dbair1967;3012540 said:
This blaming Garrett for everything deal is getting old.
RW has been integrated into the offense. Unfortunately he dropped what should have been a TD a few weeks ago, and Romo has missed some good plays to him as well.
RW is hurt. Felix Jones is out. MBIII is nowhere near 100%. The QB has been helter skelter. And yet fans of this team blame the coordinator, who has his team ranked at the top of the league in almost every offensive category.
If he's gone after the yr and goes onto success elsewhere, there better not be one word of "Jones blew this!!!!!!!"...."How could he let Garrett get away!!!!!"...."Worst GM ever!!!!!"
***This post is way behind because I got caught up right in the middle of it***
I don't think Blaming Garrett is getting old. The dude has some serious issues.
As far as integration into the offense, I think its a good question. And if not Roy Williams, where the hell is Bennett? Where is Felix being split out when he is in there.
Sure, maybe Bennett doesn't know the playbook but he has to know a play or two. Dude's supposed to be some freak and you can't give him a handful of plays to learn. If he's too dumb to get the book down, give him a page or two of plays and tell his dumb *** to "go get it".
And it stretches far beyond not getting a few players involved. Calling a draw play from your own 2-yard. Back to back fades. Refusing to put a guy on the field even though the guy in front of him is hurt. Refusing to go run first in a game where the QB is OFF BAD.
Just a few things this guy has done this this short season. And these are just basic things. These are things that anybody with a small sense for the game can't help but shake their head at.
And we can go back further too. Who here remembers 4th & 1 Deon Anderson for no gain in Pittsburgh? How about 50 passes, 10 runs vs. Washington last year? How about Felix getting ZERO touches (
I honestly thought Felix had a couple but NFL.com says none......I might be missing something because I thought Felix had like 6 carries) in that game? Dallas started with the lead and was only down 7 to begin the 3rd quarter and he only called 8 runs to RBs, how?
I used to piss and moan about strictly being conservative with Sean Payton and Parcells but given the option between that and the **** we see on a weekly basis, I'll take conservative any day of the week. Parcells used to play "not to lose" and it would frustrate me because Dallas had a better passing game then running game at that time. It would piss me off because they were playing scared and I just hated it.
Now, there is no question Dallas has an ELITE running game. Dallas hasn't had a running game like this in a LONG, LONG time and Red just doesn't get it. He doesn't. The only time you can count on him to run is when he is icing the game. Otherwise, he's passing heavily. Worse than playing scared, Garrett is just playing stupid. At times I get the impression he's trying to out-brain the competition.
"Lets see, failed fade..........I'd bet they'd never expect another one"
"Hmm......1st & 10 from our own 3.........No way in hell anyone would ever think I would call a draw from here"
And then at other times I get the impression he takes the "F-that, we're not doing that this year" type of mentality too far. When he said that line in Hard Knocks last year he was talking about making excuses in regards to not being able to do something on offense. There's times when I think he forces the issue becuase he doesn't want to "make excuses" or admit that his gameplan isn't going off as he planned.
Garrett is not off limits. Not by a long shot. He has supreme say on offense and he's produced some real head scratchers. I know there are some who are gonna say:
"Look at the stats"
"We're #1 ranked offense"
Well look at the stats before Garrett. Dallas was #5 in offense in 2006. This team had a good offense and was doing it with much less at the RB position and Romo coming in late.
I think more often then not, this team gets by purely on the ability of a couple of players. I don't think I've seen a complete game by the offense yet. Even in Tampa, the best offensive game all year, Dallas really didn't get going to the half.
5 games into the season, I think Garretts stock is lower now than it ever has been.
