Biggest problem with the game

[landroverking]

IMHO the biggest problem with the game is the D thought they were good at halftime. Believed their one stats. They just aren't good enough to take off any plays in a game much less a quarter as they did in the 3rd.

 

[Cmac]

....that Matt Flynn looked like Pro Bowl Material. I'm sure his agent will use this film for 'Mo Money, 'Mo Money.
Unbelievable.

 

[dallasdave]

Biggest problem with the game= losing the game !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mldardy]

Biggest problem with the game= losing the game !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pretty much this. Blaming the defense yeah there is blame to go there but the defense was put in some tough positions due to the ineptitude of the offense and coaching/QB decisions on offense. We know the defense is a problem and the Cowboys offense could have and should have help them out a little bit and they didn't.

 

[Future]

Pretty much this. Blaming the defense yeah there is blame to go there but the defense was put in some tough positions due to the ineptitude of the offense and coaching/QB decisions on offense. We know the defense is a problem and the Cowboys offense could have and should have help them out a little bit and they didn't.

Not really. They gave up three 80 yard TD drives in the second half

Saying that it my head made me laugh right out loud. How absurd.

 

[mldardy]

Not really. They gave up three 80 yard TD drives in the second half

Saying that it my head made me laugh right out loud. How absurd.

What's absurd is your ability to read. I said that there is plenty to blame on the defense but not solely the defense. The 3 and out at the end of the 3rd quarter when we were up 29-17 where we called 3 pass plays and no run plays and had to punt from the end zone giving the Packers the ball out our 22. The Packers score to make it 29-24. Then the INT at midfield up 36-31 giving the Packers another short field and a timeout to work with. We know this defense is bad but we don't need our offense to put them in bad situations on top of it. On those two possessions the offense didn't give the defense a chance to catch it's breath, get a break. They immediately had to go right back out on the field. That is disaster for this defense. That's the point I'm making.

 

[egn22]

game management was the biggest problem with this game and its not even close.

 

[pastordug]

Once again there is plenty of blame to go around......play calling, Romo's decision making, stupid penalties and lack of D in the 2nd half. The ONLY bright spot for us was the Eagles lost.

 

[Future]

What's absurd is your ability to read. I said that there is plenty to blame on the defense but not solely the defense. The 3 and out at the end of the 3rd quarter when we were up 29-17 where we called 3 pass plays and no run plays and had to punt from the end zone giving the Packers the ball out our 22. The Packers score to make it 29-24. Then the INT at midfield up 36-31 giving the Packers another short field and a timeout to work with. We know this defense is bad but we don't need our offense to put them in bad situations on top of it. On those two possessions the offense didn't give the defense a chance to catch it's breath, get a break. They immediately had to go right back out on the field. That is disaster for this defense. That's the point I'm making.

I was saying that laughing out loud after reading that sentence was absurd, not your post Mr. reading comprehension.

And I never said the offense didn't share any of the blame, but the opponent starting at their own 20 is not really indicative of the offense putting the defense in position to fail.

 

[mldardy]

I was saying that laughing out loud after reading that sentence was absurd, not your post Mr. reading comprehension.

And I never said the offense didn't share any of the blame, but the opponent starting at their own 20 is not really indicative of the offense putting the defense in position to fail.

Well you might want to CLARIFY what you are talking about because when you quote my post it makes it look like you are talking about my post.

 

[Future]

Well you might want to CLARIFY what you are talking about because when you quote my post it makes it look like you are talking about my post.

The first sentence was a response. There's a clear break in between, suggesting a change of subject. Without two separate posts, I dont know how to make it much clearer. Don't pass the buck on this one guy, you read too fast and got your panties in a bunch about it.

 

[Idgit]

We lost our backup MLB at about that point, too. And then his backup went out. That, and that part you put about the D 'thinking they were good' probably explains things.

 

[JakeCamp12]

There is no problem with this game at all. It is a microcosm of the organization. The organizations sends mixed messages through the Owner/GM and the Head Coach. The GM doesn't have a plan on how to build a team, so we get spending like a drunk sailor one year, then we get fiscal responsibility the next. Some years we draft for need, others we trade picks to acquire lots of lower draft picks, other years we trade picks to move up and draft the next Deion Sanders. Some years we want a defensive minded coach because all the Super Bowl winners are running the 3-4. The next year we want offensive minded coaches because the Packers and the Saints won a Super Bowl with bad defenses. Some years we talk about the Giants get hot at the end of the year strategy when we are limping into December, the next year we solved the fade at the end of the year because this team is different. Nothing is ever going to change because the man in charge has no idea what he wants to do. He is not nor will he ever be a football guy. He does not respect what it takes to be a football guy, which means starting at the bottom and working your way up the ladder. Buying a team, making yourself a GM and talking like a football guy does not make you one. The reason Tex, Ron Wolf, Ozzie Newsome, and all the other GM's that have won a Super Bowl and continue to field competitive teams in the era are successful is that they have a blueprint on how they want to structure a team and how to execute that blueprint. The Dallas Cowboys do not have that with Jerry Jones!

 

[BoysFan4ever]

The biggest problem is we continue to play & coach stupid.

That's the m.o. of this team.

They're dumb.

 

[Risen Star]

We lost our backup MLB at about that point, too. And then his backup went out. That, and that part you put about the D 'thinking they were good' probably explains things.

Or we're just not a good team.

7-7 in an awful NFL seems about right.

The only remaining question for me this year is whether we win the Super Bowl.

 

[Idgit]

Or we're just not a good team.

7-7 in an awful NFL seems about right.

The only remaining question for me this year is whether we win the Super Bowl.

Here we go, pretending you were right when you gave up prematurely weeks ago. You really want to start that up again, Risen? I told you at the time you're going to get no credit for giving up prematurely. Take all the victory laps you want. There isn't going to be a shortage of people willing to hold your cape for you while you wave at the crowd.

We're not a good team right now. We're not a good team, because we can't stop anybody on defense. And we cant' stop anybody on defense because, you nailed it: it's the play of our OGs and the antics of our GM and his son. Good work. Oh, wait.

We played well on defense in the first half, playing with press corners and with a real MLB on the field. The linebackers went out, we were soft in the middle against the run. We gave up a 60 yard run in the opening series in the second half. We cut down on the blitzing. It was pretty obvious what changed at the half yesterday.

And, yes, the chances of making the post season get slimmer when you lose late season games. They get slimmer yet when you lose more starters. I'll agree with you that the already slim playoff odds every single one of us recognized and quoted previously got a lot slimmer yesterday, if that makes you feel any better about having given up sooner than everybody else in order to pretend you have any special foresight. That isn't a validation of anything you said previously, though. You jumped the gun, betting on the likelihood of an outcome. As I said at the time, that doesn't make you Nostradamus in a Cowboy hat.