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Ive come to terms that JG needs to go, but Linehan and his mess needs to go more. Now im not basing my judgment on that 4 down. Basically because Zeke hadnt shown all night that he would've gotten it. WAs a 50/50 shot. But, I just dont see anything different in the offensive plays being called. Same types of routes that are ran and ran right at DBs that make it easy to cover. The orst thing about this is Dallas doesnt have the strong WR who can make this type of route work with putting his body between the ball and defender. JG's time needs to come to an end. Jerry which i dont think hes capable of but needs to realize his choice as HC was wrong. Players bought into his ways for yrs, but i think we are starting to see them start to question him. This actually happened with Phillips, slowly then just all out mutiny. I could live with JG if they just brought in somebody to replace Linehan. But its doubtful and almost impossible to do that inseason because well all these coaches already have jobs. I think this is the end of the road for both possibly, but for sure Linehan is gone at seasons end and possibly before.

Jaylon Smith is 100% back. And he's so much better as a WILL. I dont think you take him out and replace him with Sean Lee. Before Lee went out he wasnt playing too good anyways. Jaylon and Lawrence are the guys you need to build this defense around. Vander Esch is a tackling machine, but im still not sold on him being a impact yet. Most of his tackles are coming from behind the play. And in most running plays he's catching up to a run that went past him. We are seeing it less, but its still a problem. Think he still isnt 100% comfortable with his past neck injuries. IMO you see this with him still wearing that big guard under his shoulder pads that keeps his head and neck from going to far in a direction. But still you can tell the game is slowing down and he's seeing the play faster. Encouraging sign.

Dak is good and bad, but unless ur a MVP type QB you're going to get a QB who is good and bad on a weekly basis. In the first drive he did miss Beasley for a first that resulted in the FG. But you have to put urself in his shoes and realize thats a long throw with the CB closing in that could easily be a pick 6 another 50/50 play. On the other side you got Elliot on a screen which most of the time is a easy first down and that close you kind of expect a TD, HOU player just made a very good tackle. Looked like hurns should've actually ran more interference on LB who made tackle. And going back to Beasley it looks like Dak expected him to break that route off faster. Dak had already looked the other way before beasley had made his break. Tells me the break shouldve come sooner. Or the primary was the screen, as you're not going to wait that long for Beasley when you have a screen on the other side. Beasley knowing the play shouldve known to break his route earlier. The difference between the two QBS lastnight was the playcalling. On one side you had an attacking set of plays being called. On the other side you had a guy calling the same 4-5 passing plays. Dak misses some throws but this FO did him no favors in leaving him with this group of guys he's got.

Dallas secondary is very good when they play up on WRs but start to allow the inside throws when they play off because the S help isnt where it should be. If you go back and look at Hopkins big plays its all against off coverage.

This DL is going to be scary next week with Irving and Collins coming back. I think we are going to see some turnovers coming. Lawrence didnt see the same after he got nicked up early in the game. He wasnt facing constant double teams either. Tyrone Crawford is making himself valuable to this team, and i think we see an extension for his coming this offseason that will lower his cap hits but give him more guaranteed money. He's hitting his prime.

This game was won by a coaching staff who went out and took the game, rather than being like the other coaching staff that played not to lose the game in overtime. Plain and simple. Both offenses dig good and bad things, but at the end of the game the coaching staff of the Texans gave his QB the best chance to win. There are problems with this team on the roster, but the biggest problem holding this team are guys with headsets walking the sideline and one up in the boxes calling plays. Think we might see Richards HC next yr. he has a progressive style of coaching that his group responds to.
 
Ive come to terms that JG needs to go, but Linehan and his mess needs to go more. Now im not basing my judgment on that 4 down. Basically because Zeke hadnt shown all night that he would've gotten it. WAs a 50/50 shot. But, I just dont see anything different in the offensive plays being called. Same types of routes that are ran and ran right at DBs that make it easy to cover. The orst thing about this is Dallas doesnt have the strong WR who can make this type of route work with putting his body between the ball and defender. JG's time needs to come to an end. Jerry which i dont think hes capable of but needs to realize his choice as HC was wrong. Players bought into his ways for yrs, but i think we are starting to see them start to question him. This actually happened with Phillips, slowly then just all out mutiny. I could live with JG if they just brought in somebody to replace Linehan. But its doubtful and almost impossible to do that inseason because well all these coaches already have jobs. I think this is the end of the road for both possibly, but for sure Linehan is gone at seasons end and possibly before.

Jaylon Smith is 100% back. And he's so much better as a WILL. I dont think you take him out and replace him with Sean Lee. Before Lee went out he wasnt playing too good anyways. Jaylon and Lawrence are the guys you need to build this defense around. Vander Esch is a tackling machine, but im still not sold on him being a impact yet. Most of his tackles are coming from behind the play. And in most running plays he's catching up to a run that went past him. We are seeing it less, but its still a problem. Think he still isnt 100% comfortable with his past neck injuries. IMO you see this with him still wearing that big guard under his shoulder pads that keeps his head and neck from going to far in a direction. But still you can tell the game is slowing down and he's seeing the play faster. Encouraging sign.

Dak is good and bad, but unless ur a MVP type QB you're going to get a QB who is good and bad on a weekly basis. In the first drive he did miss Beasley for a first that resulted in the FG. But you have to put urself in his shoes and realize thats a long throw with the CB closing in that could easily be a pick 6 another 50/50 play. On the other side you got Elliot on a screen which most of the time is a easy first down and that close you kind of expect a TD, HOU player just made a very good tackle. Looked like hurns should've actually ran more interference on LB who made tackle. And going back to Beasley it looks like Dak expected him to break that route off faster. Dak had already looked the other way before beasley had made his break. Tells me the break shouldve come sooner. Or the primary was the screen, as you're not going to wait that long for Beasley when you have a screen on the other side. Beasley knowing the play shouldve known to break his route earlier. The difference between the two QBS lastnight was the playcalling. On one side you had an attacking set of plays being called. On the other side you had a guy calling the same 4-5 passing plays. Dak misses some throws but this FO did him no favors in leaving him with this group of guys he's got.

Dallas secondary is very good when they play up on WRs but start to allow the inside throws when they play off because the S help isnt where it should be. If you go back and look at Hopkins big plays its all against off coverage.

This DL is going to be scary next week with Irving and Collins coming back. I think we are going to see some turnovers coming. Lawrence didnt see the same after he got nicked up early in the game. He wasnt facing constant double teams either. Tyrone Crawford is making himself valuable to this team, and i think we see an extension for his coming this offseason that will lower his cap hits but give him more guaranteed money. He's hitting his prime.

This game was won by a coaching staff who went out and took the game, rather than being like the other coaching staff that played not to lose the game in overtime. Plain and simple. Both offenses dig good and bad things, but at the end of the game the coaching staff of the Texans gave his QB the best chance to win. There are problems with this team on the roster, but the biggest problem holding this team are guys with headsets walking the sideline and one up in the boxes calling plays. Think we might see Richards HC next yr. he has a progressive style of coaching that his group responds to.

Difference between the two QBs is play calling?

Did you watch Watson and how he placed the ball? Did you see his velocity and decision making? Yeah I don't think so. He looked to move the ball with broken ribs. You could see he was not himself and he still did damage.
 
Difference between the two QBs is play calling?

Did you watch Watson and how he placed the ball? Did you see his velocity and decision making? Yeah I don't think so. He looked to move the ball with broken ribs. You could see he was not himself and he still did damage.

You have a QB who has a elite WR, as opposed to a guy who has a bunch of scrubs. I seen good placement from Dak especially on that would be Watt sack. You choose what you want to see. I can be objective of Dak, you cant. Daks problems come from things that are his fault(looking at his primary too long, and footing) and some that arent his fault, like Bease's route on the screen to Elliot on the first drive. Its comical to me that people like you will gripe about the scrubs Dallas has lining up at WR but will ignore your whining when it comes to crying about Dak. Same thing when you cry about the OL play but ignore Dak having to run for his life because of constant pass blocking break downs. Carry on.
 
You have a QB who has a elite WR, as opposed to a guy who has a bunch of scrubs. I seen good placement from Dak especially on that would be Watt sack. You choose what you want to see. I can be objective of Dak, you cant. Daks problems come from things that are his fault(looking at his primary too long, and footing) and some that arent his fault, like Bease's route on the screen to Elliot on the first drive. Its comical to me that people like you will gripe about the scrubs Dallas has lining up at WR but will ignore your whining when it comes to crying about Dak. Same thing when you cry about the OL play but ignore Dak having to run for his life because of constant pass blocking break downs. Carry on.

It's comical to think that getting rid of your best receiver, not replacing your tight end, and getting mediocre replacements would help the passing game. Sorry the Cowboys did it to themselves and you cant use that excuse this year.

A Qb who doesnt want to throw is just that. Keep rolling out towards the side line on 3rd and long, and take that 3 yard run all you want. You wont win anything.
 
Ive come to terms that JG needs to go, but Linehan and his mess needs to go more. Now im not basing my judgment on that 4 down. Basically because Zeke hadnt shown all night that he would've gotten it. WAs a 50/50 shot. But, I just dont see anything different in the offensive plays being called. Same types of routes that are ran and ran right at DBs that make it easy to cover. The orst thing about this is Dallas doesnt have the strong WR who can make this type of route work with putting his body between the ball and defender. JG's time needs to come to an end. Jerry which i dont think hes capable of but needs to realize his choice as HC was wrong. Players bought into his ways for yrs, but i think we are starting to see them start to question him. This actually happened with Phillips, slowly then just all out mutiny. I could live with JG if they just brought in somebody to replace Linehan. But its doubtful and almost impossible to do that inseason because well all these coaches already have jobs. I think this is the end of the road for both possibly, but for sure Linehan is gone at seasons end and possibly before.

Jaylon Smith is 100% back. And he's so much better as a WILL. I dont think you take him out and replace him with Sean Lee. Before Lee went out he wasnt playing too good anyways. Jaylon and Lawrence are the guys you need to build this defense around. Vander Esch is a tackling machine, but im still not sold on him being a impact yet. Most of his tackles are coming from behind the play. And in most running plays he's catching up to a run that went past him. We are seeing it less, but its still a problem. Think he still isnt 100% comfortable with his past neck injuries. IMO you see this with him still wearing that big guard under his shoulder pads that keeps his head and neck from going to far in a direction. But still you can tell the game is slowing down and he's seeing the play faster. Encouraging sign.

Dak is good and bad, but unless ur a MVP type QB you're going to get a QB who is good and bad on a weekly basis. In the first drive he did miss Beasley for a first that resulted in the FG. But you have to put urself in his shoes and realize thats a long throw with the CB closing in that could easily be a pick 6 another 50/50 play. On the other side you got Elliot on a screen which most of the time is a easy first down and that close you kind of expect a TD, HOU player just made a very good tackle. Looked like hurns should've actually ran more interference on LB who made tackle. And going back to Beasley it looks like Dak expected him to break that route off faster. Dak had already looked the other way before beasley had made his break. Tells me the break shouldve come sooner. Or the primary was the screen, as you're not going to wait that long for Beasley when you have a screen on the other side. Beasley knowing the play shouldve known to break his route earlier. The difference between the two QBS lastnight was the playcalling. On one side you had an attacking set of plays being called. On the other side you had a guy calling the same 4-5 passing plays. Dak misses some throws but this FO did him no favors in leaving him with this group of guys he's got.

Dallas secondary is very good when they play up on WRs but start to allow the inside throws when they play off because the S help isnt where it should be. If you go back and look at Hopkins big plays its all against off coverage.

This DL is going to be scary next week with Irving and Collins coming back. I think we are going to see some turnovers coming. Lawrence didnt see the same after he got nicked up early in the game. He wasnt facing constant double teams either. Tyrone Crawford is making himself valuable to this team, and i think we see an extension for his coming this offseason that will lower his cap hits but give him more guaranteed money. He's hitting his prime.

This game was won by a coaching staff who went out and took the game, rather than being like the other coaching staff that played not to lose the game in overtime. Plain and simple. Both offenses dig good and bad things, but at the end of the game the coaching staff of the Texans gave his QB the best chance to win. There are problems with this team on the roster, but the biggest problem holding this team are guys with headsets walking the sideline and one up in the boxes calling plays. Think we might see Richards HC next yr. he has a progressive style of coaching that his group responds to.
Good stuff
On the 4th down I’d take a 50/50 shot all day over giving them the ball back in over time
I’d take the FG shot at lesser odds than punting
I’d rather bet on making one yard than bet on stopping them which was a very risky gamble and at best leads to a tie game
 
One team had receivers, the other had JAGs. One team had bad coaching, the other had bad coaching. One team had a good armed QB who was a title winning QB in a big conference and a top draft pick, the other was a 4th round QB. One team had two All-American type defensive linemen, the other had Lawrence. And the biggest problem of all, one team has Jerry Jones. That's a loss right there.
 
Good stuff
On the 4th down I’d take a 50/50 shot all day over giving them the ball back in over time
I’d take the FG shot at lesser odds than punting
I’d rather bet on making one yard than bet on stopping them which was a very risky gamble and at best leads to a tie game
i actually got watch overtime, and as soon as i saw punt i just said there it is. I didnt think HOU would go down and score. Because Dallas def had held all 2nd half basically. But Hopkins on Anthony Brown(go figure) makes a great play. Before this play i thought the game was gonna end in a tie.
 
Its dumb to replace coordinators over and over while keeping the real source of the problem in place. New coordinators will have to take on Garretts philosophy and process, and the same results will continue.
 
i actually got watch overtime, and as soon as i saw punt i just said there it is. I didnt think HOU would go down and score. Because Dallas def had held all 2nd half basically. But Hopkins on Anthony Brown(go figure) makes a great play. Before this play i thought the game was gonna end in a tie.
If you can’t get one yard there you probably lose the game
I’m generally one to not take chances but in over time with my options a punt, 60 ya FG or go for one yard I’m going for the one yard every time
I’ll take the gamble that Zeke can get that yard or I can hit someone in the flat for one yard
If it’s 3rd qtr I could see playing it safe but I’m not putting myself in a situation where all they need is a FG to beat me when I’ve got one yard between that option or another set of downs
I watched the eagles yesterday go for two in a game they pulled within 11 of tiring
There I kick because the two point is a bigger risk and the consequences of not making it so high
But to me our decision was easy because they only needed 3 to beat you and punting only gains you 30 or so yards
I’m no gambler, I don’t go for 4th down in a close game if the FG is there
But overtime is just a different game and the thought process has to be different
 
Its dumb to replace coordinators over and over while keeping the real source of the problem in place. New coordinators will have to take on Garretts philosophy and process, and the same results will continue.
IM sorry but i dont believe in this thinking. Garrett has always been a air it out guy, pass first and pass often. This is not Garretts philosophy. What was everybodys gripe about Garrett early? He never runs the ball. I dont think Garrett has much say in the plays being called.
 
LVE is making tackles at the line and behind the line too. Give him a year or two and he will be a star in this league. Just don't let him have to cover TEs.

He was a tough call for Dallas on draft day I am sure knowing they needed a WR. But that's the problem with the Cowboys. They always fill one hole when they have 3 to fill. That's why I think they need to use free agency to find some impact players. Dallas's philosophy of not paying top Free Agents make it much harder to build a winning team. The good news is this team will be able to move on without Sean Lee. If Lee can stay healthy, its gravy. If Not, Smith and LVE can play.

The bad news is they can't find a WR worth a damn. All of their WRs are like 3rd WRs and none of them seem to fight for the football.

The glaring need for this team is safety and it has been than way for years. Church was a half-way to impact player but not since Darren Woodson have they had a safety who can carry the defense and make it better.
 
Its dumb to replace coordinators over and over while keeping the real source of the problem in place. New coordinators will have to take on Garretts philosophy and process, and the same results will continue.
Replacing the coordinators would accomplish the same thing as rearranging the chairs on the deck of the Titanic.
 
Replacing the coordinators would accomplish the same thing as rearranging the chairs on the deck of the Titanic.

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