Are receivers getting open?

[vlad]

Thanks so much for the gifs these are great! Shows exactly what I suspected...our play design sucks. Where in the world is the qb supposed to throw. Only witten seems to be moving forward on his routes. When around a pc I'll post more.

Thanks all...

 

[17yearsandcounting]

All right everyone, run 10 yards and turn around and stand perfectly still. Then do it 30+ more times. Shocking.

 

[HeavyBarrel]

Just for kicks can someone post the ALL 22 of a team like Denver or New Orleans and compare and contrast lol, we are all wannabe scouts anyway!

 

[btcutter]

thanks for the samples.

No drag routes. Crossing routes or TE clearing with WR follwing.

Romo is actually going to the right receiver it appears to me.

Poor design mostly. Look like WRs runs into coverages instead of away. When Bryant is open Romo gets the ball there.

 

[BoysFan4ever]

It doesn't matter if they are open or not. Jerry says throw into double coverage!

 

[dboyz]

Based upon those, Romo was pretty darn good against San Diego. There were more drops than misfires by Romo.

 

[ConstantReboot]

The problem is not the recievers. The real problem is the design of the play. The offense doesn't allow for things that will get a reciever open such as double moves, fakes, disquising where the ball will be thrown, etc. In that INT which Romo was throwing to Williams, he had completely beat his man with a double move and went straight downfield and was open. However, Romo threw it where the reciever was supposed to be.

Now I know the importance of running the correct route and making sure that your in chemistry with your QB. But when a play isn't changed up to the strength of a player, than you have a very vanilla, very predictable offense. This is exactly what the Cowboys is like. Predictable, vanilla and lacks flexibility and the abilty to make changes which benefits both QB and the reciever.

 

[CATCH17]

Anything that wasn't a stick route just looked like a waste.

We have got to get better offensive coaches. What a joke.

I'm even more impressed with Romo after see'ing that. We clearly don't know how to attack a defense.

 

[bark]

Anything that wasn't a stick route just looked like a waste.

We have got to get better offensive coaches. What a joke.

I'm even more impressed with Romo after see'ing that. We clearly don't know how to attack a defense.

No wonder tony always does better on his ab lib plays. The receivers just run to daylight and tony hits the open man.
Didn't see a lot of recievers running open in those gigs . Poor route combos abound . Can the coaches not see this?

 

[CATCH17]

hairic,

I don't know how difficult those gifs are for you to make but I'd love to see more from other games.

A weekly thread from you doing this would be the best thread on the forum.

 

[blackbull]

What an embarrassing offense Garrett has. I hate that guy.

 

[Staubacher]

What an embarrassing offense Garrett has. I hate that guy.

He has no business coaching in the NFL. He'd probably be an ok front office/gm guy but he stinks in game planning, management, and adjustment. They've tried to surround him with real NFL coach types who have been around forever to hide how over his head he is and it has helped some. But those guys are running the 90s greatest hits out there.

 

[Tabascocat]

Maybe this will shed some light on the Romo haters or at least cut him some slack. From those gifs, it looks to be maybe 4 different plays with a little bit of variance, nothing high school teams don't run. There isn't much to work with for any QB, WR's, etc.

 

[Zman5]

I also noticed multiple receivers in the same area toward the end of the route. That's going to bring several defenders to a small area. Romo has as very small window to throw to. He has to be very accurate or there is a good chance he'll get intercepted.

 

[DallasCowboysRule!]

I was looking at the Broncos offense on game rewind the other day and it is the complete opposite. They tend to have at least two guys running a deep route and then one or more doing something to take advantage of the stretched out defense. The offense that the Cowboys have is poor and not because of the players. It is all scheme. It is all the coaching staff.

 

[Picksix]

It's a terribly designed offense. There was a clear difference between 2007 and 2008. In 2007 there was a lot of motion, and plenty of routes that went across the middle. Then Sparano left and Garrett has wasted the immense talent he's had at his disposal. Possibly the worst offensive mind in the league.

People give Sparano way too much credit. He didn't really have much to do with the passing game. Plus, it's not like he had a whole lot of success after he left Dallas. Sure, he didn't have as much to work with in Miami and NY, but still, other than stumbling onto the wildcat, the guy really did nothing. That said, the pass offense does seem rather individual. Don't see receivers working off of each other too much.

 

[17yearsandcounting]

If this 10 yards and a cloud of dust offense continues, I wonder how long it is going to be before Garrettop goes all Jim Fassel or Harbaugh on Callahan. That gif collection is repulsive. Guys not getting open, guys standing still in traffic. There was one sequence of 4 plays in a row that had all 4 passing options running the comeback route at the same depth! Could this be EVEN WORSE than the hotmess that was being run last season? It really looks like it.

 

[birdwells1]

Anything that wasn't a stick route just looked like a waste.

We have got to get better offensive coaches. What a joke.

I'm even more impressed with Romo after see'ing that. We clearly don't know how to attack a defense.

Yeah me to.

 

[ConstantReboot]

People give Sparano way too much credit. He didn't really have much to do with the passing game. Plus, it's not like he had a whole lot of success after he left Dallas. Sure, he didn't have as much to work with in Miami and NY, but still, other than stumbling onto the wildcat, the guy really did nothing. That said, the pass offense does seem rather individual. Don't see receivers working off of each other too much.

People give Sparano way too much credit. He didn't really have much to do with the passing game. Plus, it's not like he had a whole lot of success after he left Dallas. Sure, he didn't have as much to work with in Miami and NY, but still, other than stumbling onto the wildcat, the guy really did nothing. That said, the pass offense does seem rather individual. Don't see receivers working off of each other too much.

One thing is for sure - Sparano's offense was much more efficient and predictable then Garretts. He had a feel to what was called, despite being simple. You also have to look back and see that he used Witten wisely back then. Mostly all of his pass plays was play action, which froze the linebackers, then a quick throw to Witten. In our case, with Garrett, there is no motion and no play action to freeze up the linebackers. Thus its so much easier to defend Witten.

Sparano was also great for creating mismatches and took advantage of them. He will throw the ball deep a few times to Owens to soften the defense up. Then would work the middle with Witten with a play action. We have none of that with Garrett at all.

 

[TheCount]

Had Dez 1 on 1 Deep.

Sigh..

(and thanks for posting, would love to see more of these if you have time)

By the time he would have realized Dez wasn't getting double coverage from the high safety, he was already in trouble. He rolled away from his protection, not sure why you'd call that sort of play in that situation.

I still think Garrett is a heck of a leader, I just don't see this offensive genius of a mind at work. Our offense is so pathetically elementary.