BTB: Dez Bryant Disappears From Cowboys Gameplan Again. Why?

[DejectedFan1996]

Not to get off topic, but did Parcells really say Romo is a coach killer? I find that extremely hard to believe.

 

[DallasDomination]

Ive also noticed Dez is not as hyped anymore. Even he's getting eaten alive by this no passion culture. His lack of production is mostly do to Romo and the playcalling.. this whole route running thing is tremendously stupid..really?.this guy with this talent can't run routes? Yea ok.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Garrett's offense and his coaching has destroyed Romo. Each year, slowly but surely, everything that made Romo great has been quietly stripped away. He looks like a shell of himself now. The numbers look fine on paper, but you watch him play and he's not the same guy. That gunslinger mentality and the confidence that comes with it is not there anymore. It comes out in spurts, usually when we're behind and we go into hurry-up, streetball mode. Coincidentally, those are always when Dez Bryant has his most productive games as well.

There's no doubt in my mind that Romo is receiving some of the worst QB coaching in the league. Jason Garrett and Wade Wilson? What a cruel joke. These two buffoons have taken away everything from Romo that made him great. He's only 33 -- far too young to be washed up. But sometimes in this system he looks like he is.

Exactly................I have seen Romo in warm ups air the ball out over 60 yards down field, he does not have a noodle arm.

The problem is our coaches have decided that "protecting the ball" is the number one priority. Garrett has said in his pressers, "its starts with the ball and ends with the ball" and he emphasizes NO TURNOVERS.

So this is what you get, a QB that will not throw the ball where it is going to be intercepted. That is why you get 15 foot high passes that only the WR gets or nobody. That is why you see very little crossing patterns in this offense, too risky for a defender to undercut. That is why if pressure gets to Romo, he hits the deck to avoid a strip sack.

This is what the coaches want....................they want a bus driver that will not turn the ball over under any circumstances..............so the gunslinger is gone folks, just look at Romo's numbers.........only 7 picks this season, on pace for a career low.

 

[TrailBlazer]

look ive been perplexed by the number of targets to dez in other games where the cowboys had a more normal amount of offensive possessions but this game was all out of whack is what i am saying. its not like the offensive stalled over and over again. they were on pace to score a good amount of points given the opportunity.

Any game where dez and witten get a combined 6 targets 3 catches 22 yards. Something's not right. I did like the run game early tho.

 

[Nova]

Tired of the useless trend of Internet skybox hindsight complete with .gifs. We have no idea what each play is trying to accomplish, no idea what the quarterback is being told to do, wind conditions on the particular play. It just ends up being a bunch of second-guessing by a beer gut Madden reject.

Equally tired of the idea that Dez is a football god running open every play, if only we would just throw it to him... making the (flimsy) assumption that he runs his routes correctly every play, catches everything his way, never fumbles or causes interceptions and is never on the sidelines acting stupid. I sure hope Dez is owning his poor performances better than all of the excuse makers. On a positive note, from what I can tell, he is.

Have you ever thought that maybe... just maybe some of the people that do the all-22 reviews have played football before? Maybe even at high levels? And maybe they know what they're looking at?

Honestly, though. If you were watching the film, you'd probably agree with the article. Football intellect or not.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

Have you ever thought that maybe... just maybe some of the people that do the all-22 reviews have played football before? Maybe even at high levels? And maybe they know what they're looking at?

Honestly, though. If you were watching the film, you'd probably agree with the article. Football intellect or not.

Never even crossed my mind. To me, it's just beer gut, Madden-playing, Bleacher Report analysis. Part of it is just me, because right off the bat I don't have much tolerance for second guessing from a birds eye view and trying to point out what people are doing wrong from my perch. More importantly, without the knowledge of what the teams are actually trying to accomplish it's a useless exercise. Unless it's coming out of Garrett, Kiffin or Callahan's mouth...

Having said that, if a former scout or former player (aka someone who has forgotten more about football than I'll ever know) was giving me their analysis in such a manner then of course I would put some stock in it. But even then, not a lot. Heck I remember when even Troy, who could think about football for a second and already overflow my football knowledge tank, was getting on Romo in the Eagles game for that interception around Tanner... when Tanner clearly screwed up and brought the LB right into the path. Garrett eventually cleared up the matter and said it was Tanner's fault.

 

[Dodger12]

Not to get off topic, but did Parcells really say Romo is a coach killer? I find that extremely hard to believe.

No, he didn't. And I don't think anyone can produce a link to an interview where he said it.

 

[Frosty]

I was at the game and spent a ton of time watching Dez. He was open a ton. There is something very wrong with this offense. Romo has gone from gunslinger to Jeff Garcia.

This team has been concerned about turnovers for 2yrs now. Garrett is game planning around stats and turn-overs...win the turnover battle and win the game. Results, Romo will not take chances and the defense can't get turnovers (or 3 an outs ..lol)....just a bland, dry, conservative, and boring game plan.....the process at work

 

[Hoov]

WRs are always "open" on running plays. Hint: the DBs are trying to get away from him.

Lol