Aikman: "why do you throw that pass when Zeke just ran the ball for 8yds?"

[LocimusPrime]

Looks like it was Dak's decision because he had a RPO.

Exactly.. the receivers were blocking. Good eye

 

[blindzebra]

Dude, Jerry just admitted they left too much time on the clock.

So everybody from Troy Aikman to Jerry Jones to 99.9% of the fans think it was botched......everybody but you apparently.

They scored so obviously they left too much time, but that is not the argument I am making. The point is you can't say with any certainty that had they done x,y, or z instead of a,b, and c that we win. It is stupid to nit-pick the calls and the play where Dak scored, because the only chance they had to win that game was to get a TD. Hell if you want to play what if on time, GB scored with too much time too because had Dak and Beasley made that play we get a TO and a chance to win from the 35 or so. The game wasn't lost in the last minute it was lost when Williams didn't make a routine catch. When Hitchens got a facemask. When Scandrick dropped a pick. Not to mention a few calls from the refs that GB always seem to get against us.

 

[Verdict]

So they don't throw it and Zeke breaks it for the TD on the play instead...this is stupid, arm-chair QB, nonsense.

I will have to differ with you. It was idiotic for a multitude of reasons.

 

[Verdict]

In that situation you don't need to kill the clock. You need to score. This is what people are forgetting.

Well it's not totally a given as there is risk either way. With this defense it may have been a better risk downing it on the one yard line.

 

[Verdict]

we can all agree the pass to dez was dumb as rocks. now let’s say dak slides at the 1 on his run. gb probably uses their TO right? u don’t think they do that and let’s us score on the very next play, leaving basically the same amount of time on the clock?

i’m agreeing with you on everything you said. but i do think this was a possibility.

Then you go down on the one yard line again. Lol.

 

[mcmvp]

I feel you Troy.... Great decision there....

I like troy as a commentator, but his comment here reeks of arm chair coaching with the benefit of knowing the result. Most coaches will tell you that 2nd &1 is one of the best situations to pass...for obvious reasons. Of course it does require one to catch the ball.

I think JG is a boob of a coach and nothing but a JJ yes man, but I don't blame him for this particular call. Just keeping it real.

 

[Stash]

Exactly.. the receivers were blocking. Good eye

That's great. So they obviously didn't learn a damn thing from having the sam issue in week one.

That's comforting.

 

[Sydla]

Looks like it was Dak's decision because he had a RPO.

You know, as coach, he can tell his players "hey, run the play because here's the situation.........." Who gave him the RPO?

But yet again, it's the players' fault. Always the players' fault with Garrett and this coaching staff.

 

[Bleu Star]

I like troy as a commentator, but his comment here reeks of arm chair coaching with the benefit of knowing the result. Most coaches will tell you that 2nd &1 is one of the best situations to pass...for obvious reasons. Of course it does require one to catch the ball.

I think JG is a boob of a coach and nothing but a JJ yes man, but I don't blame him for this particular call. Just keeping it real.

I do blame him and his clown staff for that particular call. Just keeping it real too.

 

[Bleu Star]

You know, as coach, he can tell his players "hey, run the play because here's the situation.........." Who gave him the RPO?

But yet again, it's the players' fault. Always the players' fault with Garrett and this coaching staff.

That is just the apologist way of trying to weasel JG yet another pass. Screw that.

 

[Stash]

You know, as coach, he can tell his players "hey, run the play because here's the situation.........." Who gave him the RPO?

But yet again, it's the players' fault. Always the players' fault with Garrett and this coaching staff.

Worse yet, it's the exact same thing that happened in week one.

Of course they talked about it then, but that's all they do.

They talk about things.

They don't fix any of them, but they talk about them.

 

[TheHerd]

You were playing Aaron Rodgers (with a suspect defense). This is what a select few people are forgetting.

There's nothing suspect about it. It's a downright pitiful defense.

 

[TheHerd]

The goal is to score. They lined up and saw they had Dez in a favorable look. They took their shot.

THE GOAL IS TO SCORE. Please take game context into consideration. It wasn't as if they threw into triple coverage just to throw. And it wasn't as if they could do whatever they wanted to GB at will (they were a half inch from being stopped on 4th down just a few plays earlier).

THE GOAL IS TO WIN. Speaking of context, we had 1:40 seconds and 2 timeouts left. We just ran for almost 9 yards. We had 3 down to get less than 2 yards for new set of downs. Zeke was running well. There was no reason to take that risk at that point in the game and run a pass play to score. You run and you either score or at worst get closer to 1st down and keep the clock running. We had 3 downs to either score or get new set of downs and burn more clock. That was the better option in this context than passing.

You stole my comment!

 

[Stash]

I like troy as a commentator, but his comment here reeks of arm chair coaching with the benefit of knowing the result. Most coaches will tell you that 2nd &1 is one of the best situations to pass...for obvious reasons. Of course it does require one to catch the ball.

I think JG is a boob of a coach and nothing but a JJ yes man, but I don't blame him for this particular call. Just keeping it real.

You know what other "results" Aikman's knows about?

Winning.

That playcall was "football stupid" and everyone knows it.

Just keepin it real.

 

[Bleu Star]

There's nothing suspect about it. It's a downright pitiful defense.

I was trying to be nice but.. Yeah. Go ahead.

 

[TheHerd]

The smart thing for GB to do was insure OT and stop throwing once they got close enough, Lewis almost picked off the pass before the TD. I wonder if GB fans would be *****ing like this if we got a turnover while they were trying to win the game?

Very little risk of that. We have the epitome of the "almost" defense. Hopefully we can turn that around, but "almost" defines this defense.

 

[mcmvp]

You know what other "results" Aikman's knows about?

Winning.

That playcall was "football stupid" and everyone knows it.

Just keepin it real.

I just disagree. If the rather simple catch is made, this isn't even a conversation today.

 

[Coy]

You know, as coach, he can tell his players "hey, run the play because here's the situation.........." Who gave him the RPO?

But yet again, it's the players' fault. Always the players' fault with Garrett and this coaching staff.

Garrett Sucks, I was just passing along what I read.
It seems both Garrett and Dak messed up on that one.

 

[StylisticS]

You know, as coach, he can tell his players "hey, run the play because here's the situation.........." Who gave him the RPO?

But yet again, it's the players' fault. Always the players' fault with Garrett and this coaching staff.

Was going to say the same. The coaches should have told him at that time that this is not the time for a RPO. Run the play as called.

 

[slick325]

Looks like it was Dak's decision because he had a RPO.

Thanks for posting Coy. I posted about an hour or more ago in a now since deleted Thread about Garrett turning into great coach, about this very subject. Figured it was a RPO play and Dak changed it based on the numbers he saw in the box.

Also figured that folks would say "they should have run it anyway and had no pass option." That line of thinking doesn't take into account the possibility of 2nd and 1 turning into 3rd and 5 or more cuz the run gets stuffed. Then Dallas would have eliminated the run as an option for the two downs it may have taken to get 5 or more yds.