Aikman says play calling is bizzare

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There were SEVEN games last year we didn't beak 50 yards rushing. Against the Giants, we didn't even break 20 yards. Two times we didn't sniff seventy and two times we din't break ninety. This is total yardage. To claim Garrett wants to run is a joke. He's got no clue, unless somebody is holding his hand.
 

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You think Callahan tattle tales on Garrett?
I think the only way for Aikman's comment to make sense is to believe Garrett doesn't have complete control.

Doesn't mean there isn't some other explanation, just that I can't think of one myself.
 

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We're number 1 in the NFL in Yards Per Carry, but number 32 in attempts.

Hell yeah it's bizzare.
 

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I just listened to Troy on WFAN in his weekly spot. Not sure if anything is new, but here is what he said as it pertains to Dallas.

In my life, I never before watched a team lose a game in that manner.

The whole situation is confounding.

My main question, which I havent been able to get answered, is how many of those plays came in as run plays and were changed by Tony.

All Dallas had to do was run the ball and punt and they win that game by multiple scores.

Coming into the season we thought the defense would be better than it is but we thought the offense would be what drove this team. And I dont think the offense has done its part. They totally mismanaged this Green Bay game.

I think this Commanders game is going to be very difficult for Dallas.

Just mentioned Romo and Matthew Stafford and said Jimmy Johnson used to tell us its not how many great plays you make, its how few bad plays you make.
 

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I seriously doubt he would be interested in putting in nfl coaching hours. He.s got a pretty sweet deal right now.

yeah I seriously doubt it too. It was more of a hypothetical question.
 

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I think the only way for Aikman's comment to make sense is to believe Garrett doesn't have complete control.

Doesn't mean there isn't some other explanation, just that I can't think of one myself.

I can't think of one either. Something is fundamentally wrong. And, I really hate to think like this, but, the blame falls on Garrett.

You, me, and the rest of Cowboy nation knew coming out in the second half just throwing the ball around and around is a recipe for disaster after having scored 23 in the first half. So, how come Garrett did not know that? He has a headset.

If Callahan calls two plays, throw or run, down to Garrett, he should overrule and tell Romo to just run the ball.

It's just a frustrating set of circumstances that a professional HC should know in that situation. And Garrett failed.
 

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At the end he was asked about Dez leaving the field.

Said people in the organization all love Dez. Coaches and players alike. But he believes in accountability and there had to be consequences for what Dez did. If you sit down and talk to Dez, you will love him. But with that said, Dez needed to be fined for what he did. I dont think a suspension, but I believe a fine was warranted.

Then asked about Romo's December record...I dont think the bad December record is all on Romo. But of course the very good November record isnt all about Romo either.
 

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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.
Exactly. Was Callahan to blame that one Commanders loss years ago when Felix was a rookie and starting to look really good and I don't think he got a single carry? The game where we ran it less than 10 times all day or whatever it was?

Fact is, Garrett has never wanted to run it and the vast majority of his offenses have never run it well. It's not Bill Callahan's fault. So funny how all these critics now are acting like Jerry is to blame because he gave playcalling to someone else, as if Garrett's offense had been tearing it up all those years before. Truth is, the O is about what it has been, except now it's better in the red zone.

I believe that "I think" comment from Aikman was because he would think Garrett would like to run it, but he doesn't know anymore after what his own eyes have seen. Troy is like Moose and Babe and all of JG's other old pals who really expected him to be a great coach and they're surprised he isn't. Hey, we all make mistakes.
 

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The first drive, four runs and two passes and a field goal.
The drive after that, Dallas throws 4 times and 2 run for FG
The drive after that, Dallas throws 3 times and 1 run for a TD.
The next drive after that, Dallas threw 8 times out of 8 possessions.
13-3 Dallas is up. 7 plays, Dallas throws the ball 5 of those times to get a field goal.
Dallas up 16-3, three passing formations followed by a field goal
Let's actually go to when Dallas was up 19-3 in the first half. 6 plays and 4 times Romo throws the ball, one of those passes a short pass to Murray. They score a TD on the last run. They ran once the first drive of that series.
If you look at the third quarter, it was essentially the same trend. 5 run plays and 7 throws. They only got a field goal from 50 yards out. The next drive, Dez got a TD on 6 straight passes, started by two runs with Murray.

The real issue of this game is Dallas was settling for field goals. By half-time, Dallas should have been well into their thirties, considering how bad they were playing. So is Garrett to get credit for th first half, but not the second half. Well guess what, we weren't a phenomenon of offesive wonder in the first half either. But don't even tell me it's Garrett considering our TDs were essentially because of drag routes by Dez and passes up the seams to Witten, all routes we NEVER ran when garrett was in charge.

The idea that all they had to do was run and punt isn't really true. The problem was, they made is incredibly easy for Green Bay to defend them. Whatevr formations they were bringing out in he second half in particular, weren't fooling Green Bay one bit. That play Beasley was intercepted on was with nobody in the backfield. How can Romo audible out of that?
 

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This doesn't surprise me in the least. After questioning the play calling in the game itself I in no way thought Aikman would back off his opinion of what we all saw.
 

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Former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman couldn’t believe what he was seeing as Dallas turned away from its running game in the second half of Sunday’s loss to Green Bay.

Aikman said on KTCK-AM that the Cowboys’ running game was working well in the first half as Dallas built up a 23-3 lead, so he figured the Cowboys would keep running the ball in the second half to protect that lead. Instead, the Cowboys passed more than they ran in the second half and blew their lead.

“They were about to run Green Bay right out of the stadium,” Aikman said, via the Dallas Morning News. “The philosophy has always been you throw the ball early in games to build the lead, you run the ball late to win games. And I believe in that. That’s the way we did it in the ’90s. I think, by and large, that’s the way Jason Garrett would prefer to do it. But if there was ever a time that DeMarco Murray should have had 25 carries in a game, that was it. You’ve got a 23-point lead. And as it turns out, Eddie Lacy ran the ball almost twice as much as DeMarco Murray in the second half of that ballgame, which is pretty mind-boggling. It was as bizarre a loss as I’ve ever witnessed.

Read the rest @....

http://m.nbcsports.com/content/aikman-calls-cowboys’-play-calling-“mind-boggling”-and-“bizarre”

It because our head coach is a loser Troy.........................it takes a special kind of stupid to blow a game like that..................440-1
 

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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?

Troy is at a loss to explain the suckage that Garrett displays every Sunday............................even Troy thinks he is an idiot at this point.
 

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Shaddup, you. You know what I meant! :)



Criticizing someone does not mean you don't support them. I've been critical of Garrett before (AZ game, Kiffin, GB last week), and I'll be critical of him again, in all likelihood. That doesn't mean I don't support him and don't want him to survive.


How would I know what you meant? I don't read minds.

But, I do wonder if Jason likes Garrett? I wonder if Jones even likes Jerry? It's all so confusing.
 
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