Interesting tidbit on the Ticket this morning about our offense

[Tusan_Homichi]

I was listening to D&M on the Ticket this morning and George had an interesting tidbit about our offensive problems. George is the PA guy there at Texas Stadium and he works for the Ticket which is of course the flagship station of the Cowboys.

He said he heard from very reliable sources inside the organization that the major issue with the offense going down the stretch is that as an offense, they had absolutely no idea where our top two WRs were going on each play. Now, I know some people here were saying that, but it was interesting to hear it from people inside the organization.

That brings me to a question. What in the WORLD do we do each week in preparation for games that both of our freaking wideouts have absolutely no idea where they're supposed to line up or what routes they're supposed to run?

 

[RoadRunner]

That brings me to a question. What in the WORLD do we do each week in preparation for games that both of our freaking wideouts have absolutely no idea where they're supposed to line up or what routes they're supposed to run?

Who needs to practice? Its over rated, and players might get hurt.

/end of sarcasm

Yeah, the practice habits of this team are reprehensible, and it definitely translated to losses on the field.

 

[dmq]

I don't believe this.

 

[Beast_from_East]

I was listening to D&M on the Ticket this morning and George had an interesting tidbit about our offensive problems. George is the PA guy there at Texas Stadium and he works for the Ticket which is of course the flagship station of the Cowboys.

He said he heard from very reliable sources inside the organization that the major issue with the offense going down the stretch is that as an offense, they had absolutely no idea where our top two WRs were going on each play. Now, I know some people here were saying that, but it was interesting to hear it from people inside the organization.

That brings me to a question. What in the WORLD do we do each week in preparation for games that both of our freaking wideouts have absolutely no idea where they're supposed to line up or what routes they're supposed to run?

Coach Tecmo doesnt believe in practice, he likes to call plays on the fly!!!!

 

[GoCowboysGo]

I don't believe this.

I do. It explains absolutely everything

 

[Alexander]

I don't believe this.

Why on earth not?

You will never hear either receiver fess up, so you can give up on getting "proof". But the smoke around this is too hard to ignore. It would explain a great deal.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

It's the WR Coach's responsibility to make sure that his roster understands whrere to line up on each play, as well to know what route to run and how to adjust it based on the defense. Either that didn't happen, or it did, but the WR Coach was as confused as his players about what Garrett was expecting on each play.

You can't rule either possibility out. But Garrertt DID meet with his WRs to iron this stuff out - as it is his job to ultimately do so - and unfortunately after the meeting the passing offense regressed further.

When you're an offensive coordinator and your offense is broken, then that speaks to your ineffectiveness; but when you're an offensive coordinator and you take that broken offense head-on and the effect is that you break it even more, then that speaks to your incompetence.

 

[CoCo]

Coach Tecmo doesnt believe in practice, he likes to call plays on the fly!!!!

And the broken record plays on.

Ok, we get it. You blame Garrett for everything wrong this side of global warming. Even when someone suggests the WR's aren't executing their routes properly there is no mention of accountability from the WR's themselves, nor from the WR coach, nor the HC.

Nope, its all on Coach Tecmo.

 

[InmanRoshi]

Coach Tecmo doesnt believe in practice, he likes to call plays on the fly!!!!

At least they were running the wrong routes with fresh legs.

 

[dmq]

Why on earth not?

You will never hear either receiver fess up, so you can give up on getting "proof". But the smoke around this is too hard to ignore. It would explain a great deal.

So TO suddenly couldn't figure out where to line up and where to run his route when he didn't seem to have any problem last year? I would believe it about Roy, but it seemed like Roy ran the same route every play and from the same location.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

When George Dunham says "they had absolutely no idea", who exactly is he referring too?

Is he talking about Jason Garrett, Tony Romo or both?

I don't believe that Jason Garrett and Tony Romo didn't know where the Receivers were going to be. I just find it hard to believe that this is the case and Jason Garrett and Wade Phillips keep their jobs.

 

[Aikmaniac]

Coach Tecmo doesnt believe in practice, he likes to call plays on the fly!!!!

The only direction the receivers had was to run with a zig-zag motion after the ball was caught.

Ready, down, hut, hut, hut, hut, hut, hut, hut, hut, hut, hut....

 

[Oh_Canada]

Yeah...this sounds far fetched. I am pretty sure T.O knows what he is doing...he may not run the best routes, but no one has even criticized his preperation or work ethic.

On the other hand, the loveable and easy going coach told us many times how important it was for the team to rest up instead of practising as most good teams do.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I suppose it's possible that when RW arrived and they eventually moved him to the Z position and TO moved to the X position (or whichever one it was) that caused confusion, but in light of all the dissension in the lockerroom another possible answer might be more realistic.

Let's look at the situation...

*WRs who are vets and have had a decent amount of success over their careers, suddenly don't know where to line up or what routes to run.

*Talk of dissension in the team...particularly between the WRs and the QB and his best friend, our Pro Bowl TE.

*All the WRs have their big $$ deals and know they either can't be released because of cap ramifications or if they were released other teams would line up to sign them.

If what this guy heard is true, there is the possibility that the WRs did it intentionally to make their point and sabatoge the QB and the offensive coordinator to make an example of them.

I realize that is a drastic scenario and perhaps I'm off-base with that theory, but something toxic happened in the last few weeks of the season after TO's interview with Deion.

 

[theogt]

Sounds like his "very reliable source" is just throwing things against the wall to see if they stick like the rest of us.

 

[TD-33]

I don't believe this story at all.

 

[Venger]

Well, Roy Williams looked just LOST out there. But from my viewpoint, the bigger problem was HOW to use our top receivers. Not nearly enough underneath drag, slant stuff for TO to get him the ball, in space, at speed. And it seemed like too often I saw Roy Williams being played off of by 10 yards, and we never even through a quick hitch or anything to him. The guy has great hands, even if he has a ten cent head. Get a few routes down and use him in spots. The guy had what, maybe 1 catch per game? That's ridiculous!

 

[Apollo Creed]

Roy always looked confused.

Hard as a QB to line up your guys, and do your job.

 

[Alexander]

So TO suddenly couldn't figure out where to line up and where to run his route when he didn't seem to have any problem last year? I would believe it about Roy, but it seemed like Roy ran the same route every play and from the same location.

I am more apt to believe the two of them did their own thing to be honest. Williams I could accept as not knowing what to do. All I can say is that a lot of Romo's errant throws seemed to be the product of poor edged off or even completely incorrect routes and/or adjustments. Something just looked wrong. Very wrong.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Don't know about TO not knowing, but it seemed pretty obvious with Roy Williams. Heck there were times they were telling him where to line up right before a play after coming out of the huddle.