News: CN: Dallas Cowboys Forgot Who They Were

[CCBoy]

Dallas Cowboys Forgot Who They Were
http://cowboyszone.com/2017/01/dallas-cowboys-forgot-who-they-were.html


...1st extra carry he should have had: Third and 2 on Dallas’ first drive of the game. Dak Prescott threw the ball incomplete and the team settled for three points instead of a possible seven. Dallas could have established their intent to demolish the Packers up front on their first series, they failed

2nd extra carry he should have had: Second and one in third quarter, the Cowboys are driving and are seemingly on their way back to get the game within one touchdown. Prescott again throws a pass, this time it’s intercepted and the Cowboys come away empty.

3rd extra carry he should have had: Third and three, on their final drive. The Cowboys elect to pass and it gets knocked down by Nick Perry forcing Dan Bailey to tie the game. A run from Elliott in that situation would have done two things; first, he could have gotten the first down and allowed the Cowboys to use their final timeout and reset their downs to go for the win. Secondly, if the Packers somehow stopped Zeke, it would have let the Cowboys run the clock down to kick the field goal leaving Rodgers no time left to win the game, or the Packers would have exhausted one of their timeouts making it almost impossible to get Green Bay to drive into field goal position.

Those are just three carries that could have changed the game if Dallas stayed true to who they are. If they run the ball in any of those situations, they likely win the game. The Cowboys, even when losing for almost the entirety of the game, should’ve run the ball more. These are also times when the game was within reach that Elliott should have been eating up yards.

However, before we kill everything the Cowboys coaches did, understand that it’s possible that Prescott changed one or some of those calls at the line of scrimmage. Especially on the second and one where Dak threw the interception, it seemed like a call made by the rookie quarterback based on what he saw...

 

[Ranching]

Dallas Cowboys Forgot Who They Were
http://cowboyszone.com/2017/01/dallas-cowboys-forgot-who-they-were.html


...1st extra carry he should have had: Third and 2 on Dallas’ first drive of the game. Dak Prescott threw the ball incomplete and the team settled for three points instead of a possible seven. Dallas could have established their intent to demolish the Packers up front on their first series, they failed

2nd extra carry he should have had: Second and one in third quarter, the Cowboys are driving and are seemingly on their way back to get the game within one touchdown. Prescott again throws a pass, this time it’s intercepted and the Cowboys come away empty.

3rd extra carry he should have had: Third and three, on their final drive. The Cowboys elect to pass and it gets knocked down by Nick Perry forcing Dan Bailey to tie the game. A run from Elliott in that situation would have done two things; first, he could have gotten the first down and allowed the Cowboys to use their final timeout and reset their downs to go for the win. Secondly, if the Packers somehow stopped Zeke, it would have let the Cowboys run the clock down to kick the field goal leaving Rodgers no time left to win the game, or the Packers would have exhausted one of their timeouts making it almost impossible to get Green Bay to drive into field goal position.

Those are just three carries that could have changed the game if Dallas stayed true to who they are. If they run the ball in any of those situations, they likely win the game. The Cowboys, even when losing for almost the entirety of the game, should’ve run the ball more. These are also times when the game was within reach that Elliott should have been eating up yards.

However, before we kill everything the Cowboys coaches did, understand that it’s possible that Prescott changed one or some of those calls at the line of scrimmage. Especially on the second and one where Dak threw the interception, it seemed like a call made by the rookie quarterback based on what he saw...

Those calls should be made from the sideline. You give him a stick sign and he runs what you call. Great post, whether he changed it or not, it's all on the sideline.

 

[Stash]

This! This! This!

All day this!

And as I've said repeatedly, I only hope that the people in the organization who have the power and the authority to do something about this do something about this!

 

[BlueStar22]

It all goes back to spending a 4th round pick on Zeke and your highly touted offensive line. That's why you run in those situations. That's why you spend the 4th overall pick.

 

[Stash]

Heres a fun exercise for those playing along at home:

Take a look at the play by play for the Cowboys in this game.

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/20170...#menu=gameinfo&tab=analyze&analyze=playbyplay

Take special note of their rushing tendencies, especially on 2nd and 3rd down.

2nd and 3, 2nd and 1, and the team with the league's leading rusher was passing the ball all day.

And forget about third down! You'd have a better chance finding a needle in a haystack than finding a rushing attempt there.

That's why they lost that game.

Thanks again Scott Linehan!

 

[BlueStar22]

Heres a fun exercise for those playing along at home:

Take a look at the play by play for the Cowboys in this game.

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/20170...#menu=gameinfo&tab=analyze&analyze=playbyplay

Take special note of their rushing tendencies, especially on 2nd and 3rd down.

2nd and 3, 2nd and 1, and the team with the league's leading rusher was passing the ball all day.

And forget about third down! You'd have a better chance finding a needle in a haystack than finding a rushing attempt there.

That's why they lost that game.

Thanks again Scott Linehan!

Sturm had a stat that in short yardage situations, the Cowboys ran 77% of the time during the regular season. That number dropped to 12% last week.

 

[Stash]

Sturm had a stat that in short yardage situations, the Cowboys ran 77% of the time during the regular season. That number dropped to 12% last week.

I'd love to see somebody, anybody, provide the numbers for this team running on 3rd down and anything over a yard. I'm going to go game by game through the play by play for the season if I have to. But I think the numbers will show out just like that 12% disgrace that you mentioned above.

Again, I only hope that somehow, someway this information gets to ownership.

 

[StylisticS]

Sturm had a stat that in short yardage situations, the Cowboys ran 77% of the time during the regular season. That number dropped to 12% last week.

That makes me ill. We heard from Garrett that they said they are going to do what have been doing. Yet they did the opposite in this game. I really would like an explanation on that 2nd and 1 call. Was that the call or did Prescott audible into that play. I mean it should not matter because you should run regardless. But still. It could have been 28-20 and the game wasn't even in the 4th quarter yet.

 

[Stash]

That makes me ill. We heard from Garrett that they said they are going to do what have been doing. Yet they did the opposite in this game. I really would like an explanation on that 2nd and 1 call. Was that the call or did Prescott audible into that play. I mean it should not matter because you should run regardless. But still. It could have been 28-20 and the game wasn't even in the 4th quarter yet.

All indications are that he had a run/pass option and changed it.

If that's the case I then ask? Did Prescott choose that pass play from several? Or was that the 'one' pass play that Linehan gave him?

If I know that, I know where to place the blame.

But I will say that, either way, they looked to be allowing Dak to check out of running plays more and more as the season went along and I didn't agree with it. You do that enough and it gets to where it was with Romo and checking out of run plays when you didn't need to and essentially letting the defense tell you what you were going to do.

There's a line between adapting and letting the other team tell you what you're doing and getting you out of what you're best at.

 

[Ranching]

That's why I love Garrett, he drives me to drinking.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Sturm had a stat that in short yardage situations, the Cowboys ran 77% of the time during the regular season. That number dropped to 12% last week.

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[Boyzmamacita]

Sturm had a stat that in short yardage situations, the Cowboys ran 77% of the time during the regular season. That number dropped to 12% last week.

Freakin' wow. They did the same thing in 07 playoffs. They forgot who they were.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

It all goes back to spending a 4th round pick on Zeke and your highly touted offensive line. That's why you run in those situations. That's why you spend the 4th overall pick.

And resting him for 3 weeks then not using him. Along with everything else that happened out there, they gave this game away.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

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You ole fish eyed fool.

 

[ghst187]

Number one is the same thing that happened before half of the 2014 GB playoff game and led to points and momentum change. For an Ivy League grad, Garrett never learns.

Number two was obvious. Run it there and we probably go on to score a TD.

Number three is wrong, the Packers would've just called a timeout and they finished the game with a TO so spending one after a Zeke run would not have stopped their FG drive.

But the premise overall is spot on, we had no business losing that game. It was another coaching loss which are piling up under Garrett. Find it comical that he's getting all these awards, we were so bad last year because he couldn't coach without Romo. I'd guess that half the other coaches in the league would have this team still playing.

 

[Ranching]

You ole fish eyed fool.

Damn, Mamacita, you sure you're not Elizabeth?

 

[Boyzmamacita]

Damn, Mamacita, you sure you're not Elizabeth?

 

[Boyzmamacita]

Number one is the same thing that happened before half of the 2014 GB playoff game and led to points and momentum change. For an Ivy League grad, Garrett never learns.

Number two was obvious. Run it there and we probably go on to score a TD.

Number three is wrong, the Packers would've just called a timeout and they finished the game with a TO so spending one after a Zeke run would not have stopped their FG drive.

But the premise overall is spot on, we had no business losing that game. It was another coaching loss which are piling up under Garrett. Find it comical that he's getting all these awards, we were so bad last year because he couldn't coach without Romo. I'd guess that half the other coaches in the league would have this team still playing.

Number three would've given them less time though.

 

[ghst187]

Number three would've given them less time though.

Believe the packers had two timeouts to start their last drive and only used one of them. If Zeke gets the ball and GB uses a timeout it's about the same as clocking the ball save a second or two. ....unless of course Zeke rips off a run big enough to get close to a first down or beyond and GB then might've decided not to use a TO. But as the author described it I think he was wrong on that point.

 

[Zordon]

That's why I hate Garrett, he drives me to heroin.

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