kramskoi
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Year......RushYds....RushY/att...Yds[rnk]...Y/att[rnk]....record...Off rank [pts]....Off rank [yds]...PassY/att...Td/Int
2007.......1746............4.2...............17............10.............13-3............2.......................3.....................7.4.........36/19
2008.......1723............4.3...............21............12..............9-7............18.....................13....................6.6.........29/20
2009.......2103............4.8................7..............2.............11-5............14......................2.....................7.3.........26/9
2010.......1786............4.2...............16............15.............6-10.............7......................7.....................6.7.........29/19
2011.......1807............4.4...............18.............9..............8-8.............15.....................11....................6.9.........33/12
2012.......1265............3.6...............31............30.............8-8..............31....................30....................6.8.........29/19
2009..............131 yds/ game / 4.8 yds/att
2012...............79 yds/ game / 3.6 yds/att
best season rushing = 2009
best season passing = 2009
best season points = 2007
best season yards = 2009
playoff win since 1996 = 2009
The best performances on this list don't coincide with Garrett as head coach and he will be hanging by a thread if the Cowboys repeat their rushing performance of 2012. I don't know how they managed to win 8 games last year while being almost dead last in offense. I guess it was Romo's 4700 yd passing season, ~500 yds better than his previous best. Add it back to the rushing total for 2012 and it comes out to about 1750, where the Cowboys have been every year except 2009 and 2012, the former its best season, the latter its worst. The Cowboys have nothing to show for seasons where it averages <= 1750 yds rushing. Not if the team is judged by what it does in the post-season.
Romo's best season was 2009, as I have always thought and that was behind an offensive line that got totally destroyed at Minnesota that year. The offensive line has been perversely neglected since then and new additions will need to improve quickly or it could cost Garrett. I am not sure this is a do or die year for him but a repeat of last year will make next year somewhat uncomfortable. The stat line shows 42 attempts for Romo and no picks at KC. A very clean performance with 1 td. He had 49 attempts in week one. Whenever he is over 40, bad things begin to happen. I just don't see how the Cowboys will get to where they want to go without returning to what made them potent in 2009, when both rushing yds per attempt and passing yds per attempt were both robust.
That said, lets wait and see where they are four weeks from now. If they are still sputtering on offense at mid-season then this could end up being more of what we have seen over the past three years. It could also mean that Garrett's days might be getting numbered in Dallas.
2007.......1746............4.2...............17............10.............13-3............2.......................3.....................7.4.........36/19
2008.......1723............4.3...............21............12..............9-7............18.....................13....................6.6.........29/20
2009.......2103............4.8................7..............2.............11-5............14......................2.....................7.3.........26/9
2010.......1786............4.2...............16............15.............6-10.............7......................7.....................6.7.........29/19
2011.......1807............4.4...............18.............9..............8-8.............15.....................11....................6.9.........33/12
2012.......1265............3.6...............31............30.............8-8..............31....................30....................6.8.........29/19
2009..............131 yds/ game / 4.8 yds/att
2012...............79 yds/ game / 3.6 yds/att
best season rushing = 2009
best season passing = 2009
best season points = 2007
best season yards = 2009
playoff win since 1996 = 2009
The best performances on this list don't coincide with Garrett as head coach and he will be hanging by a thread if the Cowboys repeat their rushing performance of 2012. I don't know how they managed to win 8 games last year while being almost dead last in offense. I guess it was Romo's 4700 yd passing season, ~500 yds better than his previous best. Add it back to the rushing total for 2012 and it comes out to about 1750, where the Cowboys have been every year except 2009 and 2012, the former its best season, the latter its worst. The Cowboys have nothing to show for seasons where it averages <= 1750 yds rushing. Not if the team is judged by what it does in the post-season.
Romo's best season was 2009, as I have always thought and that was behind an offensive line that got totally destroyed at Minnesota that year. The offensive line has been perversely neglected since then and new additions will need to improve quickly or it could cost Garrett. I am not sure this is a do or die year for him but a repeat of last year will make next year somewhat uncomfortable. The stat line shows 42 attempts for Romo and no picks at KC. A very clean performance with 1 td. He had 49 attempts in week one. Whenever he is over 40, bad things begin to happen. I just don't see how the Cowboys will get to where they want to go without returning to what made them potent in 2009, when both rushing yds per attempt and passing yds per attempt were both robust.
That said, lets wait and see where they are four weeks from now. If they are still sputtering on offense at mid-season then this could end up being more of what we have seen over the past three years. It could also mean that Garrett's days might be getting numbered in Dallas.
