DMN: Blog: Ed Reed isn't a Jason Garrett fan

[phillycard]

When you have multiple players stating roughly the same sort of thing, that DOES say something.

Not just multiple players, but multiple Hall Of Famers. Ed Reed can say whatever he want, and not be looked sideways at in my book.

 

[MONT17]

maybe Garrett should be like more like John Grudden and put in a 1000 plays per game plan!


take a look at the "playcalling" of the 3rd quarter opening drive in Super Bowl 28!

 

[Hostile]

Confucius say, better to be silent and thought a fool than to open mouth and remove all doubt.

 

[CF74]

Ed Reed must be really jealous right about now..

This kinda reminds me of Jon Kitna blasting us for using Bradie James in coverage:laugh2:

 

[28 Joker]

Some of this is a bit more subtle. It's not always about being "unexpected", but you have to strike a balance between finding plays that your personnel have the ability to execute perfectly but incorporate them in a way that, while the defense may suspect strongly that you will be running them at a given juncture, it cannot aggressively respond to counter them because of the evidence of plays from similar situations that could take advantage of that aggressiveness.

Historically Garrett has been "OK" about goading teams into these sorts of mistakes, and more so at the beginning of seasons and immediately after halftime (remember how dominant Dallas was in second halves in 2007? Don't tell me that our offense wasn't good at making adjustments). But this year the feints and maneuvers were just blunt instruments. That draw audible that Tony used so infuriatingly, the TO fake reverse nonsense even after it had been demonstrated that it wasn't a high upside play, etc.

Sometimes all it means is running the same off-tackle play 4 times effectively before you switch to a zone blocking scheme for a play to sucker the run blitz they send to counter. Our attempts at cuteness this year, instead, had all the gracefulness of a rusty sledgehammer.

But can we please dispense with the, "Jerry's keeping him cause him's an Ivy League edumacated graduwat, hur hur hur" nonsense? I've never heard that anywhere but on these boards, and now it's spread like wildfire, just like the juvenile "Tecmo" posts. Seriously, grow up.

It isn't my fault if the shoe fits. I didn't come up with the name, but it sure fits Garrett.

You know, when you call passes out of the endzone when you have very leaky protection and a 14-3 lead, you could be guilty of playing "Tecmo Bowl". I could go on and on and on... but I will spare everyone.

Someone needs to teach Jason Garrett that those are "the real" Giants, Eagles, and Cardinals. It isn't a video game. Tony Romo really is getting the crap beat out of him; don't hold the ball all day while looking for the bomb or big play. Don't lose the game. You would think a $ 3 million dollar coordinator would have the instincts to feel the flow of the game and manage it appropriately.

Throwing the ball on 3rd and inches, at Philadelphia, after converting about 3 3rd and 1 runs is Tecmo City.