ANd yet, Roy Williams explicitly denied that his problem had anything to do with the 'injury'. He wasn't targetted during his beggining tenure here, and after 3 weeks when it was claimed he finally got the playbook down. Everytime I saw Roy catch the ball, he was yelling at the sidelines saying, throw me the damn ball. The onus is on Garrett...41gy#;2650907 said:
What do you expect when you have a purely vertical passing game. The long-developing routes of Garrett again is at fault. If Garrett didn't just think down-field, and also adpoted a consistent running to game to force the coverage up, he would have been more successful. The fact is, this article demonstrates that not only was Garrett poor this year, he was absolutely putrid.gimmesix;2651190 said:
1. The Dallas defense was on the field the majority of the game. Dallas was consistently running 3 and outs, and I believe they had five 3 and outs in the 2nd and 3rd quarter alone. Yes, that was Garrett's fault. The defense was blown off the ball because they were worn out. While the Dallas defense was playing for 3 plus quarters, the offense wasn't.2. The offense actually did give up 14 of those points, because they were the result of offenisve TOs, caused by a high-paced offense that was rushing to get down field on play-making abilityt alone, because Garrett couldn't do jack-squat.ScipioCowboy;2651771 said:
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Clove;2652257 said:
No, it is not ridiculous to blame Garrett, because defensive play is also dictated by whether or not the defense is tired or not. No play occurs in isolation to the past, especially when the defense is shutting the Ravens out for 3 and half quarters. It is the eaxct reason why Emmitt became more and more of a force in the 3rd and 4th quarters. By the 4th quarter, the defense could not do anything to stop Emmitt, because they were worn out physically. It is called ball-control. Garrett continuously was giving the ball back to the Ravens with 3 and outs. From quarters 2 to 3, the offense did absolutely nothing. They didn't move the ball, nor did they control any TOP.ScipioCowboy;2652168 said:
They tried to jam him though, as even Singletary admitted. He stated that his corners did not hit him hard enough, letting him get off the line of scrimmage. But then you have to ask, how much of that not hitting him was because the 49ers were not helping over the top that much? The fact is, when you have no help over the top, you won't be as aggressive at the line, because you don't want to be beat over the top.Rampage;2652310 said:
I don't disagree with this fact, but how many times did you see Garrett go back to throwing the fade-route to Roy, after Roy made that TD catch in Tampa Bay over the receiver? This was before Roy was hurt. He also made that spectacular one-hand grab. EVen when Roy was not showing any signs of being hurt, he still wasn't targetted as an option.FuzzyLumpkins;2652180 said:
khiladi;2653038 said:
And 14 of those points of that pedestrian offense came on the final two drives, when the Dallas defense was worn out, because Garrett consistently went 3 and out. Imagine, that pedestrian offense that was the Ravens actually played ball control defense, unlike Garrett. How hard is that to comprehend? 14 of those points of Dallas came in hurry up mode, when the coaching of Jason Garrett was pretty much nullified by the ability of Tony Romo to do things on the fly. It wasn't because Garrett suddenly started calling good plays. The same thing happened against Philly, when Dallas marched up the field in hurry-up mode, but turned the ball over in the fast-pace ghetto offense. That is why we saw plays like Rom chucking it to Witten, who then chucked it to TO for big gains.When Jason Garrett impact of coaching was readily felt, he consistently went 3 and out, over and over again. Just look at the game log and see the consistent pattern of Dallas being forced into 3rd and long situations, with Jason Garrett just trying ot take big chunks of yardage, without any real way to attack the defense. Like I said, no amount of back-peddling can change the fact it was Garrett's fault. The defense isn't some isolated phenomenon. If the offense can't control any TOP, it forces the defense back on the field. They get tired and then they get blown off the ball, like they did on those final two drives, because they have no energy. With physical fatigue, comes mental fatigue as well. The mistakes are compounded and people start leaving their responsibilities.ScipioCowboy;2653355 said:
