For those Who Say Run-Run-Run

[T-RO]

For those who say we should just run Zeke...you got your wish that opening series against Detroit.

We opened run-run-run. That led to the Boys’ only 3-and-out of the game. And...on third and one...Zeke lost a yard. You don’t win that way in today’s NFL.

And for those who think we should run Zeke 25 times every game...forget about it. Zeke Is third in the NFL right now in carries. He might have a few games with 22 or 25 carries, but those games won’t be the norm. Running backs just don’t do that these days. Your sports car will get beat up.

I’m curious if any of you can tell me the last time a team had 200 yard rushing and won a game. There’s a reason you almost never see it.

 

[jrumann59]

For those who say we should just run Zeke...you got your wish that opening series against Detroit.

We opened run-run-run. That led to the Boys’ only 3-and-out of the game. And...on third and one...Zeke lost a yard. You don’t win that way in today’s NFL.

And for those who think we should run Zeke 25 times every game...forget about it. Zeke Is third in the NFL right now in carries. He might have a few games with 22 or 25 carries, but those games won’t be the norm. Running backs just don’t do that these days. Your sports car will get beat up.

I’m curious if any of you can tell me the last time a team had 200 yard rushing and won a game. There’s a reason you almost never see it.

Because in the nfl now quick scoring is the normal a team will let you pound it all day long if they can score in 3 minutes and it takes you 8 minutes.

 

[Mobinvans]

It's a passing league...would be stupid run run run

 

[panchucko]

I think the run run run was because of Dak Dak Dak our the ball in your best players hand, but now that we won and dak looked ok it has people thinking different

 

[Aviano90]

How many 3&outs have we had going pass, pass, pass?

 

[JayFord]

You commit to the run even when its ugly.....we arent built for passing......we will go 1-15 is we pass it 40 times a game

 

[Established1971]

For those who say we should just run Zeke...you got your wish that opening series against Detroit.

We opened run-run-run. That led to the Boys’ only 3-and-out of the game. And...on third and one...Zeke lost a yard. You don’t win that way in today’s NFL.

And for those who think we should run Zeke 25 times every game...forget about it. Zeke Is third in the NFL right now in carries. He might have a few games with 22 or 25 carries, but those games won’t be the norm. Running backs just don’t do that these days. Your sports car will get beat up.

I’m curious if any of you can tell me the last time a team had 200 yard rushing and won a game. There’s a reason you almost never see it.

oh please, 13-3 season before last doing basically that. 25 a game avg over the course of a season has been done countless times by countless rb's, who cares about "todays nfl" maybe someone should stop chasing trends and use the tried and true.

 

[thunderpimp91]

What you're saying isnt wrong, but I'm not sure what other options the cowboys have.

Get Zeke 20-25 touches, a couple gadget plays with Austin, let dak protect the football and hope he can make 2-3 clutch plays either downfield or with his legs each game.

 

[PUSHfold]

The reason I want Zeke getting all of those touches is because he's by far our most talented weapon on offense. Put the ball in his hands as much as physically possible. He was #4th overall pick for a reason, use him. I don't care if the balls thrown to him or handed off just get him the ball preferably in space.

 

[Sydla]

I’m curious if any of you can tell me the last time a team had 200 yard rushing and won a game. There’s a reason you almost never see it.

Carolina ran for 230 two weeks ago and won.

Next question.

 

[Stash]

For those who say we should just run Zeke...you got your wish that opening series against Detroit.

We opened run-run-run. That led to the Boys’ only 3-and-out of the game. And...on third and one...Zeke lost a yard. You don’t win that way in today’s NFL.

And for those who think we should run Zeke 25 times every game...forget about it. Zeke Is third in the NFL right now in carries. He might have a few games with 22 or 25 carries, but those games won’t be the norm. Running backs just don’t do that these days. Your sports car will get beat up.

I’m curious if any of you can tell me the last time a team had 200 yard rushing and won a game. There’s a reason you almost never see it.

Oh no! We ran once on 3rd down and didn't get it! Let's never do it again!

Because obviously passing always works on third down. After all, just look at our success rate.

 

[khiladi]

Part of running is to make defenses start playing the run or set things up. Dak relies heavily on play action and throwing over the middle and when Dallas doesn’t run, Dak looks like trash. LBs aren’t frozen on play-action or known passing situations.

 

[Sydla]

This is fun.

Tennessee ran for 202 in the playoffs last year and beat KC.

Denver ran for 211 last December and beat Indy. Rams ran for 244 against Seattle last December and won. Buffalo beat Indy and ran for 237 the same month as well. That same day Chicago ran for 234 and beat Cincy.

 

[zerofill]

Passing is off the chain right now in the NFL. Most touchdowns in the history of the league through these first 4 games. 17 QBs with over 1k yards... 7 of them with 10 to 14 TDs now.. It is really crazy this season.

 

[Ekspozed]

So after 2 runs we were at 3rd and 1, and we ran it with our best player? Why complain.

 

[ak47kaehu]

All I know is that I like TD, TD, TD!

 

[T-RO]

Because in the nfl now quick scoring is the normal a team will let you pound it all day long if they can score in 3 minutes and it takes you 8 minutes.

Long 10, 12, 15 play drives are hard. There is a greater risk for a penalty or mistake. Modern offenses go for big chunk plays.

 

[T-RO]

This is fun.

Tennessee ran for 202 in the playoffs last year and beat KC.

Denver ran for 211 last December and beat Indy. Rams ran for 244 against Seattle last December and won. Buffalo beat Indy and ran for 237 the same month as well. That same day Chicago ran for 234 and beat Cincy.

You are proving that you are good with google...and in proving my point. You might find 1 game a month where a month that wins that way.

 

[Aviano90]

You are proving that you are good with google...and in proving my point. You might find 1 team a month that wins that way.

Do teams that rush for 200 yards usually lose?

 

[T-RO]

Oh no! We ran once on 3rd down and didn't get it! Let's never do it again!

Because obviously passing always works on third down. After all, just look at our success rate.

The most you can run in the NFL and win is about 55%. And that’s rare. The winning formula is usually more like 60% pass - or more.

Obviously it depends on your QB and personnel. For the Cowboys our formula is certainly more run-oriented than some teams.

Even with all that is going on in the league I still see these guy in the game threads constantly screaming, “run it, run it, run it.”

The average run play league-wide is about 4.2 yards. The average pass play—even when you factor in sacks is 6 or more yards. NFL coaches have done the math. They prefer it if you run.