Biggest Offensive problem?

[kevm3]

Brees just dropped 38 points tonight. He has an atrocious defense. If we had Brees like performances with our same defense, we'd likely be 14 and 2.

 

[Aven8]

Brees just dropped 38 points tonight. He has an atrocious defense. If we had Brees like performances with our same defense, we'd likely be 14 and 2.

Yep and I just read an article that might have been he and Payton's last game at home. Brees is owed 30 mil next year. And yet here we are and haven't scored 38 in a month!!

 

[LocimusPrime]

Some of it is design.....We just don't run crossing routes nor do we overload a side and make teams adjust.

WRs dropping balls are killing us......

WRs not getting seperation is killing us.

Not having a play making scatback like Dunbar is killing us

Good point about wide receiver separation, but we are 9th in the league in least amount of dropped passes ( not bad).

 

[Derinyar]

Good point about wide receiver separation, but we are 9th in the league in least amount of dropped passes ( not bad).

The little downside I'd point out to about that is that we're on the low end of attempts and to get a drop the ball has to be accurate enough to be caught. This team has had bad to horrible QB play for most of this season.

 

[ccb04]

Hard to really pinpoint just one thing IMO...because just last season Romo had the best year of his career, Dez led the league in TD catches, and Murray led the league in rushing...all in the same offense.

They could certainly use more playmakers on both sides of the ball.

Some things I think.....

- They've tried to hang onto the formula from 2014 while being without the major cogs to execute it. Murray is gone. Romo has missed most of the season. Dez has missed a good portion of the season, and even when on the field, he hasn't been right physically or mentally. And Murray, while not an electrifying 'game-breaker'...was a very good fit for the offense and quite productive within it's structure. They lost Dunbar as well, who was emerging as a threat in the passing game.

- In wanting to stick with the winning formula from 2014...the coaches were seemingly ill-prepared & failed to adjust when all of the key elements were gone. Predictability was ok last season when they had an established identity & the ability to execute it because of who was running the plays & how well everything meshed together. The threat of the pass helped Murray. Murray's grinding it out & TOP helped the D...etc. Being predictable was not going to work this season. Playing conservatively when you really have little to lose also doesn't work.

- The Cowboys rank 27th in 3rd down efficiency on offense this season. In 2014, they ranked 2nd.

- Turnover differential. The Cowboys are the worst in the league this year...whereas they were among the best in the league last season. Players have a large hand in this area. Amazingly, in back-to-back weeks...two practice squad players have gotten the only Int's by CB's all season.

Also, I get that Weeden beat the Titans. And the game prior, he entered in a relief capacity and played decently, as he did when Romo went down vs. Philly this year (7 for 7 with 1 TD) & in the game last season in the same situation. Weeden had his moments in Cleveland & Dallas, but they were fleeting...particularly against good teams/defenses, which the Titans definitely aren't. Sadly, he may have been better than Cassel. Moore is very lean & green, and has 1 TD vs. 4 Int's so far...and perhaps the WR's haven't helped his cause in a couple of instances.

 

[frickster]

It would help particularly for a young Quarterback not to go backwards so much with penalties. This is getting ridiculous! Far too many false start penalties.

 

[Floatyworm]

Good point about wide receiver separation, but we are 9th in the league in least amount of dropped passes ( not bad).

We have literally dropped 17 balls the last 2 weeks.....that's horrendous. Don't know if it's because Kellen is left handed or our WRs have hands of stone. I'm leaning towards the latter.......

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

When watching it appears Dallas is being out-matched talent wise by opposing teams defensively and offensively as the game enters the late 2nd and 3rd quarters.

The Cowboys seem to hang for awhile looking stout, then something breaks down, mainly observing the lack of play makers in both sides of the ball.

 

[MRV52]

They need another wideout with speed and hands then you will see a difference in the offense. Draft Treadwell in the first round and look out.

 

[ConstantReboot]

Design.

It wouldn't matter if we added Pro Bowlers across the board.

Add in gameplaning that also needs to change. Its the same every week. The defense knows whats coming. It just baffles me that our head coach can't make appropriate changes in order to make this offense more productive.

It doesn't matter if we got talent on offense. Its going to be the same results. Thus the #1 problem with this team is the playbook. If you don't change that nothing changes in Dallas regardless of personnel.

 

[ConstantReboot]

When watching it appears Dallas is being out-matched talent wise by opposing teams defensively and offensively as the game enters the late 2nd and 3rd quarters.

The Cowboys seem to hang for awhile looking stout, then something breaks down, mainly observing the lack of play makers in both sides of the ball.

They aren't overmatched. The gameplan is too simplistic and easy to figure out. When the defense knows where the ball is going to they have a few steps advantage.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

They aren't overmatched. The gameplan is too simplistic and easy to figure out. When the defense knows where the ball is going to they have a few steps advantage.

When someone goes down at WR or RB on other NFL teams they are replaced by someone who can produce because they have depth, New Orleans for example but they aren't making the playoffs.

New England, are they light years ahead of the curve? Watching them stumble into the play-offs because of injury. Maybe it's still just a football game.

The Dallas scheme is simple. For the last 25 years or since 1990 it has been to line up straight across from your opponent and beat him on game day. That worked with Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith and Troy Aikman for the most part because they also had clutch complimentary players like Kelvin Martin, Jay Novacek, Alvin Harper, Kevin Williams and Johnston getting 1st downs. You can't beat the Defense consistently with one or two players.


Winning man up still works around the NFL with the elite talents like Beckham, Brown and Hopkins on a fairly consistent basis but the teams who are moving into the playoffs have the weapons like Damarius Thomas and A.J. Greem combined with complimentary ammo. Carolina lost today without Jonathon Stewart and Arizona is loaded at the skill positions, while the injury to Nelson was devastating, Lynch, Rawls may prove to be.

 

[TrailBlazer]

The JG - LINEHAN passing scheme sucks. Neither one of them have had real winning success. Just big stats, not playoff wins. It's not a QB friendly system, evidenced by Brandon Weeden.

 

[Deep_South]

Biggest offensive problem is the Groundhog Day 2nd Half Offense.

 

[ConstantReboot]

When someone goes down at WR or RB on other NFL teams they are replaced by someone who can produce because they have depth, New Orleans for example but they aren't making the playoffs.

New England, are they light years ahead of the curve? Watching them stumble into the play-offs because of injury. Maybe it's still just a football game.

The Dallas scheme is simple. For the last 25 years or since 1990 it has been to line up straight across from your opponent and beat him on game day. That worked with Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith and Troy Aikman for the most part because they also had clutch complimentary players like Kelvin Martin, Jay Novacek, Alvin Harper, Kevin Williams and Johnston getting 1st downs. You can't beat the Defense consistently with one or two players.


Winning man up still works around the NFL with the elite talents like Beckham, Brown and Hopkins on a fairly consistent basis but the teams who are moving into the playoffs have the weapons like Damarius Thomas and A.J. Greem combined with complimentary ammo. Carolina lost today without Jonathon Stewart and Arizona is loaded at the skill positions, while the injury to Nelson was devastating, Lynch, Rawls may prove to be.

You can still win games by beating those individual battles and with talent - and I agree with you on that.

However, it won't matter if you don't utilize what you have as an advantage. Garrett has been trying to win thru inserting players into his system in a "one size fit all" type of scheme. Thats where he fails. I'm sure that if we had someone like Julio Jones he would not draw up schemes to beat certain defenses like what Atlanta did to us. Garrett simplistic ways is practice the same plays over and over and to try and mimic the same formula that won us those superbowls in the 90s.

Sorry but it just doesn't work like that in todays NFL. Times have change and coaches these days will try and find any kind of advantage to win. Garrett doesn't care. He has this thing called "process" and its more important than winning. He sticks with the same plan every game. Defenses already know what plays were running. Thats why were losing and its destroying this team.

 

[waving monkey]

No. It's the head coach's fault. Like it was the last head coach's fault. And the one before that. And the one before that. And the one before that. And the one before that.

sorry dont buy it this season or last but Jones has beena problem

 

[waving monkey]

And every single thing Jerry has said after Parcells left has indicated he has zero intention of doing that again.

That's why I dislike the "Jerry wants to win" idea. If he did, he would understand he should not be part of the equation day to day.

But its not about winning. It's proving that somehow, someway he was the mastermind behind those 3 rings in the 90's, not Jimmy.

you still believe that

 

[ElGatoGrande]

Hanging 38 on Jacksonville, lol... not that impressive.

a good defense would allow this offense to open up and give it more possessions. A second stud WR and a replacement for Free would be really helpful too.

 

[Sydla]

Why do you think JG is so stubborn about his offense? Serious question.

Who knows but it's not unusual. A lot of times coaches are very stubborn about their systems and it ultimately leads to their failures.

 

[Beast_from_East]

So you think different coaches with a different system could win with the offensive players we ran out there this season...if that's true, then we must hire coaches who can make chicken salad from chicken crap because I think McFadden has been our offensive MVP, and that's sad.

Its year 5 under Garrett and the roster is devoid of so much talent that if Romo goes down, we are one of the 4 worst teams in the entire NFL (we are currently 4th in draft order).

How is that possible?