Little thing, but I don't run Julius from our 1/2 yard line!

[Yeagermeister]

Romo should have put his red cape on and jumped over the defense and flew in to the endzone.

Or run the anexation of Puerto Rico

 

[Screw The Hall]

Romo should have put his red cape on and jumped over the defense and flew in to the endzone.

Or run the anexation of Puerto Rico

Well that was my second choice.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I didn't like the play call for one reason ... it was our 1st offensive play of the game and we had no idea whether our not our line could get any push. Had we have played a few possessions and gotten a feel for what we were going to be able to do maybe I would feel differently.

My play would have been to play action roll romo out with the option to run, hit Witten with a little pass, or throw it away if neither were possible ... since he's out of the pocket there's no grounding call. Perfect situation to use the mobility of your QB.

If your OLBs blitz, your QB is dead. If the play is incomplete, then you have 2nd and 10 and still no room for the punt team. That play also has it's own set of issues. Tough to say but one thing is for sure, I'm not in favor of any short yardage running play that runs parallel to the LOS.

 

[burmafrd]

JJ is not the biggest guy in the world so if it is a 280 lb guy very strong then yeah he probably does go down pretty quick. On the other hand I have seen MB go down to arm tackles as well. Depends a lot on if you have a full head of steam and are moving - I have seen JJ carry a couple of guys several yds. In his rookie season he carried a saint DE at 270 lbs 4 yds into the end zone.
It all depends on how it happens. No arguement that MB is a more powerfull runner. But when he is in its a short yd play usually so they would be looking for a run. In this case either a pass or a QB sneak would have been a better play. Expecially with an inconsistant O line.

 

[Screw The Hall]

If your OLBs blitz, your QB is dead. If the play is incomplete, then you have 2nd and 10 and still no room for the punt team. That play also has it's own set of issues. Tough to say but one thing is for sure, I'm not in favor of any short yardage running play that runs parallel to the LOS.

Always a possibility not going to dismiss that fact.

But with Romo's ability to move even if they bring the backers you arent guaranteed getting to him and if you don't he's gonna make you pay. Witten's also got a greater probability of being open for a quick hitter if they bring the heat.

If it's 2nd and 10 that's not the end of the world ... we'll go from there but at least I've given the defense something else to think about and delivered the message that they should expect anything. It's not fool proof ... there's not a play down there that is, but that's my call nonetheless.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Always a possibility not going to dismiss that fact.

But with Romo's ability to move even if they bring the backers you arent guaranteed getting to him and if you don't he's gonna make you pay. Witten's also got a greater probability of being open for a quick hitter if they bring the heat.

If it's 2nd and 10 that's not the end of the world ... we'll go from there but at least I've given the defense something else to think about and delivered the message that they should expect anything. It's not fool proof ... there's not a play down there that is, but that's my call nonetheless.

I like this play much better if the QB does not have the limitation of the back line to contend with. In a roll out sito from the endzone, it makes the QB run latterally and I just hate that. Too easy for the defense to make plays in that situation but I understand your reasoning. I'm looking at it from a very basic concept. In that sort of thought process, you figure out what you want to accomplish and you run the play with the highest probability of success combined with the least amount of risk.

From your point of view, your looking at the player and betting that he can make plays, which is also proven to be succesful down through the years. If you have great players, let them make great plays, so to speak. I can see why you would favor this.

I guess I'm just more conservative. Bottom line, any play you run will have an increased probablility of success, maybe a factor of 10, if you actually get the play blocked. We didn't do that and the results are evident.

:laugh2:

 

[Derinyar]

I think we just needed to run a faster hitting play. JJ is the best choice in my opinion, put your best guy in in the tough situation.

 

[Screw The Hall]

I like this play much better if the QB does not have the limitation of the back line to contend with. In a roll out sito from the endzone, it makes the QB run latterally and I just hate that. Too easy for the defense to make plays in that situation but I understand your reasoning. I'm looking at it from a very basic concept. In that sort of thought process, you figure out what you want to accomplish and you run the play with the highest probability of success combined with the least amount of risk.

From your point of view, your looking at the player and betting that he can make plays, which is also proven to be succesful down through the years. If you have great players, let them make great plays, so to speak. I can see why you would favor this.

I guess I'm just more conservative. Bottom line, any play you run will have an increased probablility of success, maybe a factor of 10, if you actually get the play blocked. We didn't do that and the results are evident.

:laugh2:

Yeah I got ya ... your point definitely makes sense.

The biggest thing for me is I didn't want to run the play that was chosen. If he was sold on not putting it in the air I would have favored a sneak. I just think the play that was called had about a 50% chance for success at best. If we ran the exact same run 10 times I wouldn't be suprised if we tallied 5 safteys. I think there were alot of plays in the grab bag to choose from that had a better chance of success than that.

 

[JBond]

:laugh1: :laugh2:

Romo should have put his red cape on and jumped over the defense and flew in to the endzone.

Or run the anexation of Puerto Rico

:laugh2: :laugh1:

 

[dougonthebench]

Romo should have put his red cape on and jumped over the defense and flew in to the endzone.

Or run the anexation of Puerto Rico

:laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2: