Jim Schwartz: We Doubled Dez Bryant All Day And He Still Scored 2 TDs

[big dog cowboy]

Lions head coach Jim Schwartz made stopping Bryant the focal point of his defense, and said that they were “double covering Bryant on both of his touchdown passes.”

This just in - he is a BEAST. Throw him the damn ball!

 

[Kevinicus]

I hear a lot of people on this forum blaming coaches for not moving Dez around, but do they honestly believe they're smarter then our coaches, including Jason Garret?

It sure seems like a lot of us are smarter than them a lot of the time, especially Jason Garrett. They certainly do cause a lot of head scratching for us dumb folk.

 

[Zordon]

Obviously Swartz is lying since there's been 50,000 posts here saying just the opposite and Dez was open all day and Romo just sucks.

If our offensive line can stop getting pushed around then I am perfectly fine throwing it up for grabs to Dez a few times on low risk bombs where Dez either catches it, bats it away or it's intercepted on their end. That's smart football. Forcing the ball to Dez regardless of the coverage is dumb football. I don't know if you saw the game but Johnson did not catch 14 jump balls into double coverage. He was obliterating single coverage and catching the ball both moving and in space.

i can always tell the people who didn't watch the all-22 tape. he was open A LOT.

 

[dstovall5]

It sure seems like a lot of us are smarter than them a lot of the time, especially Jason Garrett. They certainly do cause a lot of head scratching for us dumb folk.

On clock management and situational plays it does seem we're lacking in that department, but I can promise you any of those guys in Dallas know the Xs and Os ALOT better then us. That's why they're making the big bucks after all.

 

[Kevinicus]

On clock management and situational plays it does seem we're lacking in that department, but I can promise you any of those guys in Dallas know the Xs and Os ALOT better then us. That's why they're making the big bucks after all.

I'm sure they know X's and O's just fine...doesn't mean the philosophy isn't still stupid. And it appears all the other coaches know their X's and O's a lot better than our coaches do.

 

[Canadian BoyzFan]

I was at the game....and had End Zone seats. He was NOT being doubled consistently. I saw some on third downs, but we had a few 2nd down and 3-5 yards. He was on Chris Houston for cripe sakes. The statistically worst corner in the league.

He missed a ton of chances with our crappy and conservative approach.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

i can always tell the people who didn't watch the all-22 tape. he was open A LOT.

He was not open. If I went strictly by your posts, it would be apparent you were watching rugby.

 

[Zordon]

I was at the game....and had End Zone seats. He was NOT being doubled consistently. I saw some on third downs, but we had a few 2nd down and 3-5 yards. He was on Chris Houston for cripe sakes. The statistically worst corner in the league.

He missed a ton of chances with our crappy and conservative approach.

i agree chris houston is a SCRUB. but lets not let romo off the hook. too many people are blaming garrett/callahan this week. romo has the control he wanted to do whatever he wants. nobody is forcing him to do anything. its on him.

 

[percyhoward]

Not sure how much of the 146.3 rating some of you are figuring was supposed to be Dez, or why that makes any difference.

Or are you referring to the plays on which Romo was pressured and targeted somebody else, and saying those incompletions should have been for Dez?

 

[JPostSam]

He was not getting open a lot but keep on fantasizing. The same people all week were saying Dez was running loose in single coverage but when the game tape came out it was clear that he wasn't. You'd best go back to playing Madden... there you can throw jump balls to Dez on every down and even hit reset when it doesn't work.

i was there. swartz is right, the poster is wrong. dez was doubled and not open a bunch. but he also wasn't sent over the middle much, if at all. they didn't have other receivers line up next to him and pick dez's defender much, if at all. had they hosen to, they could have made this a dez-vs-megatron game. but they shied away from him. i didn't understand it that day and i don't understand it now.

 

[dstovall5]

I'm sure they know X's and O's just fine...doesn't mean the philosophy isn't still stupid. And it appears all the other coaches know their X's and O's a lot better than our coaches do.

All fine and dandy, but that's not what I'm talking about. What do YOU suggest they do with Dez?

If he doesn't fully understand the playbook to where he can move around, then how is it on our coaches? If Dez is so motivated and passionate about winning to go off on the side line, then Dez shouldn't have a problem fully learning the offense. But here we are, week 9 rolling up and we've yet to see Dez line up in different spots. Why is that? The only logical explanation would be that Dez doesn't fully understand what to do, yet it's our coaches fault, at least according to the experts here.

 

[joseephuss]

I still can't think of a reason for him to not get 10 targets a game. Not one.

He is averaging 9.6 targets a game. The Detroit game was not the norm. Romo probably would have targeted him a bit more in that game if he had a little more time.

 

[Fletch]

I disagree watching the All-22.

He was open, a lot.

Romo wasn't on his A-game and couldn't quite get in sync or didn't bother to look his way or for whatever reason, couldn't pull the trigger.





YR

Exactly YR! I really do like and appreciate Romo. But what you said is exactly what seperates guys like Rodgers and Brees from Tony Romo. Rodgers and Brees maximize every time out.

 

[Picksix]

Like Aikman was saying today; night and day comparing Dez' route-running to Calvin's.
Just not even remotely close.

He then talked about how Irvin could bust double teams by running great routes and being physical--but he had to do both.

To me this a very important, overlooked point. People say "just throw it up to him". The problem, if you're not sure exactly where he's going to be, how do you know where to it? Sounds like a great way to rack up INT's.

 

[CaptainMorgan]

but do they honestly believe they're smarter then our coaches, including Jason Garret?

Why yes, yes we do.

 

[Picksix]

i can always tell the people who didn't watch the all-22 tape. he was open A LOT.

Sure, it's easy to look at a view from the top, and say he's open a lot. But on those plays, what was Romo's situation? Was he being pressured? Did he read blitz, thus causing to him to throw the hot route? If for whatever reason, Tony can't see him (and still can't trust him to be where he's supposed to be), or is getting pressured and doesn't have time, then it really doesn't matter if he's open. On every play, every player (or pretty much) has a job to do to make that play successful. If one person doesn't do their job, the play can get screwed up, and doesn't matter what's going on between the QB and the WR.

 

[sideon]

To me this a very important, overlooked point. People say "just throw it up to him". The problem, if you're not sure exactly where he's going to be, how do you know where to it? Sounds like a great way to rack up INT's.

You know a lot of analyst feel CJ isn't a great route runner but he makes up for it with his size and playmaking ability, how about we give Dez a chance to make plays that way you might not need a 12sec hail mary play at the end of games. I've always said i don't mind if a qb throws a pick when targeting his best player because at least you understand why, i do have a problem when your offense is stinking up the joint and the team is content with having no ints.

 

[joseephuss]

You know a lot of analyst feel CJ isn't a great route runner but he makes up for it with his size and playmaking ability, how about we give Dez a chance to make plays that way you might not need a 12sec hail mary play at the end of games. I've always said i don't mind if a qb throws a pick when targeting his best player because at least you understand why, i do have a problem when your offense is stinking up the joint and the team is content with having no ints.

Dez is 6th in targets this season. They want to get him the ball.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Cowboys didn't think this was the case, didn't target Dez enough.

Dez got four targets Sunday, Terrence Williams got 10. I guess Romo threw away from the double coverage.

 

[noshame]

The 3,5, and 7 routes there all day, if we had a QB who could consistently make the throws. But by all means romo-etts, cheer on.