GB - Quick thoughts Week 8

[Brooksey]

The empty sets inside the 5 yard line and at the end of regulation or the lack of runs was pathetic.

 

[Risen Star]

They can do a better job inside the 10 with Zeke. Why is Prescott lining up in shotgun and throwing it on 1st and 2nd down at the 7 on that interception when you have that horse in the backfield?

Zeke should be up near 10 TDs by now.

 

[Verdict]

Zeke wasn't utilized properly. In part the Eagles defense played well. In part we didn't keep them guessing at all. We didn't use misdirection effectively at all last night in the game. Far too vanilla with our runs.

 

[Verdict]

They can do a better job inside the 10 with Zeke. Why is Prescott lining up in shotgun and throwing it on 1st and 2nd down at the 7 on that interception when you have that horse in the backfield?

Zeke should be up near 10 TDs by now.

Yes we should have run it down there. At worst we end up with a field goal and probably 7. Coaching wise we had a poor game but made up for some of it out of desperation.

 

[mrmojo]

Lucky's fumble to open the game, 12 man on the field penalty that led to 3, the big kickoff return led to 3, a CHOP BLOCK on a punt (don't think I've ever seen that), multiple holding penalties on punt returns.

Just no.

#30 was still blocking in the back even after his penalty....I was pulling my hair out!

 

[RJ_MacReady]

Special teams/Romo groupie confirmed.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

Still don't understand why they are underutilizing Ezekiel Elliott. It was a shame to see him not get his 100 yards when he was dominating the Eagles when given the opportunity. Somehow he ends up with all these carries, but they are all dirty yards which are probably the worst for his longevity. Stunned to see this team in empty set so often.

I agree, while I think the coaching staff deserves a lot of credit for this win, the play calling in previous weeks has been much better. I think, especially early on, there was too much emphasis on getting the ball to Dez, and we got away from the run as well as Beasley.

Once again I feel like the defense and special teams played well enough to win this game and so did the running game, but Dak once again took every opportunity to give the game up. His ball security continues to be suspect, especially in the redzone.

Really think you are judging Dak on an unfair scale. Even going back to 2014, Romo had 6 ints and 3 fumbles (1 lost) through 7 games. Even if you give him a pass on the SF game, because it was his first action after the back injury, it's still 3 ints and 3 fumbles (1 lost), which is about the same as Dak's 2 ints and 5 fumbles (2 lost). On top of that, we would even hit lulls with Romo in at QB where despite having Demarco Murray and a great o-line, we'd struggles to score.

I thought Sean Lee was fantastic in this game. Really looking like the guy he was in 2014 and at times in 2015. He seems to always play the Eagles really well. Hands down the leader of this defense. That being said, this defense needs some help with pass rush. I hope we make moves before the trade deadline, because obviously, this team has a great shot at the playoffs if not the top seed or the second seed. The schedule gets a bit tougher as we go on, but with some defensive help and if we do the right things on offense, I think we have a super bowl bound team on our hands.

Sean Lee was great, not much else to say on that.

 

[Galian Beast]

I agree, while I think the coaching staff deserves a lot of credit for this win, the play calling in previous weeks has been much better. I think, especially early on, there was too much emphasis on getting the ball to Dez, and we got away from the run as well as Beasley.



Really think you are judging Dak on an unfair scale. Even going back to 2014, Romo had 6 ints and 3 fumbles (1 lost) through 7 games. Even if you give him a pass on the SF game, because it was his first action after the back injury, it's still 3 ints and 3 fumbles (1 lost), which is about the same as Dak's 2 ints and 5 fumbles (2 lost). On top of that, we would even hit lulls with Romo in at QB where despite having Demarco Murray and a great o-line, we'd struggles to score.



Sean Lee was great, not much else to say on that.

Romo also had 14 passing touchdowns compared to Dak's 9. And to be frank, I think we've had a pretty easy schedule so far.

I'm not saying Dak has been bad by any means. Just think the talk of him being the reason the team is winning is really suspect. He had one turnover that cost the team 10 points and nearly threw another redzone interception, if it weren't for Williams actually playing heads up on the play. He hasn't been great at sustaining drives.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

Romo also had 14 passing touchdowns compared to Dak's 9. And to be frank, I think we've had a pretty easy schedule so far.

I'd say that you'd have to include Dak's 4 rushing TDs as well, so we're talking 14 TDs vs 13 TDs.

I'm not saying Dak has been bad by any means. Just think the talk of him being the reason the team is winning is really suspect. He had one turnover that cost the team 10 points and nearly threw another redzone interception, if it weren't for Williams actually playing heads up on the play. He hasn't been great at sustaining drives.

And I guess I'm just trying to point out, Romo, as do most QBs not named Brady struggle with that. I still think that *if* we can get 2014 Romo in there, that gives us our best chance to win a Super Bowl this season, just as each game goes by, the risk of the team faltering with a QB change worries me more and more.

 

[conner01]

Lucky had a couple of dumb plays.the fumble didn't bother me as much as the decision and he fielded a punt he should have let go. The bright side he had another nice play on the jet sweep. Fumbles happen but bad decisions are something you just can't make

 

[WeaponX]

Still don't understand why they are underutilizing Ezekiel Elliott. It was a shame to see him not get his 100 yards when he was dominating the Eagles when given the opportunity. Somehow he ends up with all these carries, but they are all dirty yards which are probably the worst for his longevity. Stunned to see this team in empty set so often.

Once again I feel like the defense and special teams played well enough to win this game and so did the running game, but Dak once again took every opportunity to give the game up. His ball security continues to be suspect, especially in the redzone.

I thought Sean Lee was fantastic in this game. Really looking like the guy he was in 2014 and at times in 2015. He seems to always play the Eagles really well. Hands down the leader of this defense. That being said, this defense needs some help with pass rush. I hope we make moves before the trade deadline, because obviously, this team has a great shot at the playoffs if not the top seed or the second seed. The schedule gets a bit tougher as we go on, but with some defensive help and if we do the right things on offense, I think we have a super bowl bound team on our hands.

I hope Sean Lee never looks anything like 2014 Sean Lee again

 

[StylisticS]

10 of the Eagles 13 first half points was the result of special team errors. That must be fixed. Elliott really should have had way more than 96 yards.