Have the Cowboys always had problems getting the play call in?

[CowboysPhan]

I know the temptation will be for people to make sarcastic comments about this, but I'm actually posing a serious question. All during the game thread, every time the play call was late getting there and the team was really late getting lined up and ready, people kept referring to this being "the same problem we always have." Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember seeing this problem before. I know we have always waited until the play clock was down to 1 before snapping, but today was different. It was obvious the play clock was down to around 5 seconds before we even broke the huddle a lot. I don't know what was happening, but it seems obvious there was something delaying the play calls.

I know some of you will just blow this off as "Garrett sucks" and assume he was just being too slow, and that is a possibility, but this was not the same old thing. The problems were way more pronounced today in regards to getting the play in and getting the team to the line.

Any ideas on what might have caused this, beside the simple "Garrett sucks?" (And no, I'm not defending Garrett here, just trying to figure out what caused this particular problem that usually isn't a problem.)

 

[Trajan]

Maybe Romo isn't getting the play out fast enough ? Maybe Romo is making too many changes at the line.

 

[JohnsKey19]

The strategy is to be able to audible based on the defense's alignment, so the closer you get to :00, the truer read you will get from the defense. The problem is it seems to cause too much confusion and chaos for our own team to deal with. The only thing i can think of as a remedy is to go to a true no-huddle offense giving Romo and the offense more time at the LOS.

 

[TheSport78]

Garrett talks really slow and robotic. I'm definitely thinking that GARRETT is the one not getting the playcall in quick enough.

 

[landroverking]

I really JG should be a walk around coach. If they don't have a play caller on the side line go no huddle and let Romo call all the plays

 

[links18]

I don't remember it being a problem under Landry/Staubach or Johnson/Aikman.

 

[Roadtrip635]

It's been an issue for a couple of seasons. It could be partly that the plays aren't getting in quick enough, a young oline, players not sure of the adjustments and maybe Tony trying to make too many adjustments.

Whatever the reasons, it's been happening quite a while now and still hasn't been corrected.

 

[ThrowuptheXDez88]

not sure what the deal was, the crowd-plus making changes at the los.. It obviously wasn't a factor though since the Cowboys carved up the Ravens defense today..

 

[Jenky]

The strategy is to be able to audible based on the defense's alignment, so the closer you get to :00, the truer read you will get from the defense. The problem is it seems to cause too much confusion and chaos for our own team to deal with. The only thing i can think of as a remedy is to go to a true no-huddle offense giving Romo and the offense more time at the LOS.

I think they said something about Romo calling two plays in the huddle. An initial play and then a play they audible to if Romo sees something. Perhaps the changing of plays and causing players to reset/shift is confusing the offense. They had multiple receivers in motion at the same time and not set called about 3 times today.

 

[CowboysPhan]

I don't remember it being a problem under Landry/Staubach or Johnson/Aikman.

Granted, but I don't remember it being a problem even this year. Like I said, I'm not talking about where we line up with 15 seconds on the play clock then look around a make adjustments until 1 second, I'm talking about how today on multiple plays they barely got to the los in time to make the snap. It was weird. I have no explanation for the delays today, unless maybe crowd noise or poor helmet reception, but it just looked different. Hopefully just a one-game aberration and we'll get it cleaned up.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Seems like it's been a problem for years. I agree, it's the system we run. We seem to always be changing the plays up to the last seconds.

 

[Hoofbite]

not sure what the deal was, the crowd-plus making changes at the los.. It obviously wasn't a factor though since the Cowboys carved up the Ravens defense today..

They had multiple pre-snap penalties?

That's not a factor?

 

[Zordon]

never had this problem with Aikman.

 

[30yrheel]

it's the coaching, are the lack of. offense, defense, special teams.
we need an overhaul.

 

[TheCoolFan]

it's the coaching, are the lack of. offense, defense, special teams.
we need an overhaul.

I'm ready for a rebuild. You have to clean HOUSE! Change the entire culture because these losers have too many issues every week.

 

[Doomsdayblitz]

Garrett has had clock management issues since he became HC. It's getting embarrassing. A one yard pass play-that's all he could call? Two plays should have been called in case they had time to run another one. Also, the Ravens were in an all-out blitz...surprise! Both MILBs came, which would have allowed for an easy 5-10 yd. slant over the middle. It would have given Bailey a much easier kick.

Since Garrett DID call that ridiculous one yd. pass to Bryant, they still had time to run a second play. Remember, they started with 26 seconds. If you can't run two quick plays in even 20 seconds, you're pretty lame. I don't blame Romo, I blame Garrett. It was clear that after that play was ran, Romo had orders to milk the clock down to a few seconds. We need to find a HC who plays to win. Garrett plays not to lose, & so the team is mired in mediocrity.

 

[AbeBeta]

I don't know that this is an issue with getting the call in. We don't see Romo standing there staring at the sidelines looking for the call.

We have heard talk about "simplifying things" for Romo. I think that we are having issues when he is changing the play. Honestly, I see him shouting stuff out to several players -- we've seen some real issues with WRs (ok, Dez and O'tree) not understanding the play. So this might reflect him having to take extra time to make sure those two know what is going on. I will say that they do both seem to know the plays better this year -- but neither is a star pupil to say the least.

 

[Yeagermeister]

There is a simple solution.....let Romo call the plays. It seems to work when we go in to the hurry up minus the last play vs Balt.

 

[bark]

I don't remember it being a problem under Landry/Staubach or Johnson/Aikman.

I can remember a time when Landry would send in the play from the sideline by rotating guards. After each play, the guard would run into the huddle with the call... Another yr. roger and Morton alternated after each play and carried the call from the sideline to the huddle.... Don't remember any clock issues.....

I'm sure that rules for setting the clock and time between plays was different back then..but still ....

 

[Zman5]

Romo didn't have this problem with Parcells/Sprano.