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Marion Barber's thumb gave him problems
3:11 PM Mon, Nov 16, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Marion Barber had four carries for 27 yards in the first quarter and then had just one carry the rest of the game.
We'll get into Jason Garrett's playcalling later in this post, but Wade Phillips said Barber's fractured thumb was giving him problems in pass protection, which is why he was not on the field much in the second half.
That makes some sense considering the Cowboys had to throw it every play on their last two series with the score 17-0. You don't want a player unable to pick up blitzers on the field.
But it didn't hurt him running the ball and the Cowboys did not do enough of that in the first half. The Cowboys ran the ball twice in the second quarter for 3 yards on four drives. In Tony Romo's seven pass attempts he was sacked twice and had an incompletion. One drive ended with Roy Williams' fumble.
With a scoreless game, I think Garrett got a little heavy on the pass there in the second quarter.
Now in the third quarter, the Cowboys ran eight plays. By the time they got the ball in the fourth quarter - 13:14 left in the game - the Packers had a 10-0 lead. The Cowboys went shotgun three straight times and it ended with Charles Woodson's sack/fumble.
Could they have run it there more? Sure. After that, however, the running game had to go out the window with a 17-0 deficit.
3:11 PM Mon, Nov 16, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Todd Archer/Reporter Bio | E-mail | News tips
Marion Barber had four carries for 27 yards in the first quarter and then had just one carry the rest of the game.
We'll get into Jason Garrett's playcalling later in this post, but Wade Phillips said Barber's fractured thumb was giving him problems in pass protection, which is why he was not on the field much in the second half.
That makes some sense considering the Cowboys had to throw it every play on their last two series with the score 17-0. You don't want a player unable to pick up blitzers on the field.
But it didn't hurt him running the ball and the Cowboys did not do enough of that in the first half. The Cowboys ran the ball twice in the second quarter for 3 yards on four drives. In Tony Romo's seven pass attempts he was sacked twice and had an incompletion. One drive ended with Roy Williams' fumble.
With a scoreless game, I think Garrett got a little heavy on the pass there in the second quarter.
Now in the third quarter, the Cowboys ran eight plays. By the time they got the ball in the fourth quarter - 13:14 left in the game - the Packers had a 10-0 lead. The Cowboys went shotgun three straight times and it ended with Charles Woodson's sack/fumble.
Could they have run it there more? Sure. After that, however, the running game had to go out the window with a 17-0 deficit.
