It occurs to me that Romo is the offensive genius, not the coaches

[Risen Star]

Wrong..


Personnel is a problem but you can't have coaches that give the play away over and over.

When they started doing that then they started deserving the blame.

They should be blamed for gutless football.





Also, we have lost our balance because teams know exactly what we're going to do.

Teams knowing what we're going to do, if they do....because you certainly have no idea and are merely regurgitating the same Joe Fan nonsense, has nothing to do with being balanced on offense. The Cowboys 90's offense was predictable. The Colts offenses with Manning were basic and simplistic. Every team in the league knew what they were going to do. Nobody could stop it. Balance is about having the skill to produce in both the pass and run games. The Cowboys don't have that. They aren't good enough.

That's right. Your Dallas Cowboys lack...brace yourself.....talent.

The same coaches that were here for the historic offense last year are here now. The difference is Romo is now Brandon Weeden. Murray is now Joseph Randle. Dez Bryant is now Terrance Williams. And there isn't a scheme known to man that will ever make that irrelevant.

 

[CATCH17]

It will be even more clear if Cassel struggles as bad as Weeden.

Agreed... Cassell is solid.. Nothing more and nothing less.

If you can't manage a first down or 2 with him then you got problems.

 

[CATCH17]

Teams knowing what we're going to do, if they do....because you certainly have no idea and are merely regurgitating the same Joe Fan nonsense, has nothing to do with being balanced on offense. The Cowboys 90's offense was predictable. The Colts offenses with Manning were basic and simplistic. Every team in the league knew what they were going to do. Nobody could stop it. Balance is about having the skill to produce in both the pass and run games. The Cowboys don't have that. They aren't good enough.

That's right. Your Dallas Cowboys lack...brace yourself.....talent.

The same coaches that were here for the historic offense last year are here now. The difference is Romo is now Brandon Weeden. Murray is now Joseph Randle. Dez Bryant is now Terrance Williams. And there isn't a scheme known to man that will ever make that irrelevant.

Teams are diluted and lack... Brace yourself Risen... Talent....


Where they make up for it is QB and coaching. The 2 biggest factors.

Nobody is trotting out these perfect teams that you have made up in your head and none of the elite teams lack the dynamics that we do.



Also, nobody is rolling out a 90s style Dallas Cowboys roster in the Salary cap era.

Scheme is more important than ever..

Garrett offers absolutely nothing to this offense.

 

[CATCH17]

Also, this is a bit off topic but look at the College game from the 90s until now.


Nebraska, like the 90s Cowboys, could just line up and run it down anyone throats.

A decade goes by, teams get smarter, and eventually being able to just out athlete other teams doesn't work any more.



Same thing happened in the NFL..

If you think you're just going to consistently out athlete other professional football teams with watered down rosters then you're clueless.


You have to take advantage of these rules.. You have to take advantage of teams cheating against the run on first down.

You can't let a defense consistently know where the ball is going anymore.

 

[vlad]

Obviously not having Romo, Bryant and Murray is incredibly difficult to overcome. I think people are frustrated though, as Jerry seems to have been at times, that we are very vanilla in a league that most teams don't have that three-headed monster.

Look at a team like Cleveland - who do they have? Not saying they are out there producing 30 points a game, but they move the ball enough to be competitive. Would Travis Benjamin, Duke Johnson and Josh McCown have similar performances here, behind our O-line? Can't say for sure, but I think most people feel the answer is no, for whatever your reason may be. Same could be said of Washington that hasn't had Desean and we know what hot mess is playing QB there. If its not scheme, its something...and we're all guessing what it is.

 

[Corso]

Teams are diluted and lack... Brace yourself Risen... Talent....


Where they make up for it is QB and coaching. The 2 biggest factors.

Nobody is trotting out these perfect teams that you have made up in your head and none of the elite teams lack the dynamics that we do.



Also, nobody is rolling out a 90s style Dallas Cowboys roster in the Salary cap era.

Scheme is more important than ever..

Garrett offers absolutely nothing to this offense.

Gunshot to the pectoralis major.
I felt it from here.

 

[big dog cowboy]

The problem with our offense has nothing to do with coaching and everything to do with personnel.

We only get a few 1st downs a game, but we run on them every time. I've been better play calling in pee-wee league games.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Teams are diluted and lack... Brace yourself Risen... Talent....

The CBA has watered down training camps to the point raw talent is hard to develop.

 

[Corso]

The CBA has watered down training camps to the point raw talent is hard to develop.

Some people get that.
Some overbearing people don't.

 

[Sportsbabe]

He's brilliant at it.

Doesn't mean the results are always perfect, but he reads defenses exceptionally well.

Oh yeah, that's right; you're the Commanders fan who for some reason posts a lot here.

Having said that, I don't really agree with the OP

Did you truly dignifify that with a response? Oh...you just felt like toying with someone today.

 

[conner01]

And if he does and has a QB comparable to Brandon Weeden, he will be a terrible coach.

Great players make coaches look great
No offensive coach is going to look great if he doesn't have a QB
Football is much more about the talent than the scheme

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Might want to learn how to spell genius before questioning someone else's intelligence. Romo reads defenses better than anyone nor named Brady, Manning or Rodgers.

Ok

 

[dallasdave]

Well not everyone can do it as efficiently as Robert Griffin III.

 

[dallasdave]

And if he does and has a QB comparable to Brandon Weeden, he will be a terrible coach.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Remember when Romo signed his new contract and Jerry said we're going to give him more control over the offense? It occurs to me that it's not Linehan or Garrett who were the brains behind our premier offense last season, but rather Tony. The drop off since he got hurt has been stunning. I realize a lot of that has to do with his talent, but he's got to be one of the top in the league at recognizing defenses and knowing what the offense needs to do. I think he's been operating at a Peyton Manning level regarding strategy - recognizing defenses and knowing the right play to call.

The only credit I give to Linehan and Garrett is getting out of the way and letting Tony do his thing. But who knows? Maybe Jerry told them they had to, and Jerry actually deserves the credit. To be honest, when Jerry said that a few years ago I was skeptical it was a good plan, but I've got to give him props on getting Tony more authority over the offense.

Many of us on this board have been saying for years that Romo is the brains, not Jason "Tecmo" Garrett.

Truth is that Coach Tecmo would have been fired a long time ago if Romo was not around...........Garrett cant even win one dam game without Romo.

 

[CATCH17]

Great players make coaches look great
No offensive coach is going to look great if he doesn't have a QB
Football is much more about the talent than the scheme

Are we so bad that we could possibly go winless without our QB?

The playcalling is predictable and the ability to get someone open through scheme does not exist here.


We can't even get first downs guys..


Weeden is bad. I agree. But letting everyone know what our plays are doesn't do him any favors.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Are we so bad that we could possibly go winless without our QB?

The playcalling is predictable and the ability to get someone open through scheme does not exist here.


We can't even get first downs guys..


Weeden is bad. I agree. But letting everyone know what our plays are doesn't do him any favors.

If we go 0-7 while Romo is out..........that is an indictment against this entire coaching staff that they cant manage to win one dam game without Romo

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I was not making the point that Romo is unique to the league rather he is unique to the team.

understood. but every elite player is elite because they have abilities and can do things others can't. if everyone could do it, then there wouldn't be any elite's. Romo is key to this team as are those other QBs. their coaches count on their abilities and scheme for it to take advantage of their uniqueness. just because romo does what he does....doesn't mean that the scheme is bad or he is covering up warts..... all of htose guys cover a lot of warts.......

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Also, this is a bit off topic but look at the College game from the 90s until now.


Nebraska, like the 90s Cowboys, could just line up and run it down anyone throats.

A decade goes by, teams get smarter, and eventually being able to just out athlete other teams doesn't work any more.



Same thing happened in the NFL..

If you think you're just going to consistently out athlete other professional football teams with watered down rosters then you're clueless.


You have to take advantage of these rules.. You have to take advantage of teams cheating against the run on first down.

You can't let a defense consistently know where the ball is going anymore.

so basically talent doesn't matter. its all scheme!? right?

 

[cowboyblue22]

we don't the the talent or the coaching right now more than likely wont win a game until romo gets back so he can drag the team kicking and screaming to a win other teams figure out ways to win game but that means the whole team has to step up and that hasn't happened here.