On first down, Romo was blitzed by an untouched Bart Scott. On the deep pass to TO, the Cowboys kept both TEs in to block, the Ravens rushed 3 and dropped 8. So we had two patterns out in the play and Choice out of the backfield. TO ran a 15 yard pattern over the middle after Austin had run off the safeties deep.
On the play that Romo threw to Choice, it looked like a busted screen, because Davis chips on the DT Ngata then lets him go free to Romo. Romo didn't check down because nothing was open, he checked down because that's how the play was designed and because he was pressured.
On the last play, Romo wasn't ready for the snap, and Gurode jumped it. So no one was in sync, but it's surely not Garrett's fault.
So when is Garrett at fault when the offense is out-of-sync?
So every drive that is three and out, is "horrible play calling?" This is so pathetic. The Ravens are a GOOD DEFENSE!!! Oh, and yes Procter lines up at LG, but nothing he did on either run contributed to Barber not getting the first. Barber was hurt too.
Uh yes, every drive that is 3 and out is pathetic play-calling, when those 3
and outs happened continuously, one after another. Esepcially 5 in a two quarter span.
BTW, theogt posted a statistic that said Dallas first downs in the 2nd and 3rd quarters against the Ravens was equivalent to the worst teams in the league that played against the Ravens. While the Ravens may be a good defense, the ineptitude of the Dallas offense to do anything against the Ravens defense was more on the Cowboys than the great Ravens defense.
Further, Choice was playing well, so the Barber excuse doesn't wash. In fact, it can be leigitmately argued that Choice was running better than Barber this whole year. The fact thatGarrett very rarely employed play-action when Choice was running well, again is a makr on garrett. He has no ability to set-up the passing game with the run, or keep defenses honest. You can continue to make excuses for Garrett, but he suchs plain and simple.
BTW, I gues it was
Barber's fault when he fumbled in the eagles gae, because you need to defend garrett, right?
On this drive we started on our 2. Everyone struggles deep in their own end zone. Barber injured, how is it predictable to throw the ball on 1st down from the 2? Play one was playaction, Romo was pressured, and SHOCK there were two or three underneath routes. Romo threw to a triple covered Witten. 2nd down a run from our own 2, wow, really shocking there. How dare he? 3rd down, from the 5, in the SHOTGUN (how is that predictable?)!!! There were 5 routes, Witten ran a short out, Choice out of the backfield, Crayton ran out at the sticks an Owens and RW were deep. Romo threw it away because no one was open. But again, I don't see how you can fault Garrett here because we were so backed up.......... unless you're being irrational.
again, we started at the 13 yard line.
We were throwing on first the whole game. It is an established pattern. Further, we were down and garrett running play-action at a time when it usually isn't done is pathetic. Also, Choice was running well the whole game, so to buy the excuse that we didn't run because of a lack of Barber is absurd. Further, it was a seven-step drop yet again, not a three step drop. Amazing that Romo was pressured... That is sarcasm by the way. Well, not really considering Garrett is calling plays. The Ravens werent fooled a bit. And you wonder why Ray Lewis and Ed Reed made the comments they did.
You can continue to make excuses about what other teams do. The pattern isn;t confined to field position. Garrett is backed up, so he tried to throw deep instead of play the sticks. Amazing, also, that your two best receivers are running deep in that situation. Roy Williams goes deep as well, though he is how tall and how good at moving the chains? How effective was Roy the whole game in running these dee patters?
first play was a completed pass out of bounds for a loss of one, so the clock was stopped and we huddled up. so the 8 yards to Witten was not out of the hurry up. 3rd down was no huddle, yes but a simple route. Nothing to credit romo over Garrett for. The pass to Choice he got out of bounds, so the clock stopped. We were at the 38 with 49 seconds and 1 timeout. You have to go down the field sometime, and we did on 2nd and short. TO was wide open and Romo overthrew him slightly, and TO didn't see the ball. Probably should have been a TD. How do you fault Garrett for this drive?? Oh right, agenda.
Regardless your theory about us being only successful in the no huddle has been obliterated.
It's like you're going to a play by play box score and trying to make judgments based on what they write. If you want to sound like you know what you're talking about WATCH THE GAMES!!!
the evidence is right there. I brought up, and nothing has been obliterated by you. Hell, youve come up with some pretty good excuses now. Barber was injured, Dallas didn't have good field position, the Ravens defense is pretty good. But none of it comes on Garrett... keep the excuses coming.
3 and out after 3 and out... TOP, dallas lost by around 6 minutes. And 6 of those minutes came on only one drive in the end of the third and fourth of the Cowboys. Absolutely pathetic game managing by garrett... Pathetic...
