McCarthy acknowledges team isn't the same on the road

atlantacowboy

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Here’s an idea. Make them practice outside in the elements this time of year. Prepping them in a temperature controlled bubble is doing them no good.
 

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Can he acknowledge that his gameplan and common sense sucks
MM went into the game with the same plan BUF had cooked-up. The same game plan we saw fail spectacularly at ARI & SF.

DAL isn't going to ram the ball down anybody's throats. It's not their game, and they don't have the personnel for it.

Conversely, BUF made the DAL defense look foolish with about three plays: Run right, run left, run middle.
 

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Folks, check Buffalo's away record. PS. They suck as much as we do on the road. It's hard to win on the road. PS. Full stop.
 

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On the road you absolutely have to have a running game. This team has not had a real once since prime Zeke.

Pollard out there looking exactly like Felix Jones when he took over the starting spot.
Stopping the run is also a handy skill!
 

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The key factor is . . . second chances. The home refs gave Buffalo several second chances. So, that means you have to beat them consecutively. They would get a personal foul, then run it.. If the run is successful, that's demoralizing.

The offense has to get out front. This game, Bills took the ball at kickoff. Then scored on the first drive. 11 or 12 plays, ate up plenty of clock, then they put two safeties over the top, and would show Dak one thing, then switch to another coverage scheme at the snap. And, the Cowboys weren't prepared for it.

That's really not on our players. That's on our staff for not preparing the team... and underestimating the Bills' likely game plan. The refs were on their side. But you have to expect that in away games. On the other hand, when your challenge staff is lolli gagging and not paying attention, and you miss a call that takes away a turn over, and they score on that drive, that, is, again, on the coaching staff.

I thought they'd pass the ball more. But if I'm the Bills, I'd run on us too. That's our weak spot. And our best run defender was out for the game. We just got beaten by lack of preparation, playing a good team, and most importantly, we got outcoached, out-schemed, out-prepared.
 

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You are taking teams best shot when on the road. Someone needs to lead and step up
true, it was Buffalo's season, had they lost in KC last week, we run them over but as they were still alive, it was a buzzsaw, trap game for us after the Eagle game, bad weather, gave them 18 points in the first half etc
 

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Play--- Jerry wont give Belicheck the power.....or maybe he might i just dont see it?

Welp Jerry is getting up there in age… if the season ends like it did last year. And he wants to repeat the same thing again then let him do it.
 

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And then announced he was personally taking over penalty control. Lol
 
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