Michael Gallup needs to catch the ball

[RustyBourneHorse]

Route running.......look at his route performance.

I agree. He had an easy TD if he ran the right route last night.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Tbh I'm done with Gallup. I thought he would turn it around but he doesn't seem interested after he got paid.

Agreed, if he doesn't fix it, he needs to be dealt.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

So the plan should be:
1. Dump him as an underachiever and get nothing in return.
2. Try to resurrect his form and showcase him in a game to gain trade value?
3. Bench him and get nothing in return?

Bloke, I'd go to No. 2.

Yeah, but he needs to showcase himself by catching the ball, which is the basic part of his job.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

That's the way I see it regarding the end zone throws. One his fault, one not.

yeah, the post pattern he should have had, the other was too high

 

[Sydla]

Which one are you talking about? Not the one that hit him directly in the hands I hope

No. It was a pass up the seam, Gallup was open at the goal line and Dak air mailed him. Some in the game thread, I believe, wondered if Gallup could have made a better effort. Nah, it was a bad, high throw. But some of the other ones were totally on Gallup. I guess he's one of those guys that just doesn't come back the same after a knee injury. Cooks is clearly better at this point. Might be time to give Tolbert more snaps.

Not the one where he got tugged. He should have caught that.

 

[BoysfanfromCanada]

He's not a 50/50 player anymore, more like 33%. He's basically another TWill type body catcher which lets defenders knock the ball away easily. Hes' been terrible.

 

[HungryLion]

No. It was a pass up the seam, Gallup was open at the goal line and Dak air mailed him. Some in the game thread, I believe, wondered if Gallup could have made a better effort. Nah, it was a bad, high throw. But some of the other ones were totally on Gallup. I guess he's one of those guys that just doesn't come back the same after a knee injury. Cooks is clearly better at this point. Might be time to give Tolbert more snaps.

Not the one where he got tugged. He should have caught that.

Oh yea. That one was too high. I remember which one you mean now

Yeah I think nowadays people take ACL tears for granted as most players return back to form after them. But maybe Gallup just isn’t.

I also thought he was awful at getting off the jam yesterday. A couple slants that were designed to go to him. He just was blanketed by the corner.

 

[Ring6]

So the plan should be:
1. Dump him as an underachiever and get nothing in return.
2. Try to resurrect his form and showcase him in a game to gain trade value?
3. Bench him and get nothing in return?

Bloke, I'd go to No. 2.

that may be what was going on

either that, or the front office is pressuring Mike to target him to try to save face and get stats for that big contract they gave him

 

[GMO415]

** suxs and should be traded

 

[nyc-cowboy]

First off, I thought Gallup was supposed to be the deep threat receiver. Second, his route running is not crisp, he stops during routes, his hands are iffy at best, and he lacks toughness. Maybe he's still struggling mentally with his injury.

Exactly, Gallup is good at "stutter and go" routes, some outs, dont really like him for quick slants or sit-down routes.

Just another reason why I dont like MM. Gotta know your players...gotta get the ball in the hands of Cooks (whom I almost forgot he was on the team) and Turpin - use that speed.

This is 2023 the rules are designed now for wide open offenses and high scoring games.

Its one thing to want a run first ball control O but you better have the pieces - O-line is not the 90s one and you dont have the RBs and the ones you do have are used wrong.

On top of that the playbook/ play design is old and tired - outside runs are allowed you know.

 

[conner01]

How many drops did he have? I remember 2, and some balls that were thrown too hard and away.

He has one for the season but not sure that includes last night. The pass at the goal line wouldn’t be a drop since it was a contested catch. It actually should have been PI on the defender who grabbed him

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

No. It was a pass up the seam, Gallup was open at the goal line and Dak air mailed him. Some in the game thread, I believe, wondered if Gallup could have made a better effort. Nah, it was a bad, high throw. But some of the other ones were totally on Gallup. I guess he's one of those guys that just doesn't come back the same after a knee injury. Cooks is clearly better at this point. Might be time to give Tolbert more snaps.

Not the one where he got tugged. He should have caught that.

Definitely, I think it's time to see more of Cooks and Tolbert at WR.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Exactly, Gallup is good at "stutter and go" routes, some outs, dont really like him for quick slants or sit-down routes.

Just another reason why I dont like MM. Gotta know your players...gotta get the ball in the hands of Cooks (whom I almost forgot he was on the team) and Turpin - use that speed.

This is 2023 the rules are designed now for wide open offenses and high scoring games.

Its one thing to want a run first ball control O but you better have the pieces - O-line is not the 90s one and you dont have the RBs and the ones you do have are used wrong.

On top of that the playbook/ play design is old and tired - outside runs are allowed you know.

Well, yeah, but I'd like to think MG can run more than 2 routes. I like that they adjusted to getting Cooks the ball more late.

 

[zeroburrito]

So the plan should be:
1. Dump him as an underachiever and get nothing in return.
2. Try to resurrect his form and showcase him in a game to gain trade value?
3. Bench him and get nothing in return?

Bloke, I'd go to No. 2.

Number 2 makes no sense. If he gets resurrected you keep him(have no #2 as good as a resurrected gallup). If he sucks you actually lose value and can't trade at all.

If the plan is to trade him the better option is to hide him so other teams think he may still have it, not show how bad he is.

No team is going to want him after that putrid display.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

No team is going to want him after that putrid display.

thus, clean him up and showcase him as a good No. 2 to a team in need.

 

[Creeper]

Michael Gallup needs to catch the ball, or we need to find someone who will. I'm glad to see that we got Lamb and Cooks more involved. However, Michael Gallup is starting to annoy me with his drops. Last week, one of his drops resulted in an interception. He nearly caused one last night, and he had a lot of drops yesterday. I understand that drops happen in the NFL, but Michael Gallup dropped a lot last night. This seems to be a trend from the 49ers game, and I think he had a few against Arizona and the Giants. I don't know who the WR coach is, but he needs to be on MG for his drops. It's killing momentum for our team, and Dak needs to be able to rely on him to catch the ball when he throws it to him.

He definitely should have caught that pass for a TD. Dak made a perfect throw. But after watching the play again, the DB definitely grabbed his jersey and it definitely slowed Gallup down just a hair. But I also think Gallup was distracted by the grab which is why he didn't catch the ball.

Oddly, the refs did not call a penalty on the Chargers there, but they called one later in the game on Gilmore that set up the Chargers 2nd TD. Then after that Pollard beat the Chargers LB for what should have been another TD, and again, the defender grabbed Pollard's arm to slow him down. No flag was thrown. The refs should have called illegal contact on that play because it was way past 5 yards and the defender was clearly trying to obstruct Pollard's route.

This is why these rules drive me nuts every week and in every game. There is no consistency to any of these penalties.

Anyway, I think dumping on players after one bad game is kind of silly. two weeks ago Gallup had 5 catches on 6 targets and helped us beat the Patriots.

And by the way, Pollard did not drop that that interception against the 49ers. The ball hit the defenders arm. Pollard never got a hand on it. That is a pass defensed, not a drop.

 

[Clove]

Exactly, Gallup is good at "stutter and go" routes, some outs, dont really like him for quick slants or sit-down routes.

Just another reason why I dont like MM. Gotta know your players...gotta get the ball in the hands of Cooks (whom I almost forgot he was on the team) and Turpin - use that speed.

This is 2023 the rules are designed now for wide open offenses and high scoring games.

Its one thing to want a run first ball control O but you better have the pieces - O-line is not the 90s one and you dont have the RBs and the ones you do have are used wrong.

On top of that the playbook/ play design is old and tired - outside runs are allowed you know.

Definitely. You can't run slants with Gallup because he will not wall off the defender. In the NFL, more times than not, a corner will be draped on you so you have to use your body to wall them off. He's just not a tough receiver IMO.

 

[RoboQB]

An overthrow on a post pattern and a PI no-call on a post pattern. Both would-be TDs. Yes, I would like 13 to catch the one that was an obvious PI. He is not a physical guy. Lamb catches that. Gallup was misdirected by the defender by pulling the back of his jersey. He dropped a couple. Dak threw poorly on several.

I view the number of targets as a concerted effort to get on the same page. Not a bad thing. It could pay dividends in the near future.

 

[DCreppinBoysfan]

Yeah, but he needs to showcase himself by catching the ball, which is the basic part of his job.

Ain’t nobody trading for that contract. Hes an average wr at best getting paid like a primary wr.

 

[Birch_Wood]

I agree Michael Slowalker has not performed as had hoped.