How Bad is the Running Game?

plasticman

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In 7 games, out of 152 running attempts, the Cowboys have 10 plays that went 10 or more yards. Four of them belonged to a WR. The longest run from scrimmage so far this season is 13 yards.

Five RB's have now carried the ball for the Cowboys. Only one of them averages more than 3.1 yards a carry.

In the 1st half of games on 1st and ten, no Cowboys RB averages more than 3 yards a carry. Again, we are talking about 1st and ten only.

Inside the redzone, the Cowboys average .6 yards a carry.....as in six tenths of a yard......as in less than 2 feet....as in less than 22 inches.....a carry.

There are 9 RB's drafted in the past three years, in the 4th round or lower, that are currently averaging 5 or more yards per carry this season.

Currently, the Cowboys are ranked 32nd in rushing yards, 32nd in average yards per run, 31st in rushing TD's and 28th in average length of time per drive.

About a third of all Cowboys running plays by RB's went for 1 yard or less.

Only the Cowboys 1-15, 1989 season had fewer rushing yards after 7 games.

Only the Cowboys 2005 season averaged less yards per carry after 7 games
 

Darkhound

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I have been saying this for YEARS NOW.
No other team (not a single one) would have kept Jerry jones for a GM.

The guy -AND HIS FAMLLY SO IT SEEMS- have no idea how to do this.
 

Mr_437

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Football guy, Jerry said you don't have to value a RB. Football guy, Jerry also watched a terrible run scheme last season, and thought it was a good idea to keep the same coaches, scheme then bring back Zeke.

If you didn't see this coming you wasn't paying attention in the offseason. I just look for all the hate or whatever goes to the proper place...Jerry.
 

blueblood70

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I think the players need to publicly say what they think, the play calls, the scheming sucks, what are they going to do what is this coaching staff going to do if the players mutiny, they been neutered w/ 1 year deals , no real power, high paid contracts, , they can't do anything!!



I would like to see them all changing the plays and really going off the deep end, I'd like to see the coaches lose the team but not in a way where they play bad, that the team just starts ignoring the coaches game plans and in the middle of the game just start playing Sandlot football and get this figured out both sides of the ball!!



I think Prescott, I mean what are you going to do Jerry says we don't want him to run what exactly are you going to do if Prescott decides he wants to run a lot in one game, you going to send him down, you benching him, are you cutting him??!! NOPE!!


What power does Jerry Jones and this coaching staff actually have if this team decided go full mutiny on this staff??


I mean isn't that the problem here we say that Mike McCarthy both as a head coach and more so as the offensive coordinators failing big time when you're not running the football all day long like it means something and you become one dimension on your hanging your quarterback out to dry and then you don't try to get help with your tackles or you're not locating I thought the main job is to locate the middle linebacker especially if his name is Fred Warner..

I don't get this fan base at all,


I mean which is it?!



I mean which is it you literally break these games down and you pick on the wrong players…. IMHO.



I thought that the narrative around here was that Jerry Jones and his budget basement diving for free agents, he doesn't make enough trades, he's not aggressive enough, he doesn't do enough to change the narrative on a regular basis in the offseason, then we come into that season and you act surprised when we have some attrition and a lot of injuries that there's no way to recover from it, but let's pick on the players that are just trying a little too hard because they have no choice.


How is it that you're running your fullback on 3rd and five instead of using your quarterback and the fullback in blocking some full blocking package maybe call a option play do something but that was one of the worst calls I've ever seen by a professional coach like you were going to trick somebody and then you don't even block the middle linebacker isn't that what most of the call outs are calling 54 or 55 whatever you're supposed to locate the middle linebacker especially if he's the best player on the field??

I mean you have Mike McCarthy designing high school type route trees and maybe I'm delusional saying this because it's supposed to be the West Coast offense but I've seen better stuff running by the better Texas high school teams that are competing for championships on a yearly basis… They're more creative than that, I mean when you break down the film even Troy Aikman said there's no separation, the routes are just confusing, they're too close together, they they're all in the same depth, I mean you have defenders being able to lurk around from their man and fade under and help somebody else that they weren't even supposed to help, and come underneath and get interceptions because the routes are so close together...

I mean you're going to blame Prescott for yes he was getting hit on the 1st interception he didn't get enough on it but this is because both tackles are having problems and the pressure is there almost all game, and I'm not saying it's the worst blocking I've ever seen, but on a consistent basis it's not good, and when your receivers are not getting open fast enough, or they're never open sometimes, your quarterback is just trying to give your better players an opportunity to make a play and instead you have Turpin dropping a past, Lamb never challenging the DB to avoid the INT, and when you're throwing in the tight coverage…


I know we can't blame that tight end early in the game he got his hands on it but he was double covered but the ball was thrown accurately it just wasn't caught and I'm not blaming him but I'm saying this is what the coverages look like,



anybody out here that somehow is delusional blaming Prescott and naming his $60 million contract not really looking at the fact that they have a terrible offensive play caller, terrible scheme, terrible execution by the skill players, and completely abandoning the run game is the worst run game in the NFL, and then you add in bad defense!!!



YET, somehow, we're trying to pick out certain players on the team?? when right now the main problem we have here is the coaching staff and the general manager who's unwilling to help the team.



I get it, at first, I was like yes, we do have a lot of players coming back and it is like you're bringing in new players, but it's a little late for that, you need to add on top of that a couple other players like other teams are doing, whether it works or not make an effort!!



but that's the deal some
 

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In 2024 Dallas has 74.1 rush yards per game.

In 2019 The Miami Dolphins had 72.2 rush yards per game.

Since 2019, all 159 teams have had more than 74.1 rush yards per game, until Dallas.
 
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