I'm not letting this coaching staff off the hook just because we won

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It was good to see them use a play that was actually giving the defense trouble today with the bootleg but there is still too many problems.


Are we ever going to take advantage of 8 and 9 guys in the box on first down or are we satisfied with just letting them cheat on that play?

Dez completely disappeared again in the 2nd half... Why not give him some quick bubble screens on those first downs where they crowd the box.. He is one broken tackle away from scoring.

We all like the onside kick simply because our defense sucks but I think most of us can acknowledge it wasn't the right thing to do.


I'm happy we won but I still don't like this 50/50 brand of football we played.. Good to see these coaches get a win without Romo. (Against the same team they did it with last year)

Also, I can't help but ask myself why we totally skipped out on defense in free agency when watching these games. Our defense is so bad.
 
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Had DerkaKirk Cousins not overthrown a few times, we would have lost by at least 10.

Garrett's offenses have almost always struggled in the redzone, going back to when he was OC. We can't keep settling for FG's. They need to be more creative in the redzone.

I'm straight up done with Marinelli. The guy has had one good season, and even then our defense was average, but had a ton of turnovers.
 
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Overall the play-calling was good today, the offense performed well and it improved its red zone performance. The defense needs help and it will get some in a couple of weeks,,, will it be enough? Doubtful, but it will get better. Liking the signs of Durant's former self in his limited playing time.
 
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The onside kick will be forgotten since we won.

But it was a pivotal play in terms of momentum that put the D on the spot.

Thankfully, they responded.

All in all, in terms of posterity, this will not be a game you look back at and say, wow, we turned a corner.

It is more like, we really won?
 
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MileyDancer said:
Had DerkaKirk Cousins not overthrown a few times, we would have lost by at least 10.

Garrett's offenses have almost always struggled in the redzone, going back to when he was OC. We can't keep settling for FG's. They need to be more creative in the redzone.

I'm straight up done with Marinelli. The guy has had one good season, and even then our defense was average, but had a ton of turnovers.
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All signs point to bad coaching defensively.

All these blown assignments are a joke.

This defense desperately misses McClain and Lawrence.
 
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EGG said:
Overall the play-calling was good today, the offense performed well and it improved its red zone performance. The defense needs help and it will get some in a couple of weeks,,, will it be enough? Doubtful, but it will get better. Liking the signs of Durant's former self in his limited playing time.
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Forfeiting 1st downs against 8 and 9 man fronts is getting old.
 
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CATCH17 said:
It was good to see them use a play that was actually giving the defense trouble today with the bootleg but there is still too many problems.


Are we ever going to take advantage of 8 and 9 guys in the box on first down or are we satisfied with just letting them cheat on that play?

Dez completely disappeared again in the 2nd half... Why not give him some quick bubble screens on those first downs where they crowd the box.. He is one broken tackle away from scoring.

We all like the onside kick simply because our defense sucks but I think most of us can acknowledge it wasn't the right thing to do.


I'm happy we won but I still don't like this 50/50 brand of football we played.. Good to see these coaches get a win without Romo. (Against the same team they did it with last year)

Also, I can't help but ask myself why we totally skipped out on defense in free agency when watching these games. Our defense is so bad.
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no fun for you after the game ,huh
 
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MileyDancer said:
Had DerkaKirk Cousins not overthrown a few times, we would have lost by at least 10.

Garrett's offenses have almost always struggled in the redzone, going back to when he was OC. We can't keep settling for FG's. They need to be more creative in the redzone.

I'm straight up done with Marinelli. The guy has had one good season, and even then our defense was average, but had a ton of turnovers.
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I'm not a fan of Merinelli either but let's be real...expecting him to turn crap soup into filet mignon is unrealistic.

I feel the defense has done well considering the lack of talent on that side of the ball. That's on Jerry not Rod.
 
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It's called pounding the rock and shortening the game. If and when Elliot breaks through the line in those 8-9 man fronts he'll be off to the races.

50% 3rd down conversion rate...
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I'd rather try to loosen that up than be stubborn and keep getting stuffed..

Defense guarding Dez 1 on 1 because they know and we know it's a run. It's old and stale and doesn't reward us enough.

It would be a good down to take advantage of what the defense is doing against 2 WR sets.
 
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Sometimes this team wins despite the coaching. Usually, its because of Romo. Today, they did it with Dak. That has to be a positive, right?
 
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