You're right, I guess, I don't play chess but I think most people that read it knew what point I was trying to make. Ya see, that's what wrong with some people, they get caught up in the minutia. It's kinda like reading a persons post and they have a spelling error, if you know what word they were trying to spell then it's no use in correcting them. The point of these message board is to communicate with fellow fns (see you knew I was trying to spell fans). No matter what education level someone reaches it doesn't make them more a fan than the next.
See, that what's wrong with people that think that Garrett's going to be a great coach in this league partly because of his Princeton education. Yeah he might be bright but in crucial situations last year some savvy vet DC outcoached him. Spagnualo did it in the 2007 playoffs, Jim Johnson did it in December 2008, and the Pitts DC did it also in 2008.
Garretts's offense worked good in 2007 for a few reasons, no one had any tape on it and he took the league by storm. TO had monster numbers partly because teams were playing him like he was just another wr, few double teams, no aggessive man with over the top coverage. That happened until late in the season, teams started to take TO out of the game and were willing to let the other Cowboys beat them.
This continue into 2008 season, some people look at TO stats and say that he feel off but I think it was more about the way teams defended him. DC dared the Cowboys to throw to Crayton who was getting 1 on 1 coverage and he couldn't beat his man. Why do you think Garrett was so pumped about getting RW11 because he knew Crayton as a No.2 wr didn't threaten the defense and they weren't respecting him. He thought just by getting RW11 teams would take the man-over coverage away from TO and bring the explosiveness back to the offense.
DC's basically said "until you can prove to me RW11 is a legitimate threat, we'll still cover TO the same". That's why at the end of last year TO said RW11 should get more passes thrown in his direction. Garrett needed to make RW11 a viable option against 1 on 1 coverage but he never did. In the end RW11 was no more a threat to the defense than Crayton.
In 2009 it's Garrett's move err turn or whatever the appropriate term is.
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