I'm so livid about play calling

[Whyjerry]

Yeah Yeah Yeah Dallas won the game.

However,
1) The Cowboys have a 2nd and Goal at the 4 yard line. Dallas is up by 3 with about 6 minutes to play.
2) Ezekiel Elliott have rushed for over 130 yards.
3) You have a mobile QB that has had success with the RPO.
4) The offense has TWO SHOTS to score from 4 yards out.

What does Garrett and Linehan do?
1) A terrible pass in the end zone to Swaim that gets tipped and lucky it was not picked off.
2) A BLEEPIN FADE TO A BASKETBALL PLAYER WHO WAS NEVER IN THE RHYTHM OF THE GAME AND THE BALL IS THREE FEET BEYOND HIS REACH!!!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!???

We all knew that Stafford was going to drive right down and score.

It is not just that.

It is drop by Austin in the end zone. That is a 4 point swing.
The block in the back by Elliott led to a Prescott sack taking away another 3 points.

Dallas left 11 points on the field

The win should not cloud how bad Linehan is. He should be fired Monday.

 

[ConstantReboot]

I mean the timing was off.....but the play...I don't think they asked for Rico to run that route.

Yes the timing was off. Why put someone in who hardly plays and hasn't caught a pass before. Run an RPO and give the ball to Elliot. That was one of the dumbest calls I've seen which doesn't fool anyone.

 

[85Cowboy85]

Swaim was open, should have been an easy touchdown

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

It's what we do. We beat the bottom teams to get to 8-8. When this team starts beating the better teams I'll be more excited. It was nice to see Dak play better and Zeke finally get going but now I'm not so sure about the defense.

Not sure what you are talking about. We sucked last year but we beat some good teams last year. I think our problem is when it comes to playing teams like the Seahawks or the middle of the pack teams. We usually have a pretty good showing against some of the better teams in the league.

 

[droopdog7]

Man, some fans are never happy. Zeke looked tired as hell that drive. Three runs from the six yard line was not the right call. And that second down play would have worked easily if dak had made the relatively easy throw to swain.

As for the gathers call, how many fans have been calling for him in the redzone? I’m mean, I’m hearing that every damn week. Well, we got and see that he’s not ready.

 

[aria]

It's what we do. We beat the bottom teams to get to 8-8. When this team starts beating the better teams I'll be more excited. It was nice to see Dak play better and Zeke finally get going but now I'm not so sure about the defense.

The defense is definitely concerning, I expect them to have a big week against the Texans (another atat padder) but I think they may get torched by the better offensive teams. Against Detroit, we held them to about the same amount of points as the Jets and 49’ers.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Yes the timing was off. Why put someone in who hardly plays and hasn't caught a pass before. Run an RPO and give the ball to Elliot. That was one of the dumbest calls I've seen which doesn't fool anyone.

Honestly? I think it was to get Rico going and get his confidence up. That's my theory. I hope that's not the case because that is poor timing to try and get someones confidence up.

 

[nightrain]

Playcalling was good today. Linehan read on these boards that Gathers was the man.

 

[CATCH17]

Play calling was much better today but it had it’s ugly moments too.


The offense just misses Dez.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Not sure what you are talking about. We sucked last year but we beat some good teams last year. I think our problem is when it comes to playing teams like the Seahawks or the middle of the pack teams. We usually have a pretty good showing against some of the better teams in the league.

We beat one good team last year-KC. That last game against the Eagles doesn't count. We played our starters against their scrubs and won 6-0.

 

[RamziD]

Yes the timing was off. Why put someone in who hardly plays and hasn't caught a pass before. Run an RPO and give the ball to Elliot. That was one of the dumbest calls I've seen which doesn't fool anyone.

Rico would have been a better decoy since it was so obvious they brought him in for a jump ball. Probably could have ran it in with ease.

 

[jrumann59]

Rico pass must have been at the bottom of the checklist of things to do today...

 

[cowboy_ron]

Easy game planning.............run Zeke, pass to Zeke..................wash rinse repeat

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Easy game planning.............run Zeke, pass to Zeke..................wash rinse repeat

Don't know what took so long for them to figure that out. lol

 

[buybuydandavis]

Yeah Yeah Yeah Dallas won the game.

However,
1) The Cowboys have a 2nd and Goal at the 4 yard line. Dallas is up by 3 with about 6 minutes to play.
2) Ezekiel Elliott have rushed for over 130 yards.
3) You have a mobile QB that has had success with the RPO.
4) The offense has TWO SHOTS to score from 4 yards out.

What does Garrett and Linehan do?
1) A terrible pass in the end zone to Swaim that gets tipped and lucky it was not picked off.
2) A BLEEPIN FADE TO A BASKETBALL PLAYER WHO WAS NEVER IN THE RHYTHM OF THE GAME AND THE BALL IS THREE FEET BEYOND HIS REACH!!!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!???

We all knew that Stafford was going to drive right down and score.

It is not just that.

It is drop by Austin in the end zone. That is a 4 point swing.
The block in the back by Elliott led to a Prescott sack taking away another 3 points.

Dallas left 11 points on the field

I *****ed about the previous drive where we got cute with the pass to Swaim at the goal line and it worked. Don't care. Stop getting cute and just pound it in. Particularly on early downs.

 

[visionary]

Yeah Yeah Yeah Dallas won the game.

However,
1) The Cowboys have a 2nd and Goal at the 4 yard line. Dallas is up by 3 with about 6 minutes to play.
2) Ezekiel Elliott have rushed for over 130 yards.
3) You have a mobile QB that has had success with the RPO.
4) The offense has TWO SHOTS to score from 4 yards out.

What does Garrett and Linehan do?
1) A terrible pass in the end zone to Swaim that gets tipped and lucky it was not picked off.
2) A BLEEPIN FADE TO A BASKETBALL PLAYER WHO WAS NEVER IN THE RHYTHM OF THE GAME AND THE BALL IS THREE FEET BEYOND HIS REACH!!!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!???

We all knew that Stafford was going to drive right down and score.

It is not just that.

It is drop by Austin in the end zone. That is a 4 point swing.
The block in the back by Elliott led to a Prescott sack taking away another 3 points.

Dallas left 11 points on the field

It is a Garrett coached team

Every win is a miracle

Enjoy

 

[Idgit]

Swaim was open though.

 

[Pantone282C]

Yeah Yeah Yeah Dallas won the game.

However,
1) The Cowboys have a 2nd and Goal at the 4 yard line. Dallas is up by 3 with about 6 minutes to play.
2) Ezekiel Elliott have rushed for over 130 yards.
3) You have a mobile QB that has had success with the RPO.
4) The offense has TWO SHOTS to score from 4 yards out.

What does Garrett and Linehan do?
1) A terrible pass in the end zone to Swaim that gets tipped and lucky it was not picked off.
2) A BLEEPIN FADE TO A BASKETBALL PLAYER WHO WAS NEVER IN THE RHYTHM OF THE GAME AND THE BALL IS THREE FEET BEYOND HIS REACH!!!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!???

We all knew that Stafford was going to drive right down and score.

It is not just that.

It is drop by Austin in the end zone. That is a 4 point swing.
The block in the back by Elliott led to a Prescott sack taking away another 3 points.

Dallas left 11 points on the field

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...is the main reason why we are inconsistent. Really ridiculous, fruitless, unnecessary crap from the coaching brain trust! What are they smoking during game planning? More like the Coaching Brain Rust!

 

[Pantone282C]

The win should not cloud how bad Linehan is. He should be fired Monday.

Why wait?

 

[Chrispierce]

This is why I’m tired of Garrett and Linehan. Everything under the sun,stars and moon screamed Zeke running for a TD there. Nope,not them though...it’s the old passing for FGs trick out of the hat again. I don’t mind taking a shot in other situations,but not in that moment.