DeMarco's last fumble

bkight13 said:
Please, mistakes happen all game, every game. Obsessing over Murray's mistake while ignoring everyone else's mistakes is silly. If Martin makes his block on Peppers he never has a chance to knock the ball out. The 'what if' game is pointless. What if Scandrick intercepted that deflected ball on the last drive and returned it for a TD. Instead he got turned around and allowed Cobb to make a game clinching catch. I guess he should be released as well.
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When you lead the league in fumbles lost, you do not get the benefit of the doubt from me. But I'm objective and I don't blame other ppl for Murray's fumble. If that had been his first second or third fumble of the season maybe I'd see it your way. It was his 6th fumble. I'm not blaming him for the loss, I'm blaming him for the fumble. Which apparently is too harsh to admit for some.
 
TrailBlazer said:
When you lead the league in fumbles lost, you do not get the benefit of the doubt from me. But I'm objective and I don't blame other ppl for Murray's fumble. If that had been his first second or third fumble of the season maybe I'd see it your way. It was his 6th fumble. I'm not blaming him for the loss, I'm blaming him for the fumble. Which apparently is too harsh to admit for some.
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You can blame anyone you want. I'll take his production.
 
mrtxstar said:
Why can't you take is production and hold him accountable for is fumbles?
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How am I supposed to hold him accountable? Send him to his room???

It stinks but his production outweighs the negatives. I don't want to cut Romo because he throws some picks.

Dez had a fumbling problem too. I'm glad we didn't give up on him for it.
 
bkight13 said:
How am I supposed to hold him accountable? Send him to his room???

It stinks but his production outweighs the negatives. I don't want to cut Romo because he throws some picks.

Dez had a fumbling problem too. I'm glad we didn't give up on him for it.
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I'm trying to have a mature conversation here and you just seem to want to be a smart aleck. Enjoy talking to yourself.
 
mrtxstar said:
I'm trying to have a mature conversation here and you just seem to want to be a smart aleck. Enjoy talking to yourself.
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You asked a question and I answered it. If you my answer irritates you, don't ask questions you won't answer yourself.

Seriously what does holding him accountable mean? He knows he fumbled and he knows it stinks. Benching him doesn't make the team better. Letting him go back out there, like in the GB game, and breaking a big run and scoring a TD is a better way to handle to it. How long do you want to beat him down for a mistake?
 
bkight13 said:
You asked a question and I answered it. If you my answer irritates you, don't ask questions you won't answer yourself.

Seriously what does holding him accountable mean? He knows he fumbled and he knows it stinks. Benching him doesn't make the team better. Letting him go back out there, like in the GB game, and breaking a big run and scoring a TD is a better way to handle to it. How long do you want to beat him down for a mistake?
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Stop talking to me. I don't converse with trolls.
 
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No excuse for Murray fumble as a ball carrier it is his responsibility to hold on to the ball. I think it should also be mentioned that on the next series Murray ran for 31 yards and a TD to put Dallas up 21 to 13.
 
Derinyar said:
That fumble was, in my opinion, and exceptional play by Peppers more then it was a careless play by Murray. Yes, it did potentially cost us the football game but your opponents great players are going to occasionally make great plays.
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I disagree if he runs through line protecting ball with top arm and bottom arm on football no way he fumbles, That was a very bad play and so was the missed kickoff recovery thats what lead to the loss
 
That was not a great play by Peppers.

It was a horribly careless and irresponsible play by Murray.

And it cost the Cowboys a trip to Seattle in my opinion, along with Bailey's miss. It should have been 24-7 right there.
 
Peppers made a good play. The thing that some do not take into account is that defensive players reach for ballcarriers throughout every football game--often failing to dislodge the ball. Additionally, a ballcarrier must be constantly wary of his own teammates involuntarily throwing a hand or elbow into them. Maintaining ball security is imperative anywhere on the field--a fact that even a defensive player like Leon Lett can attest--but its importance grows the closer the ballcarrier is to the line of scrimmage. Proper ball security is no less important for a backup offensive guard, trying to advance a fumble, than it has for every running back to have or will ever play the game.
 
What probably hurt the Cowboys more than Murray's fumble was the sequence right before the half. The Cowboys had a 3rd and 1 at the Packers 27 and instead of pounding the ball for the first down Romo tossed one down the field incomplete to Twill. The Cowboys had to settle for a 45 yard FG attempt but a false start moved the ball back 5 yards which led to Bailey's attempt being blocked. With only 29 seconds left in the half the Packers moved from their own 40 to the Cowboys 22 and were able to end the half with a FG. That was at least a 6 point swing giving the Packers some momentum at the half. Rodgers who was off his game for much of the first half started to find his groove on that drive and it carried over to the second half.
 
sunbum said:
I regularly peruse here, participate plenty too and surprised I'm not seeing the angst on DeMarco's 3rd quarter fumble that I hold as being huge and unacceptable. He proved to be a workhorse this year but that one play, when we needed him most, he didn't deliver, period! With a potential new contact looming, that fail was a back breaker and shouldn't be glazed over......
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If there is one word I find unacceptable it is unacceptable. There is nothing we can do about it and whether we accept it or not, is meaningless.
 
KJJ said:
What probably hurt the Cowboys more than Murray's fumble was the sequence right before the half. The Cowboys had a 3rd and 1 at the Packers 27 and instead of pounding the ball for the first down Romo tossed one down the field incomplete to Twill. The Cowboys had to settle for a 45 yard FG attempt but a false start moved the ball back 5 yards which led to Bailey's attempt being blocked. With only 29 seconds left in the half the Packers moved from their own 40 to the Cowboys 22 and were able to end the half with a FG. That was at least a 6 point swing giving the Packers some momentum at the half. Rodgers who was off his game for much of the first half started to find his groove on that drive and it carried over to the second half.
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It didn't give the Packers "momentum" (now there's an overused word), it gave them points.

The Packers' first drive after the half ended in a punt. Rodgers was 0-2 on that drive. Then the Cowboys had the Murray fumble, which the Packers could only convert into a FG (even with a 29-yard run by Lacy on their second play). Then the Cowboys drove for a TD. There was no "momentum" that carried over to the second half for the Packers.
 
erod said:
That was not a great play by Peppers.

It was a horribly careless and irresponsible play by Murray.

And it cost the Cowboys a trip to Seattle in my opinion, along with Bailey's miss. It should have been 24-7 right there.
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It was clearly carelessness by Murray that caused that fumble. There's no excuse for a back to fumble especially a back like Murray who had fumbling issues all season. He has to be aware that defenders are going to try and strip him and it's clear by the video he didn't have the ball secure which had been an issue with him all season. He had 6 fumbles counting the playoff game and lost everyone of them.
 
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