Notes: Even Bryan B. agrees!

[MyFairLady]

Given the state of our offense and the inability to work the sidelines in the passing game I didn't think the last drive was all together that bad. Go back and look. With 1:09 left and one time out we ran 6 plays for 35 yards to get in FG range. It was the absolute best we could have hoped for and IMHO was a win for the offense. Not sure what more people wanted. Plenty to complain about but IMHO this is not one of them.

 

[glimmerman]

Should have called at least 1 play instead of going for that FG. This is 2 games the staff have cost us this year. JG plays to tie or not lose. He isn’t going to change and shows no confidence in this team. Was a total joke of a call and seems suspicious to me. As many flags as they have been making to protect the QB I was surprised there wasn’t a flag on the hit on Dak. Refs were allowing the teams to play. So why that ticky tack call at the end? The NFL will admit it was a bad call and send a letter of apology to JJ. Don’t change the loss.

 

[OmerV]

If given a choice to replace the head coach or the QB I would choose the QB and it's not even close.

If you change coaches, the new coach may go in a different direction at QB. If you change QB's, you are still stuck with the same head coach.

 

[texbumthelife]

I legitimately do not think this team has an installed 2 minute drill. I've never seen them string more than two plays together without Dak looking pleading at the guffawing coaching staff.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

I am a multi-layer thinker.

Replace the coach first. If you hire the right guy he's likely going to want a new QB anyway. Any new QB paired with this head coach is just going to result in more middling play.

Yep. Romo had the same results.

 

[Risen Star]

If you change coaches, the new coach may go in a different direction at QB. If you change QB's, you are still stuck with the same head coach.

I'm operating under the reality that the head coach in Dallas is a puppet. If you think any coach is going to pull the plug on Prescott against Jerry's wishes you are kidding yourself.

The QB has got to go. He is a complete bum in over his head. Upgrade there and all the other issues seem much less significant.

 

[OmerV]

I'm operating under the reality that the head coach in Dallas is a puppet. If you think any coach is going to pull the plug on Prescott against Jerry's wishes you are kidding yourself.

The QB has got to go. He is a complete bum in over his head. Upgrade there and all the other issues seem much less significant.

Who's to say Prescott staying at QB year after year no matter how he plays is Jerry's wish?

Another thought is that many say Jerry favored going back to Romo when the decision was made to stick with Dak in 2016. If true, that goes against what you are saying.

Jerry also, by his own admission, wanted to draft Manziel, but he ultimately went along with those who wanted to go another direction.

As far as the comment about "any coach", obviously Parcells dumped Jerry's guy Quincy, and went with his own choices (Vinny/Bledsoe). Parcells is also the guy that got the team to change from a 4-3 to a 3-4 defense.

So yes, I think a new coach would have a chance to influence the offense and offensive personnel.

 

[Creeper]

The Cowboys took possession of the ball with 69 seconds and one time out left, thanks to the gift from Washington when Smith ran out of bounds. They ran 6 plays before the FG. I have no idea what Broadus is talking about when he says they ran 2 plays. They had two incomplete passes. Then 3 complete to Beasley. Then the run to Zeke. Then they called timeout and kicked the FG try.

The only issue I had is the run to Zeke to center the football. The 6 yard pass to Beasley was not a great decision either with 31 seconds left. That's on Dak but I could argue Beasely should have run a few yard further down field.

According to the play-by-play logs the Cowboys had 22 seconds left when Beasley was downed on the previously play. I thought it was 12 seconds when Zeke was tackled and they called time out at 3 seconds. In any case. That last 30 seconds was not handled well and instead of running Zeke, why not throw a pass hoping to get another 10 or 15 yards? Centering the ball on a 47 yard FG seemed like a waste of a play and time.

But the bigger problem for Dallas is they have only one guy in the passing game they can depend on and its Cole Beasely. The rest of the WRs are not dependable.

 

[Risen Star]

Who's to say Prescott staying at QB year after year no matter how he plays is Jerry's wish?

Me and any other fan with a clue of how this team operates.

 

[G2]

Me and any other fan with a clue of how this team operates.

The irony.

 

[Sydla]

Given the state of our offense and the inability to work the sidelines in the passing game I didn't think the last drive was all together that bad. Go back and look. With 1:09 left and one time out we ran 6 plays for 35 yards to get in FG range. It was the absolute best we could have hoped for and IMHO was a win for the offense. Not sure what more people wanted. Plenty to complain about but IMHO this is not one of them.

LOL. 3 of those plays happened in only 17 seconds, then we wasted the next 49 seconds on three plays.

First of all, we didn't have to "work the sidelines". We had a timeout and more than enough time. We could have worked the open middle and gotten much closer for an easier FG.

How anyone can look at that last 52 seconds and claim the coaches played it right is hilarious. There was enough time to run a few more plays if they had a sense of urgency. But they didn't.

Your head coach (he's not mine anymore) thought the smartest move was setting up for a 47 yard FG in the wind.

Oy vey.

 

[DogFace]

I'm operating under the reality that the head coach in Dallas is a puppet. If you think any coach is going to pull the plug on Prescott against Jerry's wishes you are kidding yourself.

The QB has got to go. He is a complete bum in over his head. Upgrade there and all the other issues seem much less significant.

He may be a puppet, but he is in charge of managing the time at the end of the game. He simply does not understand how to do it and he’s proven that more than a few times.

 

[DogFace]

Given the state of our offense and the inability to work the sidelines in the passing game I didn't think the last drive was all together that bad. Go back and look. With 1:09 left and one time out we ran 6 plays for 35 yards to get in FG range. It was the absolute best we could have hoped for and IMHO was a win for the offense. Not sure what more people wanted. Plenty to complain about but IMHO this is not one of them.

You’re still drinking from last night?

Bravo @MyFairLady bravo

 

[LucaBrasi]

I pretty much knew "go for the tie" Garrett would run the last minute and change the way he did when Beasley fielded that last punt at the 35. Get the ball into a manageable fg position and play for OT. Its the JG way, actually Teflon Marvin Lewis has played it the same way for 15 years in Cincy too. Alot of coaches do, despite the fact you come up with a result like you did yesterday more often than not. Its madness.

Lost in all of it is this, and I think its a fair point: JG didnt trust this pathetic Oline to get 1.5 yards in OT in Houston or very likely did not trust them to protect Rayne Dakota late yesterday to advance the ball any further. Yes, he's a chicken **** coach but can you fully doubt a scenario where they drop back yesterday late in the game and either #4 holds the ball too long, Tyron Smith gets beat again like a damn drum, Conor Williams tackles somebody, Joe Looney misses another line call, or La'el Collins does something completely stupid? I mean every one of those scenarios was in play with the way that game had been to that point, and then you arent even getting the fg attempt.

 

[OmerV]

Me and any other fan with a clue of how this team operates.

Really, so why didn't we stay with Quincy or Romo? You are saying your opinion somehow overrides actual evidence.

 

[Risen Star]

Really, so why didn't we stay with Quincy or Romo? You are saying your opinion somehow overrides actual evidence.

I'm saying it doesn't matter who the coach is. A QB change will be made when, and only when, Jerry decides to do it.

And your stance is the one with no evidence. I've been paying attention the last 20 plus years while you've been blaming a conga line of coaches.

 

[MikeT22]

Just "throwing one up" in the endzone with no established possesion receiver on this team is absolutely idiotic and asking for a quick path to an L.

We weren't even running anyone deep to see if they could get open. Nor did we even try to get another 10-15 yards.
Garrett was content with playing for a 45-50 yard FG. Totally moronic.

 

[renny]

I just saw a whole panel of Superbowl winning coaches criticize a Titans Coach for going for 2 points instead of the tie sending to overtime. I highly doubt they would suddenly think thowing one up in the endzone when it is not there is a good idea when you are in the same position.

It was not about throwing it into the end zone. It was about getting better field position for a higher percentage on the field goal attempt if it came to that! (HELLO.....FOOTBALL 101)

 

[JustChip]

Great strategy until you take a sack or get "another" holding penalty taking you out of fieldgoal range.

Your wasting your time. Most on here don't have the ability to look at a situation and think through ALL the scenarios. They simply look at the end result and then complain because the result isn't what they want. They believe that a different play automatically means a better result.

 

[StylisticS]

Actually it was the last 2:27 of the game....worst clock management I've seen in quite awhile.......making it worse, I seriously doubt anyone in our dysfunctional FO even noticed.

Yes. People talking about the last 52 seconds but forget that the last 2:41 was just as bad if not worse.