Just my thoughts on the offense in the opener

[CCBoy]

I agree. Today Tony was the goat. Next week it will be somebody else. That's how these Cowboys are. Not one person is responsible from week to week.

Not singling you out here...as a board, if we spent much less time in semantics and getting emotions continually off one's chest, there would be some intense and great conversations around here.

 

[EST_1986]

I agree. Today Tony was the goat. Next week it will be somebody else. That's how these Cowboys are. Not one person is responsible from week to week.

Regardless of what happens I think Tony will be the goat, I don't force his 8 year streak of being the goat broken anytime soon.

 

[Future]

It's really not. It's a reflection of the decision making of the QB today. A QB who's shown to be a very good decision maker, generally, overall. The penalties are nothing more or less (I don't believe, but I'd be happy to see evidence to the contrary) than we see every single opening week around the league. We saw a lot of the same from the 49ers, too, and there's no doubt they've got a very good coach on their sideline.

The penalties are a bigger deal than you're making them out to be, imo. Three false starts and forced to burn two timeouts b/c we couldn't get the play called quickly enough. That is pathetic.

This team managed to have a penalty before ever running a play. That's almost laughable. 5 yards seems insignificant, but it just sets a bad tone. Then your workhorse RB fumbles and you're down 7 without even getting going.

Romo didn't play well but I think the quick penalty and then the fumble make it awfully difficult on a QB who didn't have much of a workload at all in the preseason. The penalty and fumble are being overlooked more than they should be.

 

[Idgit]

The penalties are a bigger deal than you're making them out to be, imo. Three false starts and forced to burn two timeouts b/c we couldn't get the play called quickly enough. That is pathetic.

This team managed to have a penalty before ever running a play. That's almost laughable. 5 yards seems insignificant, but it just sets a bad tone. Then your workhorse RB fumbles and you're down 7 without even getting going.

Romo didn't play well but I think the quick penalty and then the fumble make it awfully difficult on a QB who didn't have much of a workload at all in the preseason. The penalty and fumble are being overlooked more than they should be.

That false start penalty was absurd. But the point is, some sloppy play happens early every preseason. We still had fewer calls against us for fewer yards than our opponents. So how much worse off could we have been? It's all relative.

 

[CCBoy]

That false start penalty was absurd. But the point is, some sloppy play happens early every preseason. We still had fewer calls against us for fewer yards than our opponents. So how much worse off could we have been? It's all relative.

Yea, I'm not rushing to throw Smith out with the wash water...

 

[CrownCowboy]

We had fewer penalties for fewer yards than the team that beat us. And I'm sorry, but I'm not blaming the coach for Tony's bad reads yesterday. What amount of preparation do you really think would have avoided those two bad throws into coverage?

And, no, you don't automatically run the ball every play from inside the five. The receiver was open on the pass that was called. The QB just plain missed him. I think the world of Tony, but he's got to play better than that if we're going to win a football game.

You can put as much lipstick on it as you want buddy. The bottomline is that that a was as sloppy as I have seen the Cowboys play in a long while and whether or not you want to admit it, that's on Garrett.

Tony did have a bad game, of course, but despite that when it's 2nd and goal from the 1 you run the damn ball. You tell your quarterback to walk up to the line, snap the ball and hand it off, not change the play. That's been our problem since Garrett got here and he'll just never learn.

When you trot out there and put the ball on the ground, when you turn the ball over in the redzone, when you lose games like how we have lost them the last 3 years it's not just an anomaly, it's a trend and it's a reflection on your head coach, period.

 

[Future]

That false start penalty was absurd. But the point is, some sloppy play happens early every preseason. We still had fewer calls against us for fewer yards than our opponents. So how much worse off could we have been? It's all relative.

Some sloppy play, yes. Pretty much everything Dallas did on offense, during the first half anyways, was sloppy. They just looked horribly unprepared.

The fewer calls thing was ridiculous. We got every single call. I tend not to agree with the notion that refs call games to keep them close and that kind of conspiracy stuff, but holy cow if you want an example of that happening just go ahead and rewatch the game. That was brutal.

 

[big dog cowboy]

With week 1 in the books, the overall performance by the Cowboys is not acceptable and left little to look forward to in the weeks to come.

The performance against SF was not acceptable but there is a lot to look forward to the rest of the season.

 

[Idgit]

Some sloppy play, yes. Pretty much everything Dallas did on offense, during the first half anyways, was sloppy. They just looked horribly unprepared.

The fewer calls thing was ridiculous. We got every single call. I tend not to agree with the notion that refs call games to keep them close and that kind of conspiracy stuff, but holy cow if you want an example of that happening just go ahead and rewatch the game. That was brutal.

I agree that there were three awful calls on the Niners. But that happens sometimes in football. It still wasn't what got us beat. The turnovers got us beat, and I don't think they were mostly the result of how prepared the team was.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

Pure and simply, this game was all on Romo. You can't sugarcoat it. No one else played nearly as poorly as he did, and I am a big Romo supporter, not one just to pile on. This seriously may have been his worst game he has ever played. Missed reads, throwing into coverage, inaccuracy, etc, it was all on display. His history has been to play well the week after playing poorly, so this week's game will be very interesting and telling.

The defense played pretty well and the defensive line was probably better than anyone could have expected. Mincey seriously brought heat against what is most likely San Fran's best OL. The LB's were pretty good, hard to find much fault there. Secondary was pretty meh, not much to get excited about.

What is disappointing is that we were pretty much manhandling them in the run game yet still felt a need to throw way too often, especially when it was obvious that Romo was off.

I am going to somewhat write this game off. San Fran is a good team, and the way we coughed it up so early it really threw everything else out of whack. I expect to see a much better performance in a week. If not, then it may not be too early to push the panic button.

 

[CCBoy]

Pure and simply, this game was all on Romo. You can't sugarcoat it. No one else played nearly as poorly as he did, and I am a big Romo supporter, not one just to pile on. This seriously may have been his worst game he has ever played. Missed reads, throwing into coverage, inaccuracy, etc, it was all on display. His history has been to play well the week after playing poorly, so this week's game will be very interesting and telling.

The defense played pretty well and the defensive line was probably better than anyone could have expected. Mincey seriously brought heat against what is most likely San Fran's best OL. The LB's were pretty good, hard to find much fault there. Secondary was pretty meh, not much to get excited about.

What is disappointing is that we were pretty much manhandling them in the run game yet still felt a need to throw way too often, especially when it was obvious that Romo was off.

I am going to somewhat write this game off. San Fran is a good team, and the way we coughed it up so early it really threw everything else out of whack. I expect to see a much better performance in a week. If not, then it may not be too early to push the panic button.

I take it, the Cowboys are still socially redeemable in context...

 

[Idgit]

Pure and simply, this game was all on Romo. You can't sugarcoat it. No one else played nearly as poorly as he did, and I am a big Romo supporter, not one just to pile on. This seriously may have been his worst game he has ever played. Missed reads, throwing into coverage, inaccuracy, etc, it was all on display. His history has been to play well the week after playing poorly, so this week's game will be very interesting and telling.

The defense played pretty well and the defensive line was probably better than anyone could have expected. Mincey seriously brought heat against what is most likely San Fran's best OL. The LB's were pretty good, hard to find much fault there. Secondary was pretty meh, not much to get excited about.

What is disappointing is that we were pretty much manhandling them in the run game yet still felt a need to throw way too often, especially when it was obvious that Romo was off.

I am going to somewhat write this game off. San Fran is a good team, and the way we coughed it up so early it really threw everything else out of whack. I expect to see a much better performance in a week. If not, then it may not be too early to push the panic button.

I agree with all but the 'write this game off' part. We blew a chance to beat a good team at home yesterday. Playoff teams don't do that. And the early season losses add up.

We basically had taken ourselves out of the game halfway through the second quarter. Against a team we were capable of handling up front on both sides of the ball.

 

[perrykemp]

To be fair- most teams don't overburden themselves with "so many offensive weapons". There are a few teams that do- and do it well- (Saints, Falcons, Patriots, Broncos), but there are other teams that have a core of three or four money players who get it done (Niners, Seahawks, Bears).

We are the Wal-Mart of football teams. Everythings made of (in) China, Something for everyone, but not everything on the shelf (including the QB) is of the quality the package indicates.

Real interesting take. Food for thought.

 

[CCBoy]

I agree with all but the 'write this game off' part. We blew a chance to beat a good team at home yesterday. Playoff teams don't do that. And the early season losses add up.

We basically had taken ourselves out of the game halfway through the second quarter. Against a team we were capable of handling up front on both sides of the ball.

 

[CCBoy]

Real interesting take. Food for thought.

But even the simplest process can improve with sophistication...when applied.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

I don't buy that an opening drive fumble can ruin you for the game. I know momentum is important, but these are professionals and they should be mentally strong. Look at the Colts/Bears Super Bowl. Opening kickoff, Devin Hester takes it to the house to put Chicago up 7-0. What happens from there? The Colts annihilate them. Sure, momentum is important and a crucial mistake will likely cost you a game against a team like Seattle who you have to be perfect against to even stand a chance. But yesterday's San Fran was far from perfect and I can't accept that an early 7-0 deficit cost us the game. What cost us the game was multiple interceptions as we were starting to gain consistency in offense and were able to make the game close.

 

[Idgit]

I don't buy that an opening drive fumble can ruin you for the game. I know momentum is important, but these are professionals and they should be mentally strong. Look at the Colts/Bears Super Bowl. Opening kickoff, Devin Hester takes it to the house to put Chicago up 7-0. What happens from there? The Colts annihilate them. Sure, momentum is important and a crucial mistake will likely cost you a game against a team like Seattle who you have to be perfect against to even stand a chance. But yesterday's San Fran was far from perfect and I can't accept that an early 7-0 deficit cost us the game. What cost us the game was multiple interceptions as we were starting to gain consistency in offense and were able to make the game close.

I agree. Though, statistically, both the defensive score and the multiple TO differential hole get you beat more often than not. Doubling down is pretty much a recipe for a home loss.