wick
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1. I question the effectiveness of our self-scouting, assuming we actually do any. Just a cursory review of our offense would reveal an alarming tendency to snap the ball as the play clock expires. This happens so frequently that teams are able to time the pass rush, a huge advantage for the defense. Inexplicably, we never change this up. Well, almost never. Occasionally Gurode will snap the ball before anyone is ready, but that's not the sort of change-up that actually helps.
2. Romo loses all awareness when he moves outside the pocket. In these situations, he is going to throw the ball, and damn the torpedos. It doesn't matter if the best ball hawk in the NFL is sitting on a route, that ball is coming out. We're never going to string together wins against good teams with this type of quarterback play.
3. The addition of Roy Williams did nothing to address our biggest weakness on offense, which is the lack of a receiver with short-area quickness. All of our "speed" guys (Owens, Williams, Austin) are speed accumulators who need a long runway to reach full speed. These guys make for great threats down the field, but they are easy to cover at shorter distances, before they've had a chance to reach full speed. This sets up the recipe for beating Dallas' offense:
a. Jam the receivers to prevent a clean takeoff.
b. Pressure Romo to force a quick throw.
We don't have receivers who can get open quickly, so coverage is almost always tight.
4. Apparently we have a quota on the number of screens we can run in a season. If I were the offensive coordinator, I'd run them as long as the defense wants to continue blitzing. They've been very effective for us this year, but we refuse to call them for some reason. I don't think a single screen was called tonight, but the opponent should have dictated half a dozen of them.
5. Not much I can add to the discussion about Ken Hamlin, but that was probably the worst half of football I've ever seen from a safety. The missed fumble was a monumental play, and then the two atrocious tackle attempts on the runs were absolute back-breakers. Why did we pay money to a career mediocrity who had one good season?
2. Romo loses all awareness when he moves outside the pocket. In these situations, he is going to throw the ball, and damn the torpedos. It doesn't matter if the best ball hawk in the NFL is sitting on a route, that ball is coming out. We're never going to string together wins against good teams with this type of quarterback play.
3. The addition of Roy Williams did nothing to address our biggest weakness on offense, which is the lack of a receiver with short-area quickness. All of our "speed" guys (Owens, Williams, Austin) are speed accumulators who need a long runway to reach full speed. These guys make for great threats down the field, but they are easy to cover at shorter distances, before they've had a chance to reach full speed. This sets up the recipe for beating Dallas' offense:
a. Jam the receivers to prevent a clean takeoff.
b. Pressure Romo to force a quick throw.
We don't have receivers who can get open quickly, so coverage is almost always tight.
4. Apparently we have a quota on the number of screens we can run in a season. If I were the offensive coordinator, I'd run them as long as the defense wants to continue blitzing. They've been very effective for us this year, but we refuse to call them for some reason. I don't think a single screen was called tonight, but the opponent should have dictated half a dozen of them.
5. Not much I can add to the discussion about Ken Hamlin, but that was probably the worst half of football I've ever seen from a safety. The missed fumble was a monumental play, and then the two atrocious tackle attempts on the runs were absolute back-breakers. Why did we pay money to a career mediocrity who had one good season?
