Offensive Slump?

[plasticman]

Looking at just the last three games league-wide.....

First, the Cowboys games were three consecutive road games and they were one of four teams to go 3-0. None of the other teams had to go on the road all three weeks.

With that said:

Cowboys ranked 10th in yardage. How could that be? I thought they were only able to move the ball when they got premium field position as a result of a defensive takeaway.

Cowboys ranked 7th in points scored. Wait a minute, Zeke isn't doing anything, Dak is in a slump but the Cowboys are in the top ten for both yards and scoring over the past three weeks? I thought they were flatlining, At least, that is what I've been hearing and reading.

Again, I'm not talking about the total season. These numbers aren't favorable because they represent the first quarter of the season, this is right now. This is all December games and comparing them to the rest of the league.

Cowboys ranked 2nd in offensive plays. Only Tampa Bay has more. The Cowboys are getting more offensive plays than 30 other teams. Well, hold up now. How can this be true when half their drives are three and out due to their ineptitude?

Cowboys ranked 9th in Time of Possession. Another top ten designation. That's impossible! It just seems that they are on the field and, in a blink of an eye, it 4th and whatever.....right?

Cowboys top ten in scoring, yardage, offensive plays, and time of possession for the last three weeks combined. Oh, the misery? When will it end?

Now, in the spirit of complete transparency, the games for six teams have yet to be tabulated, These are the games tonight and tomorrow. The rankings will change slightly. However, looking at the numbers from 26 NFL teams and this is where the Cowboys stand offensively......this is the meltdown, the proof that the Cowboys are folding?

And what happens if the Cowboys offense ends their "slump" and improves to where it was at the beginning of the season?

Scratch that! What happens if they only improve to the midway point of now and the beginning of the season?

Now add the trajectory of the well documented defensive performance as the regular season ends.

This could be the best opportunity for the Cowboys to succeed in the playoffs. I would hate to miss the excitement because I was too busy nitpicking the performance of a few starters for not playing 24-7 elite.

This is what I was thinking about while I was driving and listening to a sports talk show. They were discussing Dak's performance. Then the show host makes the Captain Obvious, popular observation that "quarterbacks get too much credit when the team wins and too much blame when the team loses."

I almost slammed on my brakes from the shock. Did you catch it immediately?

Dak seems to be getting blame.....but for what?.........

THEY-DID-NOT-LOSE!!!
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The Cowboys won the last three games! What are we blaming Dak and Zeke for? Not being fantasy team treasures? Their salaries which are part of a cap? So what! Who on this forum can claim that they got a "Dak and Zeke bill" in the mail?

The Dallas Cowboys swept three consecutive road games in December. However, they did not score 50 points a game and Dak did not look like the reincarnation of a quarterback that only exists in the minds of some posters.

 

[JoeKing]

The Cowboys just won three in a row. If they win the next three and then the next three after that, they will be Super Bowl Champions.

 

[john van brocklin]

Looking at just the last three games league-wide.....

First, the Cowboys games were three consecutive road games and they were one of four teams to go 3-0. None of the other teams had to go on the road all three weeks.

With that said:

Cowboys ranked 10th in yardage. How could that be? I thought they were only able to move the ball when they got premium field position as a result of a defensive takeaway.

Cowboys ranked 7th in points scored. Wait a minute, Zeke isn't doing anything, Dak is in a slump but the Cowboys are in the top ten for both yards and scoring over the past three weeks? I thought they were flatlining, At least, that is what I've been hearing and reading.

Again, I'm not talking about the total season. These numbers aren't favorable because they represent the first quarter of the season, this is right now. This is all December games and comparing them to the rest of the league.

Cowboys ranked 2nd in offensive plays. Only Tampa Bay has more. The Cowboys are getting more offensive plays than 30 other teams. Well, hold up now. How can this be true when half their drives are three and out due to their ineptitude?

Cowboys ranked 9th in Time of Possession. Another top ten designation. That's impossible! It just seems that they are on the field and, in a blink of an eye, it 4th and whatever.....right?

Cowboys top ten in scoring, yardage, offensive plays, and time of possession for the last three weeks combined. Oh, the misery? When will it end?

Now, in the spirit of complete transparency, the games for six teams have yet to be tabulated, These are the games tonight and tomorrow. The rankings will change slightly. However, looking at the numbers from 26 NFL teams and this is where the Cowboys stand offensively......this is the meltdown, the proof that the Cowboys are folding?

And what happens if the Cowboys offense ends their "slump" and improves to where it was at the beginning of the season?

Scratch that! What happens if they only improve to the midway point of now and the beginning of the season?

Now add the trajectory of the well documented defensive performance as the regular season ends.

This could be the best opportunity for the Cowboys to succeed in the playoffs. I would hate to miss the excitement because I was too busy nitpicking the performance of a few starters for not playing 24-7 elite.

This is what I was thinking about while I was driving and listening to a sports talk show. They were discussing Dak's performance. Then the show host makes the Captain Obvious, popular observation that "quarterbacks get too much credit when the team wins and too much blame when the team loses."

I almost slammed on my brakes from the shock. Did you catch it immediately?

Dak seems to be getting blame.....but for what?.........

THEY-DID-NOT-LOSE!!!
\
The Cowboys won the last three games! What are we blaming Dak and Zeke for? Not being fantasy team treasures? Their salaries which are part of a cap? So what! Who on this forum can claim that they got a "Dak and Zeke bill" in the mail?

The Dallas Cowboys swept three consecutive road games in December. However, they did not score 50 points a game and Dak did not look like the reincarnation of a quarterback that only exists in the minds of some posters.

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[Stak78]

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that they may be vanilla on offense on purpose. So as to not let the other teams have film of their best plays down the stretch goin into the playoffs. They are running very simple straight at the defense slants, comebacks and hitch routes. I saw more sophisticated crossing and rub routes early in the season that we’re very successful. That has disappeared. I do think they are trying their best with the run game though. You can see them trying the stretch plays and outside runs more. I could be wrong and probably just hopeful though.

 

[JoeKing]

I don't know if the offense is in a slump but Dak's slump is offensive.

 

[Stak78]

Dak played better in this game. He just didn’t take many shots down the field and Ceedee had three total drops that didn’t help Dak’s stat line. In every game since he came back from injury Dak has looked uncomfortable. I put most of that on the offensive line.
Steele has done a great job for the most part. He’s a better RT than LT right now. Even then I saw a replay where he got bull rushed right into Dak a couple games ago. Dak misses Tyron. The Connor McGovern experiment was a failure. He was not better than Connor Williams and Williams had a good game against the Giants. McGovern was on skates in pass protection. Dak’s blind side has been shaky at best to cause this slump.
The only criticism I have for Dak is that he still needs to run it himself when the situation calls for it. That was a big part of what made him special. Especially in the red zone. It really handicaps the offense when he is no longer a running threat.

 

[CCBoy]

All the stats on a page is one thing, but the eye test just isn't the same. Quite a few throws by Dak have not been receiver friendly at all. That, and quite a few drive sensitive drops have been occurring as well.

Putting Williams back at guard and his 'replacement' back to fullback, should help two quality running backs who are getting healthy once again.

I'll buy into three games followed by three games...but it will take a 'healed' offensive unit and improved Dak...period!

The team is 10-4 and the #2 seed, getting all their talent focused, could really be special now!

 

[Zman5]

WR are not running the routes they were running early in the season.
For some reason we are running much more of the old JG/Linehan button hook routes where four
receivers run straight 10 yards and turn around. This was one of the things I hated about JG’s offense. This route is very easy to defend. We also haven’t done as much pre-snap motion as earlier in the season.

I am not sure why KM went into JG mode all of sudden.

 

[CCBoy]

• If you focus on your own business, things may fall your way. The first priority, the only priority, is to win the game you are playing each week. While help can come from other teams, you can never depend on that. The surest way to the playoffs is just win enough games. Something must be going right for the Cowboys, because only one team in the entire league, the Packers, has more wins. Meanwhile, the teams that were once ahead of them have had those unexpected losses. Things sometimes come your way if you are patient.

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...-playoffs-nfc-east-dak-prescott-mike-mccarthy

• Don’t let the issues blind you to the strengths. And right now, the strength of the Dallas Cowboys is the defense that Dan Quinn has completely reshaped. It has been grabbing turnovers all season. Many feel is that not sustainable, but over the current-three game winning streak, the Cowboys have taken the ball away at least four times in each. They are also getting to the quarterback as the defensive line gets players like DeMarcus Lawrence and Neville Gallimore back. Micah Parsons and Trevon Diggs are the most visible stars, but they have plenty of talent around them, and it shows. It is still true that defensive success correlates strongly with the efficiency of the offenses it faces, but this still seems like a unit that can come up with a crucial stop when the team needs it. And as we saw this weekend, some of those high-powered offenses can sputter.

 

[Doomsday]

The league has figured out what Moore is doing and he has not adjusted his playcalling to counter it. They are also struggling to run vs lightboxes because the oline is struggling.

He seems to have a similar mindset to Linehan in that we are going to do what we do, but he is not attacking weaknesses. Forget which game it was but they lost their best corner and had a rookie out there and it took us 2 quarters to target him. Totally inexcusable and I have seen a bunch of examples like this all season.

 

[CCBoy]

The league has figured out what Moore is doing and he has not adjusted his playcalling to counter it. They are also struggling to run vs lightboxes because the oline is struggling.

He seems to have a similar mindset to Linehan in that we are going to do what we do, but he is not attacking weaknesses. Forget which game it was but they lost their best corner and had a rookie out there and it took us 2 quarters to target him. Totally inexcusable and I have seen a bunch of examples like this all season.

Hey, excuse #7...

 

[PAPPYDOG]

Looking at just the last three games league-wide.....

First, the Cowboys games were three consecutive road games and they were one of four teams to go 3-0. None of the other teams had to go on the road all three weeks.

With that said:

Cowboys ranked 10th in yardage. How could that be? I thought they were only able to move the ball when they got premium field position as a result of a defensive takeaway.

Cowboys ranked 7th in points scored. Wait a minute, Zeke isn't doing anything, Dak is in a slump but the Cowboys are in the top ten for both yards and scoring over the past three weeks? I thought they were flatlining, At least, that is what I've been hearing and reading.

Again, I'm not talking about the total season. These numbers aren't favorable because they represent the first quarter of the season, this is right now. This is all December games and comparing them to the rest of the league.

Cowboys ranked 2nd in offensive plays. Only Tampa Bay has more. The Cowboys are getting more offensive plays than 30 other teams. Well, hold up now. How can this be true when half their drives are three and out due to their ineptitude?

Cowboys ranked 9th in Time of Possession. Another top ten designation. That's impossible! It just seems that they are on the field and, in a blink of an eye, it 4th and whatever.....right?

Cowboys top ten in scoring, yardage, offensive plays, and time of possession for the last three weeks combined. Oh, the misery? When will it end?

Now, in the spirit of complete transparency, the games for six teams have yet to be tabulated, These are the games tonight and tomorrow. The rankings will change slightly. However, looking at the numbers from 26 NFL teams and this is where the Cowboys stand offensively......this is the meltdown, the proof that the Cowboys are folding?

And what happens if the Cowboys offense ends their "slump" and improves to where it was at the beginning of the season?

Scratch that! What happens if they only improve to the midway point of now and the beginning of the season?

Now add the trajectory of the well documented defensive performance as the regular season ends.

This could be the best opportunity for the Cowboys to succeed in the playoffs. I would hate to miss the excitement because I was too busy nitpicking the performance of a few starters for not playing 24-7 elite.

This is what I was thinking about while I was driving and listening to a sports talk show. They were discussing Dak's performance. Then the show host makes the Captain Obvious, popular observation that "quarterbacks get too much credit when the team wins and too much blame when the team loses."

I almost slammed on my brakes from the shock. Did you catch it immediately?

Dak seems to be getting blame.....but for what?.........

THEY-DID-NOT-LOSE!!!
\
The Cowboys won the last three games! What are we blaming Dak and Zeke for? Not being fantasy team treasures? Their salaries which are part of a cap? So what! Who on this forum can claim that they got a "Dak and Zeke bill" in the mail?

The Dallas Cowboys swept three consecutive road games in December. However, they did not score 50 points a game and Dak did not look like the reincarnation of a quarterback that only exists in the minds of some posters.

Wake us up when Dak throws a bomb for a TD.......

 

[willia451]

What are we blaming Dak and Zeke for? Not being fantasy team treasures?

That's part of it. But it's mainly people parroting what they see on the internet and on TV shows or hear on the radio. And the people in the media bloviating their screeds are some of the worst people on the planet. They don't produce anything or make anything or have any marketable skills. So they wind up in a situation where their living is completely dependent on generating clicks, views, and likes.

So what do you think they are going to do? They're going to generate as much controversy as possible.

They certainly aren't going to make many of the points you've made in your OP.

Don't get me wrong. There are teams in the NFL this season whose fans really do have legitimate complaints relative to their situation.

But at least right now, things are going pretty well for the Cowboys. So Cowboys fans should be feeling pretty well as well.

The fact that many Cowboys fans don't feel that way points to just how obscene and hate-filled the media has become as they desperately try to preserve and maintain what little status and position they have left.

It's sick.

 

[plasticman]

All the stats on a page is one thing, but the eye test just isn't the same. Quite a few throws by Dak have not been receiver friendly at all. That, and quite a few drive sensitive drops have been occurring as well.

Putting Williams back at guard and his 'replacement' back to fullback, should help two quality running backs who are getting healthy once again.

I'll buy into three games followed by three games...but it will take a 'healed' offensive unit and improved Dak...period!

The team is 10-4 and the #2 seed, getting all their talent focused, could really be special now!

Stats exist because the "eye test" is a very poor method of evaluating the facts. In fact it is not an eye test at all but a very flawed memory test in an attempt to satisfy a perception.

How many plays do you actually remember and use to form your opinion? 10? 5? These stats incorporate every play to give us a fair assessment.

 

[CCBoy]

Stats exist because the "eye test" is a very poor method of evaluating the facts. In fact it is not an eye test at all but a very flawed memory test in an attempt to satisfy a perception.

How many plays do you actually remember and use to form your opinion? 10? 5? These stats incorporate every play to give us a fair assessment.

The eye test is poor only for those that don't really analyze what they see and stick to slotted stereotypes...try again, but without an insult attached.

Stick to being a barker at your own carnivals..oh, and you haven't changed really, in years now.

 

[cowboyed]

Looking at just the last three games league-wide.....

First, the Cowboys games were three consecutive road games and they were one of four teams to go 3-0. None of the other teams had to go on the road all three weeks.

With that said:

Cowboys ranked 10th in yardage. How could that be? I thought they were only able to move the ball when they got premium field position as a result of a defensive takeaway.

Cowboys ranked 7th in points scored. Wait a minute, Zeke isn't doing anything, Dak is in a slump but the Cowboys are in the top ten for both yards and scoring over the past three weeks? I thought they were flatlining, At least, that is what I've been hearing and reading.

Again, I'm not talking about the total season. These numbers aren't favorable because they represent the first quarter of the season, this is right now. This is all December games and comparing them to the rest of the league.

Cowboys ranked 2nd in offensive plays. Only Tampa Bay has more. The Cowboys are getting more offensive plays than 30 other teams. Well, hold up now. How can this be true when half their drives are three and out due to their ineptitude?

Cowboys ranked 9th in Time of Possession. Another top ten designation. That's impossible! It just seems that they are on the field and, in a blink of an eye, it 4th and whatever.....right?

Cowboys top ten in scoring, yardage, offensive plays, and time of possession for the last three weeks combined. Oh, the misery? When will it end?

Now, in the spirit of complete transparency, the games for six teams have yet to be tabulated, These are the games tonight and tomorrow. The rankings will change slightly. However, looking at the numbers from 26 NFL teams and this is where the Cowboys stand offensively......this is the meltdown, the proof that the Cowboys are folding?

And what happens if the Cowboys offense ends their "slump" and improves to where it was at the beginning of the season?

Scratch that! What happens if they only improve to the midway point of now and the beginning of the season?

Now add the trajectory of the well documented defensive performance as the regular season ends.

This could be the best opportunity for the Cowboys to succeed in the playoffs. I would hate to miss the excitement because I was too busy nitpicking the performance of a few starters for not playing 24-7 elite.

This is what I was thinking about while I was driving and listening to a sports talk show. They were discussing Dak's performance. Then the show host makes the Captain Obvious, popular observation that "quarterbacks get too much credit when the team wins and too much blame when the team loses."

I almost slammed on my brakes from the shock. Did you catch it immediately?

Dak seems to be getting blame.....but for what?.........

THEY-DID-NOT-LOSE!!!
\
The Cowboys won the last three games! What are we blaming Dak and Zeke for? Not being fantasy team treasures? Their salaries which are part of a cap? So what! Who on this forum can claim that they got a "Dak and Zeke bill" in the mail?

The Dallas Cowboys swept three consecutive road games in December. However, they did not score 50 points a game and Dak did not look like the reincarnation of a quarterback that only exists in the minds of some posters.

Some of those complaining about the lack of scoring should look at the game results of other powerhouse teams lately.

 

[ultron]

77%
65%
68%
65%
56%
76%

These are Dak’s completion percentages from the last 6 weeks (aka ‘the slump’). These numbers would all be in the 70’s and 80’s (with the exception of the Washington game) if CeeDee didn’t drop his weekly 2 wide open passes that hit him dead square in the hands.

 

[Coogiguy03]

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that they may be vanilla on offense on purpose. So as to not let the other teams have film of their best plays down the stretch goin into the playoffs. They are running very simple straight at the defense slants, comebacks and hitch routes. I saw more sophisticated crossing and rub routes early in the season that we’re very successful. That has disappeared. I do think they are trying their best with the run game though. You can see them trying the stretch plays and outside runs more. I could be wrong and probably just hopeful though.

Don't get it twisted, this is all we have

 

[RonWashington]

I don't know if the offense is in a slump but Dak's slump is offensive.

When you look at Daks slump look at some of the drops 88 has and no one appreciates Lamb more then me but the ball hitting you in the 8 & the 8 needs to be hauled in .

Second and i don’t know why this is but 19 just has games where he disappears and the Giants game was one of them. I would think with all the pre game hype about how many missing Giants were for one reason or another in the secondary Dak and Cooper couldn’t connect and one 30 yard plus haul ?

Schultz looks like an underneath resource Dallas will badly need in playoff games and who knows Sprinkle in some Sprinkle for tough underneath yardage as well move the chains .

 

[Aftershock]

Looking at just the last three games league-wide.....

First, the Cowboys games were three consecutive road games and they were one of four teams to go 3-0. None of the other teams had to go on the road all three weeks.

With that said:

Cowboys ranked 10th in yardage. How could that be? I thought they were only able to move the ball when they got premium field position as a result of a defensive takeaway.

Cowboys ranked 7th in points scored. Wait a minute, Zeke isn't doing anything, Dak is in a slump but the Cowboys are in the top ten for both yards and scoring over the past three weeks? I thought they were flatlining, At least, that is what I've been hearing and reading.

Again, I'm not talking about the total season. These numbers aren't favorable because they represent the first quarter of the season, this is right now. This is all December games and comparing them to the rest of the league.

Cowboys ranked 2nd in offensive plays. Only Tampa Bay has more. The Cowboys are getting more offensive plays than 30 other teams. Well, hold up now. How can this be true when half their drives are three and out due to their ineptitude?

Cowboys ranked 9th in Time of Possession. Another top ten designation. That's impossible! It just seems that they are on the field and, in a blink of an eye, it 4th and whatever.....right?

Cowboys top ten in scoring, yardage, offensive plays, and time of possession for the last three weeks combined. Oh, the misery? When will it end?

Now, in the spirit of complete transparency, the games for six teams have yet to be tabulated, These are the games tonight and tomorrow. The rankings will change slightly. However, looking at the numbers from 26 NFL teams and this is where the Cowboys stand offensively......this is the meltdown, the proof that the Cowboys are folding?

And what happens if the Cowboys offense ends their "slump" and improves to where it was at the beginning of the season?

Scratch that! What happens if they only improve to the midway point of now and the beginning of the season?

Now add the trajectory of the well documented defensive performance as the regular season ends.

This could be the best opportunity for the Cowboys to succeed in the playoffs. I would hate to miss the excitement because I was too busy nitpicking the performance of a few starters for not playing 24-7 elite.

This is what I was thinking about while I was driving and listening to a sports talk show. They were discussing Dak's performance. Then the show host makes the Captain Obvious, popular observation that "quarterbacks get too much credit when the team wins and too much blame when the team loses."

I almost slammed on my brakes from the shock. Did you catch it immediately?

Dak seems to be getting blame.....but for what?.........

THEY-DID-NOT-LOSE!!!
\
The Cowboys won the last three games! What are we blaming Dak and Zeke for? Not being fantasy team treasures? Their salaries which are part of a cap? So what! Who on this forum can claim that they got a "Dak and Zeke bill" in the mail?

The Dallas Cowboys swept three consecutive road games in December. However, they did not score 50 points a game and Dak did not look like the reincarnation of a quarterback that only exists in the minds of some posters.

Dak played poorly despite winning