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I would say at 1-3 and in sole possession of last place, that the "panic button" time has come at Valley Ranch.
In all my years of watching this team (since 75) this has to be the most uninspired, underachieving bunch ever. The talent level is much too high to be continuously seeing these keystone cops like efforts. There are some holes, but in the end when you have cornerstone players at QB, WR (plural), TE, RB, LT, OLB (plural), NT and CB (plural) there just isnt any excuse for this kind of play.
Two weeks to prepare for a team I'd consider a fairly mediocre opponent, at home, and they were a flat out joke. Almost all teams eventually take on the persona of the HC, and unfortunately thats not a good thing here.
1) I dont know that it would do any good for this season, and I know Jerry has never done it before. But I think he has to fire Wade now. Wade's best asset is that he was supposed to be a defensive expert, but now the defense looks like a joke. So if he isnt coaching the defense up, he really isnt worth much here IMO. The team constantly comes up with flat, uninspired efforts that are plagued by stupid mistakes, turnovers and penalties. I'd promote Garrett, simply because there really isnt another option on the staff. Going outside to get another coach to come in NOW really isnt an option IMO. If nothing changes, at least you know then Garrett isnt the answer and you start over with a new search in January. The DC position then becomes a problem, but there are some options there and perhaps they could go outside to find someone to consult and/or call the defense.
2) We saw the best and worst of Romo yesterday. I think he's succumbing to the pressure (not pass rush pressure either) a little, feeling like he has to do SOMETHING. He took 1 or 2 sacks he didnt need to take (especially the one before Buehler's miss) and two of the picks were poor decisions, although I dont blame him much for the last one because of the situation. Otherwise he had a pretty sensational game.
3) I think they have to bench Alan Ball now. Its getting worse exponentially every week. He's a dreadful tackler and seems to be constantly out of position. Not sure what they are telling him to do, but he's never around the ball in the air. Sensabaugh isnt much better to be honest.
4) Mike Jenkins, that was one of the alltime clunker games. I do tend to give him some slack though, as he is proven to be a bigtime CB and I do believe he is playing less than 100% since that knee thing happened. Orlando Scandrick should join Ball on the bench though IMO. Guy is totally lost with the ball in the air.
5) Montrae Holland was a VAST improvement at RG over Leonard Davis, unfortunately he got hurt during the game and had to come out. Davis probably played better when he came back, but that wouldnt be saying much. I think it was him who missed the block on the 2nd and goal run by Jones, when he got drilled. Before he was benched, several of the sacks appeared to be his fault.
6) Most of the penalties were deserved yesterday IMO, but I still saw them as being incredibly one sided. But when the team leading the league in penalties and personal fouls comes into your place, and you outnumber them in penalties 12 to 4 with over 133 yds in yardage, something is wrong.
7) Great game wasted by Felix Jones, I think we've officially seen the end of the MBIII era here and barring injury, I doubt he ever gets more (or even the same) number of carries as Jones gets. I also dont recall Choice getting a single carry. With the team 1-3 and several teams badly needing RB's, I think Choice or Barber has a really decent chance of being traded before the deadline.
8) What a trio of WR's we're gonna have for years to come. Those thinking RW should have been cut a long time ago and would definitely have no future here, time for your serving of crow I think. He's a totally different player this year. Miles Austin is definitely one of the top 3 or 4 WR's in the league, and Bryant has STAR writen all over him. Could have had a long TD yesterday had Romo not overthrown him.
The season isnt over. We could make a run still, but those odds look extremely long to me. The stuff that has caused us to lose the 3 games in 4 tries isnt suddenly going to go away IMO. They are undisciplined. They are fundamentally poor in most areas. They make dumb mistakes in droves. I like Wade, nice guy. At times has been an exceptional defensive coach. But he's taken us as far as we can go. I dont think the team has quit on him by any means, but I do think they doubt him. Something's gotta change.
Jerry's got some tough decisions in the next week or so in regards to coaching and personnel. If they lose to Minny to fall to 1-4, they have to potentially start thinking about the offseason, and maybe put a few guys on the market to get draft picks. Probably will be time to consider some of the younger guys for bigger roles too.
In all my years of watching this team (since 75) this has to be the most uninspired, underachieving bunch ever. The talent level is much too high to be continuously seeing these keystone cops like efforts. There are some holes, but in the end when you have cornerstone players at QB, WR (plural), TE, RB, LT, OLB (plural), NT and CB (plural) there just isnt any excuse for this kind of play.
Two weeks to prepare for a team I'd consider a fairly mediocre opponent, at home, and they were a flat out joke. Almost all teams eventually take on the persona of the HC, and unfortunately thats not a good thing here.
1) I dont know that it would do any good for this season, and I know Jerry has never done it before. But I think he has to fire Wade now. Wade's best asset is that he was supposed to be a defensive expert, but now the defense looks like a joke. So if he isnt coaching the defense up, he really isnt worth much here IMO. The team constantly comes up with flat, uninspired efforts that are plagued by stupid mistakes, turnovers and penalties. I'd promote Garrett, simply because there really isnt another option on the staff. Going outside to get another coach to come in NOW really isnt an option IMO. If nothing changes, at least you know then Garrett isnt the answer and you start over with a new search in January. The DC position then becomes a problem, but there are some options there and perhaps they could go outside to find someone to consult and/or call the defense.
2) We saw the best and worst of Romo yesterday. I think he's succumbing to the pressure (not pass rush pressure either) a little, feeling like he has to do SOMETHING. He took 1 or 2 sacks he didnt need to take (especially the one before Buehler's miss) and two of the picks were poor decisions, although I dont blame him much for the last one because of the situation. Otherwise he had a pretty sensational game.
3) I think they have to bench Alan Ball now. Its getting worse exponentially every week. He's a dreadful tackler and seems to be constantly out of position. Not sure what they are telling him to do, but he's never around the ball in the air. Sensabaugh isnt much better to be honest.
4) Mike Jenkins, that was one of the alltime clunker games. I do tend to give him some slack though, as he is proven to be a bigtime CB and I do believe he is playing less than 100% since that knee thing happened. Orlando Scandrick should join Ball on the bench though IMO. Guy is totally lost with the ball in the air.
5) Montrae Holland was a VAST improvement at RG over Leonard Davis, unfortunately he got hurt during the game and had to come out. Davis probably played better when he came back, but that wouldnt be saying much. I think it was him who missed the block on the 2nd and goal run by Jones, when he got drilled. Before he was benched, several of the sacks appeared to be his fault.
6) Most of the penalties were deserved yesterday IMO, but I still saw them as being incredibly one sided. But when the team leading the league in penalties and personal fouls comes into your place, and you outnumber them in penalties 12 to 4 with over 133 yds in yardage, something is wrong.
7) Great game wasted by Felix Jones, I think we've officially seen the end of the MBIII era here and barring injury, I doubt he ever gets more (or even the same) number of carries as Jones gets. I also dont recall Choice getting a single carry. With the team 1-3 and several teams badly needing RB's, I think Choice or Barber has a really decent chance of being traded before the deadline.
8) What a trio of WR's we're gonna have for years to come. Those thinking RW should have been cut a long time ago and would definitely have no future here, time for your serving of crow I think. He's a totally different player this year. Miles Austin is definitely one of the top 3 or 4 WR's in the league, and Bryant has STAR writen all over him. Could have had a long TD yesterday had Romo not overthrown him.
The season isnt over. We could make a run still, but those odds look extremely long to me. The stuff that has caused us to lose the 3 games in 4 tries isnt suddenly going to go away IMO. They are undisciplined. They are fundamentally poor in most areas. They make dumb mistakes in droves. I like Wade, nice guy. At times has been an exceptional defensive coach. But he's taken us as far as we can go. I dont think the team has quit on him by any means, but I do think they doubt him. Something's gotta change.
Jerry's got some tough decisions in the next week or so in regards to coaching and personnel. If they lose to Minny to fall to 1-4, they have to potentially start thinking about the offseason, and maybe put a few guys on the market to get draft picks. Probably will be time to consider some of the younger guys for bigger roles too.
