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[CCBoy]

Hall of Famer DeMarcus Ware: Cowboys team leaders must step up, injured or not​

But in a one-on-one conversation with Cowboys Wire this week, the Hall of Famer admitted that this year’s bunch is exponentially more hamstrung simply due to the number- and the caliber- of players currently missing in action.

“Number one, you’ve got to have everybody there,” Ware said. “When you don’t have DeMarcus Lawrence and you don’t have Micah Parsons and a couple other interior guys, you can see that everybody’s not on the same accord. When you have [coordinator Mike] Zimmer coming in with his new defense, you can see how great they played in the first game. And then as guys start to become missing and not playing as injured, the other guys didn’t pick up the pieces. You can see missed gap alignments, you can see missed assignments, guys not being where they need to be.”

“When Troy Aikman calls you lazy and Michael Irvin calls you soft, Mike McCarthy’s career is over.”

But not signing McCarthy to an extension, even a modest one, does make for an awkward atmosphere when this team struggles. It’s the reason Jones was hit with questions about McCarthy’s job status in the aftermath of the team’s loss to Detroit.

by David Moore DMN



To make staff changes, the bye week would have been an opportunity to make a change in OL Coach Mike Solan,

The run game is not functioning. Every offensive lineman has not produced as expected. The offensive line needs to produce better.



Patrik: Having trended upward in presnap motion last season, in a big way, the second year of McCarthy's offense has turned this down a bit.

Nick: Coming out of the locker room – either in the first quarter or the third – has been bad for this team. The Cowboys have been outscored 30-9 on game-opening drives and 31-6 to start the third. That comes down to preparation.

Patrik – The Cowboys have allowed 167 combined points in their last four home games, third-most in NFL history over a four-game span, having only scored 85 points themselves during the drought.

Tommy – Dak Prescott. Sure, the run game has struggled to open up the offense, but the highest paid QB in the NFL needs to make plays to help counter that.

Bye-ology Report: Assessing the Cowboys at the break

The Cowboys have not been able to get touchdowns on their trips in the redzone, with just a 37.5% touchdown scoring percentage, good for 3rd worst in the NFL. Dak Prescott has completed just nine of his 23 passing attempts for 80 yards, four touchdowns, and two interceptions (tied for the most in the league). CeeDee Lamb has only hauled in two catches on six targets for 11 yards and has yet to score from short distance.

And the run game isn’t setting them up for success either, as the Cowboys have run the ball nine times for nine yards and a touchdown, keeping them in difficult situations on second and third downs. Nothing is going right for Dallas when they get deep into their opponent’s territory, and while Brandon Aubrey has done his job to get points on the board, the offense needs to try and get him on the field for extra points, not field goals.

Opponents run the ball on the Cowboys defense 50.53% of the time averaging 143.2 yards per game on the ground, the 6th most rushing yards allowed per game in the league.

What’s more troubling for the Dallas defense is that 629 of the 859 rushing yards they’ve allowed this season has come after contact and are allowing 1.7 rushing touchdowns per game, the second worst average in the league. The Dallas defense has been playing from behind with guys like Eric Kendricks, DeMarcus Lawrence and Micah Parsons all missing time, and needs this bye week to get them healthier and hopefully back on the field soon.

Cowboys news: What it would take to fix Dallas out of the bye

Special team play has been great!


Unfortunately for the Cowboys, as it stands, they cannot say the same about themselves on either side of the ball, the offense unable to score touchdowns while the defense has allowed 167 points in its last four home games, the third-most in NFL history over that span of contests.

https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/...t-loss-going-into-bye-week-look-in-the-mirror


Those all add up to some serious negatives and fingers pointing at Jerry, McCarthy, Solan, and Prescott all included.

3-3 is a defineable transition point. There needs to have been transition that includes elevated team play. Tougher, coordinated, and focus on the field that produces and without penalties and Dallas turnovers.

Change has to occur, here and now...or it will happen by this off season.

 

[CCBoy]

Hall of Famer DeMarcus Ware: Cowboys team leaders must step up, injured or not​

But in a one-on-one conversation with Cowboys Wire this week, the Hall of Famer admitted that this year’s bunch is exponentially more hamstrung simply due to the number- and the caliber- of players currently missing in action.

“Number one, you’ve got to have everybody there,” Ware said. “When you don’t have DeMarcus Lawrence and you don’t have Micah Parsons and a couple other interior guys, you can see that everybody’s not on the same accord. When you have [coordinator Mike] Zimmer coming in with his new defense, you can see how great they played in the first game. And then as guys start to become missing and not playing as injured, the other guys didn’t pick up the pieces. You can see missed gap alignments, you can see missed assignments, guys not being where they need to be.”

“When Troy Aikman calls you lazy and Michael Irvin calls you soft, Mike McCarthy’s career is over.”

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Hall of Famer DeMarcus Ware: Cowboys team leaders must step up, injured or no ​

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[big dog cowboy]

“When Troy Aikman calls you lazy and Michael Irvin calls you soft, Mike McCarthy’s career is over.”

He's been dead man walking since the GB playoff game.

I will NEVER understand why he wasn't fired.

Makes no sense to keep him when everyone knows it's going to be a lame duck year.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

Pretty stupid to say that guys should be playing hurt lol

 

[nyc-cowboy]

He's been dead man walking since the GB playoff game.

I will NEVER understand why he wasn't fired.

Makes no sense to keep him when everyone knows it's going to be a lame duck year.

Yes. very true but the big mess up was signing Dak to that contract - too much needs to rebuild - especially both trenches.

They should have fired the coaches and start the rebuild.

 

[Cowboys5217]

He's been dead man walking since the GB playoff game.

I will NEVER understand why he wasn't fired.

Makes no sense to keep him when everyone knows it's going to be a lame duck year.

Jerry made the worst decision possible on several key points in the off season.

 

[maryquality]

Pretty stupid to say that guys should be playing hurt lol

I didn't take it like that. I think he means players can still be leaders even if they're injured.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

I didn't take it like that. I think he means players can still be leaders even if they're injured.

Hmm maybe. That would certainly make more sense lol

 

[fivetwos]

He's been dead man walking since the GB playoff game.

I will NEVER understand why he wasn't fired.

Makes no sense to keep him when everyone knows it's going to be a lame duck year.

Semantics, but like many of us, you know why but don’t like it.

The major problem in NFL….the dead coaching money.

I mean, I’ve never heard anyone else complain about it, but then again no one else runs their mouth like Jerry.

 

[gtb1943]

I have noticed Jethro's defenders are steadily disappearing and now are acting like they knew he was a joke long ago

 

[Redline360]

I mean you can almost make talking points at any position regardless on what side of the ball on how bad we are right now. Hell it's bad when the best thing we have to talk about is the kicker...and maybe Ferg as he seems to try his hardest each week.

Just to key in on one of the talking points above that gets under my skin for whatever reason is the "highest paid QB needs to make plays regardless of the run game". What made Dak so good was his ability to use his legs and extend plays prior to his injury. Now you make him the highest paid quarterback when one of his best qualities is almost none existent when it's needed most. It drives me crazy that he refuses to step up in the pocket and run. Numerous video breakdowns mention he needs to step up into the pocket as there is sometimes massive chunk yardage available. Think the one Warner broke down showed Dak had 20+ yards in front of him but he circled back around and took the sack

 

[America's Cowboy]

Hall of Famer DeMarcus Ware: Cowboys team leaders must step up, injured or not​

But in a one-on-one conversation with Cowboys Wire this week, the Hall of Famer admitted that this year’s bunch is exponentially more hamstrung simply due to the number- and the caliber- of players currently missing in action.

“Number one, you’ve got to have everybody there,” Ware said. “When you don’t have DeMarcus Lawrence and you don’t have Micah Parsons and a couple other interior guys, you can see that everybody’s not on the same accord. When you have [coordinator Mike] Zimmer coming in with his new defense, you can see how great they played in the first game. And then as guys start to become missing and not playing as injured, the other guys didn’t pick up the pieces. You can see missed gap alignments, you can see missed assignments, guys not being where they need to be.”

“When Troy Aikman calls you lazy and Michael Irvin calls you soft, Mike McCarthy’s career is over.”

But not signing McCarthy to an extension, even a modest one, does make for an awkward atmosphere when this team struggles. It’s the reason Jones was hit with questions about McCarthy’s job status in the aftermath of the team’s loss to Detroit.

by David Moore DMN



To make staff changes, the bye week would have been an opportunity to make a change in OL Coach Mike Solan,

The run game is not functioning. Every offensive lineman has not produced as expected. The offensive line needs to produce better.



Patrik: Having trended upward in presnap motion last season, in a big way, the second year of McCarthy's offense has turned this down a bit.

Nick: Coming out of the locker room – either in the first quarter or the third – has been bad for this team. The Cowboys have been outscored 30-9 on game-opening drives and 31-6 to start the third. That comes down to preparation.

Patrik – The Cowboys have allowed 167 combined points in their last four home games, third-most in NFL history over a four-game span, having only scored 85 points themselves during the drought.

Tommy – Dak Prescott. Sure, the run game has struggled to open up the offense, but the highest paid QB in the NFL needs to make plays to help counter that.

Bye-ology Report: Assessing the Cowboys at the break

The Cowboys have not been able to get touchdowns on their trips in the redzone, with just a 37.5% touchdown scoring percentage, good for 3rd worst in the NFL. Dak Prescott has completed just nine of his 23 passing attempts for 80 yards, four touchdowns, and two interceptions (tied for the most in the league). CeeDee Lamb has only hauled in two catches on six targets for 11 yards and has yet to score from short distance.

And the run game isn’t setting them up for success either, as the Cowboys have run the ball nine times for nine yards and a touchdown, keeping them in difficult situations on second and third downs. Nothing is going right for Dallas when they get deep into their opponent’s territory, and while Brandon Aubrey has done his job to get points on the board, the offense needs to try and get him on the field for extra points, not field goals.

Opponents run the ball on the Cowboys defense 50.53% of the time averaging 143.2 yards per game on the ground, the 6th most rushing yards allowed per game in the league.

What’s more troubling for the Dallas defense is that 629 of the 859 rushing yards they’ve allowed this season has come after contact and are allowing 1.7 rushing touchdowns per game, the second worst average in the league. The Dallas defense has been playing from behind with guys like Eric Kendricks, DeMarcus Lawrence and Micah Parsons all missing time, and needs this bye week to get them healthier and hopefully back on the field soon.

Cowboys news: What it would take to fix Dallas out of the bye

Special team play has been great!


Unfortunately for the Cowboys, as it stands, they cannot say the same about themselves on either side of the ball, the offense unable to score touchdowns while the defense has allowed 167 points in its last four home games, the third-most in NFL history over that span of contests.

https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/...t-loss-going-into-bye-week-look-in-the-mirror


Those all add up to some serious negatives and fingers pointing at Jerry, McCarthy, Solan, and Prescott all included.

3-3 is a defineable transition point. There needs to have been transition that includes elevated team play. Tougher, coordinated, and focus on the field that produces and without penalties and Dallas turnovers.

Change has to occur, here and now...or it will happen by this off season.

"Those all add up to some serious negatives and fingers pointing at Jerry, McCarthy, Solan, and Prescott all included."

Agreed but adding Prescott is missing context. Dak Prescott can't run/pass block for himself or make the running game appear all of a sudden. He also can't run the passing routes for his receivers either. What he can do is to improve his mistakes AND demand his Oline coach and Receivers coach be replaced immediately. Those 2 positions (Oline & WRs) is lacking badly and hurting this offense more than anything. Also, the playcalling and route designs have been terrible, so add the O-Coordinator needing to be replaced as well. But since McCarthy as head coach doesn't want to replace them out of loyalty, he needs to be replaced as well. Way too many negatives from players to coaches affecting this offense.

 

[CCBoy]

"Those all add up to some serious negatives and fingers pointing at Jerry, McCarthy, Solan, and Prescott all included."

Agreed but adding Prescott is missing context. Dak Prescott can't run/pass block for himself or make the running game appear all of a sudden. He also can't run the passing routes for his receivers either. What he can do is to improve his mistakes AND demand his Oline coach and Receivers coach be replaced immediately. Those 2 positions (Oline & WRs) is lacking badly and hurting this offense more than anything. Also, the playcalling and route designs have been terrible, so add the O-Coordinator needing to be replaced as well. But since McCarthy as head coach doesn't want to replace them out of loyalty, he needs to be replaced as well. Way too many negatives from players to coaches affecting this offense.

Agreed. Everyone is beating the current play designs and execution by both the offense and defense.

 

[gtb1943]

dak is part of the problem as well
no matter how badly the Dak bots say otherwise
From the very top to the bottom this entire team and organization is fatally flawed

 

[CCBoy]

The problem boils down to whether or not the play calls and blocking schemes up front set the run game up for success.

https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/jerry-jones-addresses-cowboys-continued-run-struggles-in-2024

No runs and then little respect for the offense.

 

[CCBoy]

This very game may reflect negatively and be reflected here:

Elsewhere, Dallas has always been connected to potentially available players but the time may have come to unload some of their own.
https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/li...jones-offers-honest-opinion-trade-candidates/

Don’t lose this game. You fall to 3-4 after a bye week, with the way Washington and the rest of the NFC is playing, you aren’t making the playoffs.

 

[bewp7]

who even is the leader of this team

dlaw and dak?????

hahahahaha

 

[Mikexike]

Hmmm, Someone on this forum told us Leaders don't matter to a Football team........Interesting.

 

[Typhus]

"Those all add up to some serious negatives and fingers pointing at Jerry, McCarthy, Solan, and Prescott all included."

Agreed but adding Prescott is missing context. Dak Prescott can't run/pass block for himself or make the running game appear all of a sudden. He also can't run the passing routes for his receivers either. What he can do is to improve his mistakes AND demand his Oline coach and Receivers coach be replaced immediately. Those 2 positions (Oline & WRs) is lacking badly and hurting this offense more than anything. Also, the playcalling and route designs have been terrible, so add the O-Coordinator needing to be replaced as well. But since McCarthy as head coach doesn't want to replace them out of loyalty, he needs to be replaced as well. Way too many negatives from players to coaches affecting this offense.

Quit making up excuses for the bum QB we have AC.
Dak is a major factor in why this team continues to fail.

 

[CCBoy]

Yes. very true but the big mess up was signing Dak to that contract - too much needs to rebuild - especially both trenches.

They should have fired the coaches and start the rebuild.

This should never be the team snapshot...

Calvin Watkins

@calvinwatkins

Mike McCarthy said some of the walkthroughs haven’t been good. MM said he doesn’t have a comment on Jerry Jones saying some of the offensive concepts need some tweaks. On 49ers: “The best game for us to watch is last year’s game.”