Concerns despite the win

[ufcrules1]

Romo is done and it's time for another QB in Dallas. He has no arm strength and lacks mobility. You just can't recover these abilities once you lose them. I don't see Romo lasting even with this elite offensive line.

As for the Defense, the lack of pressure, run defense, and the inability to cover TEs will lose us alot of games especially with our washed up QB. We need an actual true FS on this team instead of starting two strong safeties.

You're only as strong as your weakest link and that weakest link is our QB right now. You don't want your weakest link to be your Qb.

 

[Jenky]

He took the yards this great line made for him. Randle would have done as well.
See my reply on his fumbles. 9 fumbles in 564 att. About once every 2 games.

I believe Randle is a poor man's Murray, so I think he would be better suited to get the load, not Dunbar. But please don't think Murray didn't break any tackles today. He got a lot of yards after contact. Like i said, he played well.

Dunbar would have been tackled by someone's pinky if he ever runs through our line.

 

[Aliencowboy]

9 fumbles in 39 games folks.

I like that you guys choose to ignore this and keep glorifying him. 10 mil a year? What a joke.

 

[lane]

romo's best passes were the one to witten where he got lit up by pollard but held on to the ball.

the one to beasley where he hit him in stride..

the td to bryant and the third down pass to bryant.

he's either still hurt or just too old...something is going on with him..

he needs to quit holding on to the ball so freaking long...

he did play a hell of alot better than last week though.

 

[Laundry fan]

How do you count fumbles? 3 in the last 3 games. And 9 including today for his career with the
cowboys. He averages 3 a year and he didn't even play much in 2011/2012.

1 out of every 62 carries or about 1 in every two games. You guesstimating fumbles? LOL

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MurrDe00.htm

According to NFL.Com Stats, he has played in 39 games, carried 583 times (includes today) and has fumbled 7 times. That's one fumble every 85 carries, or one every 3+ games. Neither he, nor any other Dallas RBI will average 30+ carries as you stated. If the fumbles continue, then there's real reason for concern. For the moment, his YPC will offset an occasional fumble.

 

[Aliencowboy]

According to NFL.Com Stats, he has played in 39 games, carried 583 times (includes today) and has fumbled 7 times. That's one fumble every 85 carries, or one every 3+ games. Neither he, nor any other Dallas RBI will average 30+ carries as you stated. If the fumbles continue, then there's real reason for concern. For the moment, his YPC will offset an occasional fumble.

http://www.nfl.com/player/demarcomurray/2495207/profile
It says 9 in 39 games here too. You lie like a rug or worse you can't read a basic chart.

 

[wileedog]

Pass rush still a big concern. We didn't come near Locker in the 2nd half or most of the first, and had he been able to hit the broad side of an airplane hanger in the first half this could have been a different game.

 

[maxdallasfan]

I'm just going to enjoy this win.

Every team has issues and things to fix.

No use sweating the small stuff.

 

[TheRat]

Fact: Ryan Williams is our second best runningback and he is not even on the roster.

 

[Aliencowboy]

romo's best passes were the one to witten where he got lit up by pollard but held on to the ball.

the one to beasley where he hit him in stride..

the td to bryant and the third down pass to bryant.

he's either still hurt or just too old...something is going on with him..

he needs to quit holding on to the ball so freaking long...

he did play a hell of alot better than last week though.

Good points but that one to Witten is not a deep ball. It was a straight liner down the middle.

Did you see Beasley run that route? Wow. He turned to 90 degrees without breaking stride and straight as an arrow to the sideline. Now I can see what the coaches praise him for

 

[Boyzmamacita]

Romo is either still hurting or is playing scared. Just stands there and takes a sack.

He did the same thing last season to be honest.

 

[lane]

Good points but that one to Witten is not a deep ball. It was a straight liner down the middle.

Did you see Beasley run that route? Wow. He turned to 90 degrees without breaking stride and straight as an arrow to the sideline. Now I can see what the coaches praise him for

i didn't say it was a deep ball.

 

[Aliencowboy]

i didn't say it was a deep ball.

sorry. thought it was implied

 

[lane]

Fact: Ryan Williams is our second best runningback and he is not even on the roster.

qft...i mentioned to my wife during the game that dunbar needs to be on the practice squad...not williams.

just imagine ryan and murray running behind this new o-line..

scary

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Romo made progress from last week . Relax let's enjoy the win . He's still better than a ton of QB's in this league .

 

[lane]

sorry. thought it was implied

no problem

 

[wileedog]

Did you see Beasley run that route? Wow. He turned to 90 degrees without breaking stride and straight as an arrow to the sideline. Now I can see what the coaches praise him for

Cole Beasley. All he does is catch first downs.

 

[Doomsday101]

My concern is that the D gave up over 300 yards despite only being on the field for 19 minutes. At that pace, if the time of possession were flipped the Titans would have approached 700 yards of offense.

If , if and but where candy and nuts we would all have a merry Christmas. Fact is defense won the 3rd down battles that has a lot to do with Tenn T.O.P yes they gave up some plays guess what if you watched most games today everyone gives up plays. Dallas held them to 10 forced a couple of turnovers and had a couple of sacks. They did their jobs

 

[Idgit]

I am as happy with the win as much as the next fan. The Oline deserves credit, and Garrett deserves credit for the scheme. They dominated the line last week and this week. The D-scheme seems to have been settled on and give the coaches and scouts a tip of the hat for working hard and getting what they can out this group. I am excited about the future. Having said that, a closer look reveals some serious issues on the horizon:

Romo looks washed up. Maybe he is still recovering at this point, but he can't throw deep. It was never his strong point, but it's very clear at the moment and teams will start to figure this out. He has also been the cause of half the sacks with poor decisions. Free can take credit for the other half. Tyron was run blocking on his at SF. I would be surprised if Romo makes it through the whole season without serious injury.

Demarco- fumbles are not a recent phenomenon with this guy. You simply cannot have this against better teams. You'd think he would have remedied this recurring problem in his injury riddled career yet it persists. He leaves way too many yards on the field often only taking what the line gives him and often tripped up by arm tackles or just falling forward in traffic leaving yardage. Randle or Ryan would have as many or more yards. A top five back would have had a 200 yard day with no fumbles. This guy won't even get an offer from this team.

The D can still get stronger with the return of Spencer and DLaw. Toomer may eventually contribute, but they are working their butts off. Roland is a lucky find.

I will be patient and hope Garrett gets another contract. I believe in what they are doing. I just think it's time to admit that Romo and Demarco are not part of this being a success.

I agree with you that Demarco can't keep fumbling at this rate. He was benched last preseason for it, and he's mostly just reverting back to careless fundamentals in traffic. It has to be addressed.

I'm worried a bit about Tony, too. I wasn't so much during camp, and I don't sweat the sacks (I'm ok with him taking a sack now and then if there's nothing there and no time to unload the ball). But his judgement was bad last week, and his mobility outside the pocket appears to be compromised. I can't decide if I think he's taking care of the ball and reigning in some of his wild-side because that's something they want to do more of this season with a new coordinator and now that they can rely more on the running game, or if he's just lost his quickness getting out of the pocket. I suspect it's the latter. I also suspect it's part of him getting back into shape this season, and the question is 'how much of that scrambling and extending plays that makes Romo special is gone now?' Hopefully, it's not, because I don't trust this early defense to keep up the decent play once we're going up against QBs who can throw a lot better than the first two guys we've faced.

EDIT: Here's his money quote from the post-game presser today: "I'm getting stronger every week. It’s a positive. It’s been good this last month." Maybe it is more of a process of rounding back into shape than we were aware of prior to the season starting.

 

[jobberone]

My concerns are of course the QB and what he has left. The passing game stretching the field more than they did today and the defense once it faces a QB who thrives in the pocket and can accurately deliver the football.

Not sure about Romo yet. I do have concerns about the lack of pressure (overall) getting the defense in more trouble when we face a better QB. Until we do then we'll just have to see what happens. Spencer will be back soon. I haven't followed Toomer. You'll eventually get Lawrence back. At that point I see an average or better DL. The LBs, as long as we have health there, are fine. We're thin at DB but OScan comes back next week.

What's the story with Wilcox?