Most wont discuss this but I will

[Vanilla2]

Sean Lee seemed a step slow and finally got it in gear after it was too late

 

[LocimusPrime]

 

[LocimusPrime]

 

[plymkr]

1. Dez is no longer elite WR. NE has proven you don't really need true #1 if QB play is exceptional. So I am not totally alarmed that he is tier 2 WR at this stage. What does concern me is $17mill price tag.

2. Teams have adjusted to Dak. He might not be top QB we all hoped for but I still see guy fighting to very end. Thats good enough for me as long as their RB & DEF is good.

3. Jaylon Smith was really bad. I can't believe people aren't talking about this. Maybe its just such a feel good story no one wants to discuss it. I watched him very closely. Can't shed blockers, was sitting back and waiting for RB to initiate contact. Might be seeing some muscle fatigue as I saw him literally crumble to ground chasing RB. To be fair Lee and entire defense looked slow and tackled poorly. But I do believe this defense needs Hitchens back.

4. Tank is really good when healthy.

5. I am done with Jeff Heath.

Sorry this couldn't be more positive but this is where I am at right now.

I agree with your #1. Dez is not dominant. I also agree with your second part of the Dez point and that is we don't need him to be Michael Irvin as NE proves every year and we proved it last year, you can win without a true #1 receiver.

Points 2-5 are a little premature at this stage of the season. If we're 2-6 at the half way point then yeah you're right but it's only one bad game. Yeah I'm mad that we got slapped around today but in reality we're tied for 1st in our division with a divisional win, we lost to a really good AFC team in their house, we weren't going undefeated so losing to a AFC team on the road is not the end of the world.

This was a complete team loss. Coaches on down to players. So hopefully this is our egg we drop once a year and we got it out of our system early. I'd hate to be the defense watching film on this one. Our defense is not as bad as today's game and not as good as last week's game. They're somewhere in the middle. Dad will be fine, he'll be back dominating the league. Aaron Rogers is getting blasted by Atlanta right now in a very similar game and no one is saying Aaron Rogers has been figured out. You lose sometimes in the NFL. No biggie, we'll win next week.

But everyone played bad, offense and defense. Funny that the best two players were our punter Jones and the Mr. Automatic Bailey. Outside of those two, everyone contributed to this loss.

I am concerned about the offensive line. Hate too say not but I miss Free. Free and Leary were more important than I first thought. I'm also a little concerned about Zeke and his attitude, especially on the first pick. Everyone is frustrated but you still play. So we'll see how it plays out. I don't believe our Offensive Line will be as dominant this year without Leary and Free. I think we could have lost one but not both.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

That's not a surprise.

What would you know about Cowboys fans?

 

[wrongway]

1-5. It was one game

Yeah it was one game. Felt like a couple of losses though. If this o line and dak don't significantly step it up gonna get ugly.

 

[Wood]

I think it is a fair post. As bad as everyone played today I wonder how much of this was the thin air. Even our OL was bad today.

I am at complete loss on why that went so bad for them. Sean Lee forgot how to tackle. The goat (Witten) was even dropping Td passes. The only logical explanation I can come up with is team stopped by weed dispensary before the game.

 

[alicetooljam]

1. Dez is no longer elite WR. NE has proven you don't really need true #1 if QB play is exceptional. So I am not totally alarmed that he is tier 2 WR at this stage. What does concern me is $17mill price tag.

2. Teams have adjusted to Dak. He might not be top QB we all hoped for but I still see guy fighting to very end. Thats good enough for me as long as their RB & DEF is good.

3. Jaylon Smith was really bad. I can't believe people aren't talking about this. Maybe its just such a feel good story no one wants to discuss it. I watched him very closely. Can't shed blockers, was sitting back and waiting for RB to initiate contact. Might be seeing some muscle fatigue as I saw him literally crumble to ground chasing RB. To be fair Lee and entire defense looked slow and tackled poorly. But I do believe this defense needs Hitchens back.

4. Tank is really good when healthy.

5. I am done with Jeff Heath.

Sorry this couldn't be more positive but this is where I am at right now.

That was the worst tackling Ive seen in 2 years...in the 1st quarter alone...

 

[CWR]

The title to this thread is priceless lol.

 

[CCBoy]

The defense is still a work in project. When compared to a quality defense, as with Denver...well, there was very little comparison. Denver ran and passed almost at will for an entire game.

This was also a comparison game for the Dallas offense. The unit was able to work against the Giants, but not against Denver's good defense.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

We may have the worst fans in the NFL

No may. It's clear. Our fans are exactly why so many people hate the Cowboys.

 

[Bullflop]

Always had a feeling Dez would pack it in as soon as he got his money..

He hasn't "packed it in," he isn't able to gain separation vs. good DBs. It's nothing new -- he's been limited all along.

 

[kramskoi]

Are you kidding me? Bryant is the least of the Cowboys problems right now. The o-line and the secondary are radioactive sirens going off. If the o-line can't clear space for more than 8 yards per week, it will be a LONG season for Cowboy fans. Prescott was hit 15 - 20 times sunday.

 

[Zekeats]

1. Dez is no longer elite WR. NE has proven you don't really need true #1 if QB play is exceptional. So I am not totally alarmed that he is tier 2 WR at this stage. What does concern me is $17mill price tag.

2. Teams have adjusted to Dak. He might not be top QB we all hoped for but I still see guy fighting to very end. Thats good enough for me as long as their RB & DEF is good.

3. Jaylon Smith was really bad. I can't believe people aren't talking about this. Maybe its just such a feel good story no one wants to discuss it. I watched him very closely. Can't shed blockers, was sitting back and waiting for RB to initiate contact. Might be seeing some muscle fatigue as I saw him literally crumble to ground chasing RB. To be fair Lee and entire defense looked slow and tackled poorly. But I do believe this defense needs Hitchens back.

4. Tank is really good when healthy.

5. I am done with Jeff Heath.

Sorry this couldn't be more positive but this is where I am at right now.

Dez was an elite receiver for 1 season in 2014.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

I agree with your #1. Dez is not dominant. I also agree with your second part of the Dez point and that is we don't need him to be Michael Irvin as NE proves every year and we proved it last year, you can win without a true #1 receiver.

Points 2-5 are a little premature at this stage of the season. If we're 2-6 at the half way point then yeah you're right but it's only one bad game. Yeah I'm mad that we got slapped around today but in reality we're tied for 1st in our division with a divisional win, we lost to a really good AFC team in their house, we weren't going undefeated so losing to a AFC team on the road is not the end of the world.

This was a complete team loss. Coaches on down to players. So hopefully this is our egg we drop once a year and we got it out of our system early. I'd hate to be the defense watching film on this one. Our defense is not as bad as today's game and not as good as last week's game. They're somewhere in the middle. Dad will be fine, he'll be back dominating the league. Aaron Rogers is getting blasted by Atlanta right now in a very similar game and no one is saying Aaron Rogers has been figured out. You lose sometimes in the NFL. No biggie, we'll win next week.

But everyone played bad, offense and defense. Funny that the best two players were our punter Jones and the Mr. Automatic Bailey. Outside of those two, everyone contributed to this loss.

I am concerned about the offensive line. Hate too say not but I miss Free. Free and Leary were more important than I first thought. I'm also a little concerned about Zeke and his attitude, especially on the first pick. Everyone is frustrated but you still play. So we'll see how it plays out. I don't believe our Offensive Line will be as dominant this year without Leary and Free. I think we could have lost one but not both.

This team goes as our OL goes. They have to step back up or it's going to be a long year.

 

[Melonfeud]

Always had a feeling Dez would pack it in as soon as he got his money..

Ya,I can Copy that myself

 

[Melonfeud]

Will you feel the same at 3-1?

Bro! This game is the 3 day dead Jack mackerel in the desk drawer,,, it's gonna linger

 

[Yakuza Rich]

1. We use Dez in a poor fashion. What concerns me about him now is that he and Dak are not even close to being on the same page with sight adjustments. It's not really forcing the ball to Dez...it's just both guys reading the defense and adjusting to what they think is the right route to run according to the defense. That's what I saw on those plays that Dez saved interceptions (and the Talib pick 6)...they weren't on the same page more than it was a bad throw. On one play it looked liked Dak had the adjustment for Dez to go in on a hitch and Dez ran a stop route instead. Talib almost got the INT.

The worrisome part is that these two have had an entire season + offseason together and are still not on the same page.

We also have a major issue with Dez when he's playing against a physical, grabby corner and they have a top notch pass rusher. Dez wins by being more physical than defenders and when he faces a physical corner that's take away. The way Dez can work around that is thru jump ball situations because of his catch radius and vertical leaping ability. But if Dak doesn't have time to throw it deep then he's out of the play.

I think Dez still has elite ability, but if they cannot figure out the sight adjustments then he's hindering the offense.


2. We played 2 of the top-3 pass defenses in the league. I don't know what adjustments the Giants made because they certainly didn't stop Dak. I do think he's fighting a little with his throwing mechanics which have allowed him to put more zip on the ball. He can make throws this year that he simply couldn't make last year. But, he's missing those occasional throws (i.e. the throw to Beasley) that he wasn't missing last year. It's not that he is no longer accurate, but he'll need some time to adjust to the changes in throwing mechanics to get back to his old accuracy. He made some excellent throws that receivers dropped (i.e. Butler and Witten).

But in the end, Garrett and Linehan adjusted this offense more than anything. EE might as well served the suspension today with how little they used him. That took away any semblance of a bootleg or play action which Dak excels at. I knew we were in trouble when we were dink-n-dunking and that consisted of Witten running 4-yard routes. We simply look like CRAP on offense EVERY time we do that. And it don't matter if it's Romo or Dak as QB. Why it is so hard for our boy genius head coach to comprehend that is enough to drive me into an asylum.


3. Not shedding the block with Jaylon doesn't bother me too much because a lot of that is how the defense is designed. He's going to take on the O-Linemen and let Lee flow to the ball carrier. What I see now is he is very tentative and too concerned about making a mistake and may be worried about his foot. There was a play against the Giants where he made one of his first tackles against Paul Perkins and he stonewalled Perkins, but he hesitated and waited for Perkins instead of driving right into Perkins so he couldn't possibly make a move on him. He'll do that with his drops in the zone as he tends to err on the side of caution. But, it doesn't do him any good on the bench, he just needs more reps.


4. This is why I hold my judgment on Taco. Lawrence didn't look like a quality pass rusher when he was a rookie. He showed some things his 2nd year and then last year he didn't play well because he wasn't healthy. Unfortunately, it may take 4 years for Taco to become a quality player and by then Lawrence may not be around.


5. Heath made too many bad plays. I'd still rather have him than Church at this point. He has more ability in coverage and isn't nearly as limited. Still, I put most of the blame for the loss on the coaching.

Had we played an inferior opponent, we would have been lucky to come out with a win given this type of coaching. It was gameplan that didn't work on offense and they refused to make any adjustment despite the situation desperately calling for it. They clearly thought that the way to beat the Broncos defense was threw shotgun and dink-n-dunk. And when the situation called for us to throw some deep passes to hopefully come up with a big play and score quickly to cut into their lead...we stuck with dink-n-dunk which was too time consuming.

Then we went back to some run plays when the formation and personnel clearly dictated we were going to run the ball. It's about as bad as it gets from a coaching perspective. The Broncos looked good enough to beat any team in the league, but had we better coaching and playcalling from somebody like Josh McDaniels or a Bill Musgrave...we might have had the chance to pull out a victory or at least keep it close.

And this was all against a rookie head coach.

Luckily, this isn't college football where you cannot afford to lose a single game. But it's stuff like this and punting on 4th and 3 at the Broncos 39 yard line that makes me feel like Garrett is likely to be outclassed at least 2-4 times a year and what is supposed to make me feel confident that it won't happen in postseason against playoff coaches?




YR

 

[Melonfeud]

Denver couldn't have done this to romo

I agree! As pointless as it is to,,,, that #9 'guy' had a competitive casing-liner that was fun to watch and could respond tit for tat and could more often than not double down on the tats



(I really wanted to go with double tits at the closing,but figured I should attempt to act my age and eschew crudeness,,, odd as that sounds)

 

[bigbob]

1. Dez is no longer elite WR. NE has proven you don't really need true #1 if QB play is exceptional. So I am not totally alarmed that he is tier 2 WR at this stage. What does concern me is $17mill price tag.

2. Teams have adjusted to Dak. He might not be top QB we all hoped for but I still see guy fighting to very end. Thats good enough for me as long as their RB & DEF is good.

3. Jaylon Smith was really bad. I can't believe people aren't talking about this. Maybe its just such a feel good story no one wants to discuss it. I watched him very closely. Can't shed blockers, was sitting back and waiting for RB to initiate contact. Might be seeing some muscle fatigue as I saw him literally crumble to ground chasing RB. To be fair Lee and entire defense looked slow and tackled poorly. But I do believe this defense needs Hitchens back.

4. Tank is really good when healthy.

5. I am done with Jeff Heath.

Sorry this couldn't be more positive but this is where I am at right now.

Yes jaylon is just ordinary or less
so far. He may be a process too
Lol.