A Continuation of last year

[Diehardblues]

Cowboys let down Daks Rookie debut giving up another 4th qtr lead. The same defense which couldn't help our backup QB's last year protect a lead. The same defense which was 22nd in the league in rushing defense. The gaping holes NY ran up the middle were all too familiar.

On an afternoon when our Rookie QB's debut provided us hope for the future our defense was too much of a reminder of our recent past. A defense still unable to close out or win a game for us.

 

[bayeslife]

The defense is bad, but the offense still cannot score touchdowns.

 

[TheKey]

Cowboys let down Daks Rookie debut giving up another 4th qtr lead. The same defense which couldn't help our backup QB's last year protect a lead. The same defense which was 22nd in the league in rushing defense. The gaping holes NY ran up the middle were all too familiar.

On an afternoon when our Rookie QB's debut provided us hope for the future our defense was too much of a reminder of our recent past. A defense still unable to close out or win a game for us.

Totally disagree. The offense had the ball twice in the fourth with the chance to score a TD to go up 10 and put the game on ice and they went three and out both times. Giants started on the 40 yard line one of those times. The defense provided enough stops to win. Kicking FGs instead of scoring TDs will kill you every time. We should have been up 14-0.

This coaching staff is stubborn. It was obvious Elliott was not ready to play and Morris was. They should have sat Elliott and pounded the rock with Morris and called more read option with Dak. We ran the read option maybe three times the entire game. Instead we kept Elliott in and kept diving into a pile for two yards.

I also did not think Dak played that well. His second half numbers are not good completion wise. We had some easy completions to begin the game but after the Giants took away those short throws he was completely ineffective. The deep throws were just in the general area of the receiver.

GOATS of the game was Witten and the WR corp.

 

[Silver N Blue]

More like a continuation when romo is out.

 

[Diehardblues]

Totally disagree. The offense had the ball twice in the fourth with the chance to score a TD to go up 10 and put the game on ice and they went three and out both times. Giants started on the 40 yard line one of those times. The defense provided enough stops to win. Kicking FGs instead of scoring TDs will kill you every time. We should have been up 14-0.

This coaching staff is stubborn. It was obvious Elliott was not ready to play and Morris was. They should have sat Elliott and pounded the rock with Morris and called more read option with Dak. We ran the read option maybe three times the entire game. Instead we kept Elliott in and kept diving into a pile for two yards.

I also did not think Dak played that well. His second half numbers are not good completion wise. We had some easy completions to begin the game but after the Giants took away those short throws he was completely ineffective. The deep throws were just in the general area of the receiver.

GOATS of the game was Witten and the WR corp.

Dak's NFL debut is being considered not only enough to win the game but almost pulled it out in waning seconds which was asking too much of a Rookie QB.

 

[Floatyworm]

Cowboys let down Daks Rookie debut giving up another 4th qtr lead. The same defense which couldn't help our backup QB's last year protect a lead. The same defense which was 22nd in the league in rushing defense. The gaping holes NY ran up the middle were all too familiar.

On an afternoon when our Rookie QB's debut provided us hope for the future our defense was too much of a reminder of our recent past. A defense still unable to close out or win a game for us.

If the Yankees can dump A-Rod mid season and still make a post season run....Then maybe we can dump Marinelli?

 

[craig57]

Dak played good for first game, but completing on a bunch of short stuff isn't going to win us a whole lot of games. This was are problem last year without Romo. The crying about are Oline sucking in other threads are a bunch of morons. Teams are going to play the run with 7 8 man fronts and make Dak pass to win, nobody can run consistently against a team that is only concerned about the run. Cowboys are going to have to make teams pay with the passing game. The d sucks we known that for years. Maybe we can get a better rush when are DE's come back but they are still untested. If offence can get passing game going then are running game will work better and MAYBE we could protect are D.

 

[MikeT22]

Shouldn't be a surprise since we have the same lame HC with an owner supporting him because he's afraid he'll be overshadowed again if he hires a quality HC.

 

[Diehardblues]

If the Yankees can dump A-Rod mid season and still make a post season run....Then maybe we can dump Marinelli?

So, you think Marinelli is a bigger problem than the talent he has to work with?

 

[NorthTexan95]

This is a continuation of Garrett's entire time as head coach. We can't consistently put teams away. It's always something that gets in the way. We play well enough to keep games close but at the end it's a struggle and we wind up winning some, losing some, and winding up at .500. Part of the reason is that we have stars that are among some of the best in the league but don't have enough depth due partly to poor drafting. Our coaches don't seem able to get the most out of our talent.

 

[Donhyphen]

Good post Greggo...

 

[Diehardblues]

This is a continuation of Garrett's entire time as head coach. We can't consistently put teams away. It's always something that gets in the way. We play well enough to keep games close but at the end it's a struggle and we wind up winning some, losing some, and winding up at .500. Part of the reason is that we have stars that are among some of the best in the league but don't have enough depth due partly to poor drafting. Our coaches don't seem able to get the most out of our talent.

A coaches job is to place his players in position to win. Ultimately the talent has to execute. Close games would indicate they are in position to win. Perhaps fans have over evaluated the talent we have ?

 

[MichaelWinicki]

So, you think Marinelli is a bigger problem than the talent he has to work with?

Exactly right.

It's a "lack of talent" problem.

 

[MrPeanutbutter]

So, you think Marinelli is a bigger problem than the talent he has to work with?

Nailed it. This mess is on management, not coaching.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

You're right about it being the same as last year. You're wrong about it being all on the defense. We were in every game last year Weeden and Cassel and still managed to lose every one at the end. "Toss up" games should result in 50/50 win/loss, hence it's a toss up. We went 1-11 last year. That's not bad luck. That's dysfunction. The defense was awful yet again, but the offense continued to burn clock without scoring points. I think we're overrating our ability to dominate in the time of possession. Strategies are only good when they result in wins. We had less talent under Kiffin but were still very good at causing turnovers. For as awful as that defense was talent-wise, they still forced turnovers under Kiffin. They've been awful all around under Marinelli.

 

[NorthTexan95]

A coaches job is to place his players in position to win. Ultimately the talent has to execute. Close games would indicate they are in position to win. Perhaps fans have over evaluated the talent we have ?

Talent is an issue. Drafts have not been good enough. The building of the roster has not been good enough. However, I'd say we have underperformed our talent level under Garrett.

Close games are a 50-50 proposition. The goal is to have a lead late so it isn't a close game. The goal would be to have Romo handing off in the final minutes to hold a lead. Instead we seem to rely on Romo's late game heroics too many times.

 

[Gaede]

Of course it's a continuation of last year. Every year we think we can patch up a couple holes and ride into the playoffs relying on the same group of talented/high priced but unreliable or washed-up vets (Romo, Lee, Witten, Scandrick, Carr, Church, Dez) to cover up the major weaknesses (DE, DT, S, Coach) on the team. Lo and behold, the talented players are never around when we need them and the crappy players get exposed but not replaced. We don't bring in much young talent either through the draft or free agency, because we're either too busy swinging for the fences and missing (Gregory, Jaylon) or pinching our pennies and getting good 'value' (see: free agency the last 5 years).

We go into every offseason, every season & every game with the exact same game-plan.

 

[Diehardblues]

Talent is an issue. Drafts have not been good enough. The building of the roster has not been good enough. However, I'd say we have underperformed our talent level under Garrett.

Close games are a 50-50 proposition. The goal is to have a lead late so it isn't a close game. The goal would be to have Romo handing off in the final minutes to hold a lead. Instead we seem to rely on Romo's late game heroics too many times.

Correct. We rely on Romo to overcome our defense that cant close the game out for us. Romo's heroics masks our weaknesses.

As far as talent most experts say in this era there are three key areas. Must have a good QB, must protect him and you must apply pressure on theirs. Thats where we have lacked in recent years. Pressuring their QB then you take out our QB and the only strength we have left isnt enough.

 

[Proximo]

Yes the defense had an opportunity to win the game for us in the 4th and they didn't rise to the occasion.

With that being said, our offense had multiple time consuming, yard eating drives that should have been TD's but ended in FG's.

There was also a stretch in the 2nd half where we had the chance to take a 2 score lead and essentially put the game away...but the O sputtered.

Can't lay blame entirely on one unit.

 

[J_Allen]

Yeah I've had enough of this. It was a good run - 3 years out of the 22 I followed.