Haslett Haslett Haslett?? Really

[dcjules]

During the game and after, thats all we hear...how Haslett designed a game plan to defeat the Cowboys. Utter brilliance by the man in charge of one of the leagues worst defenses. Blitzing all day with db's and using his lb's to come up the middle. Challenging the Cowboys at times with one on one coverage against weapons that most teams would covet, Dez and Miles??? I would think a "competent" coach such as Sean Payton, heck even Reid could exploit that at some point!! Any High School coach could sure up protection in the middle!! Good OC's, not even great OC's can get a wideout such as Dez in a position to make plays, exploit what he D is giving you. Collingsworth was even puzzled how Dallas could not take advantage of it...Collingsworth must have forgotten that all of Dallas's plays are vertical downfield plays, taking time to develop...how Dallas doesnt seem to try and utilize the whole field except for a 5 yard stop to Witten??? Yes Romo makes a horrible pass at the end....BUt the blame goes to Garret the OC!!! All hail Haslett, defensive genius!! Hope you were watching Rob.....

 

[Falcon554]

Its what happens with this team, they for years have gotten out coached.

 

[TwoDeep3]

During the game and after, thats all we hear...how Haslett designed a game plan to defeat the Cowboys. Utter brilliance by the man in charge of one of the leagues worst defenses. Blitzing all day with db's and using his lb's to come up the middle. Challenging the Cowboys at times with one on one coverage against weapons that most teams would covet, Dez and Miles??? I would think a "competent" coach such as Sean Payton, heck even Reid could exploit that at some point!! Any High School coach could sure up protection in the middle!! Good OC's, not even great OC's can get a wideout such as Dez in a position to make plays, exploit what he D is giving you. Collingsworth was even puzzled how Dallas could not take advantage of it...Collingsworth must have forgotten that all of Dallas's plays are vertical downfield plays, taking time to develop...how Dallas doesnt seem to try and utilize the whole field except for a 5 yard stop to Witten??? Yes Romo makes a horrible pass at the end....BUt the blame goes to Garret the OC!!! All hail Haslett, defensive genius!! Hope you were watching Rob.....

Perhaps your mistake, other than your envy of Haslet, is you value Dez and Miles and the offense too much.

If they could play man-up and blitz time and again, then maybe the Dallas offense ain't all that.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

During the game and after, thats all we hear...how Haslett designed a game plan to defeat the Cowboys. Utter brilliance by the man in charge of one of the leagues worst defenses. Blitzing all day with db's and using his lb's to come up the middle. Challenging the Cowboys at times with one on one coverage against weapons that most teams would covet, Dez and Miles??? I would think a "competent" coach such as Sean Payton, heck even Reid could exploit that at some point!! Any High School coach could sure up protection in the middle!! Good OC's, not even great OC's can get a wideout such as Dez in a position to make plays, exploit what he D is giving you. Collingsworth was even puzzled how Dallas could not take advantage of it...Collingsworth must have forgotten that all of Dallas's plays are vertical downfield plays, taking time to develop...how Dallas doesnt seem to try and utilize the whole field except for a 5 yard stop to Witten??? Yes Romo makes a horrible pass at the end....BUt the blame goes to Garret the OC!!! All hail Haslett, defensive genius!! Hope you were watching Rob.....

This team has had a habit of making All Pro players and now genius coordinators for opposing teams.

 

[cowboyz]

no speed to threaten the risk vs reward blitz. no run game to take off the pressure. No plays that make the defense guess, pick your poison.

who is the Reggie bush, Darren sproles? Dwayne harris?

you look at the great offenses, and its how to stop one strength and minimize the fallout.

what's that for the cowboys? Its all just lets fool Romo into a turnover. The run game doesn't scare anyone. Witten isn't going to burn anyone, just get a first down.

it came down to dez. And he got shut down.

the offense is built around Romo diagnosing the play. And romo just isn't up to it. Nor are the wrs smart enough to make adjustments. To play that kind of ball.

unfortunately it seems they're playing Peyton ball, and tony isn't Peyton. Just look at how hard it was for Peyton to get around belichek because he kept getting fooled.

 

[dcjules]

Not sure Dez got shut down totally by Skins?? More like the OC genuis cant figure out a way to get him the ball....our OC effectively shut him out!!
Maybe just like other teams do, move him around, maybe line him up in the slot for a play??? something diffrent!!!

Our play design and play calls are disturbing....as stated in every post...totally outcoached!!!

 

[cowboyz]

Not sure Dez got shut down totally by Skins?? More like the OC genuis cant figure out a way to get him the ball....our OC effectively shut him out!!
Maybe just like other teams do, move him around, maybe line him up in the slot for a play??? something diffrent!!!

Our play design and play calls are disturbing....as stated in every post...totally outcoached!!!

I think the problem with that is dez is dumb. So the decision was to keep it simple for him. I think it was collinsworth that mentioned they don't use dez on hot routes, he just runs the play

 

[Kalyan]

Since the playoff game that we lost to NYG, when teams think we have our offense is better their defense, the DC have blitzed blitzed our offense and we haven't yet to learn to burn them when they blitz. It is pathetic that eveyone watching knows that the Commanders are going to blitz but we cannot come up with plays to burn them. JG needs a veteran OC to call plays, JG should be walk around HC worrying about process

 

[Double]

I think the problem with that is dez is dumb. So the decision was to keep it simple for him. I think it was collinsworth that mentioned they don't use dez on hot routes, he just runs the play

No he is not dumb, the kid clearly played hurt and Hall was physical with him all night. The coach should have realized he wasn't beating Hall all night. Again, given his abilities, he doesn't need to catch a long pass to make a difference, the coaches should have thrown short passes (even line of scrimmage passes) and let him make plays. But all in all, he wasn't 100% last night.

 

[Boysathelm]

No he is not dumb, the kid clearly played hurt and Hall was physical with him all night. The coach should have realized he wasn't beating Hall all night. Again, given his abilities, he doesn't need to catch a long pass to make a difference, the coaches should have thrown short passes (even line of scrimmage passes) and let him make plays. But all in all, he wasn't 100% last night.

He looked great against the Saints a week earlier. Nothing seemed to be wrong with him then.

 

[Double]

He looked great against the Saints a week earlier. Nothing seemed to be wrong with him then.

Yea, maybe the Saints corners didn't play him as physical as the Skins did. The Skins basically said, Dez wont beat us and they stuck to it. That said, the coaches should have come up with better ways to utilize him... its called in-game management, something our coaches has never heard of.

 

[Seven]

That D came to play and we sure made it real easy for Haslett to call a game. Empty backfield? Really? They blatantly blitzed with no disguising it. Nice, Garrett.

 

[Teague31]

It's not Haslett, it's us. Seattle will put up 500 yards next week

 

[Chuck 54]

We need one player, anyone, who can run the quick slant against the blitz. Skins used the slant against us on 3rd down more than once, but either we don't have a guy who can run it faithfully or Romo isn't comfortable throwing it, but passing outside on every blitz is not the answer, and whoever designed the rollout screen pass must have shared the plan...first time, immediate sack; second time no where to go with pass...everyone bunched together.

 

[JohnsKey19]

It's not Haslett, it's us. Seattle will put up 500 yards next week

I agree. A competent offensive coaching staff would have adjusted and hurt the blitz by the 2nd quarter.

But Haslett does deserve credit for finding and exploiting the heck out of the opponents weakness. As elementary as their game plan was, it worked.

 

[tyke1doe]

With all due respect, I've always felt the Ryans (Buddy, Rex and Ryan) were more bark than bite. I think they're good enough to be in the NFL just not good enough to take a team to the Promise Land.

There's something that's missing.

They always seem to get schooled by more cerebral coaches, more disciplined coaches.