Everybody who is looking for a Leader..

[aikemirv]

Sunday should give you a clear picture of who that is.

He does not lead by words spoken, he leads by how he plays and the plays he makes.

There was no clearer picture of that than Sunday. We saw it from the first time he played and all last year too. When you have a player like that it inspires the whole team.

He has charisma, he has swagger and he makes any down and distance a possibility. He makes any game possible no matter what the score.

The problem is, the Cowboys have grown to rely on that guy too much and Garrett is to fault as much as anybody in that. I like Garrett but he has put too much pressure and the Oline has not held up their end of the bargain.

Garrett said in preseason that 8 men in the box is no excuse. He should have emphasized that to the team and Romo against Washington 4 weeks ago when they kept letting Romo audible out of run plays. He should have used more of his weapons rather than relying on the main one all day long.

The team had the chance to man up that day in Washington and instead they let the defense dictate their gameplan and the defenses have been doing that ever since.

 

[dougonthebench]

Sunday should give you a clear picture of who that is.

He does not lead by words spoken, he leads by how he plays and the plays he makes.

There was no clearer picture of that than Sunday. We saw it from the first time he played and all last year too. When you have a player like that it inspires the whole team.

He has charisma, he has swagger and he makes any down and distance a possibility. He makes any game possible no matter what the score.

The problem is, the Cowboys have grown to rely on that guy too much and Garrett is to fault as much as anybody in that. I like Garrett but he has put too much pressure and the Oline has not held up their end of the bargain.

Garrett said in preseason that 8 men in the box is no excuse. He should have emphasized that to the team and Romo against Washington 4 weeks ago when they kept letting Romo audible out of run plays. He should have used more of his weapons rather than relying on the main one all day long.

The team had the chance to man up that day in Washington and instead they let the defense dictate their gameplan and the defenses have been doing that ever since.

and he was missed!

 

[TheCount]

Romo goes into a shell like everyone else when the chips are down, he still plays his game and makes plays, but he drops his head and stares at his shoes when things are going badly just like the rest of the team.

 

[aikemirv]

Romo goes into a shell like everyone else when the chips are down, he still plays his game and makes plays, but he drops his head and stares at his shoes when things are going badly just like the rest of the team.

And he goes right back on the field and makes play after play. He does not go into a shell. When he makes a bad play, do you want him to yell at his WR and Oline and blame it on them? IS that the kind of leader you want?

 

[JBS]

And he goes right back on the field and makes play after play. He does not go into a shell. When he makes a bad play, do you want him to yell at his WR and Oline and blame it on them? IS that the kind of leader you want?

its a little bit of both - honestly. Romo's body language definitely sends poor messages, however, more importantly - when times are tough romo seems to play his best.

 

[aikemirv]

its a little bit of both - honestly. Romo's body language definitely sends poor messages, however, more importantly - when times are tough romo seems to play his best.

That is really a bunch of crap. No QB has "good" body language when they throw an int or fumble. At least he does not have a big smile on his face or blame someone else.

The problem is that the defense does not have their own identity so they feed off Romo.

Ware needs to be the guy somehow. He has to find it in himself. Unlike the QB who can make play after play, it is hard for a DE to do it all the time. He was trying on Sunday but all 11 have to play on defense.

 

[the kid 05]

That is really a bunch of crap. No QB has "good" body language when they throw an int or fumble. At least he does not have a big smile on his face or blame someone else.

The problem is that the defense does not have their own identity so they feed off Romo.

Ware needs to be the guy somehow. He has to find it in himself. Unlike the QB who can make play after play, it is hard for a DE to do it all the time. He was trying on Sunday but all 11 have to play on defense.

Ware is an OLB

 

[PullMyFinger]

That is really a bunch of crap. No QB has "good" body language when they throw an int or fumble. At least he does not have a big smile on his face or blame someone else.

The problem is that the defense does not have their own identity so they feed off Romo.

Ware needs to be the guy somehow. He has to find it in himself. Unlike the QB who can make play after play, it is hard for a DE to do it all the time. He was trying on Sunday but all 11 have to play on defense.

You know its funny this was mentioned. My bro came over to watch the Zona game with me. At the beginning of the game Romo has this pouty look on his face, I told my bro, "Were gonna lose this game".

It seems like when Romo is smiling and happy we win more often then not, but when Tony looks all downtrodden and sad, we lose. It just seems like that rubs off on the rest of the team.

Dunno maybe Im reading too much into it, he did have a good game after all, the few fumbles withstanding.

 

[aikemirv]

You know its funny this was mentioned. My bro came over to watch the Zona game with me. At the beginning of the game Romo has this pouty look on his face, I told my bro, "Were gonna lose this game".

It seems like when Romo is smiling and happy we win more often then not, but when Tony looks all downtrodden and sad, we lose. It just seems like that rubs off on the rest of the team.

Dunno maybe Im reading too much into it, he did have a good game after all, the few fumbles withstanding.

We were up 14-7 that game. The defense had been playing great. A fluke play on the screen that Ellis tipped and the defense folded up tents and went home mentally.

The defense needs to stop trying to feed off the offense.

Every freaking time the offense scores the defense lets up and the other team scores points. You can bank on that!

 

[TheCount]

And he goes right back on the field and makes play after play. He does not go into a shell. When he makes a bad play, do you want him to yell at his WR and Oline and blame it on them? IS that the kind of leader you want?

He doesn't go into a shell? Yeah he does, he walks to the sidelines with his head down and sits by himself.

Going into a shell doesn't mean you go and cry and start throwing the ball all over the place and play even worse, that's the exact opposite. You don't want a QB on either side of the spectrum, but Romo has extreme highs when things are going well and goes low when things are going badly.

You watch Brady play and the guy as almost the same expression on all the time, regardless of whether they are winning or losing (granted, they were usually winning). Peyton is the same way, when he throws a TD he doesn't go jumping up on people but he does show emotion and when he throws a pick or things are going badly you can see him cursing because he's upset, but he doesn't (usually) point fingers.

Romo wears his emotions on his sleeve, and there isn't necessarily anything wrong with that. It's great when things are going well to see him joking on the bench and laughing on the field but when things go bad, he does tend to go mute and droopy. It doesn't make him a bad QB, who knows, maybe he talks on the sidelines, I'm just saying what I've seen from my couch and from going to games.

 

[BehindEnemyLinez]

That is really a bunch of crap. No QB has "good" body language when they throw an int or fumble. At least he does not have a big smile on his face or blame someone else.

The problem is that the defense does not have their own identity so they feed off Romo.

Ware needs to be the guy somehow. He has to find it in himself. Unlike the QB who can make play after play, it is hard for a DE to do it all the time. He was trying on Sunday but all 11 have to play on defense.

D-Ware's relentless play SHOULD inspire the entire defense to do the same! It'll be foolish to think that he can make every tackle and sack but if I were on the field with him I know I'd bust my arse trying to make as many plays as 94 (come to think about it, maybe that's the problem...trying too hard to make plays instead of handling their induvidual assignments & trusting their teammates). The difference in Dallas these past few weeks have been the offensive and defensive fronts, IMO. If they play up to snuff, everything else works out but when they struggle, it permeates throughout the whole team!

 

[DaBoys4Life]

we need a vocal leader.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3cG5-ZzwZ4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG_f1GzmwHo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAOkxgvboPk

We need leadership like that.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

ROMO is our leader.

 

[DaBoys4Life]

ROMO is our leader.

he doesn't do what Drew Brees does and we need something like that.

 

[dallasfaniac]

I don't like the team just sitting on the bench like they are a fan watching the game. I want them to be talking and encouraging each other. I would love to see Romo (or Brad) talking with Witten, Owens, Williams, etc. when they come off the field, even if they had a 3 and out or turnover.

I would like to see the corners talking with the safeties, telling them this WR can get a step on me, you might want to drop just a bit deeper to help me out or this WR can't beat me deep, but he can cut really well, so you might want to creap up to take away the middle more.

I'd like to see Ware telling Canty, I can go wide on this tackle really easy, so you might want to watch the run, I'll get the QB.

I'd like to see James directing the defense more. The first time I really noticed a LB directing the defense was when Brady went out and Carp came in. Brady should be much more vocal than he is.

 

[aikemirv]

D-Ware's relentless play SHOULD inspire the entire defense to do the same! It'll be foolish to think that he can make every tackle and sack but if I were on the field with him I know I'd bust my arse trying to make as many plays as 94 (come to think about it, maybe that's the problem...trying too hard to make plays instead of handling their induvidual assignments & trusting their teammates). The difference in Dallas these past few weeks have been the offensive and defensive fronts, IMO. If they play up to snuff, everything else works out but when they struggle, it permeates throughout the whole team!

I agree that it should inspire them - don't have a clue why it does not.

Maybe the passive style of the CB play is disheartening - I don't know. It is disheartening to me to see some of this easy stuff completed.

 

[zeromaster]

Much of the previous posts are about the same thing, just said different ways.

Confidence.

That's what's missing. Confidence to come back, to trust your teammate, to learn from the last mistake, to capitalize on the opponent's next brainfart, to exert just a little bit more to make the play.

It's what separates a lot of teams from each other, and it's what's separating the 'Boys from their ability to dominate.

 

[aikemirv]

Much of the previous posts are about the same thing, just said different ways.

Confidence.

That's what's missing. Confidence to come back, to trust your teammate, to learn from the last mistake, to capitalize on the opponent's next brainfart, to exert just a little bit more to make the play.

It's what separates a lot of teams from each other, and it's what's separating the 'Boys from their ability to dominate.

You're right about confidence for sure.

What do you think? Does it give Jenkins more confidence to fight the receiver on a 10 yard pattern and make it incomplete even if he gets an illegal contact penalty?

or..

Does it give him more confidence to back off 10-15 and let them have an easy play in front.

I think the answer is easy for Jenkins and the D as a whole.

 

[Texan_Eph89]

Expect to see Ware, Romo, Witten, Thomas, and or Owens to fill that role this weekend.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

we are going to win with Moxie....and that is the bottom line.

You can Sugar coat it any way you want....but, we do not make it without MOXIE