Dez. The coaches didn't fully dictate that. And I suspect Garrett had absolutely nothing to do with it. zero. I'm surprised anyone would think the Haed Coach would step in and call that play.

what. you sure Jason Garrett didn't call that pass with just one player running routes?

come on. embrace the hate!

for months we have been bragging about our rookie qb being able to make adjustments at the line, but we lost. this is clearly all Jason's fault. so get your flaming pitchforks and come with me. Jason must pay!

 

[Gameover]

My bad

 

[Blackspider214]

It was a td with a perfect throw from what I remember, so I get it. GB
's secondary was bad in the first place and it was so depleted so going after them makes sense, Dak just didn't execute perfectly.

A TD? He had to fit the ball in between 2 GB defenders who were closing in on Dez. You are right, that would have had to be a pinpoint accurate throw to even give it a chance for a TD. Again, that's fine if you want to take a chance like that on 2nd down but why 3rd and 2? I wasn't worried if their secondary was weak. We still needed to establish Zeke early on and we didn't. We wanted to try and take advantage of their poor secondary and we did. But at the expense of Zeke and wearing down their defense in the process. And taking time off the clock. That's the identity of this team and has been all year.

Dak did indeed make a bad throw but it was a call that should not have even happened. There were 7 other plays I'd consider before something like that in that situation. But we have seen Linehan get cute way too often. Even in our wins. But we did enough to overcome some of his head scratching calls.

 

[Blackspider214]

what. you sure Jason Garrett didn't call that pass with just one player running routes?

come on. embrace the hate!

for months we have been bragging about our rookie qb being able to make adjustments at the line, but we lost. this is clearly all Jason's fault. so get your flaming pitchforks and come with me. Jason must pay!

All plays have a primary target. I'm quite sure the primary target here was Dez down the field. Dak was looking to him right away.

You can blame Dak for whatever you want on that play but the fact we even sent that play in was dumb. Why not have Dez do a quick slant or just run and get position for an easy first down? He showed throughout he had no issues doing this. Send Beasley over the middle. TWill. Some zone read action. Heck, even just run Zeke. He was falling forward for 5 yards a pop all game. But no, we decide on a play where the primary target was Dez 20 yards down the field.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

It was a td with a perfect throw from what I remember, so I get it. GB's secondary was bad in the first place and it was so depleted so going after them makes sense, Dak just didn't execute perfectly.

it was a great defensive play but yeah the pass was not great.

 

[gmoney112]

I thought it was an aggressive call, I liked it. Beat up secondary, show early that you're willing to take a shot downfield.

Everyone and their mother thought Dallas would run it on 3rd and short, that's why the plan was sent in. Hope they stack the box, be aggressive, and take advantage of single coverage if they put it out there.

Dak didn't adjust at the line, for whatever reason or misread the coverage. That's just inexperience.

 

[ryanbabs]

I'm still mad about it. We didn't do what got us here. We put too much pressure on Dak when we had the perfect weapon in Zeke. Dak was brilliant, but we should've played our game which is controlling the clock.

I miss having a coach like the Jimster...

 

[Zman5]

First drive for a rookie QB starting his first playoff game. Team is running well. Third and 2. Yeh let's call a play where the rookie QB has to throw a type of pass he's been bad at throwing all year.

Brilliant!

 

[conner01]

It was a td with a perfect throw from what I remember, so I get it. GB's secondary was bad in the first place and it was so depleted so going after them makes sense, Dak just didn't execute perfectly.

Had we hit the pass and got 7 the same people would have called it a great call
Every call is great when they work
They are all bad when they don't
We put up 31 and lost and that's the offenses fault?

 

[Doomsday]

To me it is stupid for 2 reasons

1. It forced them to kick a FG, instead of giving them a possible 4th and 1 or less
2. It sets the tone of keeping Rodgers near the Gatorade

 

[ROUSH8692]

It was a td with a perfect throw from what I remember, so I get it. GB's secondary was bad in the first place and it was so depleted so going after them makes sense, Dak just didn't execute perfectly.

What game were you watching? It was a poor throw into a setup double coverage and was almost an INT

 

[Eric_Boyer]

All plays have a primary target. I'm quite sure the primary target here was Dez down the field. Dak was looking to him right away.

You can blame Dak for whatever you want on that play but the fact we even sent that play in was dumb. Why not have Dez do a quick slant or just run and get position for an easy first down? He showed throughout he had no issues doing this. Send Beasley over the middle. TWill. Some zone read action. Heck, even just run Zeke. He was falling forward for 5 yards a pop all game. But no, we decide on a play where the primary target was Dez 20 yards down the field.

so you know for a fact he didn't check out of a run play as well?

I'm calling ********. you don't know jack.

ps - I don't assign blame on single plays that fail. that would be ********

 

[Gator88]

What game were you watching? It was a poor throw into a setup double coverage and was almost an INT

Dez had them beat deep from what I remember. If Dak lead him, it's a td.