Yakuza Rich
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- Just how bad were they? Well, your kicker starts off by duffing a kickoff 40 yards. Then he misses a 38 yard field goal. I’m sure Cundiff is a nice guy and whatever, but quite frankly he’s gutless in my book. There’s some kind of phenomenon going on these days where if the snap is a little bit off, regardless of how good the hold is, the kicker doesn’t get blamed by the announcers and analysts. Cundiff should have made that kick and I don’t expect him to make every kick, but I do expect to have some modicum of faith in him in clutch kicks or on the road.
Anyway, La’Roi Glover gets called with not one BUT TWO defensive holding calls on running plays in the same game. That’s a first time I’ve ever seen that in a game. Oh yeah, their thunderous leg punter shanks a 15 yarder.
Out of the entire team, I only thought 3 people played well. Pepper Johnson, Tyson Thompson, and Marion Barber. That’s a pretty sad statement in itself.
- The smart play I think come this offseason is to go after a tackle in the first round and a guard in the second round. Preferably a RIGHT TACKLE, so I don’t have to hear how he’s struggling to make the adjustment from the left side to the right side. I actually believe the right tackle situation *could be* pretty good next year. Flozell will be back and I believe Pettiti will get better and Torrin Tucker could probably be pretty decent over there. HOWEVER, they cannot chance it and they need to look for a replacement for Flozell in the future. You can find top notch guards in the second round much easier than you can find top notch offensive tackles in the second round.
- Well the “book” is out on the defense. Utilize running stretch plays against the defense, most notably towards the strongside which is occupied by Fujita and Shanle. I thought Shanle played well early on this season, but he’s not taking on blocks like he once was.
- People will probably rag on the D-Line. But, I thought they played okay for the most part. Sure, the pass rush stunk, but when you give a team great field position and they can move the ball by running it, it’s tougher to sack the QB. But the real problem was the LB play which was the worst it’s been all year long. Plenty of times I saw the D-Line contain the gaps and the LB’s were not making the tackles while the D-Linemen were engaged with the blocker.
- Joe Gibbs did the dumbest thing that almost all coaches do on every level. When you’re killing a team, take your starters out. For one, you don’t want them to get injured (i.e. Randy Thomas) and secondly, I think it’s always good to give a bench player some playing time when you can.
- I don’t think McBriar should be gone, but I can see why Parcells may let him go. He struggles in cold weather and when he’s rushed. But more importantly he can’t kickoff. Thus Parcells not only has to find a good kicker, but one with a good leg to do kickoffs. Sometimes you have to choose between the lesser of two evils and a good field goal kicker who can’t kickoff is more valuable than a punter with a thunderous leg that can’t do kickoffs.
- I don’t want to hear any more about “Parcells ruined Julius” talk, which was started by Tony Dorsett who probably guessed at the statement. On that long run by Julius he looked an obvious step slower. He’s not Eddie George slow, but certainly doesn’t have the top end speed he had last year. Perhaps it’s the ankle sprain or maybe something worse were he just mysteriously lost his speed and burst, but he’s clearly not the same back he was last year and it doesn’t have anything to do with running technique.
- Parcells needs to start Barber. I’d guess that Barber has about the same top end speed as Julius right now (4.55 or so on the forty), but he’s cutting like Julius used to cut and is a tough cookie to tackle. Oh yeah, he can catch the ball too. He’s like a mini-Marcus Allen and he gives Dallas their best shot to win.
- I like the way Jacques Reeves has been playing for Dallas this year, but he can’t tackle to save his life.
- Hopefully Marco Rivera is okay. It’s been a rough year for him.
- Believe it or not, I’m not upset about getting mauled by the Commanders nearly as much as the way this team has been over the past several years. For the last several years, this team starts out well, especially on offense. Because of that the defense is also able to start out well and they generate sacks and turnovers. But by week 10 or so the O-Line quickly degenerates each week and the offense looks horribly incompetent. The defense also wears down, the pass rush vanquishes, and they are suddenly blowing assignments and looking like a poor football team.
If I was going to spin this positively, I’d say that this has been going on before Parcells. Also, this team has an uncanny knack for getting injuries on either the O-Line or crucial spots on offense. And considering that studies show that defensive players are almost three more times likely to get injured in the NFL than offensive players, it’s kind of a head scratcher that they keep getting injuries on offense.
I could also positively spin that the pass rush is better this year, if ever so slightly and the defense doesn’t wear down nearly as much this year as it has in the past.
But even with all of that, I still have to wonder why this happens. Inability of the coaching staff to make adjustments? Perhaps. But, I seriously doubt or at least I don’t understand how a team can “fool” teams early on each year under Parcells and then make the proper adjustments to run amuck.
WHATEVER the problem is, I’m quite frankly sick of seeing this team fizzle towards the end of year, each and every year.
Rich………
Anyway, La’Roi Glover gets called with not one BUT TWO defensive holding calls on running plays in the same game. That’s a first time I’ve ever seen that in a game. Oh yeah, their thunderous leg punter shanks a 15 yarder.
Out of the entire team, I only thought 3 people played well. Pepper Johnson, Tyson Thompson, and Marion Barber. That’s a pretty sad statement in itself.
- The smart play I think come this offseason is to go after a tackle in the first round and a guard in the second round. Preferably a RIGHT TACKLE, so I don’t have to hear how he’s struggling to make the adjustment from the left side to the right side. I actually believe the right tackle situation *could be* pretty good next year. Flozell will be back and I believe Pettiti will get better and Torrin Tucker could probably be pretty decent over there. HOWEVER, they cannot chance it and they need to look for a replacement for Flozell in the future. You can find top notch guards in the second round much easier than you can find top notch offensive tackles in the second round.
- Well the “book” is out on the defense. Utilize running stretch plays against the defense, most notably towards the strongside which is occupied by Fujita and Shanle. I thought Shanle played well early on this season, but he’s not taking on blocks like he once was.
- People will probably rag on the D-Line. But, I thought they played okay for the most part. Sure, the pass rush stunk, but when you give a team great field position and they can move the ball by running it, it’s tougher to sack the QB. But the real problem was the LB play which was the worst it’s been all year long. Plenty of times I saw the D-Line contain the gaps and the LB’s were not making the tackles while the D-Linemen were engaged with the blocker.
- Joe Gibbs did the dumbest thing that almost all coaches do on every level. When you’re killing a team, take your starters out. For one, you don’t want them to get injured (i.e. Randy Thomas) and secondly, I think it’s always good to give a bench player some playing time when you can.
- I don’t think McBriar should be gone, but I can see why Parcells may let him go. He struggles in cold weather and when he’s rushed. But more importantly he can’t kickoff. Thus Parcells not only has to find a good kicker, but one with a good leg to do kickoffs. Sometimes you have to choose between the lesser of two evils and a good field goal kicker who can’t kickoff is more valuable than a punter with a thunderous leg that can’t do kickoffs.
- I don’t want to hear any more about “Parcells ruined Julius” talk, which was started by Tony Dorsett who probably guessed at the statement. On that long run by Julius he looked an obvious step slower. He’s not Eddie George slow, but certainly doesn’t have the top end speed he had last year. Perhaps it’s the ankle sprain or maybe something worse were he just mysteriously lost his speed and burst, but he’s clearly not the same back he was last year and it doesn’t have anything to do with running technique.
- Parcells needs to start Barber. I’d guess that Barber has about the same top end speed as Julius right now (4.55 or so on the forty), but he’s cutting like Julius used to cut and is a tough cookie to tackle. Oh yeah, he can catch the ball too. He’s like a mini-Marcus Allen and he gives Dallas their best shot to win.
- I like the way Jacques Reeves has been playing for Dallas this year, but he can’t tackle to save his life.
- Hopefully Marco Rivera is okay. It’s been a rough year for him.
- Believe it or not, I’m not upset about getting mauled by the Commanders nearly as much as the way this team has been over the past several years. For the last several years, this team starts out well, especially on offense. Because of that the defense is also able to start out well and they generate sacks and turnovers. But by week 10 or so the O-Line quickly degenerates each week and the offense looks horribly incompetent. The defense also wears down, the pass rush vanquishes, and they are suddenly blowing assignments and looking like a poor football team.
If I was going to spin this positively, I’d say that this has been going on before Parcells. Also, this team has an uncanny knack for getting injuries on either the O-Line or crucial spots on offense. And considering that studies show that defensive players are almost three more times likely to get injured in the NFL than offensive players, it’s kind of a head scratcher that they keep getting injuries on offense.
I could also positively spin that the pass rush is better this year, if ever so slightly and the defense doesn’t wear down nearly as much this year as it has in the past.
But even with all of that, I still have to wonder why this happens. Inability of the coaching staff to make adjustments? Perhaps. But, I seriously doubt or at least I don’t understand how a team can “fool” teams early on each year under Parcells and then make the proper adjustments to run amuck.
WHATEVER the problem is, I’m quite frankly sick of seeing this team fizzle towards the end of year, each and every year.
Rich………
