No Matter Whose Fault it is, we once again went pass happy

[Diehardblues]

No doubt. Jones has tried or successfully meddled in on-the-field football decision-making almost since day one. And it is not like he has not signed off on excessively large player contracts before (Romo, Elliott, etc.).

My interest is in whether Jones is doing what he should not be doing, namely working against his own best interests. It is true the current NFL is pass happy. It is also true every teams' offense cannot necessarily pass as efficiently as the next team.

The team fields capable running backs. Run blocking has not been fantastic but the offensive line has more than done its job more often than not.

If Jones is proactively suggesting or outright telling his coaches and franchise quarterback to pass more than what is planned, it would decrease his own running game's ability to create scoring opportunities.

That is not what any general manager should be doing. It would be nice if the press would intently question him why is his team continually abandoning the run in favor of passing more.

We know for a fact that he insist on starting and focusing Elliott last year when he wasn’t totally healthy. McCarthy even initially stated wanted to rest him but then when Zeke wanted to play here comes Jethro to rescue Zekes wishes.

This is a great example of placing his 90 million contract ahead of what’s best for the success of the team. Jethro even played down Pollards first start and explosive performance. I’m not sure why it’s not more revealing to us.

There’s so many other examples out there. But yet some fans still want to take this dysfunctional organization and toxic culture serious when it has a little success.

 

[IceStar-D7]

AGREED!!!!!!! But that's on your OC.. Pass Happy McFly Moore...

 

[Diehardblues]

We have no idea, actually. However, the solution is simple. Our GM needs to fix this.

And you expect him to?

Look how he’s handled his Star RB Elliott.

 

[Aven8]

I’m hoping this is because Zeke has been out the past two weeks. It’s like they still don’t trust Malik and Pollard or something.

 

[Nova]

Absolutely. So, why did we not have this problem w/ Rush? What's the deal? There is a problem. Fix it.

Kellen/Dak have to relearn what Romo and Garrett finally learned 8 years ago.

Glad we get to enjoy this same ride again

 

[Diehardblues]

AGREED!!!!!!! But that's on your OC.. Pass Happy McFly Moore...

Unless there’s meddling coming down.

 

[DalFan75]

Just out of curiosity for the "Moore got pass happy again!!!!! "crowd, when exactly were the Cowboys "pass happy" yesterday? And if someone wants to say 'the entire game!!!!!!" then you need to check the idiocy at the door.

You have to possess the ball to run up running plays. We had six series yesterday that ended after 3 plays. SIX.

They ran the ball at least once on all 6 of those. The only series you could say "they were pass happy"? The one before the end of the first half where they got the ball and were trying to score with 1:42 left.

Moore dos not always do a good job of keeping the run game involved, but that really wasn't the case yesterday. We did run it 31 times.

The other factor you have to account for (and something nobody on this forum can say for certain for or against either side) is how many plays does Prescott change at the LOS? There's no clear answer to that. He obviously changes many plays during the course of a game, how many are changed from run to pass or vice versa? How many of those are ghost calls where he isn't changing anything but wants the defense to think he is? It's impossible to tell.

 

[mardwin]

Why pay a guy $40M to have him play like his backup that's making the league minimum? I'm ok with the play calling, the $40M QB needs to execute and stop looking for excuses.

 

[nate dizzle]

I’m hoping this is because Zeke has been out the past two weeks. It’s like they still don’t trust Malik and Pollard or something.

Yeah...that's a nice thought.

 

[Diehardblues]

MCCarthy looked pretty upset after that sequence of plays. Maybe he didn’t have control.

We’ve heard Mike speak out before. We know how badly he wanted to win this game.

 

[noshame]

Nothing else makes sense. Why the pass pass pass O? We didn't do it w/ the backup in.

Yeah I'm sure he has keys

 

[DandyDon52]

Jerry, you are the GM. Fix it.

We lose when this happens. Are you so incredibly out of it that you don't even notice this? Fix it.

LOL yes he is that out of it ~!
Actually he only sees what he wants to see and just ignores reality . Same for Junior.
jerry and kellen would rather lose passing and proving how great dak and cd are, than run and win.

 

[charron]

Its a Philosophy issue. Dak just does what he is told. Gotta give them credit defensively they kept things short and tight, they knew Dak couldn't handle too many short passes to march downfield. offensively they knew when Micah doesn't rush we had zero pass rush most of the time and they could beat us deep. And that is exactly how they won. The cowboys never made them pay after the catch or deep. It's always short passing that gets brought down right after the catch. I think 26 yards was the biggest play for Dallas while they throw 60 yard bombs in 2 seconds.

 

[Diehardblues]

What’s interesting to me is up until these last couple weeks we’d only been giving up an average of 14 points a game .

Our defense is what carried this team and what provided me any hope.

But this defense can’t protect a 14 point lead in 4th qtr after offense put up 28 points?

 

[tyke1doe]

Doesn't really matter who the QB is-- 46 passes is stupid.

Actually, it does matter because Kellen, for some strange reason, trusts Dak to throw it 46 and not Rush.
The answer to the question "why" is the key to discovery and correction.

 

[ESisback]

Done slapped the crapp out of myself.

You don't want to fix this obvious problem? Hit yourself w/ a brick upside the head.

Self mutilation is the latest thing!

 

[ESisback]

What’s interesting to me is up until these last couple weeks we’d only been giving up an average of 14 points a game .

Our defense is what carried this team and what provided me any hope.

But this defense can’t protect a 14 point lead in 4th qtr after offense put up 28 points?

Throw out logic and reason. It’s Rodgers! It’s Lambeau Field! Kinda like the old Steelers. Even when they suck, even when they SHOULD lose—they always seem to get exactly what they need, exactly when they need it.

 

[BleedSilverandBlue]

On the OT drive, it is shocking to me that they didn't run on 3rd and 3 knowing darn well they were going to go for it on 4th. Your chance of getting 3 yards on two carries is very high, especially considering that the run game was actually pretty good yesterday. Even if you decide to throw on 4th and 1ish, your playbook is much larger than what you are looking at on 4th and 3. In that 3rd down situation you run the ball 99% of the time if you know that it is 4 down territory.

This team will live and die by the run. Throwing Dak 40+ times is more often than not a recipe for disaster.

 

[Asklesko]

You want the Owner/GM to interfere with the coaching mid-season and "fix" the offense?

Slap yourself.

What is the point of a gm like jerry, if he wont step in when needed?

 

[kskboys]

And you expect him to?

Look how he’s handled his Star RB Elliott.

It's his job. The one he insists on.