Bears & our Oline

[sportsman]

Hey guys, do some of you older Cowboys fans remember the lean years when Steve Pelluer was our QB. The Bears came to Dallas and destroyed our Oline/QB. That is what maybe coming next Monday. Buckle up Romo.

 

[erod]

They pulvarized Sam Bradford this weekend.

Garrett needs to max protect this week a lot. Hopefully, we can run the ball. Murray couldn't get to the line of scrimmage yesterday more than half the time.

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

We need to find a way to run the ball effectively. We can't do that with the stupid play calling we did yesterday. Enough with the power/inside runs. They don't work. We need to try some outside runs like tosses and stretch runs. Murray is very quick so if you get him in the outside and can get a block or two he can put it in the end zone.

 

[erod]

We need to find a way to run the ball effectively. We can't do that with the stupid play calling we did yesterday. Enough with the power/inside runs. They don't work. We need to try some outside runs like tosses and stretch runs. Murray is very quick so if you get him in the outside and can get a block or two he can put it in the end zone.

Outside runs do not work in the NFL these days unless they respect your ability to run inside. Linebackers are just too fast in the pros.

We ran several stretch plays yesterday. Other than the one TD run, we consistently lost yardage on those plays.

 

[jaybird]

Hey guys, do some of you older Cowboys fans remember the lean years when Steve Pelluer was our QB. The Bears came to Dallas and destroyed our Oline/QB. That is what maybe coming next Monday. Buckle up Romo.

Most wont agree with me, but i always thought Pelluar was an ok QB. Not great but poised. He just played on a really bad team.

 

[DeaconMoss]

Cowboys Back In '65 Form Bears Hurt Pelluer, Drop Dallas To 2-5
October 17, 1988|By Paul Domowitch, Daily News Sports Write

CHICAGO — The last time the Dallas Cowboys were 2-5, LBJ was in the White House, ''Batman" was at the top of the Nielsen ratings and Vietnam was just beginning to creep into America's consciousness.

The last time the Cowboys were 2-5, Herschel Walker still was in diapers and Steve Pelluer still was sucking his thumb.

The last time the Cowboys were 2-5 was 23 years ago, 1965. But the circumstances were much different than they are now.
Then, the franchise was just 5 years old and bulging with young talent that only needed to learn how to win. And it did.

Now, there is no such optimism, no such hope. Yesterday's 17-7 loss to the Chicago Bears pushed the Cowboys one step closer to despair and one step farther away from their glorious past.

They are 2-5 and going nowhere fast; 2-5 and wondering if the worst is yet to come.

"Right now," strong safety Bill Bates said, "we're in the lower echelon (of the NFL). And we've got to start playing a lot better than we have been if we ever expect to get out from the lower echelon. Right now, we're just not very good."

Not very lucky, either. On a seemingly opportunistic day in which they were facing an injury-ravaged Chicago defense that was missing six starters, the Cowboys lost starting quarterback Pelluer before the game was five minutes old.

Pelluer suffered a concussion when he was belted by Bears linebacker Mike Singletary after scrambling for a first down on Dallas's initial offensive series.

Pelluer's replacement, Danny White, completed 24 of 35 passes for 242 yards, although he left the game himself after the Cowboys' final drive with a sprained knee. And actually, his numbers sound better than they were.

White's rustiness and lack of mobility hurt the Cowboys time and time again. The 36-year-old signal-caller was sacked five times, threw two interceptions and overthrew wide-open receivers on several occasions.

"Danny tried hard in there," Cowboys coach Tom Landry said. "He did a pretty good job. But he's not quite as mobile as Steve is. They had great success blitzing us with him in there.

"Steve could've spun out of there and gotten to the outside and played havoc with their defense. Danny played well, but he's rusty."

Landry said he fully expects Pelluer to be ready to play next Sunday when the Cowboys face the Eagles at Veterans Stadium. "He just got his bell rung, that's all," the Cowboys' coach said.