Cooks and Gallup

[Cowboysheelsreds058]

Yall remember that pass to Gallup when we were backed up against our end zone?

Dude lobbed a go-route pass

That could have been big right there and maybe fired up the D. I knew the first drive of the game, when down 7-0 and he overthrew the rookie TE it was going to be long night for the D.

 

[Shane612]

Wow those 3 years went by pretty fast!

Good one.

 

[McKDaddy]

Lol this is stupid.

The 49ers are a one-read offense.

It's one heck of a read then. You would think someone would just take away the first read.

 

[boysfanperiod]

Cooks has been disappointing and Gallup is what he is.

But the problem is, and has been, the scheme. This conservative nonsense that they keep trying is a death sentence. It gets you nowhere, even when it's effective.

How can we fix it? The offense legit looks the same. Dak is a conservative passer. That is the pattern of his game. People don't call him dink and dunk for nothing. He's earned it.
I just answered my own question.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

How can we fix it? The offense legit looks the same. Dak is a conservative passer. That is the pattern of his game. People don't call him drink and dunk for nothing. He's earned it.
I just answered my own question.

Throw the ball down the field.

It has nothing to do with Dak. It's scared playcalling, the same nonsense they've been doing for years.

 

[RS12]

Wait, what? We are excellent at drafting and trading. I read it right here.

 

[Creeper]

Cooks is the wrong receiver for a QB like Dak. I agree he needs someone like Hopkins but Jerry was never going to sign Hopkins.
The Cowboys won't admit it but they have CAP problems. They are about $7 million under the CAP now but with CeeDee, and others to re-sign that money is spoken for. In the meantime the 49ers are $40 million under the CAP and will carry that over into next year. Purdy is not going to get a deal like Dak's Purdy will come cheap because he does not appear to overvalue himself like Dak does.

I hate to say it but Jerry has to get over Dak. He needs to begin preparing for life and team without Dak. Maybe that is what Trey Lance is. The QB is such an important position in the NFL these days so you cannot win without one who is a winner. Dak is not going to get better. He cannot see the field and he does not process information quickly. This is not something a new system or coach can fix. It is Dak's limitation and probably why he dropped to the 4th round. If Dallas did not draft him who knows how far he might have fallen.

Let me ask this question. What is Dak's strength? What does he do best? What pass is his bread and butter? What read does he make quickly? I can't give an answer to any of these questions. What I know is he is always late throwing the ball and when he is late he makes mistakes. The Cowboys got Cooks on Fred Warner, a LB and Cooks toasted him. Dak threw the ball late and 3 yards out of bounds. If Dak puts that ball in the field of play, Cooks score a much needed TD.

Cooks gets open again downfield and Dak doesn't see the safety over the top. He overthrows Cook's by 10 yards and the safety catches it like a punt and returns it. Cooks is useless on Dallas because Daks will never hit him on those plays. Dak gets worse every year with his accuracy. In the meantime Brock Purdy is dropping passes just over the finger tips of LVE and right into the hands of his receiver who catches the pass in stride.

 

[zeke21]

Cooks not getting a lot of opportunity. He had two really good chances for big plays against SF.. and Dak missed the pass on both. The one where it was well out of bounds was the worst.. Cooks had two steps on the defender and plenty of room.. looked back for the ball and it wasn't just poor timing.. it actually landed out of bounds by a margin. No way Cooks had a chance to catch it in bounds. That was the worst throw of the day (and there were a few to choose from).. if that was a better throw then it is almost a TD play.. cooks was out and away.

 

[boysfanperiod]

Throw the ball down the field.

It has nothing to do with Dak. It's scared playcalling, the same nonsense they've been doing for years.

It has everything to do with Dak. He's been on the team much longer than the wideouts and ends. This is not an abberration like you said this has been happening for years.

I will give it that our WRs and TEs are not physical enough and not getting open. However, I don't think they don't know how to get down field or work the middle.

Dak is favoring a certain side of the field and it's the sidelines. It's easy to defend until he can show he can beat you down the field. The running game will open up when the passing gets going.

I saw a db dropback when Rush came in. Why? There was no need for him to do that the game was won. No one respects Dak's game and will gladly goad him into throwing.

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

The Cowboys won't admit it but they have CAP problems.

Entirely created by Dak's contract. People keep saying that the cap won't be a problem that the NFL will increase the cap. Yea, the NFL increases the cap only so much. That doesn't negate the fact that you have a non-performing player sucking the life out of and limiting what you can do year over year.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

Purdy is not going to get a deal like Dak's Purdy will come cheap because he does not appear to overvalue himself like Dak does

Lmao. This is such total and complete nonsense.

 

[Cowboysheelsreds058]

Cooks is the wrong receiver for a QB like Dak. I agree he needs someone like Hopkins but Jerry was never going to sign Hopkins.
The Cowboys won't admit it but they have CAP problems. They are about $7 million under the CAP now but with CeeDee, and others to re-sign that money is spoken for. In the meantime the 49ers are $40 million under the CAP and will carry that over into next year. Purdy is not going to get a deal like Dak's Purdy will come cheap because he does not appear to overvalue himself like Dak does.

I hate to say it but Jerry has to get over Dak. He needs to begin preparing for life and team without Dak. Maybe that is what Trey Lance is. The QB is such an important position in the NFL these days so you cannot win without one who is a winner. Dak is not going to get better. He cannot see the field and he does not process information quickly. This is not something a new system or coach can fix. It is Dak's limitation and probably why he dropped to the 4th round. If Dallas did not draft him who knows how far he might have fallen.

Let me ask this question. What is Dak's strength? What does he do best? What pass is his bread and butter? What read does he make quickly? I can't give an answer to any of these questions. What I know is he is always late throwing the ball and when he is late he makes mistakes. The Cowboys got Cooks on Fred Warner, a LB and Cooks toasted him. Dak threw the ball late and 3 yards out of bounds. If Dak puts that ball in the field of play, Cooks score a much needed TD.

Cooks gets open again downfield and Dak doesn't see the safety over the top. He overthrows Cook's by 10 yards and the safety catches it like a punt and returns it. Cooks is useless on Dallas because Daks will never hit him on those plays. Dak gets worse every year with his accuracy. In the meantime Brock Purdy is dropping passes just over the finger tips of LVE and right into the hands of his receiver who catches the pass in stride.

This, you nailed this Mark Twain novel my man (like Bob Purple Haze does). Even before Dak got hurt, I always said it was easy to game plan for Dak because he never runs the ball on away games (only ran at home games). Now since the injury, he is not running at any games home nor away and he is a Dan Marino statue back there without his passing abilities and skills.

 

[dware94]

Cooks not getting a lot of opportunity. He had two really good chances for big plays against SF.. and Dak missed the pass on both. The one where it was well out of bounds was the worst.. Cooks had two steps on the defender and plenty of room.. looked back for the ball and it wasn't just poor timing.. it actually landed out of bounds by a margin. No way Cooks had a chance to catch it in bounds. That was the worst throw of the day (and there were a few to choose from).. if that was a better throw then it is almost a TD play.. cooks was out and away.

I have nothing against Cooks. For this type of offense, he's not the type we needed. Hopkins is excellent at working the 5 - 20 yard routes all over the field. We could have got him for the exact thing we gave up for Cooks.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

It has everything to do with Dak.

Nope. Dak didn't play well yesterday but there is no QB who is successful in that game. First drive encapsulates this entire offense.

1. Run for no yards.
2. Isolate MG13 and make him beat man coverage, which he can't.
3. 3rd and long

There is no chance for a QB to be successful in this system because the system itself is totally flawed.

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

No one respects Dak's game and will gladly goad him into throwing.

The 49-ers have said this over and over again for the last 3 times these teams have met. When do people actually believe them? Dak Prescott isn't a very good QB. They have proven it 3 times now in exactly the same way. Stop the run force Dak Prescott to beat them with his arm.

 

[McMicah]

Remember that time cooks had his man beat by 3 strides and Dak could’ve thrown it literally anywhere downfield and it would’ve been a TD but he threw it *checks notes* out of bounds….nice

 

[wssaustin]

His long passes looked like punts. He doesn't have a strong arm or touch so he lofts it up and hopes his WRs can come down with it.

Too many needles on the planting leg, must hurt.

 

[LysleE]

The WCO is perfect for a qb that's smart and accurate. Need the anticipation, timing and accuracy to be able to hit wrs in stride out of their breaks. Dak has none of that, Purdy has all of it.

Dallas fired KM last year; MM dumbed down the offense to minimize Dak’s decision making; JJ bought in a 1000 yard WR in the off-season giving Dak another weapon. How many chances does Dak get to prove he is the QB for this team?

 

[boysfanperiod]

Cooks not getting a lot of opportunity. He had two really good chances for big plays against SF.. and Dak missed the pass on both. The one where it was well out of bounds was the worst.. Cooks had two steps on the defender and plenty of room.. looked back for the ball and it wasn't just poor timing.. it actually landed out of bounds by a margin. No way Cooks had a chance to catch it in bounds. That was the worst throw of the day (and there were a few to choose from).. if that was a better throw then it is almost a TD play.. cooks was out and away.

The worse part of this "new offense " is that it is based on timing. Yet, the ball is coming out late. I don't know if Dak doesn't trust his receivers or not but he should have thrown the ball even before Cooks made his break. He had a step on the defender. It seems like Dak needs to see where the receiver will be before he throws. His anticipation is wanting.

 

[boysfanperiod]

The 49-ers have said this over and over again for the last 3 times these teams have met. When do people actually believe them? Dak Prescott isn't a very good QB. They have proven it 3 times now in exactly the same way. Stop the run force Dak Prescott to beat them with his arm.

When a defensive player who had been disruptive all game and made key plays says his favorite part was the interception. You gotta believe it.