Can a good rushing attack last all season?

[Coogiguy03]

A lot of us want the ball to be ran more, I get that I agree totally. My question is can this last all year long, in the playoffs etc as well?? Can we expect our runners to give us that much without injury at the RB position or on the O line?

Are the coaches willing to commit to the run that often. I often feel when you want to commit that hard to the run, you have to have a QB you're trying to protect. With us we've protected our QB will MILLIONS of dollars. For us to run that much, and not use that million dollar arm, I can see issues with this.

Please give your thoughts....

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

why couldn't it? its about continuously changing the run scheme (adding to it, very much like a passing attack) and then committing to it. its not about what the QB is paid, you are mixing up two unrelated things. there is not one coach in the NFL who will say, I have to pass the ball because our QB is paid millions. not a single one.

 

[Coogiguy03]

why couldn't it? its about continuously changing the run scheme (adding to it, very much like a passing attack) and then committing to it. its not about what the QB is paid, you are mixing up two unrelated things. there is not one coach in the NFL who will say, I have to pass the ball because our QB is paid millions. not a single one.

Ok so you're paying a QB 40 million just to hand it off most of the game?? In our case seeing how bad Dak can be, makes sense

 

[JayFord]

We've had a good running game that lasted all year multiple seasons and including the playoffs though of course no nfc championship game or SB

and as far as people complaining about 40 million Dak not throwing enough and the money not being justified those fans are just complainers

its football you win however....you dont say "oh the ground game is working but my qb makes 40 million so yeah we won but he only threw for 200 yards and 1 td"

not for one second if the ground game is working would Andy reid say "Mahomes is making alot of money lets throw it to justify his salary"

 

[Coogiguy03]

Good point, but if so why did Zeke play so much more than pollard when pollard was the better player

 

[CowboyoWales]

A lot of us want the ball to be ran more, I get that I agree totally. My question is can this last all year long, in the playoffs etc as well?? Can we expect our runners to give us that much without injury at the RB position or on the O line?

Are the coaches willing to commit to the run that often. I often feel when you want to commit that hard to the run, you have to have a QB you're trying to protect. With us we've protected our QB will MILLIONS of dollars. For us to run that much, and not use that million dollar arm, I can see issues with this.

Please give your thoughts....

Could turn that around and question whether our passing game can hold up all season, we do tend to stumble towards (and in) January.

 

[Coogiguy03]

Could turn that around and question whether our passing game can hold up all season, we do tend to stumble towards (and in) January.

Good point

 

[jazzcat22]

2014 and 2016 the rushing game worked well and all season.
We had Tony and Dak as the QB's then. So one can't compare as to protecting the QB with the run game. As that goes for any QB actually.

 

[Cowboys93]

Ok so you're paying a QB 40 million just to hand it off most of the game?? In our case seeing how bad Dak can be, makes sense

The FO made the decision to re-sign Dak and pay him that amount. It’s the coaching staff’s job to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of said QB and pivot the offense accordingly. There is no universe where Dak isn’t the QB for at least one more year, so they need to do everything they can tailor it to his abilities, even if that means taking away touches from him and passing it on to a running game imo

 

[Coogiguy03]

The FO made the decision to re-sign Dak and pay him that amount. It’s the coaching staff’s job to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of said QB and pivot the offense accordingly. There is no universe where Dak isn’t the QB for at least one more year, so they need to do everything they can tailor it to his abilities, even if that means taking away touches from him and passing it on to a running game imo

It's on the coaching staff, that made me chuckle a little. Are they really allowed to do what they do, Jerry undermines them at times, not cool at all

 

[JayFord]

what i dont understand is this

if youre winning games via rushing the ball what does it matter if the qb makes 40 50 million?

you Pay the QB to do make the smart plays and if the smart play is to call an audible because we have 7 on the line plus a fullback and the defense is in Dime with 1 LB in the middle then whats the issue

 

[Cowboys93]

It's on the coaching staff, that made me chuckle a little. Are they really allowed to do what they do, Jerry undermines them at times, not cool at all

Well yeah I guess I should preface it by saying in a normal world. Unfortunately we are all residents of Jerry World lol

 

[Coogiguy03]

Well yeah I guess I should preface it by saying in a normal world. Unfortunately we are all residents of Jerry World lol

Lol lol welcome!!!!!!!

 

[Coogiguy03]

what i dont understand is this

if youre winning games via rushing the ball what does it matter if the qb makes 40 50 million?

you Pay the QB to do make the smart plays and if the smart play is to call an audible because we have 7 on the line plus a fullback and the defense is in Dime with 1 LB in the middle then whats the issue

Yeah I'm still not buying it , I'm not saying because he's getting paid that much it has to be 80/20, but it'll at least be 60/40

 

[thunderpimp91]

Why not? Both teams in the NFC championship game this year were top 10 rushing offenses.

I think the bigger issue for the Cowboys is running the football more efficient instead of just more. They were already 6th in the league in rushing attempts, and my guess is they rank even higher when just looking at RB attempts. With that said they were 19th in YPC. So now you have to break down the why....Did Zeke hold the offense back that much? Is this Oline really not any good? Were run plays just too simple? Did teams not respect the pass game as much in 2022 with the Cowboys lacking WR depth?

It's a fair conversation point, but just discussing more or less doesn't accomplish much IMO.

 

[big dog cowboy]

A lot of us want the ball to be ran more, I get that I agree totally. My question is can this last all year long, in the playoffs etc as well?? Can we expect our runners to give us that much without injury at the RB position or on the O line?

Are the coaches willing to commit to the run that often. I often feel when you want to commit that hard to the run, you have to have a QB you're trying to protect. With us we've protected our QB will MILLIONS of dollars. For us to run that much, and not use that million dollar arm, I can see issues with this.

Please give your thoughts....

 

[JayFord]

Yeah I'm still not buying it , I'm not saying because he's getting paid that much it has to be 80/20, but it'll at least be 60/40

so if we win the superbowl running the WishBone and the Wing T its an issue?

i dont care if Dak only throws 10 tds and 8 ints with 1500 yards passing in 17 games

i just want a superbowl....Pay him whatever it doesnt come from my account

 

[Coogiguy03]

so if we win the superbowl running the WishBone and the Wing T its an issue?

i dont care if Dak only throws 10 tds and 8 ints with 1500 yards passing in 17 games

i just want a superbowl....Pay him whatever it doesnt come from my account

Lol lol lol that's my overall thinking when it comes to these threads and people trying to argue. None of that money is coming out of my families account so in the end they're going to do what they do

 

[charron]

Depends on why you are running well. For example if your OL is opening holes big enough for me to run well behind then it won't matter who the RB is they will all do well. If your RB is getting hit behind the LOS but fights to gain yards then if he goes down your ground game probably gets exposed. Some teams do a better job scheming to help the backs get more yards and others have no clue how to do that. Designing plays for the backs is one of KM weaknesses while he was here. If they can fix that then sure the run game can go all season regardless who is running.

 

[75boyz]

Why not? Both teams in the NFC championship game this year were top 10 rushing offenses.

I think the bigger issue for the Cowboys is running the football more efficient instead of just more. They were already 6th in the league in rushing attempts, and my guess is they rank even higher when just looking at RB attempts. With that said they were 19th in YPC. So now you have to break down the why....Did Zeke hold the offense back that much? Is this Oline really not any good? Were run plays just too simple? Did teams not respect the pass game as much in 2022 with the Cowboys lacking WR depth?

It's a fair conversation point, but just discussing more or less doesn't accomplish much IMO.

Nice post. I'll add that McCarthy's history as a playcaller doesn't support strong rushing attacks.
Don't think they ever ranked too high in a season even when he had a couple of decent backs while he was at GB.
Maybe his choice of Schottenheimer was to balance out his nature to go too pass happy.
My central point is if the run game is not the strength of the offense, this thing could really go south quickly.
High volume passing with shiny new receivers with Dak is definitely not the answer imo.