Early Down Throwing % PFF

[jwooten15]

Listening to the postgame radio stream, and the guys shared a very telling (and potentially concerning) stat from PFF.

The following is the % of throws on first and second down this season:
Week 1: ~65%
Week 2: ~60%
Week 3: ~55%
Week 4: 50%

As we all know, Zeke wasn’t ready for a full workload to begin the season. But we might be witnessing a trend back to the “norm” of what we know the Cowboys to be - a team that is over-reliant on establishing a run game; and not worrying how effective it actually is.

We just kept feeding Zeke tonight, and were too stubborn to change it up. I pray this trend is bucked - and soon! We can not revert back to the antiquated system we’ve been running the last few years. I think we’ll get back to passing more, but those stats are a little scary.

 

[Creeper]

The plan looked conservative tonight. I wish they would run more play action on 2nd and 1, then go back to the run on 3rd and 1 if they don't make it on second down. But, the Cowboys OL was not winning the battles at the LOS.

 

[mattjames2010]

You don't pay this offensive line as much money as we have and the RB not to be a running team. I also just don't think the staff has much confidence in Dak.

I'm not against being run heavy, I'm against giving one RB 100% of the workload while every run is directly between the tackles.

 

[Tangle_Foot]

I'm scratching my head wondering why no targets to Devin Smith, the speedster, the Saints were all over the running game, even the short passes that were completed the saints were laying a pop on us. Yet we did nothing to back them off.

Just hope the team takes this loss to heart, when your hat gets handed to you, you had better find a way to keep it on your head.

 

[mmohican29]

You don't pay this offensive line as much money as we have and the RB not to be a running team. I also just don't think the staff has much confidence in Dak.

I'm not against being run heavy, I'm against giving one RB 100% of the workload while every run is directly between the tackles.

1) whatever staff doesnt have faith in Dak at this point needs to grab his pink slip and call it a day in Dallas

2) agree the run selections were horrific and repetitive. Even teams with bad OL's can have a good running game (ie. Seattle, Jax, SF). What is our excuse?