TruBluSince1982
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Inside 2 minutes, I don't think you can challenge anyway, even for a PI.
Oh yeah.. Good point lol
Inside 2 minutes, I don't think you can challenge anyway, even for a PI.
The game was basically over already. This is why I am being critical of the defense, which played well, but that last drive was a killer. The Saints took the clock down to about 1:36 and forced the Cowboys to use all their time outs. They had to get a stop and get off the field quicker. As it was, they were lucky Bridgewater gave them that horrible sack. I have no idea what the Saints were thinking there.
Then, the sack on Dak to the 3 yard line really killed any serious chance they had to get in FG range. Tough game to lose but between the bad penalties, fumbles, and poor offensive line play they deserved to lose. Was there a bright spot? Maybe the LBs playing better but again we saw the interior offensive line get blown off the ball allowing the Saints to control the ball at the end of the game.
Dennis Allen brought a nice corner blitz on that play. We didn't have a chance.
It was literally the perfect defensive call for the Saints in that situation.
No necessarily laterals, but to understand the situation better. The announcers were talking about how Dak would need to hold the ball longer and possibly run around if they wanted to try to throw the Hail Mary. New Orleans knew this and brought the blitz. Dallas knew this and didn't do anything to counter it.
Plus, we've seen Dak throw Hail Marys and come up short of the end zone before. Why throw a jump ball that's going to land 5 to 10 yards short of the end zone?
Better planning would have been to understand that a) the receivers aren't going to be able to get to the end zone fast enough and b) Dak isn't likely going to be able to throw it that far, so do something else.
I would either have thrown a screen, putting a convoy of players in front of Zeke and given him a chance to try to win in the open field or, more likely, thrown about a 15-yard pass to an underneath receiver and let the blockers and tight ends try to clear enough space for him to break away. I might have even ran him down the sideline, then had him flip the ball to Austin going back across the field.
Something more like this:
I didn't see an angle that showed if his helmet caught Dak under the chin, but it looked like it might have, and Dak seemed to react as if it did.
what the hell is a calpper?People tend to forget that we are still coached by the less than talented CALPPER
Zeke can't make anyone miss. None of our skill players can except Pollard who was parked on the bench for some reason.
If you look at the replay you will see this was on the oline. Even with the blitz we had 6 guys blocking 4 defenders. We should have been able to handle this. Just a poor poor game from the oline. Seriously, don't get what was the problem with Martin and Fred last night. They had too many communication breakdowns.
Dude, he was being rushed. He didn't have time to hold the ball any longer.
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It was a bad game for the Cowboys all around. Period.
what the hell is a calpper?
Or roughing the passer either.I was thinking the same. Go underneath and hope for penalty of some kind.
They never call interference on those last ditch long balls nor do we have that type of receiver.
I have trouble understanding why we tried to fling it all the way to the end zone when we needed to hold the ball longer in order for Dak to get it there and he hasn't really shown in the past that he can get it all the way there.
New Orleans gave us the underneath and decided to bring pressure, we should have dropped the ball and attempted to convoy instead of just outthrowing the receivers in an attempt that had no chance.
If we didn't have that 10 second runoff we might have been in better position.
Honestly it's an EXTREMELY low percentage chance at best. Probably best not to wring our hands over this. So if we throw it short and go the convoy route and we toss it around 10 times and that gets shut down... you wanna bet there's not someone creating a Mon Morning thread asking why we didn't fling it? Football is chess and sometimes you lose? They cleverly blitzed a fast DB and ruined the hail mary. The drive really ended after the sack where we also got out maneuvered. We got beat. It was their night.
Should of done some hook and ladder ****.
Dak got smoked to the ground and he got a no call
refs were bailing anyone out in that situation
With Dak not making that throw into the end zone, should’ve let money Maher kick from 70 lol