Cowboy Fans Still Stuck On Triplets Blueprint

[Idgit]

Any means of moving the ball and the chains, damn it is not all about passing, yes passing is important being 1 dimensional is not a good thing. Being able to be balanced does work and running game can play as big a part in an offense. I know you like to claim this is all about passing it is not, it is still football and running still can play a critical role for many offenses. Dallas has been very successful throughout the franchise history when they have been able to pass and run. When we become nothing more than a passing team we fail. You say pass defense to me you have to play quality defense run and pass. If you can’t stop the run teams will shove that ball down your throat and not have to put the ball up much. This is still football not madden where you throw in 99 percent of the time.

We've been round and round on this argument, so I've sort of given up on you representing my position accurately, but I've never said it's all about passing. I've always said that there are obvious running situations and every offense needs to execute them, because they're key to moving the chains. Running the ball also helps you avoid bad passing situations, which plays right into the passing effectiveness argument. I've never said that balance didn't work, because that would be silly. Balance works--when you're able to pass effectively. And if you can't, balance doesn't help you at all.

But my point above remains: you don't need to run the ball effectively in order to move the chains and control ToP. You can just run in in the running downs and distances and convert with an effective passing game and be perfectly effective. And passing the ball keeps the clock moving too, as long as you're completing plays. And if you're converting, the clock moves anyway. Sure, you score faster, but you can't make an argument that scoring more points faster is bad for the team overall, so it's moot.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

We lost those games in previous years because of a league-bottom defense.

On a points/offensive series basis our 2013 offense was nearly as effective as our 2014 offense. It was our defense that improved from atrocious to poor that helped us win a few of those close games.

We lost a lot of those games because the offense couldn't get out of it's way. The defense didn't help matters either but we should have won some of those games if we had a better offensive plan.

 

[foofighters]

What qualifies as a good D? Last year we were ranked 19th on defense. That is slightly below middle of the road.

I never said we had a good D. I am merely stating what can make a good team. In no way did I allude that our D was good last year. You did that all by yourself.

 

[Idgit]

We lost a lot of those games because the offense couldn't get out of it's way. The defense didn't help matters either but we should have won some of those games if we had a better offensive plan.

Not really. You can always win more by playing better on offense, if you can play well enough. But we were top 5 again in 2013 on a points/offensive series basis. yeah, you could say we ought to be top 2 or top 3 to win more, but at some point you have to look that bottom-5 defense right in the eye and ask it what the hell it thinks it's doing out there.

No matter how you slice it, it's screamingly obvious where we get the most bang for our buck with our cap and draft resources. Which is why you're seeing the team do exactly what they've done here in the offseason.

 

[ufcrules1]

I never said we had a good D. I am merely stating what can make a good team. In no way did I allude that our D was good last year. You did that all by yourself.

Nah, I was just asking your opinion. I thought our defense was decent last year. In this salary cap era we are in right now we can't expect to be dominant in all areas of the field.

 

[cajuncocoa]

I'm stuck on whatever it takes to win. The triplet blueprint seemed to work well last year. If we can win without it, fine. I'm just not one of those fans that think we can lose everyone and still win. We need Dez, people. Anyone who thinks we can lose Murray and Dez and still do just as well as we did with them is delusional.

 

[Vinnie2u]

These days you can't spend 20 million on a QB.. 14 million on a WR and 8 million on a RB.. That 30% of the salary cap on 3 players..