Elite offense?

[shabazz]

The offense has already shown they can be effective.....but can they be consistent?

Got to get the running game up to par

 

[Gangsta Spanksta]

Don't kid yourself sir. If Kyle Shanahan was running the Cowboys offense, no way in hell would they have lost to the Bucs. They might even be undefeated given the talent at the skill positions. The Cowboys ran a feast or famine offense Thursday night, chock full of vertical routes that often gave Prescott no way to beat the pressure he was under. Schottenheimer mailed it in big time. The all-22 doesn't lie. I watched every offensive and defensive snap.

note to self, add what if to the should, woulda, coulda's.

 

[kskboys]

There is post after post complaining that the offense isn’t doing enough. Usually it’s focused on Dak and how we don’t have a real QB, but if we did then we would be winning. But it isn’t exclusively about Dak. If the offense misses a few plays they have failed. If the defense makes a few plays that should be enough.

No one directly says the defense is fine. But it’s still 5 threads to 1 about the offense. We tied the Ravens game with 7 seconds left and lost, and the complaints were about the offense.

Of course, Dak has been soso the entire season. However, it doesn't follow that no one complains about the D.

The QB position is always the most talked about item of any NFL team.

 

[GMO415]

Anyone that says this needs to stop. This is a compiler against bad teams. Anytime this offense goes against a good Defense they become mediocre.

Just stop with the “this offense is great” nonsense.

Correction, its GOTI.

 

[Captain43Crash]

It’s elite. Greatest offense there is.

This is sarcasm!!!

 

[Captain43Crash]

You have to understand. We really have some extremely dumb people who post here. No need to sugar coat it. Im going to call it like I see it.

Anytime the Cowboys offense is top 2, top 3, and people here are saying the problem with our team is the offense, despite the defense being bottom 3??? They're dumb as a bag of rocks, period. Thank God for the many highly intelligent posters that we DO have here, but there's an alarming number of people here with extremely low IQs.

Im surprised that they even know how to cut their phones or computers off and on. I would bet top dollars that we have arguably some of the dumbest fans in the NFL.

Im not even joking.

Do you understand the nuances of the English language?
Almost no one on this forum says the Offense is the main problem on this team. Almost everyone agrees, if not every one, that the main problem on this team is the defense or the coaching.

What some fans on this site are tired of hearing are some fans talking about how elite this offense is.

If this offense is so elite how come they have played crappy in at least 40% of their games this year. The offense played crappy game vs TB and vs the Giants. And they played a crappy 1st half vs the Texans.

The defense sucks AND our offense is FAR from elite!!!!!!

 

[pansophy]

Of course, Dak has been soso the entire season. However, it doesn't follow that no one complains about the D.

The QB position is always the most talked about item of any NFL team.

3rd in QBR isn’t good enough? https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/player/_/table/passing/sort/adjQBR/dir/desc

 

[kevinhickey]

Anyone that says this needs to stop. This is a compiler against bad teams. Anytime this offense goes against a good Defense they become mediocre.

Just stop with the “this offense is great” nonsense.

Totally agree

 

[kskboys]

3rd in QBR isn’t good enough? https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/player/_/table/passing/sort/adjQBR/dir/desc

It is not. Unless you can build a Texans-type D. Which is impossible considering the extreme money spent on O.

 

[GINeric]

It is not. Unless you can build a Texans-type D. Which is impossible considering the extreme money spent on O.

Well Texans only have one win so far, so that Texans type D apparently can't do it all. I think there has to be more of a balance between the offense and defense in order to have real success.

I will say this... great coaching can elevate under-achieving players on both sides of the ball. I think great coaching is what we need most and haven't had since Parcells left the building.

All the offensive and defensive talent in the world guarantees nothing.

 

[pansophy]

It is not. Unless you can build a Texans-type D. Which is impossible considering the extreme money spent on O.

I'm simply saying that our QB having the 3rd best QBR is better than playing so so. Spending more money on defense makes sense to me, though Jerry would say he has spent on defense. Just seems like we have paid big dollars to Diggs and Bland for below average performance...

 

[kskboys]

Well Texans only have one win so far, so that Texans type D apparently can't do it all. I think there has to be more of a balance between the offense and defense in order to have real success.

I will say this... great coaching can elevate under-achieving players on both sides of the ball. I think great coaching is what we need most and haven't had since Parcells left the building.

All the offensive and defensive talent in the world guarantees nothing.

No one said it could.

 

[kskboys]

I'm simply saying that our QB having the 3rd best QBR is better than playing so so. Spending more money on defense makes sense to me, though Jerry would say he has spent on defense. Just seems like we have paid big dollars to Diggs and Bland for below average performance...

Crapp, more Dak stuff.

Dak is on and off. He's great at times, but then has periods where he seems just awkward. If you're only using stats to judge, your results will be inaccurate.

Neither Diggs nor Bland was ever great at coverage. Paying them huge money was foolish

 

[CT Dal Fan]

To be honest the Bucs game was the only bad outing of 2026 for the offense. The week one numbers were bad but they simply did not have many possessions. Moved the ball and scored when they had the ball.

 

[Jfconrow]

They are elite on offense and with no run game. Lamb, Pickens and the TE are great. Plus Dak knows the offense that is enough and they air it out all the time.

 

[IceStar-D7]

I just don't understand why Dak is always missing CeeDee wide opened deep. I can recall at least two times already this season where CeeDee was running all by himself for a sure TD if Dak sees him. These two should never not be on the same page.

 

[Cowboys5217]

We are only elite at sucking

There's nobody better than the Cowboys at finding unique and embarrassing ways to lose, though some of our division rivals are giving it their best shots lately, lol.

 

[Cowboys5217]

I just don't understand why Dak is always missing CeeDee wide opened deep. I can recall at least two times already this season where CeeDee was running all by himself for a sure TD if Dak sees him. These two should never not be on the same page.

Dak's deep throw has always been weak. Even when he completes them, how many times did the receiver have to adjust to make the catch which allows the DB to recover and make the tackle when it would have been an easy TD if Dak puts the ball on the money and in stride of the WR? More often than not this is the case even though Dak's raw stats look good because he had a completion with a lot of yards, but it should have been a TD.

 

[Shane612]

After watching Allen and Stafford sling the ball around like it was nothing to any spot on the field, I realize what the cowboys’ offense lack.

 

[Flamma]

I'm simply saying that our QB having the 3rd best QBR is better than playing so so.

Stats have no context. Better to throw 5 picks in a game, yet have the game winning drive at the end, over throwing 1 pick that loses the game. Lots of different examples as well. The winning drive against Houston was great. If he did that more often, no one would care about his QBR. Stats are brought up more often than not to defend what we see on the field.