I am really trying to understand our QB

[Captain-Crash]

Great post. With all of that said, all of Dak's blitz breaking passes aren't just screens. Again, he's been one of the best blitz beating quarterbacks in the league his whole career with passes all around the route tree.

When a quarterback gets confused by a defense, their physical mechanics completely fall apart. They start pushing the ball like a shot put instead of throwing with a smooth release, sailing passes over their receivers' heads, or skipping "worm-burners" into the dirt because they are panicking about the rush. We will see this again when we play top-notch defenses; this is his history.

 

[GINeric]

When a quarterback gets confused by a defense, their physical mechanics completely fall apart. They start pushing the ball like a shot put instead of throwing with a smooth release, sailing passes over their receivers' heads, or skipping "worm-burners" into the dirt because they are panicking about the rush. We will see this again when we play top-notch defenses; this is his history.

Thats fair. Now when we play these top notch defenses as you've stated, you've described what Dak has to do, thats been established.

Against these top notch defenses, do we hold the same expectations for the linemen to open holes for the running game so that we can have a balanced attack? Because passing the ball 50 times vs top notch defenses due to no running game isn't a practical formula for winning games.

Do we hold our top notch receivers for getting open and CATCHING the ball when it comes their way? Because getting open shortens the time the quarterback has to hold on to the ball vs top notch defenses.

As a total offense, are we going to hold the entire offense accountable for having to score 35, 40 points a game again? Because that generally doesn't happen against top notch defenses, unless our defense make multiple stops to get the offense multiple opportunities to score.

I think we both know that our defense isn't going to do that.

 

[Captain-Crash]

Thats fair. Now when we play these top notch defenses as you've stated, you've described what Dak has to do, thats been established.

Against these top notch defenses, do we hold the same expectations for the linemen to open holes for the running game so that we can have a balanced attack? Because passing the ball 50 times vs top notch defenses due to no running game isn't a practical formula for winning games.

Do we hold our top notch receivers for getting open and CATCHING the ball when it comes their way? Because getting open shortens the time the quarterback has to hold on to the ball vs top notch defenses.

As a total offense, are we going to hold the entire offense accountable for having to score 35, 40 points a game again? Because that generally doesn't happen against top notch defenses, unless our defense make multiple stops to get the offense multiple opportunities to score.

I think we both know that our defense isn't going to do that.

Those are completely fair expectations for a normal team, and you're 100% right that passing 50 times against an elite defense is a recipe for failure. Everyone on the offense needs to do their job.
But this brings us right back to the central issue of team accountability. In the modern NFL, you simply cannot have it both ways. When a franchise quarterback accepts a top-of-the-market contract that absorbs a massive chunk of the team's salary cap, the front office can no longer afford to buy elite offensive linemen to open huge holes, a deep rotation of star receivers who always get open, or a lockdown defense to bail them out.
The entire financial philosophy of paying a quarterback that much money is based on the expectation that he is the one who carries the team when the run game stalls or a receiver drops a pass. If the quarterback still requires a flawless, balanced roster and a shutdown defense to win a postseason game, then paying him elite money is fundamentally breaking the team's roster structure. That's why the quarterback bears the ultimate accountability.

 

[McKDaddy]

Burrows does

Some of these guys never watch other teams & just assume other QB's have all day. Herbert is getting killed. Darnold was getting ton of pressure yesterday. Purdy is constantly having to move before getting a pass off. O lines for the most part seem to be struggling more than normal.

 

[Cmac]

I'm trying to understand the defense. Epically bad.

 

[Jarntt]

It could always be worse

 

[Acceptablename]

Let me help you. The more you pay them the less you are able to put around them. So if a QB is paid at the top of the market, he needs to play w/ consistency and be a multiple read QB who dissects D's. The more you pay a QB the less help he should need.

Is that making more sense?

The large amounts of bag is what I mean I just can't compute

 

[Mikexike]

Really man? SMH. How about just running the stupid football (preferably behind Guyton and Smith)...controlling the clock and sparing a tired defense that played 3 games in 11 or 12 days.

That 40 yds of rushing to start the fourth quarter is entirely on Schottenheimer's shoddy game planning. It was a tight game until the fourth quarter.

whos responsible for a run or pass at the line? Qb or coach? Is dak killing runs plays? Does he even have that much command of the offense to change into a run? Or he loves passing just as much as shotty?

 

[Captain-Crash]

whos responsible for a run or pass at the line? Qb or coach? Is dak killing runs plays? Does he even have that much command of the offense to change into a run? Or he loves passing just as much as shotty?

The quarterback is the one who chooses to pull the plug on a run play if he thinks he sees a blitz. Bowles bamboozled him.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Some of these guys never watch other teams & just assume other QB's have all day. Herbert is getting killed. Darnold was getting ton of pressure yesterday. Purdy is constantly having to move before getting a pass off. O lines for the most part seem to be struggling more than normal.

SOME of these guys never watch other teams and just assume Dak doesn't have any flaws. Or that since everything else is so much worse you can;t talk about him at all.

 

[kramskoi]

whos responsible for a run or pass at the line? Qb or coach? Is dak killing runs plays? Does he even have that much command of the offense to change into a run? Or he loves passing just as much as shotty?

You are in shotgun no back or no back alignments on third and two or three...and running routes that require Prescott to throw the ball 20 to 25 yards with pressure in his face. You've turned Williams, who could be a check-down outlet, into a blocking dummy. It's a feast of famine game plan that was ill-conceived from the start. All three of these WRs are VERY good at RAC...and yet the attack is mostly vertical against a DC who keeps dialing up blitzes.

Those formations are NOT Prescott. That's Schottenheimer.

 

[kramskoi]

To add, it is also on Dak's audibles. QB's have a few selected plays to run every down. I think I've heard 3 is the number. So, what you have are DC's who know this and give Dak looks so he will audible to a pass. Dak does so a lot from what I understand, and this makes playing D very easy, as the DLine doesn't have to worry about setting the edge, they can just "pin back their ears and go." No hesitation necessary. That's why you see way too often the entire DLine collapsing on Dak. They know he'll pass most of the time, so they plan accordingly.

When we do shock the other team and start running the ball a lot, we win more. The other team is deathly afraid of our running game. So, they use countermeasures to make sure we stay away from it.

All too often we drive down the field running the ball, and then inexplicably go passpasspass in the red zone. That's what lost us the game vs TB.

Right. Don't even get me started on the redzone. Last year Dallas ran the ball less in the redzone than all of the NFC playoff teams. It's the 800 pound gorilla in the room. And there it sits still.

 

[kskboys]

Those are completely fair expectations for a normal team, and you're 100% right that passing 50 times against an elite defense is a recipe for failure. Everyone on the offense needs to do their job.
But this brings us right back to the central issue of team accountability. In the modern NFL, you simply cannot have it both ways. When a franchise quarterback accepts a top-of-the-market contract that absorbs a massive chunk of the team's salary cap, the front office can no longer afford to buy elite offensive linemen to open huge holes, a deep rotation of star receivers who always get open, or a lockdown defense to bail them out.
The entire financial philosophy of paying a quarterback that much money is based on the expectation that he is the one who carries the team when the run game stalls or a receiver drops a pass. If the quarterback still requires a flawless, balanced roster and a shutdown defense to win a postseason game, then paying him elite money is fundamentally breaking the team's roster structure. That's why the quarterback bears the ultimate accountability.

That is an excellent explanation of how this works. Should be a must read.

 

[kskboys]

The quarterback is the one who chooses to pull the plug on a run play if he thinks he sees a blitz. Bowles bamboozled him.

Yup.

 

[kskboys]

whos responsible for a run or pass at the line? Qb or coach? Is dak killing runs plays? Does he even have that much command of the offense to change into a run? Or he loves passing just as much as shotty?

It's not about command, it's simply the way it's done at present. In most O's(all?), the QB audibles at the LOS according to what he sees.

 

[kskboys]

Some of these guys never watch other teams & just assume other QB's have all day. Herbert is getting killed. Darnold was getting ton of pressure yesterday. Purdy is constantly having to move before getting a pass off. O lines for the most part seem to be struggling more than normal.

Of course. Because this is a passing league. And the DL is becoming quicker and faster and more powerful every year.