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Looking Deep Into The Cowboys Failure In The 39-28 Loss To The Falcons
By Tom Ryle
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015...boys-failure-in-the-39-28-loss-to-the-falcons
...With the offense no longer scoring points and controlling the clock, the Falcons just kept pounding on the defense with Davonte Freeman and gashing the secondary with Julio Jones. Except for one series during the first half, the D was able to hold up. But they needed the offense to control the ball more after halftime. It turned into a shootout, which was unexpected. The Cowboys appeared to come into the game with a plan to fight a low-scoring affair. When it went another direction, it does not look like the coaches were ready.
It is hard to say if there were any deep passes called and Weeden just went into mega-checkdown mode, or if the play calling was at fault. Whichever it was, that needs to be corrected. Weeden has plenty of arm to go deep, but it does not good if he never winds up and lets fly. It may have changed the game completely if he had tested the Falcons deep a couple of times in the second quarter, even if he had not competed the passes. Just that threat might have kept them from shutting down the running game. More ball control would have helped the defense. It may be something of an oversimplification, but the game may have turned on that one pass being the only meaningful attempt at a deep ball.
This can be fixed. If the long ball is not being called by the staff, they need to work it into the game plan. If Weeden is just checking down on everything, he can either change that or the team can always go with Matt Cassel. But there are solutions. When the other team is putting eight men in the box, Terrance Williams is going to see single coverage, plus the team can at least throw towards Devin Street or Brice Butler. It just cannot leave the wide receivers completely out of the equation. Weeden only completed passes to four receivers. That is not going to cut it....
By Tom Ryle
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015...boys-failure-in-the-39-28-loss-to-the-falcons
...With the offense no longer scoring points and controlling the clock, the Falcons just kept pounding on the defense with Davonte Freeman and gashing the secondary with Julio Jones. Except for one series during the first half, the D was able to hold up. But they needed the offense to control the ball more after halftime. It turned into a shootout, which was unexpected. The Cowboys appeared to come into the game with a plan to fight a low-scoring affair. When it went another direction, it does not look like the coaches were ready.
It is hard to say if there were any deep passes called and Weeden just went into mega-checkdown mode, or if the play calling was at fault. Whichever it was, that needs to be corrected. Weeden has plenty of arm to go deep, but it does not good if he never winds up and lets fly. It may have changed the game completely if he had tested the Falcons deep a couple of times in the second quarter, even if he had not competed the passes. Just that threat might have kept them from shutting down the running game. More ball control would have helped the defense. It may be something of an oversimplification, but the game may have turned on that one pass being the only meaningful attempt at a deep ball.
This can be fixed. If the long ball is not being called by the staff, they need to work it into the game plan. If Weeden is just checking down on everything, he can either change that or the team can always go with Matt Cassel. But there are solutions. When the other team is putting eight men in the box, Terrance Williams is going to see single coverage, plus the team can at least throw towards Devin Street or Brice Butler. It just cannot leave the wide receivers completely out of the equation. Weeden only completed passes to four receivers. That is not going to cut it....
