Garrett Addresses Clock Management On Final Scoring Drive vs. Packers

[DandyDon52]

This.

The assumption that once we got to 2nd and 1 in the red zone that a touchdown was our birthright is incredibly flawed.

No it isn't a guarantee but you have to go with the odds you have to take the chance that maybe you don't get the touchdown and lose that way .
if we have the ball inside the 5 with two downs we're going to score and if you eat up all the clock we're going to win .
but if you score a quick and leave Rogers over a minute that score won't do you any good.

 

[DandyDon52]

This is a two sided argument. Let's say Dak went down at the one to force the Packers to use their last timeout. Then on the next play they try to run Zeke and the officials call a holding penalty. Now it's 2nd and goal at the 11, and the Cowboys have to pass. There's all kinds of things that can go wrong.

I think Dak did the right thing. The defense failed. He didn't.

Truman I won't deny that, it is a Gamble because Dallas knows how weak their defense is and how good Rogers is so you have to take a risk that maybe you wouldn't take with a better defense you can lose one way or the other but it that's where you have to tell your lineman don't hold it all or make any mistakes on that particular play

 

[DandyDon52]

That pass play has not been an unsuccessful play for the Cowboys in the Dez era.

Try again

It was good with Romo as quarterback but not with dak .
Dak can't throw that pass as good

 

[DandyDon52]

Sometimes it doesn't matter who the coach is. He has put us in position to win several times and the players have blown it. He can't control Twill or Dez dropping passes on perfectly called plays. He can't control the fact that the "GM" and front office got rid of our leading tackler and entire secondary and replaced them with a bunch of rookies. If people want to point fingers, look at Jerry.

It wasn't but a few months ago everyone was ecstatic about letting our entire secondary walk. I said be careful what you wish for. I'm not saying they would have been a shut down secondary but theu would have been better than what's out there now IMO, especially Church.

That is true I do blame the Jones boys forgetting rid of the secondary and Leary and in the whole Jaylen thing. This isn't the same team as last year they lost enough players and then with the whole Elliot thing this game is a different team this year is not the same team that went 13 and 3. But just like you gamble when you go for it on 4th and 1 sometimes you have to be Innovative and Gamble and risk not getting a score and lose the game that way for a chance to run the clock out and score it's not a guarantee but it's all a matter of strategy and knowing how weak your defense is and how good Rogers is

 

[stiletto]

I am pretty sick of Garrett addressing this 3 or 4x a year......I mean seriously. How many times has he and his coaching staff failed miserably at the small things?? Anything before the "but"...is a lie...

 

[LatinMind]

The Cowboys had to grind out yards just to get in position for Prescott’s touchdown run. In Garrett’s mind, they weren’t going to burn time off the clock at the expense of scoring opportunities solely on the assumption that they would eventually reach the end zone.

And thats what you do. Youre behind u play to take the lead. This forum would sing a different tune if Dallas did run the clock and came up short. They say Elliot had just run for 8. But how many times have we seen him gain yrds then get stopped for none. The offense and coaching did their job in that posistion. The defense didnt do theirs. End of story. To criticize this team for scoring is ridiculous. This is why we are fans and they are players. We couldnt do what they do.

 

[BoysfanfromCanada]

It was good with Romo as quarterback but not with dak .
Dak can't throw that pass as good

Romo also would have broken in half with some of the hits Dak took to extend plays. Obviously 2014 Romo is better than Dak today (although with a decade extra experience), but both have pros and cons

 

[LatinMind]

That is true I do blame the Jones boys forgetting rid of the secondary and Leary and in the whole Jaylen thing. This isn't the same team as last year they lost enough players and then with the whole Elliot thing this game is a different team this year is not the same team that went 13 and 3. But just like you gamble when you go for it on 4th and 1 sometimes you have to be Innovative and Gamble and risk not getting a score and lose the game that way for a chance to run the clock out and score it's not a guarantee but it's all a matter of strategy and knowing how weak your defense is and how good Rogers is

This is exactly the same team as last yr. Dallas was in so many of these situations but came out one play on the other side alot of the time last yr. Sometimes it just is what it is.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

And thats what you do. Youre behind u play to take the lead. This forum would sing a different tune if Dallas did run the clock and came up short. They say Elliot had just run for 8. But how many times have we seen him gain yrds then get stopped for none. The offense and coaching did their job in that posistion. The defense didnt do theirs. End of story. To criticize this team for scoring is ridiculous. This is why we are fans and they are players. We couldnt do what they do.

And they lost. Same as January.

 

[LatinMind]

And they lost. Same as January.

Then gripe about the defense not doing their job, not the offense that did theirs.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Then gripe about the defense not doing their job, not the offense that did theirs.

I've been griping about both. Actually the defense and the HC. Groundhog Day. Repeat the same formula over and over again and hope a different result happens.

 

[Ghost12]

I've watched a lot of football and I cannot remember a team ever refuse a touchdown when they were trailing by 3 or more points. Not ONCE.

Yes, I've seen it several times when a team was losing by 1 or 2 and all the needed was a FG to win..... I've also seen it when a team had a lead. Now while you don't exactly run a hurry-up offense in the situation Dallas was in, you also don't "take a knee" when there is nothing between you and the end zone with about 80 seconds left. You take the points.

 

[Sydla]

This is a two sided argument. Let's say Dak went down at the one to force the Packers to use their last timeout. Then on the next play they try to run Zeke and the officials call a holding penalty. Now it's 2nd and goal at the 11, and the Cowboys have to pass. There's all kinds of things that can go wrong.

I think Dak did the right thing. The defense failed. He didn't.

Dak did the right thing in scoring on that read option.

They didn't do the right thing throwing a fade on 2nd and 12.

 

[Sydla]

And thats what you do. Youre behind u play to take the lead. This forum would sing a different tune if Dallas did run the clock and came up short. They say Elliot had just run for 8. But how many times have we seen him gain yrds then get stopped for none. The offense and coaching did their job in that posistion. The defense didnt do theirs. End of story. To criticize this team for scoring is ridiculous. This is why we are fans and they are players. We couldnt do what they do.

It's disingenuous to state that people are criticizing the team "for scoring".

Many, if not most, are criticizing a really stupid 2nd and 2 call. Not the "score" on the read option.

 

[Wolfpack]

He NFL is the best of the best. Guys are backups that were totally studs their whole life. The players are fast strong and crazy elite athletes, all of em.

Coaching isnt any different. The typical NFL coach has been coaching since he was in college moving up the ranks. It's all they've ever done. Look at Coach Jason, he had one year of experience as a position coach when he was given the keys to the Dallas offense. Head Coach what 2 years later? That's unheard of at the NFL level. He doesn't know how to deal with these game time issues and he is too arrogant to learn. It takes time to be a NFL level coach, most guys fail at their 1st gig and only succeeded at the 2nd team.

Jason wasted the prime years of Romo and a top defense. The continued stupid coaching miscues show you that he'll never get it. Only an all pro QB kept him at .500, Dave Campo could have done better if he had this team.

 

[ufcrules1]

Then gripe about the defense not doing their job, not the offense that did theirs.

No gripes about the offense.. they did to their job.. the coaching staff didn't do theirs though. Also, the defense was horrible.

 

[Kevinicus]

Yes when you’re driving down the field if you always snap it with a few seconds to go the defense knows when to show what it’s actually doing.

You have to vary your snap to get defense to commit as early as possible.

That’s football 101.

No, running the play clock down when trying to run off time is football 101.

 

[Shotgun Dave]

I don’t understand all the hate for the playcall.

First things first, the Cowboys are down 4 points. And you have to score. And you have a great red zone threat in Dez. Should they have ran the ball? Probably. Was throwing it up to Dez an inherently bad playcall? I don’t think so. If I was coach it would have been a running play but I understand the call that was made.

#1 Priority there is scoring a TD. Worry about big, bad, scary Aaron Rodgers next.

We DID score a TD, so your priority was met, and we lost. Pretty sure hindsight proves you wrong. There were LOTS of ways to score that TD, and Dallas had 2 Timeouts if they needed to stop the clock.

The call was a bad one, plain and simple. Should've run every time until there was less than 25-30 seconds on the clock. Make GB call their last TO.

I've been a Garrett defender, but that was dumb, dumb, DUMB. And big, bad scary Rodgers DID beat us (in case you didnt notice that). You'd think getting whipped by him again would show a few folks that, indeed, hes worthy of the respect he usually gets.

 

[Zekeats]

exas – Did the Cowboys leave too much time for Aaron Rodgers in the final minute and change Sunday?

The answer, clearly, was yes after Rodgers drove the Packers 75 yards in 1:02 for the deciding touchdown in a stunning 35-31 comeback win at AT&T Stadium.

Monday, Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett emphasized the offense did its best to play keep-away from Green Bay’s star quarterback on its final scoring drive of the game, but not above the top priority: erasing a four-point deficit.

“The objective in the situation is to score a touchdown first,” Garrett said, “and you try to bleed as much time off the clock as you can in that process.”

Quarterback Dak Prescott executed an 11-yard zone-read run for a touchdown with 1:13 remaining to put the Cowboys ahead, 31-28. The score capped a 17-play drive that ate 8:43 off the clock.

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2...ock-management-final-scoring-drive-vs-packers

Then why the **** did you pass on second down and 2?!?!?!?!?!?! With the leagues best running game in the fourth quarter when green bays defense was completely run down against the running game?!?!?!?!?!?!?! *** JG?!?!?!?!

 

[DandyDon52]

We DID score a TD, so your priority was met, and we lost. Pretty sure hindsight proves you wrong. There were LOTS of ways to score that TD, and Dallas had 2 Timeouts if they needed to stop the clock.

The call was a bad one, plain and simple. Should've run every time until there was less than 25-30 seconds on the clock. Make GB call their last TO.

I've been a Garrett defender, but that was dumb, dumb, DUMB. And big, bad scary Rodgers DID beat us (in case you didnt notice that). You'd think getting whipped by him again would show a few folks that, indeed, hes worthy of the respect he usually gets.

It was a repeat of the playoff game that we lost last year same thing we score Take the Lead and then leave too much time