Aikman says play calling is bizzare

Idgit said:
The play calling in the second half was bizarre.

Troy and Aikman are good friends. I wonder what "I think, by and large, that’s the way Jason Garrett would prefer to do it...." is supposed to mean. Just a throwaway comment to butter up the next criticism? Or what?
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Maybe it means that Jerry does not allow Garrett to overrule Callahan's calls.
 
Here is something that will make you cringe. Green Bay's scoring drives in the second half took a total of around 16 minutes. They scored on every possession. So even if Dallas had taken 2 minutes off the clock on their 5 drives in the second half by just running the ball and punting that only leaves still around 4 minutes of game time left. I believe its safe to say that if dallas gets more than 2 or 3 first downs in the second half without throwing a pass they probably win the game.

With as bad as this defense is I don't understand how its not obvious to the coaches that we need to run the football....play action pass off of that and keep our defense off the field as much as possible
 
Idgit said:
The play calling in the second half was bizarre.

Troy and Aikman are good friends. I wonder what "I think, by and large, that’s the way Jason Garrett would prefer to do it...." is supposed to mean. Just a throwaway comment to butter up the next criticism? Or what?
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That line caught my eye too. Could mean a number of things. Maybe Jason really isn't the one calling the plays, and doesn't want to, or does think he is able to, change them (which makes no sense). More likely, he knows his defense can't stop anybody for an entire game, and with the quick score GB had at the start of the second half, he likely thought his offense would have to keep scoring. I doubt he felt confident enough in the running game that, even though it would shorten the game, it still tends to put the onus more on the defense. He's never seemed to have faith that his running game can carry the offense down the field, once the other team starts crowding the box.

But this comes back to my biggest criticism of Garrett - that he coaches scared. Even if you think the other team's defense is gearing up to stop the run, you still can't abandon it when you have a lead, and the run has been working. Of course, when he's tried to lean on his running game (ie, Detroit) they've failed him as well.
 
Idgit said:
The play calling in the second half was bizarre.

Troy and Aikman are good friends. I wonder what "I think, by and large, that’s the way Jason Garrett would prefer to do it...." is supposed to mean. Just a throwaway comment to butter up the next criticism? Or what?
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I know you meant Troy and Jason, and you're right, that is an odd statement.
 
If Callahan is relaying the play to Garrett and then Garrett to Romo, Garrett has the opportunity to change the play. If nothing else as head coach he can tell Callahan how he wants the game to proceed and have Callahan call the plays tailored to that.

my point being that even if Callahan is brain dead in that situation Garrett as head coach shouldn't be. Who knows what these guys are doing.
 
Funny how he tries to distance Jason Garrett from this, with the statement of what Garrett's alleged preferece is.. Come on Aikman, cut the BS. Your boy has abandoned the run throughout his tenure, when he had total control of this offense. In fact, his run schemes have been utter garbage since he's been here. The fact that we were so bad in the run was one of the primary motivations to get Dan Reevs to consult here.

Aikman realizes this offense is a joke, but he doesn't put in solely on JG.
 
Side note: Anyone think Troy would make a decent OC?
 
"The good news for the Cowboys is they’re still in a position where if they win their last two games, they win the NFC East. You can bet that if they build up any 20-point halftime leads on the next two Sundays, the Cowboys won’t forget their running game."

I'll take that bet......
 
percyhoward said:
That's gotta be what Aikman is saying. If there's any other way to interpret it, I can't think of it.
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How the hell would Jerry know if Garrett is overruling Callihan? Jerry does not wear a headset does he?
 
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