DMN Blog: Garrett: offense out of whack against Packers

[WoodysGirl]

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Offensive coordinator Jason Garrett confirmed what you already knew: the offense was out of whack against Green Bay.

That happens when you throw on the final 27 plays of the game in an attempt to catch up.

"That gets you out of whack,'' Garrett said. "You want to be balanced.

"I think we've been fairly balanced most of the year. We're among the more balanced offenses in the league, I think. That's what we want to do. We always try to do that. Unfortunately, some game circumstances got us in a situation where we had to throw a ton at the end and it gets us out of whack. That's not what we're trying to do.

"I think we've done a pretty good job of that over the course of the first nine games. It's not perfect. We've got a long way to go. We all know that. But sometimes, situations in games dictate you go one way or the other.''


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[BrAinPaiNt]

You can look at the stats and what he says is correct in the idea that they (stats) show the cowboys to be balanced between run and pass.

However what throws that up in the air is also the timing of the runs/pass ratio.

There are times when they go heavy on run and light on pass only to abandon the run later. So although the end result might be close to 50% in both categories, it is not through a whole game.There are also times when we pass pass pass and then only turn on the run game to help close out the second half. It kind of skews the idea of balanced even though the end stats might say they are balanced.

Hope that makes sense.

 

[Rampage]

You can look at the stats and what he says is correct in the idea that they (stats) show the cowboys to be balanced between run and pass.

However what throws that up in the air is also the timing of the runs/pass ratio.

There are times when they go heavy on run and light on pass only to abandon the run later. So although the end result might be close to 50% in both categories, it is not through a whole game.There are also times when we pass pass pass and then only turn on the run game to help close out the second half. It kind of skews the idea of balanced even though the end stats might say they are balanced.

Hope that makes sense.

well put, Beardman

 

[Idgit]

You can look at the stats and what he says is correct in the idea that they (stats) show the cowboys to be balanced between run and pass.

However what throws that up in the air is also the timing of the runs/pass ratio.

There are times when they go heavy on run and light on pass only to abandon the run later. So although the end result might be close to 50% in both categories, it is not through a whole game.There are also times when we pass pass pass and then only turn on the run game to help close out the second half. It kind of skews the idea of balanced even though the end stats might say they are balanced.

Hope that makes sense.

It does, and it highlights what's been the problem with our running game for the last three years. We run early, and we're typically ahead late and run to close out games, but our run blocking and our players can't necessarily grind when necessary against good defensive fronts. That, and the fact that we're penalized on offense so often we often take ourselves out of game situations where we realistically *can* run. It's a real problem.

 

[Randy White]

You can look at the stats and what he says is correct in the idea that they (stats) show the cowboys to be balanced between run and pass.

However what throws that up in the air is also the timing of the runs/pass ratio. .

 

[Alexander]

You can look at the stats and what he says is correct in the idea that they (stats) show the cowboys to be balanced between run and pass.

However what throws that up in the air is also the timing of the runs/pass ratio.

There are times when they go heavy on run and light on pass only to abandon the run later. So although the end result might be close to 50% in both categories, it is not through a whole game.There are also times when we pass pass pass and then only turn on the run game to help close out the second half. It kind of skews the idea of balanced even though the end stats might say they are balanced.

Hope that makes sense.

It makes perfect sense. At least it should.

His whole response here was defensive. I honestly hope he realizes he made some mistakes and modifies his approach. This has happened more than once over the last two seasons. If we are going to win the tough games, especially late in the season, we can't be a pass first team.

 

[sonnyboy]

You can look at the stats and what he says is correct in the idea that they (stats) show the cowboys to be balanced between run and pass.

However what throws that up in the air is also the timing of the runs/pass ratio.

There are times when they go heavy on run and light on pass only to abandon the run later. So although the end result might be close to 50% in both categories, it is not through a whole game.There are also times when we pass pass pass and then only turn on the run game to help close out the second half. It kind of skews the idea of balanced even though the end stats might say they are balanced.

Hope that makes sense.

It does.

I'm no one to usually cry for more running plays. It's a passing league now. You can't win running the ball. You have to pass it and pass it well.

I see winning teams every week with sad rushing stats. Sometimes they fail to avergae 3.0 yards a carry or even approach 100 total.
But I seldom see winners with poor passing stats. If you can't average better than 6.0 yards a pass, you almost never win.

The YPA stat is as good a winning indicator as the turn over stat.

With all tha said, we need to run the ball more often than we do.

Given the matchups Sunday, their isn't a logical reason we should have passed even one more time than we ran, until GB went up by 10.

We went into the 4th Q down by only 3. At that point we already had a heavy pass weigthed ratio.

 

[NextGenBoys]

You can look at the stats and what he says is correct in the idea that they (stats) show the cowboys to be balanced between run and pass.

However what throws that up in the air is also the timing of the runs/pass ratio.

There are times when they go heavy on run and light on pass only to abandon the run later. So although the end result might be close to 50% in both categories, it is not through a whole game.There are also times when we pass pass pass and then only turn on the run game to help close out the second half. It kind of skews the idea of balanced even though the end stats might say they are balanced.

Hope that makes sense.

It makes perfect sense, but where were all the people pissing and moaning when we were winning with the formula?

They weren't because it was working because the players were executing. Last year in Washington is a perfect example. Romo had 22 passes and Barber had 13 carries before the final two drives, yet Romo ended up with 27 passes and Barber ended up with 24 carries because we were up and milked the clock and won the game.

No one said we didnt run enough that game. In fact it was the exact opposite. Garrett got praise for finally finding the running game again.

 

[dbair1967]

Hopefully we win these next two. This crap is nauseating.

 

[DaBoys4Life]

Stats are for losers garrett.

 

[gmoney112]

We need to be a run first team.

 

[NextGenBoys]

Hopefully we win these next two. This crap is nauseating.

No joke

 

[dboyz]

It makes perfect sense. At least it should.

His whole response here was defensive. I honestly hope he realizes he made some mistakes and modifies his approach. This has happened more than once over the last two seasons. If we are going to win the tough games, especially late in the season, we can't be a pass first team.

I challenge you to cite examples after the 1st quarter when we should have run rather than passed. You could find a few examples of where we could have run it on 2nd and 6 or 2nd and 11 when we ran it on first down, but that doesn't mean passing was a bad idea.

 

[NextGenBoys]

I challenge you to cite examples after the 1st quarter when we should have run rather than passed. You could find a few examples of where we could have run it on 2nd and 6 or 2nd and 11 when we ran it on first down, but that doesn't mean passing was a bad idea.

Hindsight is always 20/20

 

[CF74]

Hopefully we win these next two. This crap is nauseating.

I'm sure we will but against weaker teams no less. Then a tough opponent shows up and....

 

[Beast_from_East]

Would somebody please tell Coach Tecmo to put the dam Playstation controller down and run the ball these next 2 games.

I am sick of this Madden "throw the ball every freaking play" crap.

:bang2: :bang2: :bang2: :bang2: :bang2: :bang2: :bang2: :bang2: :bang2:

 

[dbair1967]

I'm sure we will but against weaker teams no less. Then a tough opponent shows up and....

yeah, Philly and Atlanta werent tough opponents I suppose

 

[dbair1967]

Would somebody please tell Coach Tecmo to put the dam Playstation controller down and run the ball these next 2 games.

I am sick of this Madden "throw the ball every freaking play" crap.

:bang2: :bang2: :bang2: :bang2: :bang2: :bang2: :bang2: :bang2: :bang2:

we could say the same thing about CZ experts who apparently believe:

1) Every WR we have should have a minimum of 5 catches for 90 yds and a td
2) Both Witten and Bennett should each catch 4-6 passes for 50+ yds and a TD each
3) All three RB'should have 80-100 yds each on 10-12 carries each, and all will score a TD

:madden:

 

[CF74]

yeah, Philly and Atlanta werent tough opponents I suppose

Philly without Westbrook has a losing record and the Falcons have a really bad secondary but these two were the cream of the crop so far.

 

[RealCowboyfan]

To be honest with all Cowboy fans, I believe we should move from this game to another. I believe Jason persist on with the same strategy from Green Bay Packers game, and the Cowboys lose against the Commanders, it's time to do what Buffalo is doing, find a replacement.