dbair1967;3610289 said:
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.
I agree. The team is routinely unprepared to play, and even if they are prepared to play, they errors that they make (dumb penalites) are largely unacceptable. I understand that players make mistakes, and I even expect a holding call here or there, or an illegal use of hands if our guys are hustling, but the blocks in the back and personal fouls and other idiotic penalties have absolutely no excuse.
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.
I agree on Romo - I feel as if he feels like he has to make a play to try and make stuff happen. He definitely had to gamble a lot more yesterday than he normally does, and I place that blame solely on the offensive line, and more specifically on Davis and Gurode. I defended them in the offseason, and Gurode hasn't been too bad, but Davis looked like Alex Barron out there yesterday.
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.
Alan Ball, boy was I wrong. Sit him down now, and play Barry Church or Danny McCray. Scandrick should be moved in the offseason, and once again cornerback becomes a top priority in the draft.
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
Appears as if all Montrae Holland does is work hard and block people. Holland haters haven't seemed to be able to understand that, but now I wonder what the hell our coaching staff has been doing if Holland has been a baller and Davis has been a goat for quite some time. And no need to think it - Davis whiffed on a block that would have scored Felix, and all he had to do was block SOMEONE, not even one guy over the other.
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.
Triplette's crew. 'Nuff Said.
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.
LaMichael James is my pet cat for the draft (until I find a top flight CB or S...I think the guy from UCLA is a beast). Send Barber and Choice away if we can get James from Oregon, and call up LonYae from the practice squad to be the 3rd RB since he'll see the field as much as Choice anyway.
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.
Roy Williams proved to everyone that he has a spot on this team. Dez Bryant is definitely going to be our best WR one day, and Miles Austin is probably tops in the league right now.
Anyway the rest of your post I disagree with - the season isn't over only chronologically. As far as playoff hopes and championship hopes, we can just revert back to our old nickname: "Next Year's Champions."
