What I saw was a lot of bad communication between Romo and Gurode. For some reason Gurode was off today. Romo had trouble, but I can't help but think that the O-line played pretty bad today. They kept getting free on the outside. In a way I expected it because Berry and Okeafor are both very athletic ends, which is a real challenge to our big body tackles. I feel that if we were to include Felix more in the offense we would be better off. I love me some Barber, but some of those runs have to move to Felix. The play calling in the first half for the offense was pretty bad, but it only changed slightly in the second. Lots of talent but it's not being utilized right.
Defense played really well in the first half, but come second, I don't know what happened. I didn't like the fact that Adam was one-on-one with Fitz. That's just stupid. At that point you have to provide another body on him. Ware looked good rushing and so did Ratliff, but that's it. Somebody else has to step up and help them out.
One of the things that impressed me last year about Jason Garrett was that going into the second half he always made these crucial adjustments in his game plan, and that Cowboys always came out swinging to put the game away. This year that seems to be lacking.
Fortunately, all that is happening, is happening now and not in December. We have plenty of time to make the right adjustments and calls for the team to come out on top when it matters. Our main goal right now is to win as much games as possible, but to make sure we can win our division is even more important. We have only lost one so far, but thats it. The fact is there is plenty of time left this season to turn our above average game to greatness, and we can do it. It's just a matter of putting the pieces together. So, although a dissapointing loss, the season is far from over. It is obvious that there are problems, but the fact is we are not perfect, its times like these that test a teams will and faith in their game to see if they can overcome these difficult and confusing times. I trust we will.
GO COWBOYS!:starspin
