BTB: Can The Cowboys Win With One Of The Worst Quarterbacks In The League?

[jobberone]

The Cowboys are trying to find ways to win football games, but they have a huge liability behind center that is making it incredibly difficult.

The Dallas Cowboys have won two of their last three games and find themselves right in the thick of the NFC East divisional battle. For now, Monday night's victory has given fans a glimmer of hope. With no other team in the division showing the ability to string together wins, the playoff aspirations for the Cowboys may drag out a little longer. While that is great and all for the relevance it brings to Sundays, the cold reality of this team's ineptness isn't something that many fans can escape from.

We want to believe. The defense sure gives people reason to believe. Teams struggle to move the ball on this defense. The Cowboys defense is now ranked fifth in the league in total yards allowed with only 326.2 yards a game. The only defenses that have allowed fewer yards are Denver, Seattle, Carolina, and Arizona. Those are some of the best defenses in the league and the Cowboys are certainly doing a lot of good things to be up there with these teams. They are getting contribution across the board. The defensive line is starting to find its groove. The linebacker play has been outstanding. Both Sean Lee and Rolando McClainhave found themselves on the field for a good part of the season and they are working well together. The secondary isn't giving up too many big plays and the coverage has been relatively tight. They've also improved their open field tackling as small gains are staying small gains.

For years fans have just hoped for a solid contribution from the defense that would give the offense a fighting chance. Well, the defense has stepped up well beyond many people's expectations. Unfortunately, the offense isn't able to fight.

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015...h-one-of-the-worst-quarterbacks-in-the-league

 

[gmoney112]

Doubtful.

 

[Cowboyz88]

Romo or not, the Cowboys can no longer ignore the QB position.

That one position, alone, is responsible for most of our losses, IMO.

 

[Idgit]

Romo or not, the Cowboys can no longer ignore the QB position.

That one position, alone, is responsible for most of our losses, IMO.

The lack of takeaways has a lot to do with it, too. But, yeah, the bad QB play has killed us.

 

[JW82]

A bad qb and a very bad coach is not a winning combo that's for sure.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Way to much patting the defense on their backs in that article for me. There is much more than yards allowed as a measurment on how successful that unit is. Don't get me wrong they are playing better. But there are a couple of things that stand out to me. One, we aren't playing really good QB's like we did early in the year. Two, where are the turnovers?

 

[Irvin88_4life]

Theack of takeaways has a lot to do with it, too. But, yeah, the bad QB play has killed us.

Thats false. We win much more if offense stops giving up pick 6s and bad field position. You can win without sacks and turnovers bit offense can't put defense in bad situations either

 

[jobberone]

Thats false. We win much more if offense stops giving up pick 6s and bad field position. You can win without sacks and turnovers bit offense can't put defense in bad situations either

There isn't much worse than a negative turnover diff and we are something like -15 give or take. Part of that is going to come from bad QB play.

 

[Idgit]

Thats false. We win much more if offense stops giving up pick 6s and bad field position. You can win without sacks and turnovers bit offense can't put defense in bad situations either

It's not false. The pick sixes are killers too, but that's part of the bad QB play. Takeaways are well established for their role in winning games.

 

[StarBoyz83]

I think they won the only game they were going to win.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

It's not false. The pick sixes are killers too, but that's part of the bad QB play. Takeaways are well established for their role in winning games.

Yes it increases your chance to win but we aren't losing because of not getting sacks or turnovers. .....if we are stopping teams from scoring and going 3 and out is just as good as sacks or turnovers. With our bad QB bad we have been in almost every game.

 

[jobberone]

Yes it increases your chance to win but we aren't losing because of not getting sacks or turnovers. .....if we are stopping teams from scoring and going 3 and out is just as good as sacks or turnovers. With our bad QB bad we have been in almost every game.

I suggest you go look at the chances of winning a game with a -2 turnover diff.

 

[reddyuta]

Romo or not, the Cowboys can no longer ignore the QB position.

That one position, alone, is responsible for most of our losses, IMO.

The FO failed big time by their insistence that Weeden can play,if they fail to draft a QB then we really have no hope if the fragile Romo goes down again because good NFL backup are hard to come by unless you develop your own.

 

[DandyDon52]

Bad article , lol cassel isnt the worst, and really is looking better each game.
problem is the play calling and game plan.
Also they cant block for the qb on 2nd and 3rd downs.
And then the run game is erratic., goes from good to bad to good.

I dont know about GB, but the last 3 dallas can stay with any of those 3.

 

[ConstantReboot]

The FO failed big time by their insistence that Weeden can play,if they fail to draft a QB then we really have no hope if the fragile Romo goes down again because good NFL backup are hard to come by unless you develop your own.

That was a big mistake. Many here knew that was a failure waiting to happen. I don't know why we tried and stuck with him for so long.

The same goes for our running game. It was what protected Romo last year and then we went with an RBBC system which ended up in failure.

 

[jobberone]

That was a big mistake. Many here knew that was a failure waiting to happen. I don't know why we tried and stuck with him for so long.

The same goes for our running game. It was what protected Romo last year and then we went with an RBBC system which ended up in failure.

I've criticized the FO for the backup QB but the running game is essentially the same as last year. That's A/YPC etc not total. It has no bearing on losing.

 

[Junglist]

Belicheck won 10 games with him. Oh wait, he's actually a good coach.

 

[ConstantReboot]

I've criticized the FO for the backup QB but the running game is essentially the same as last year. That's A/YPC etc not total. It has no bearing on losing.

Well not really. How could it be the same when we can't convert on 3rd and short situations? We are one of the last in the league in that department.

Last year, we were one of the top teams that converted on 3rd and short situations. Why is it different this year?

 

[SHAMSzy]

Well not really. How could it be the same when we can't convert on 3rd and short situations? We are one of the last in the league in that department.

Last year, we were one of the top teams that converted on 3rd and short situations. Why is it different this year?

Lack of Romo makes a huge difference here, he was extraordinary on 3rd and short last year, that definitely helps the run game.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

I suggest you go look at the chances of winning a game with a -2 turnover diff.

We have won this year with -2 turnover diff.