Ralph Vacchiano
NFC East Reporter
The
Dallas Cowboys made a statement on their first drive in Miami on Christmas Eve, after marching down the field with ease. They were at the
Dolphins' 1 when they ran an option pitch to running back
Tony Pollard, who ended up getting helicoptered inches short of the goal line.
On the next play, they dusted off rookie fullback
Hunter Luepke and tried plowing him up the middle, only to see him and quarterback
Dak Prescott somehow fumble the ball.
So, yes, the statement was made, even though it wasn't the one they thought they were making: The Dallas Cowboys are still a one-dimensional team because they just can't effectively run the ball.
That has been the story with them all season long...
Read more:
https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/inefficient-run-game-has-made-cowboys-one-dimensional
well there's two problems.
Tony Pollard decided to turn it up field which he should have took it outside... however the second problem with that is he tried to run upright almost didn't even really lower his head you're at a goal line you're in short yardage, you gotta get your pad level lower than the next guy, he needed to go low if he goes low the guy can't stand him up and turn him around, literally all he needed was the tip of the ball to get over the white line and that would have been easy. all he had to do was lower his pad level and push forward but once he was stood up he lost all his power.
he's not a good short yardage runner and that is why I mean everyone said he got cheated by Ezekiel Elliott last year because he wouldn't get the ball inside the five and that if he would have he could have cashed in that is a lie....
Ezekiel Elliott knows when to get his pad level down that's why he's a good strong power runner literally tries to get lower than the guy trying to tackle you and being able to get solo and still keep your balance and go underneath people's tackles is how you get short yardage so if a speed guide decides to pass up on trying to take the speed to the outside and try to take it up field they get your damn pad level low!!
Yes hunter they made a mistake on the handoff, whoever 's fault it is, I don't care I'm gonna blame it on the new guy but I want to see more of that I don't want to see power getting the ball at the goal line unless it's absolutely necessary but somebody, I hope in the film room this week , is pointing out to him both those issues I wrote about because that's the truth... You can't keep your power by running the ball upright, so if you feel you're a speed guy why did you not try to race the guy to the edge and then dive..
These are the kind of moments that the Cowboys experience all the time and some of the blame always goes to the quarterback for losing these games oh we can't beat the team on the road, yes we can ,we had them beat literally the defense couldn't make the stop at the end but this little series of events that happen is why we keep losing games but the ball was right there again on the 1 inch line just like in the first Philadelphia game.
we literally need to take advantage of these and yes it can change to our benefit in the playoffs if if these things just go our way we win a lot of games...
I mean if you look at the way we've lost the 49ers in the playoffs it's by 7 points and six points these little things and the penalties they just keep adding up but if we could have a game or two where we get the benefit of that one inch we're gonna win some games in the playoffs...
