Baldinger: Cowboys Red Zone offense has been a Dead Zone offense

[America's Cowboy]

 

[Hawkeye19]

Its ugly right now. Got a long way to go. Hopefully MM has been holding back some magic knowing SF is coming up

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Looks like dak struggled on that enzone pass. "Accuracy "?

Obviously Lotta other issues...only commenting on the 1st play.

Plus might be defensive holding too!

 

[dsturgeon]

if they start scoring 4 td's a game from 21+, I will be alright with no redzone td's

 

[Mark]

McCarthy continually screws around with play-action in the red zone. Which gets blown-up way-more-often than not. Someday, he's going to learn that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

 

[Tangle_Foot]

Stop getting too cute in the red zone. You can run power with Tony Pollard. No need to shy away from power because Elliot is gone. Let's not forget that we still have Luepke, and he has a quick first step for a 230 lb back.

 

[shabazz]

Ive kept hoping that each week would bring a solution to this issue but yet it continues.

4 games and they haven’t identified the problem or problems.

they know it and if it could easily be fixed it would be by now..

 

[TNCowboy]

The fade is a low % play, using it regularly is just stupid. Some QBs/WRs are good at it, the Cowboys clearly are not.

Supposedly Dak changed the call on the 3rd down run, but Pollard didn't hear it. Even so, Steele was beaten so quickly that any delay would cost them a TD, and it did.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Yet, the offense is averaging more points per drive than last year even sans defensive scores.

 

[WillieBeamen]

Shoutout the the great terrance steele. Just look at him on that play where pollard runs into Dak

 

[WillieBeamen]

Yet, the offense is averaging more points per drive than last year even sans defensive scores.

No Zeke wasting downs
Gallup is much better
No Noah Brown screwing up
Offensive line is better

 

[ScipioCowboy]

No Zeke wasting downs
Gallup is much better
No Noah Brown screwing up
Offensive line is better

Red zone is a flawed stat. Not meaningless, just flawed. Would you rather have five trips inside RZ with four FGs and one TD (20 percent conversion) or two trips and two TDS (100 percent conversion)? Clearly, the former.

 

[Cowboys5217]

Once they realize and unleash the true power of Luepke our red zone issues will evaporate in a radioactive cloud of awesomeness.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Looks like dak struggled on that enzone pass. "Accuracy "?

Obviously Lotta other issues...only commenting on the 1st play.

Plus might be defensive holding too!

Dak needs to put some air under than throw to the back corner of the endzone. If he's going to throw it flatter and harder, it needs to be a back shoulder throw to the front corner of the endzone where the front pilon is at.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

the offensive scheme/play design down close sucks. reminds me of garrett days.

 

[Praxit]

Its ugly right now. Got a long way to go. Hopefully MM has been holding back some magic knowing SF is coming up

..haha.. .yep, thats it. Im ok, about it. THey'll fix it.

I got faith in these coaches.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Looks like dak struggled on that enzone pass. "Accuracy "?

Obviously Lotta other issues...only commenting on the 1st play.

Plus might be defensive holding too!

yes and no. the route was lazy. the play design sucks. the WR had no chance. anything less than 100% perfect execution would fail as it did. same last week. its like MM is waving his hand going, just run over there and try this. there is no preciseness to the play designs. I mean on that eventual shuffle pass. TE is surrounded by several defenders and he is not even in the end zone and he is right next to another reciever (cooks?). What in the H!!?? and then Deuce is running right into Dak. Seriously!!!

you have to put the players in position to succeed. right now in redzone we are not doing that.

 

[ShortRound]

Hopefully when the defense eventually tires the offense picks it up. We have a long year ahead of us.

 

[Praxit]

Shoutout the the great terrance steele. Just look at him on that play where pollard runs into Dak

..that's a TD, if Pollard gets it. But hey, **** happens. I bet they run it again Vs SF. THe right way...

 

[America's Cowboy]

Shoutout the the great terrance steele. Just look at him on that play where pollard runs into Dak

Agreed. Steele got beat so easily.

Look at Biadiasz. He was worse. Holding all the way. I'm surprised he didn't get flagged.