Galian Beast
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In general I would say we would probably lose this game against Chicago. They're a really great defense and they've had a lot of success. At the same time who have they played? An under-performing Green Bay and Indianapolis and St. Louis. That is going to inflate anyone's numbers.
That being said, we have one of the worst offenses in the nfl right now. Think about that one for a minute, and let it sink in. That is a really bitter taste.
Garrett needs to get these penalties under control. The team performs decently enough when it doesn't have to worry about penalties killing drives. But we also need Jason Witten to putting it plainly, stop sucking.
The guy is absolutely not pulling his weight. And all the respect to Witten for all he has done for this team, but he is going to start costing us games, he was certainly part of that loss to the Seahawks. 8 receptions on 21 targets... If Witten doesn't come out strong against the Bears, we need to replace him with guys like Hanna, Beasley, and Phillips.
On defense, I am really impressed with what we're doing. Each group I think is playing at a really high level. That being said, we need Jay Ratliff to come back and help this defense out.
Our teams journalist don't ask the right questions. They try to get way too cute sometimes. Why is no one interviewing the offensive line and asking them what the hell is going on? This is the first time I heard someone ask Jason Witten what the hell was with him, but even then they didn't ask about his penalties. That isn't a new trait to him, only the drops are. His blocking is also getting a lot worse.
The second biggest goat on this team right now should be Joe D. We can't punt block, and we have no blocking on punt returns or kick returns. The only thing that is good is our skill position players. I'm convinced if Felix had an opportunity, he would show us what he can do. You have to ask yourself, why are guys right in Felix's face on the 10 yard line... It's not just this year either. The last couple years it's been like this.
Third biggest goat is a tie between Free and Garrett. I'll start with Garrett. This guy needs to start adapting better, and becoming more flexible. When a guy isn't performing, you need to replace him with someone else and see if someone else can do better. This has been the story with this entire team, but specifically the offense. Murray didn't get a shot til Jones got hurt, Jones didn't get a shot til Barber got hurt. Austin didn't get a shot til Williams got hurt. Free didn't get a shot til Columbo got hurt. Sometimes you need to bench players. And his gameplan/play call is awful. I watched the game a second time, and he was obsessed with running in down the middle after Cook proved inadequate in the task.
Free is the next guy that is a huge disappointment. I would not mind seeing Parnell, so we can at least send a message across the team, it doesn't matter how much you're getting paid if you aren't willing to do your job.
Next it's Jerry/many fans. How many of us were preaching that we needed to strengthen our offensive line? And how many of us we're labeled for doing so. We continue to see the direct results of not spending money or draft picks on offensive line. We've got 3 backups and a guy who probably should be a backup starting on our line... All the money we spend on skill players... well they can't do anything without time and blocking. Speaking of blocking, what happened to Vickers.... oh man...
At the end of the year if this Offense doesn't pick it up. I'd be completely in favor of letting go of Garrett and promoting Rob Ryan. Probably promote Callahan to offensive coordinator. Spend whatever we can spend on an offensive linemen, and maybe trade up to get an offensive linemen high like we did with Claiborne.
I love how Spencer is playing, but is he so much better than Victor Butler that he deserved that franchise tag, preventing us from getting an offensive linemen like Nicks? Love Claiborne, but was he worth both picks preventing us from getting an offensive linemen like DeCastro (who I know is hurt, and I know struggled early, that is neither here nor there honestly) and maybe a corner somewhere in the second?
Again, I love the defense, and think it'll get even better with Ratliff when he comes back, but this offensive line needed attention, and we gave it none.
That being said, we have one of the worst offenses in the nfl right now. Think about that one for a minute, and let it sink in. That is a really bitter taste.
Garrett needs to get these penalties under control. The team performs decently enough when it doesn't have to worry about penalties killing drives. But we also need Jason Witten to putting it plainly, stop sucking.
The guy is absolutely not pulling his weight. And all the respect to Witten for all he has done for this team, but he is going to start costing us games, he was certainly part of that loss to the Seahawks. 8 receptions on 21 targets... If Witten doesn't come out strong against the Bears, we need to replace him with guys like Hanna, Beasley, and Phillips.
On defense, I am really impressed with what we're doing. Each group I think is playing at a really high level. That being said, we need Jay Ratliff to come back and help this defense out.
Our teams journalist don't ask the right questions. They try to get way too cute sometimes. Why is no one interviewing the offensive line and asking them what the hell is going on? This is the first time I heard someone ask Jason Witten what the hell was with him, but even then they didn't ask about his penalties. That isn't a new trait to him, only the drops are. His blocking is also getting a lot worse.
The second biggest goat on this team right now should be Joe D. We can't punt block, and we have no blocking on punt returns or kick returns. The only thing that is good is our skill position players. I'm convinced if Felix had an opportunity, he would show us what he can do. You have to ask yourself, why are guys right in Felix's face on the 10 yard line... It's not just this year either. The last couple years it's been like this.
Third biggest goat is a tie between Free and Garrett. I'll start with Garrett. This guy needs to start adapting better, and becoming more flexible. When a guy isn't performing, you need to replace him with someone else and see if someone else can do better. This has been the story with this entire team, but specifically the offense. Murray didn't get a shot til Jones got hurt, Jones didn't get a shot til Barber got hurt. Austin didn't get a shot til Williams got hurt. Free didn't get a shot til Columbo got hurt. Sometimes you need to bench players. And his gameplan/play call is awful. I watched the game a second time, and he was obsessed with running in down the middle after Cook proved inadequate in the task.
Free is the next guy that is a huge disappointment. I would not mind seeing Parnell, so we can at least send a message across the team, it doesn't matter how much you're getting paid if you aren't willing to do your job.
Next it's Jerry/many fans. How many of us were preaching that we needed to strengthen our offensive line? And how many of us we're labeled for doing so. We continue to see the direct results of not spending money or draft picks on offensive line. We've got 3 backups and a guy who probably should be a backup starting on our line... All the money we spend on skill players... well they can't do anything without time and blocking. Speaking of blocking, what happened to Vickers.... oh man...
At the end of the year if this Offense doesn't pick it up. I'd be completely in favor of letting go of Garrett and promoting Rob Ryan. Probably promote Callahan to offensive coordinator. Spend whatever we can spend on an offensive linemen, and maybe trade up to get an offensive linemen high like we did with Claiborne.
I love how Spencer is playing, but is he so much better than Victor Butler that he deserved that franchise tag, preventing us from getting an offensive linemen like Nicks? Love Claiborne, but was he worth both picks preventing us from getting an offensive linemen like DeCastro (who I know is hurt, and I know struggled early, that is neither here nor there honestly) and maybe a corner somewhere in the second?
Again, I love the defense, and think it'll get even better with Ratliff when he comes back, but this offensive line needed attention, and we gave it none.
