It's a passing League but,

[Blackrain]

If you don't have Patrick mahomes or Josh Allen you may need a running game.
You may need a running back with speed and power that can impact the game and save your quarterback from himself.

We are perfect example of what happens when you don't recognize these facts.
Our Arch divisional rival recognized this after totally going in the tank last year and added saquon Barkley to their team and they are now a dominant Force.

The Baltimore Ravens are another example they added Derrick Henry and will be a serious Force to contend with.

The Lions and the Packers can seriously run the ball.

We just paid Dak a king's Ransom and ignore what he needs to make him even slightly competitive in the playoffs.
We don't even have anyone on the coaching staff that can properly judge who should be playing where on the offensive line as the backups were playing better than the starters who would have thought.

And to top it all off for good measure Tony Pollard is having a good season and we don't even have him.
What hope can you possibly have when your front office is unable to recognize the holes in your team and fill them or at least make an effort

 

[big dog cowboy]

Kellen Moore and Mike McCarthy hate to run the ball. Just pass pass and pass again. Until the offensive scheme and play calling change, what you see is what you will get from the Cowboys.

How many times have we all said there needs to be more running attempts than passing attempts? All we get is 45-50 (or more sometimes) passing attempts a game.

With luck, Jerry will get a RB1 in the draft and the new HC will get a good OL coach and there will be a emphasis on the running game next year. We haven't had that since Fredbeard retired and after the first few years of Zeke.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

If you don't have Patrick mahomes or Josh Allen you may need a running game.
You may need a running back with speed and power that can impact the game and save your quarterback from himself.

We are perfect example of what happens when you don't recognize these facts.
Our Arch divisional rival recognized this after totally going in the tank last year and added saquon Barkley to their team and they are now a dominant Force.

The Baltimore Ravens are another example they added Derrick Henry and will be a serious Force to contend with.

The Lions and the Packers can seriously run the ball.

We just paid Dak a king's Ransom and ignore what he needs to make him even slightly competitive in the playoffs.
We don't even have anyone on the coaching staff that can properly judge who should be playing where on the offensive line as the backups were playing better than the starters who would have thought.

And to top it all off for good measure Tony Pollard is having a good season and we don't even have him.
What hope can you possibly have when your front office is unable to recognize the holes in your team and fill them or at least make an effort

more than anything, you need balance. it maynot be a league that thrives on running only except for a couple of teams, however, you just need to have respectable and reliable running game, so that you are not facing 2nd and 7 or longer most often, which forces you to pass (becoming predictable) and defenses often play zone or cover 2, cover 3 and rush the passer. that's why pass rushers are costing a premium since they can singularly wreck havoc on opposition passing attack.

 

[MyFairLady]

Do you have any idea how many jerseys we sell? Bro you are missing the big picture.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

I can't post it but a writer from one of the paid sites has an article where she spoke to several league insiders ( GMs, coaches, etc ) who seem to think the league is trending back to the running game as a priority of winning. She mentioned the same teams listed by OP that are noticed around the league.
This may explain the suddenly elevated value of the DT position over the past 3-4 years.

 

[Blackrain]

Kellen Moore and Mike McCarthy hate to run the ball. Just pass pass and pass again. Until the offensive scheme and play calling change, what you see is what you will get from the Cowboys.

How many times have we all said there needs to be more running attempts than passing attempts? All we get is 45-50 (or more sometimes) passing attempts a game.

With luck, Jerry will get a RB1 in the draft and the new HC will get a good OL coach and there will be a emphasis on the running game next year. We haven't had that since Fredbeard retired and after the first few years of Zeke.

My brother you have hit the nail on the head there Fred beard retiring was an irreparable blow to our offensive line that we have felt ever since.
Many things have been blamed for the problems we've had but he was a very dominant center that we have not come close to replacing.
That offensive line with Zeke in his prime was certainly dominant if we had a seasoned quarterback in his prime at that point I think we could have done something.
Dak passing wasn't there yet and Romo could no longer protect himself.
We missed that window of opportunity

 

[Hawkeye0202]

more than anything, you need balance. it maynot be a league that thrives on running only except for a couple of teams, however, you just need to have respectable and reliable running game, so that you are not facing 2nd and 7 or longer most often, which forces you to pass (becoming predictable) and defenses often play zone or cover 2, cover 3 and rush the passer. that's why pass rushers are costing a premium since they can singularly wreck havoc on opposition passing attack.

Just curious .........what's an excellent/good, reliable and bad running game?

*Excellent = can't be stopped ( Brakley, Henry ) ( team knows you are going to run and can't do anything to stop it .....see Emmitt Smith)
Usually a high-level RB
*Reliable = Quaility RB but needs a good scheme, QB and OLine to be effective
* Bad = Dallas Cowboys (lol) average to low-end RB, scheme or running games scares no one.

 

[IMGumby]

It starts up front. Lions, Packers, and Eagles all have good o-lines. Barkley didn't look nearly this good when he was with the Giants. The Ravens line is good but not great but when there is a run threat of both the RB & QB it makes stopping the run more difficult.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Kellen Moore and Mike McCarthy hate to run the ball. Just pass pass and pass again. Until the offensive scheme and play calling change, what you see is what you will get from the Cowboys.

How many times have we all said there needs to be more running attempts than passing attempts? All we get is 45-50 (or more sometimes) passing attempts a game.

With luck, Jerry will get a RB1 in the draft and the new HC will get a good OL coach and there will be a emphasis on the running game next year. We haven't had that since Fredbeard retired and after the first few years of Zeke.

What's crazy is our best chances /seasons of success were 2014 and 2016 when we had top-rushing RBs in both seasons.

 

[Blackrain]

more than anything, you need balance. it maynot be a league that thrives on running only except for a couple of teams, however, you just need to have respectable and reliable running game, so that you are not facing 2nd and 7 or longer most often, which forces you to pass (becoming predictable) and defenses often play zone or cover 2, cover 3 and rush the passer. that's why pass rushers are costing a premium since they can singularly wreck havoc on opposition passing attack.

I agree some kind of balance you just can't depend on passing the ball all the time it's a recipe for disaster especially with a quarterback who is not up for the task in big moments.
Brady is gone Aaron Rodgers is done and if you don't have Patrick mahomes or Josh Allen
Guys that can improvise overcome and generally pull the rabbit out of the hat under any conditions.
A power running game covers a multitude of sins and provides a comfort zone for most quarterbacks that are not superhuman.
I think after a 10-year analysis we can all agree that our quarterback could use the help of a power running game not that it will solve all his problems but it certainly can't hurt.
The eagles recognized it the Ravens recognized it they don't want their starting quarterback to have to do all the running and get banged up.
It is reaping dividends for those teams while our quarterback is hurt and we have no running game

 

[Coogiguy03]

Do you have any idea how many jerseys we sell? Bro you are missing the big picture.

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

 

[Coogiguy03]

The Biggest issue is that we have to get POSITIVE yards, if the Cowboys don't get 8+ yards a run, we're going to abandon the run and never go back!

 

[McKDaddy]

I can't post it but a writer from one of the paid sites has an article where she spoke to several league insiders ( GMs, coaches, etc ) who seem to think the league is trending back to the running game as a priority of winning. She mentioned the same teams listed by OP that are noticed around the league.
This may explain the suddenly elevated value of the DT position over the past 3-4 years.

I have said this before. The league ebbs & flows. You need to either be on the leading edge of a trend or you need to go the opposite way. When the league is devaluing the running game & you aren't a greatest show on turf kinda offense, you need to capitalize on the league letting great run blockers & running backs fall to you. The rest of the league will have adjusted defenses to be smaller & quicker to account for the passing attacks & you can bully them. Don't fight the trends, adjust your strategy.

 

[noshame]

So let's get the next superstar quarterback and still run the football.
AkA What we did with Troy

 

[Blackrain]

It starts up front. Lions, Packers, and Eagles all have good o-lines. Barkley didn't look nearly this good when he was with the Giants. The Ravens line is good but not great but when there is a run threat of both the RB & QB it makes stopping the run more difficult.

And what's crazy is our offensive line looked better with the backups then it did with the starters I think forcing this kid guyton to start is a mistake he's not ready he hasn't even put on his man weight yet and he's not smart enough to even line up properly
We need a coaching staff that can analyze the players and judge who is fit to start and who is not I think Jerry decides who plays and it's based on how much they get paid or where they were drafted not necessarily their talent and this kind of front office nonsense is killing us.

We are being boat raced by every front office in the league I can't even say we're playing checkers and they're playing chess it's to the point where we are playing Tic-Tac-Toe with a stick in the dirt in comparison

 

[Blackrain]

I have said this before. The league ebbs & flows. You need to either be on the leading edge of a trend or you need to go the opposite way. When the league is devaluing the running game & you aren't a greatest show on turf kinda offense, you need to capitalize on the league letting great run blockers & running backs fall to you. The rest of the league will have adjusted defenses to be smaller & quicker to account for the passing attacks & you can bully them. Don't fight the trends, adjust your strategy.

That's the biggest problem we don't have a front office with enough quality people to form a strategy.
We have a close the Barn door after the horse has gone strategy and it just leads to 30 years of failure

 

[Blackrain]

So let's get the next superstar quarterback and still run the football.
AkA What we did with Troy

We did the same thing in the '70s with Roger Staubach and Dwayne Thomas and Tony dorsett

 

[Asklesko]

Do you have any idea how many jerseys we sell? Bro you are missing the big picture.

If we won a super bowl, we would sell ten times more jersies at least.

 

[Aven8]

I’m all about it. And I can guarantee you had we gotten Henry this Oline magically looks better. People want to block for a stud RB like that. Whatever we have to do to get a stud RB this next offseason is a must. Pick the right one and it will energize your entire team.

 

[Ranching]

Just curious .........what's an excellent/good, reliable and bad running game?

*Excellent = can't be stopped ( Brakley, Henry ) ( team knows you are going to run and can't do anything to stop it .....see Emmitt Smith)
Usually a high-level RB
*Reliable = Quaility RB but needs a good scheme, QB and OLine to be effective
* Bad = Dallas Cowboys (lol) average to low-end RB, scheme or running games scares no one.

A good running game, is one that strings together first downs, keeping the defense off the field and winning the field possession game.