ESPN: Cowboys' Dez Bryant likes operating out of slot

[NeonNinja]

So for the record, fans on this board were smarter than our offensive coaches.

Imagine that.

I just want to know who is Jerry on here?

 

[funkytown]

If he makes the catch and we win the game, why is it unacceptable to not have force-fed the ball to Dez? I don't understand the argument. I couldn't care less if Dez gets shut out each of the next 15 weeks if we get the W's. I do care, however, if our elite playmakers don't make the game winning catches that are there to be made.

This is the argument.

I'm saying get the ball to Dez more. Our star player.
You say you could care less if Dez gets shutout as long as we win games. I'm saying we WILL NOT win games unless Dez gets the ball more.

I'm also saying yes Dez should have made that potential game winning catch. But I'm also saying that if he gets the ball more in that game, it wouldn't have came down to a game winning catch. We would have won by 2 scores or more.

 

[Zman5]

His dropped TD in game one was out of the slot, btw. Elite players still have to make contested catches, no matter where you line them up.

"I totally agree."

-signed T.O.

 

[Craig]

It is unfathomable to me that people dont understand that a rookie qb was playing in his first nfl game and bryant had 1 catch. I hope that they are trolls rather than being that incredibly dense.

 

[tyke1doe]

How long has Dez been a Cowboy and how long have Garret and Co. had to figure this out?

 

[DC Cowboy]

'It’s so slowed to where you can understand the coverages and run better routes."

Love Bryant, but it's kind of crazy that he's talking about getting to a point where he understands the coverages in year 7, isn't it? I remember a time when there were raging debates about whether it was Tony throwing bad passes or Dez not making proper site adjustments (this was the *last* round of underestimating Tony if anybody's confused, not the current round where we think the rookie QB is a better player and Tony already). That's not an especial knock on Dez because he was an amazing player before he was reading the coverages properly, but it probably should open the door a crack on the idea that maybe our coaches were playing him early on in the situations they thought he could handle and that not every WR is automatically a fit for a position just because he's a physical freak of nature.

yeah but it still doesn't explain why they were reluctant to move him around.

 

[haleyrules]

This is the argument.

I'm saying get the ball to Dez more. Our star player.
You say you could care less if Dez gets shutout as long as we win games. I'm saying we WILL NOT win games unless Dez gets the ball more.

I'm also saying yes Dez should have made that potential game winning catch. But I'm also saying that if he gets the ball more in that game, it wouldn't have came down to a game winning catch. We would have won by 2 scores or more.

***. I need a drink....

 

[Idgit]

This is the argument.

I'm saying get the ball to Dez more. Our star player.
You say you could care less if Dez gets shutout as long as we win games. I'm saying we WILL NOT win games unless Dez gets the ball more.

I'm also saying yes Dez should have made that potential game winning catch. But I'm also saying that if he gets the ball more in that game, it wouldn't have came down to a game winning catch. We would have won by 2 scores or more.

Your argument has to assume the players we're throwing to other than Dez cannot make plays of their own. I don't buy that. If Dez is getting attention then players like Witten and Elliott and Beasley need to make their plays.

Over the course of a season, Dez is going to get his looks. That's not even an issue. But don't point out a game where we have two redzone WR drops and try to tell me the issue is not force feeding a WR more. Just everybody make their plays and we win.

 

[Idgit]

yeah but it still doesn't explain why they were reluctant to move him around.

They probably were trying to keep things simple for Dak in week one, letting Dez run off the attention he automatically draws and giving the rookie more room across the rest of the field. Moving Dez in the redzone to then get the match ups when the field is compressed.

I'm just speculating, but they obviously had a plan for what the wanted from Dez to help Dak in the opener. The idea that it just never occurred to Linehan to move Dez around is pretty silly if you stop to think about it.

 

[GIFTS86]

There is no doubt they should move dez around more. However who else is there besides dez? Williams lol. Beasley on the outside? We need another WR and then dez could have a significant impact.

 

[haleyrules]

Honestly. I believe the coaches have done the best they could with Dez. He is hard to get the ball to... once he gets it he is a killer and can do serious damage. But, during his 7+ yrs in Dallas he has learned about 3 routes and is too slow. I like him and he is an asset but he has always had certain limits and the coaches realise it.

 

[calico]

Its a process.

Redball's "3 point" process with the offense.

 

[Bleu Star]

I didn't say they were imaginative with Dez. You criticized the team for 'not moving Dez around and running him from the SLOT after game 1," and I pointed out that they did, in fact, put him in the slot on the dropped TD play in game 1 and you probably missed it because you were too busy screaming from mountaintops.

Right. So that .1% makes a major difference in the grand scheme of things?

 

[Bleu Star]

"I totally agree."

-signed T.O.

N1

 

[Idgit]

Right. So that .1% makes a major difference in the grand scheme of things?

It could have been a game winning TD, if you'd consider that a major difference. Either way, he was in the slot in that red zone situation where you said you were screaming at them for not putting him in the slot. Just saying.

 

[Sydla]

It is unfathomable to me that people dont understand that a rookie qb was playing in his first nfl game and bryant had 1 catch. I hope that they are trolls rather than being that incredibly dense.

It's unfathomable to me that people don't understand that a quality coaching staff realizing they have a rookie QB would be more imaginative in ways to get their best playmaking pass catcher more involved in the offense. I hope these people are trolls rather than being incredible coaching staff butt kissers who can never admit when the staff drops the ball.

 

[Bleu Star]

I know we like to argue for the sake of arguing but I will just say this... Get the ball to Dez regularly by moving him around and placing him in positions for success and 9 times out of 10 we win that game. success can be 5 catches, 80 yards or 2 TDs... Bottom line, thd imaginative involvement of our #1 is one of the keys to our success.

 

[Idgit]

Honestly. I believe the coaches have done the best they could with Dez. He is hard to get the ball to... once he gets it he is a killer and can do serious damage. But, during his 7+ yrs in Dallas he has learned about 3 routes and is too slow. I like him and he is an asset but he has always had certain limits and the coaches realise it.

I love Dez, too. I'm knocking him for not catching his ball with a rookie QB in a division game and the team depending on him to make a play, but the guy's a hard worker and a beast. There are worse things than not exactly being an intellectual.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

His dropped TD in game one was out of the slot, btw. Elite players still have to make contested catches, no matter where you line them up.

The criticism continues to be mind numbing. Show me your Top 10 receivers of all time and I'll show ten guys that all have dropped contested passes.

Dez's proven ability to regularly make acrobatic catches over the years has spoiled fans into holding him to ridiculous standards and speaking nonsense.

The mechanics involved in that play were ridiculously difficult and even then he would have made the catch if he was also having to account for the sideline.

 

[Sydla]

Honestly. I believe the coaches have done the best they could with Dez. He is hard to get the ball to... once he gets it he is a killer and can do serious damage. But, during his 7+ yrs in Dallas he has learned about 3 routes and is too slow. I like him and he is an asset but he has always had certain limits and the coaches realise it.

Oy.