Dak or Zeke

[Chuck 54]

They both need each other.

 

[aikemirv]

Until we create a scheme or gameplan that doesn't depend on a bellcow RB, it will always be Zeke's team. Just like it was Murray's team in 2014.

No, it was always Romo's team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dfense]

Until we create a scheme or gameplan that doesn't depend on a bellcow RB, it will always be Zeke's team. Just like it was Murray's team in 2014.

The difference in 2014 was they had a QB who threw for 1st downs on 3rd and short with regularity. Romo was money on anything 3rd and 5 or less.

 

[dfense]

The first drive of the second half, Morris had two huge runs and it was Dak that wet the bed.

That awful sideline throw, balls thrown at the feet of WRs in screens...

From the gun. 60 yard return to open the game. Dak three and out. 3 picks and a fumble. Although one of those picks wasn't on him, the other two were horrendous picks. His first one to Dez, he stepped into it like Happy Gilmore and it only went 45 yards. Never came close to reaching Dez. He sails the 3rd and 2 over Beasley's head by 10 yards. And that last pick, where is he throwing that? Even when they started running effectively, Dak can't hold up his end. The most glaring issue with Dak is, he waits for guys to get open. He's late because of that. The ball needs to be there when the receiver breaks and Dak waits for him to break. Huge problem.

 

[dfense]

Dak's fine. He's still a nice young QB we lucked into as late in the draft as we found him.

But our offense has to stick to the running game much, much more resiliently. It's not Zeke in particular, it's the running game in general. McFadden walked in off the street as an unwanted free agent and was 4th highest rusher in the league in our offense in a season when our offense was missing Romo and, for half the year, Dez. Morris was an unwanted guy in this league, and he does just fine when we call a bunch of running plays for him.

It doesn't take any magic spell or special elixir. It takes calling running plays in the booth and not audibling into passing plays at the line of scrimmage except in very special circumstances. Do that, and the run game does its job and the offense is so much harder to defend.

Call unnecessary passing plays too often, and bad things happen and our defense spends more time on the field and we fall behind and force ourselves into passing even more. Drives stall, and unnecessary interceptions start to happen. And almost never needs to happen, except for that our team is too enamored with the passing game and too quick to jump on any excuse not to run.

Just run it more. It isn't that hard. And you don't have to have Elliott to do it.

What are you watching? run 2 yards, run 3 yards, pass incomplete, Punt.

 

[dfense]

Morris isn't serviceable.

He was averaging 5.4 yards a carry last night. Dak averged 4.7 throwing. Who wasn't serviceable?

 

[khiladi]

From the gun. 60 yard return to open the game. Dak three and out. 3 picks and a fumble. Although one of those picks wasn't on him, the other two were horrendous picks. His first one to Dez, he stepped into it like Happy Gilmore and it only went 45 yards. Never came close to reaching Dez. He sails the 3rd and 2 over Beasley's head by 10 yards. And that last pick, where is he throwing that? Even when they started running effectively, Dak can't hold up his end. The most glaring issue with Dak is, he waits for guys to get open. He's late because of that. The ball needs to be there when the receiver breaks and Dak waits for him to break. Huge problem.

I don’t know why he has that issue, because when he’s on the run he’s really accurate. It’s whe he’s in the pocket and has to be “more intellectual”, maybe he’s processing the reads too much.

 

[khiladi]

Dak's fine. He's still a nice young QB we lucked into as late in the draft as we found him.

But our offense has to stick to the running game much, much more resiliently. It's not Zeke in particular, it's the running game in general. McFadden walked in off the street as an unwanted free agent and was 4th highest rusher in the league in our offense in a season when our offense was missing Romo and, for half the year, Dez. Morris was an unwanted guy in this league, and he does just fine when we call a bunch of running plays for him.

It doesn't take any magic spell or special elixir. It takes calling running plays in the booth and not audibling into passing plays at the line of scrimmage except in very special circumstances. Do that, and the run game does its job and the offense is so much harder to defend.

Call unnecessary passing plays too often, and bad things happen and our defense spends more time on the field and we fall behind and force ourselves into passing even more. Drives stall, and unnecessary interceptions start to happen. And almost never needs to happen, except for that our team is too enamored with the passing game and too quick to jump on any excuse not to run.

Just run it more. It isn't that hard. And you don't have to have Elliott to do it.

Yes, McFadden averaged over a thousand yards, but most of it was in between the twenties. Our red zone offense was absolutely horrid, because it’s easier to stop the run when you got much less yardage to work with and our QBs were trash.

You have to be able to scheme TDs..

 

[sean10mm]

3. Tyron Smith.

Garrett wants to cosplay as the 1990s Cowboys, but his Emmitt stand-in is suspended, his Irvin stand-in can't get separation and has brick hands now, and his Great Wall collapses into a puddle of piss the second anybody gets a boo-boo.

It's a farce.

 

[Thomas82]

Zeke is a game changer. Zeke gets yards after contact. Morris, a serviceable back, does not. That is the difference. I saw another couple holes open that Zeke would have popped but Morris doesn't have it. Zeke is an MVP caliber player by himself. With Zeke, Dak is an MVP caliber player.

Agreed!!