Impressions From The Game Yesterday

[Staubacher]

I was there yesterday - I live in Atlanta and have a few good friends who have Falcons seasons tickets. They invited me along knowing I'm a big Cowboys fan. We had an awesome all-day tailgate. Lots of Cowboys fans around. Then the game started...

First off, I expected a loss as soon as I heard Tyron Smith was out. Also Atlanta had their backs to the wall in a showcase home game.

What I didn't expect was another game where we had long stretches of extremely poor play. This has happened all too often this season - Denver, 2nd half vs Rams, Packers, etc. Good teams simply do not play bad ball as often as the Cowboys do.

Sean Lee - never has one player covered up 10 other players stink as much as Lee does. Soon as the scoreboard said he was out with a hamstring I knew the roof would cave in.

Coaching - it's all been said here but we have absolutely no answers when things so sideways. No adjustments. We have a head coach who will openly brag during game week that we are not scheming just lining up and beating the other guy. It's a stupid strategy (or lack thereof) when you are usually playing teams with equal or greater overall talent and key players are injured. Football IS about
Xs and Os.

Stadium - The new Atlanta dome is vastly overrated. it's huge and gleaming on the outside, impressive. Inside it's cookie cutter. Nice hi def board but that's about it. Falcons fans are quiet but talked serious trash once they had control of the game. This is a team who has never won a ring and a city who has 1 major sports championship EVER. Yet the fans get overly proud and obnoxious the first whiff of success. I told them they beat half a team and have nothing to brag about playing .500 ball. They are mediocre like most NFL teams in this declining league.

Conclusion - as I've said all year, we are a .500 team at best. Nothing has changed my view of that, in fact with Lee and Smith out likely longer 8-8 is aiming high. Also I hope Seattle cleans the Falcons clock next week.

 

[cowboyblue22]

this is a average team with mostly average players with below average coaches and a average front office we are no closer to the playoffs than we were in years past just wasting more talent with dumb coaches all this talk about draft and develop players is a bunch of **** until they make huge changes in the front office and get nfl ready coaches that can do the job this is what we get

 

[CWR]

Great post, I almost started one myself to say as much. This game was at least 80% coaching. I get that we were short handed but this is the NFL! Everyone is banged up.

Chaz Green was on a damn island and it sickens me they did jack squat to help him.

Sean Lee would be a damn first ballot hall of famer if he wasnt ALWAYS hurt. But that is zero excuse to let ONE guy dictate the entire defense. We were incredible before he went out. However, we did nothing to fill that void.

We have to be the worst team in the league at making adjustments. Like another poster said in a seperate thread. We only have a plan a, there is no plan b.

I have been on the fence about these coaches for a long time but this game sickened me. We came out and pretended Zeke and Tsmith were in the line up. We did nothing to make up for Lee being out. This staff has zero reaction to anything.

I dont blame Oscan for being emotional on the sideline, I was furious as well. I also couldn't believe they waited for Alf to get going and then put in DMC. How stupid are we? We put Dak at risk as well and for what? This is about as broken of a coaching effort as Ive seen in a long time.

 

[Doc50]

I was there yesterday - I live in Atlanta and have a few good friends who have Falcons seasons tickets. They invited me along knowing I'm a big Cowboys fan. We had an awesome all-day tailgate. Lots of Cowboys fans around. Then the game started...

First off, I expected a loss as soon as I heard Tyron Smith was out. Also Atlanta had their backs to the wall in a showcase home game.

What I didn't expect was another game where we had long stretches of extremely poor play. This has happened all too often this season - Denver, 2nd half vs Rams, Packers, etc. Good teams simply do not play bad ball as often as the Cowboys do.

Sean Lee - never has one player covered up 10 other players stink as much as Lee does. Soon as the scoreboard said he was out with a hamstring I knew the roof would cave in.

Coaching - it's all been said here but we have absolutely no answers when things so sideways. No adjustments. We have a head coach who will openly brag during game week that we are not scheming just lining up and beating the other guy. It's a stupid strategy (or lack thereof) when you are usually playing teams with equal or greater overall talent and key players are injured. Football IS about
Xs and Os.

Stadium - The new Atlanta dome is vastly overrated. it's huge and gleaming on the outside, impressive. Inside it's cookie cutter. Nice hi def board but that's about it. Falcons fans are quiet but talked serious trash once they had control of the game. This is a team who has never won a ring and a city who has 1 major sports championship EVER. Yet the fans get overly proud and obnoxious the first whiff of success. I told them they beat half a team and have nothing to brag about playing .500 ball. They are mediocre like most NFL teams in this declining league.

Conclusion - as I've said all year, we are a .500 team at best. Nothing has changed my view of that, in fact with Lee and Smith out likely longer 8-8 is aiming high. Also I hope Seattle cleans the Falcons clock next week.

It was painful enough to watch on TV.
It must have been miserable to be there among Falcon fans.

I'm really disappointed this morning about the lack of adaptation by the OC, how stiff and slow Chaz is, and how totally lost Jaylon usually is.
It is incumbent on any staff to recognise its weaknesses and game plan for contingencies.
Should have seen this coming, and also should have been able to change tactics as the game unfolded.

Bad day for Cowboy fans.

 

[Aven8]

I thought the Hotlanta crowd sounded very quiet on TV. Then in the 2nd half, the majority of the fans looked like they didn't come back to their seats until the 4th quarter.

I knew this was going to be our toughest test because of the QB and thought Freeman would be tough but Hitch took care of that early. I though he played fantastic until Lee got hurt and we moved him.

I would rather see Kyle Wilbur play MLB then Smith.

Rod Smith is nothing more than I said all PS, a ST's player.

I thought Dak played well considering.

Atlanta's front reminded me of what Denvers front did to us.

I'm sick of a team I can't trust week in and week out. I keep thinking that Dak and Zeke will overcome the coaching but I'm not sure that's going to happen ever.