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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Decoding Callahan - Week 10 - At New Orleans
"Rob Ryan is kicking their butt right now" - Chris Collinsworth, NBC
Around the game of football, there are certain weeks where the result is just so disastrous that looking at the film seems pointless and masochistic. Throw it in the trash or burn it! Nothing can be learned from that debacle.
That is likely true, but it would not make for a very informative blog post. So, while I agree that writing about the offense today and the defense tomorrow will be a repetitive exercise in issuing failing grades, I think it is worthwhile to examine the rubble before we move along to something a bit more salvageable.
The historic differences in this game are certainly rare in the game of professional football. High School games see this sort of thing on a regular basis and sometimes, it creeps into college, but rarely, if ever, has the NFL ever seen a yardage difference of 400 yards. When the Saints out gained the Cowboys, 625-193, it constituted one of the most one-sided avalanches in the history of the sport.
So, perhaps in the interest of making a historical record of the horrors we saw on Sunday, here is a list of the lows that the offense provided for us in their powerless attack:
FIRST DOWNS: There are reports everywhere marveling at the Saints setting the all-time 1st Down record, but that is something to discuss tomorrow. Today, we look at the Cowboys 9 1st Downs with equal amazement. October 26, 2003 was the last time the Cowboys had a total this low in the offensive 1st Down category when they also had just 9 in a 16-0 loss against Tampa Bay in first year of Bill Parcells and with Quincy Carter at the helm. On that day, they were playing a Bucs team that had no offense either and were only out gained by about 80 yards - not 432.
3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS: You certainly cannot do worse on 3rd Down than the Cowboys did on Sunday night as an offense. They went 0-9 and looked absolutely helpless. As we mentioned yesterday, they are now the worst team in the NFL on 3rd Downs on the road, and 30th overall on the "money down". This is absolutely going to be their undoing unless it can be sorted out quickly. From a historical perspective, 0 conversion nights, while rare, have happened on several occasions in Cowboys history, but since they started keeping these in the statistical archives in 1991, it has happened 4 times. You will not be surprised to find out that all 4 times they have taken the 0, they have lost comfortably: December 21, 2002, they lost in Philadelphia, 27-3. December 30, 2007, they were drilled in Washington, 27-6, as they rested their starters. October 25, 2010, they lost to the Giants by a deceivingly close final score of 41-35, in a game best remembered for losing Tony Romo for the year. And then, this game on November 10, 2013 in New Orleans.
http://sturminator.blogspot.com
Decoding Callahan - Week 10 - At New Orleans
"Rob Ryan is kicking their butt right now" - Chris Collinsworth, NBC
Around the game of football, there are certain weeks where the result is just so disastrous that looking at the film seems pointless and masochistic. Throw it in the trash or burn it! Nothing can be learned from that debacle.
That is likely true, but it would not make for a very informative blog post. So, while I agree that writing about the offense today and the defense tomorrow will be a repetitive exercise in issuing failing grades, I think it is worthwhile to examine the rubble before we move along to something a bit more salvageable.
The historic differences in this game are certainly rare in the game of professional football. High School games see this sort of thing on a regular basis and sometimes, it creeps into college, but rarely, if ever, has the NFL ever seen a yardage difference of 400 yards. When the Saints out gained the Cowboys, 625-193, it constituted one of the most one-sided avalanches in the history of the sport.
So, perhaps in the interest of making a historical record of the horrors we saw on Sunday, here is a list of the lows that the offense provided for us in their powerless attack:
FIRST DOWNS: There are reports everywhere marveling at the Saints setting the all-time 1st Down record, but that is something to discuss tomorrow. Today, we look at the Cowboys 9 1st Downs with equal amazement. October 26, 2003 was the last time the Cowboys had a total this low in the offensive 1st Down category when they also had just 9 in a 16-0 loss against Tampa Bay in first year of Bill Parcells and with Quincy Carter at the helm. On that day, they were playing a Bucs team that had no offense either and were only out gained by about 80 yards - not 432.
3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS: You certainly cannot do worse on 3rd Down than the Cowboys did on Sunday night as an offense. They went 0-9 and looked absolutely helpless. As we mentioned yesterday, they are now the worst team in the NFL on 3rd Downs on the road, and 30th overall on the "money down". This is absolutely going to be their undoing unless it can be sorted out quickly. From a historical perspective, 0 conversion nights, while rare, have happened on several occasions in Cowboys history, but since they started keeping these in the statistical archives in 1991, it has happened 4 times. You will not be surprised to find out that all 4 times they have taken the 0, they have lost comfortably: December 21, 2002, they lost in Philadelphia, 27-3. December 30, 2007, they were drilled in Washington, 27-6, as they rested their starters. October 25, 2010, they lost to the Giants by a deceivingly close final score of 41-35, in a game best remembered for losing Tony Romo for the year. And then, this game on November 10, 2013 in New Orleans.
http://sturminator.blogspot.com
