Is Garrett Holding The Playbook Back?

[TonyRomo#9]

your right, i shouldn't question the play calling, because garrett was a back up QB in the league.. geez why doesn't babe laufenberg become a head coach!!! he played the games, which makes him know everything about it right?

things garrett like to do.

have the QB with the fastest release in the NFL do more 5-7 step drops then not.

likes to have witten block when he has been one of our, if not our very best target.

throw 1 pass to martyB a game..

throw the ball repeatedly on the goal line and take fieldgoals. be it to sam hurd covered by Champ bailey, or a repeated fade, cause.. if the first one didn't fool them, the second one will

keep running MB3 when he is hurt, instead of Choice who is playing great.

Not getting the ball to felix jones in space.

running a delayed draw, when on our own 1 yard line, trying to give up a safety.

but yeah, he held a clipboard in this league, so he knows better then us..

you know who else has played in the league? ray lewis, and he basically called jason garrett a joke.

 

[craig71]

please, don't start the "you don't know football like i do arguement"
a persons experiance doesn't effect their ability to deliver a good point, it might effect the frequancy, but i don't have to go to mexico to tell someone not to drink the water..

ive watched the games, especially the denver game, inwhich we had been running the ball very well, barber especially, and he barely touched the ball in the second half.. when it gets to crunch time, garrett just doesn't run it. including on the goal line.

none of us have to have played the game to know garrett shouldn't have had witten blocking when the game was on the line.. refute someones point, not their experiance.

I don't know what your definition of very well is,in the 1st half Dallas had 54 yards rushing on 16 attempts against Denver.If I remember correctly the best play we had was the screen pass early,but in the 2nd. half even the screen was'nt all that successful.

Craig

 

[TonyRomo#9]

i might have been thinking of a different game, but im not sure, ill check, also know that barber can still look good and not get a ton of yards, if he is fighting for every inch i still think he is doing good.

 

[TonyRomo#9]

yeah it was denver, barber had 10 rushed for 39 but was grinding the ball really well, like he normally does. and only had 1 rush in the entire second half.

choice only ran it 6 times..

so how can garrett call 7 runs in the second half, a half that we lead until the last 6 minutes?

tell me how?

 

[juck]

go cry

and find your nearest bridge

will that help romo to not hide in big games?

 

[juck]

I don't know, but I watched a team last week in which Romo threw for over 300 yards with 0 INTs.

1.Chiefs
2.Miles Austin broke tackles

Hopefully Romo can have these stats this week.Well lets not expect it.We know what happens ,unfortunately its a big game.

 

[Idgit]

will that help romo to not hide in big games?

A fanbase that's not mostly-ignorant. That'll also help him be clutch in two-minute offense and in the fourth quarter so he's no longer a choker.

 

[FLcowboy]

Regardless of his play calling, Garrett is clever. If he is holding back for late season surprises, he's playing a dangerous game because it might not matter.

I have to honestly admit I never thought of this possibility. But I can't figure out why Garrett lost to Denver. I have to lay the loss to NYG on the defense, and of course Romo, but Denver still has me shaking my head.

I would guess we'll see some more of Garrett's offense this weekend, as (1) Atlanta is looking better than Dallas, and (2) Dallas got a gift this past weekend with NYG and Philly both losing, so they have to win to get into the catbird's' seat.

 

[peplaw06]

im not talking by the numbers on the whole, im talking about in the second halves of games when it has been effective the whole game, and we are still in it, or leading.. the numbers might say we run enough, but anyone watching the games knows garrett doesn't like running when we get into the second half.

We have 136 total rushing attempts on the year.

Barber - 35 in the 1st half, 23 in the 2nd
Choice - 17 in the 1st, 27 in the 2nd
Jones - 13 in the 1st, 8 in the 2nd
Romo - 5 in the 1st, 5 in the 2nd
Crayton - 2 in the 1st, 1 in the 2nd

72 carries in the 1st halves of games, 64 in the 2nd. In other words, a 53% to 47% split.

Interestingly, Romo has 90 passing attempts in the 1st halves of games, and 75 in the second. So we actually pass the ball MORE in the first half, percentage wise than in the second... 55.5% of the plays in the first half are passes, compared to 54% of the plays in the second.

Doesn't seem to me that he "doesn't like running" any less in the second half than he does in the first half.

 

[kmp77]

Ed Reed even said that this offense is predictable and that was late in the season. I strongly believe Garrett has a bunch of gameplans and formations up his sleeve just waiting to unleash them in December. Call me crazy! It's really ballsy.

Just like last year against the Eagles and Ravens! Oh wait..we didn't unleash anything and didn't make the playoffs. This "hiding the good stuff" up his sleeve is like believing in pixies and leprechauns.

 

[Cover 2]

I hear his real playbook is even bigger than the vaunted Al Saunders one.

 

[Goldenrichards83]

I'm not crazy about Jason Garrett but I think the guy gets a bad rap. We are the #1 offense in the league. Imagine what we could be if we weren't commiting so many penalties and cut down on the turnovers.

He does make you scratch your head sometimes(Lastyear Felix gets one touch when he scored in every game he played in up to that point) but Flo and the offense seems to always put him in situations.

 

[craig71]

yeah it was denver, barber had 10 rushed for 39 but was grinding the ball really well, like he normally does. and only had 1 rush in the entire second half.

choice only ran it 6 times..

so how can garrett call 7 runs in the second half, a half that we lead until the last 6 minutes?

tell me how?

54 yards of total rushing in the 1st. half is not that good.Barber had 39 of those yards,which is not exactly setting the world on fire.Choice had 6 carries,I believe 2 of those carries lost yardage.I think Barber's longest run in the half was 9 yards.The screen passes that were called were the most successful plays.

In the 2nd. half Garrett started calling more pass plays,I believe his intent was to loosen up the defense.Whether the failure to establish the passing game was due to Romo being off,or the receivers being in the wrong place they didn't get the passing game going.After it was evident that the passing game wasn't going to happen,Garrett tried to re-establish the running game.For whatever reason they couldn't get the running game re-established and the rest is history.

I will admit some of Garrett's play calls are suspect,but the same thing can be said about any coach out there.Bottom line is that a team has to try to be balanced you just can't run on evey play.In this particular game they started out running,tried to establish the pass and wound up losing both.Whether you believe it's coaching or lack of execution that caused the loss it's still a loss in the books.

Craig

 

[utrunner07]

We have this same thread every year.

 

[casmith07]

1.Chiefs
2.Miles Austin broke tackles

Hopefully Romo can have these stats this week.Well lets not expect it.We know what happens ,unfortunately its a big game.

Right, because nobody on the Cowboys can make any plays.

But the same kind of thing happens when the Eagles play Tampa Bay, for example, and everyone is screaming that Jeremy Maclin is a "playmaker!!"

But when it's the Cowboys, it's only because of busted coverage, or the other team's defense sucks.

I guess thats why we put up 31 on the Giants too - nobody was making plays, they just sucked that much.

 

[ajk23az]

1.Chiefs
2.Miles Austin broke tackles

Hopefully Romo can have these stats this week.Well lets not expect it.We know what happens ,unfortunately its a big game.

Since when does a WR breaking tackles NOT count as pass yards for the QB?

 

[casmith07]

Since when does a WR breaking tackles NOT count as pass yards for the QB?

Since they play for the Dallas Cowboys. If we go to the Super Bowl and beat New England, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, or Denver, it won't be because we have a good team, it will be because the other team sucked. It's true, I read it right here.

 

[Idgit]

We have 136 total rushing attempts on the year.

Barber - 35 in the 1st half, 23 in the 2nd
Choice - 17 in the 1st, 27 in the 2nd
Jones - 13 in the 1st, 8 in the 2nd
Romo - 5 in the 1st, 5 in the 2nd
Crayton - 2 in the 1st, 1 in the 2nd

72 carries in the 1st halves of games, 64 in the 2nd. In other words, a 53% to 47% split.

Interestingly, Romo has 90 passing attempts in the 1st halves of games, and 75 in the second. So we actually pass the ball MORE in the first half, percentage wise than in the second... 55.5% of the plays in the first half are passes, compared to 54% of the plays in the second.

Doesn't seem to me that he "doesn't like running" any less in the second half than he does in the first half.

Bet you don't get an response to this.

 

[Frozen700]

will that help romo to not hide in big games?

yes

 

[Frozen700]

Since when does a WR breaking tackles NOT count as pass yards for the QB?

since he said so....oh you didn't know? He's a Boss, just call him Boss