Our offense needs a change

[The30YardSlant]

No. It's not true that every team has a weak offensive line.

If you line up and run the ball four times from the one and can't get it in, you don't deserve to win the game anyway. I don't care what kind of offensive line you have, as long as you're suiting up five large men capable of making an NFL roster you should get that ball in. Goalline blocking is about how much you want it. It takes skill to pass block, to pull on sweeps and to block downfield on a screen. Driving another man back three feet is about want to.

 

[TheCoolFan]

How many WRs does this team need?

Not only do they need Miles and Dez but they also have to have a guy with elite speed just to run downfield?

For a #3/4 WR, why not? Especially one that can actually contribute in the return game instead of the scrubs they've been trotting out there. Definitely worth a pick in the 3rd round.

 

[Idgit]

He's right here. And you can't even play the homer card on this one, because everyone knows Risen Star isn't optimistic about anything.

 

[UVAwahoos]

Sometimes the truth is a bitter pill to swallow.

Haha coaching in the redzone has been a joke. There are multiple articles out there now supporting that Garrett has been getting exposed over and over again as an OC since 2008. Even that scout dude on this site questioned his play creativity last week. But yes...just keep changing around the personnel. That's a brilliant idea. We have our own version of Mike Singletary here. He's passionate and somewhat decent at the podium, but the team could clearly give two @#^%s about him. They did not even bother showing up last week in a huge divisional contest. I'd rather have a good gameday coach than someone that a couple homers on this site wanna give a lapdance to.

 

[The30YardSlant]

He's right here. And you can't even play the homer card on this one, because everyone knows Risen Star isn't optimistic about anything.

Again, it would be one thing if we were avoiding the run by running other conventional redzone plays, but we're not. Our playcalling doesnt change regardless of our position on the field. We're still going four and five wide and acting like we have all the room in the world to run our offense. The only time it changes is when we're ahead against New England in Foxboro with a chance to close the game out.

It is so much easier to defend a team on third and goal from the three when they go four wide from the shotgun as opposed to going with the I or a two TE set from under center.

 

[UVAwahoos]

He's right here. And you can't even play the homer card on this one, because everyone knows Risen Star isn't optimistic about anything.

You don't find any issues with the playcalling? The 8-9 redzone plays in the Seattle game were up to your standards? The TD to Robinson came on a broken play that Romo and good protection extended so I hope you're not giving Garrett credit for that. His situational adjustments when up by 14 points and also up by 24 points were spot on for you? You were ok with the 5-6 penalties in that first half on Sunday?

It's much easier to find even a mediocre playcaller than it is to find excellent personnel, so any Cowboys fan should hope he's wrong. Luckily, Garrett himself has been going out of his way to prove him wrong.

 

[RS12]

30th in red zone offense was the stat I saw before Sunday. That isnt all personnel.

 

[UVAwahoos]

30th in red zone offense was the stat I saw before Sunday. That isnt all personnel.

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[Nexx]

I don't think it is at all. What you see as a play calling issue, I see as a personnel issue. When the field shrinks, the line of scrimmage gets more crowded and our weaknesses get exposed.

am i the only person who logically thought, "hey we're on the 3 yard line, 1st and goal. i know ive never been a football coach before but man im pretty sure i'd give demarco murray the rock 3 plays in a row if need be. im sure our head coach is smart enough to try this." and of course first down is a failed pass and we end up kicking a field goal . garrett has no feel for play calling in the redzone and blatently obvious. as much as i love the guy as our head coach, he needs some help as an OC.

 

[Hostile]

am i the only person who logically thought, "hey we're on the 3 yard line, 1st and goal. i know ive never been a football coach before but man im pretty sure i'd give demarco murray the rock 3 plays in a row if need be. im sure our head coach is smart enough to try this." and of course first down is a failed pass and we end up kicking a field goal . garrett has no feel for play calling in the redzone and blatently obvious. as much as i love the guy as our head coach, he needs some help as an OC.

And tell me, if Seattle had stuffed all 3 runs, what would yoru reaction have been to the play calling that above you think is a brilliant idea?

 

[Galian Beast]

And tell me, if Seattle had stuffed all 3 runs, what would yoru reaction have been to the play calling that above you think is a brilliant idea?

I feel like that has to happen at least once in the game before you just go away from it.

 

[The30YardSlant]

And tell me, if Seattle had stuffed all 3 runs, what would yoru reaction have been to the play calling that above you think is a brilliant idea?

I'd be much more content with a field goal after three straight runs than a field goal after a fake dive pitch and two passes. Now, if they stop you three times from there maybe you don't do it again next time, but make them prove they can stop three runs before getting cute.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

am i the only person who logically thought, "hey we're on the 3 yard line, 1st and goal. i know ive never been a football coach before but man im pretty sure i'd give demarco murray the rock 3 plays in a row if need be.

I'd have given it to him four times in a row if that's what it took.

 

[Steve_Deadload]

am i the only person who logically thought, "hey we're on the 3 yard line, 1st and goal. i know ive never been a football coach before but man im pretty sure i'd give demarco murray the rock 3 plays in a row if need be. im sure our head coach is smart enough to try this." and of course first down is a failed pass and we end up kicking a field goal . garrett has no feel for play calling in the redzone and blatently obvious. as much as i love the guy as our head coach, he needs some help as an OC.

Especially because we were running at something like 8 ypc at that point. Seattle couldn't stop us. But Princeton has no feel for the game or situation, and the results sucked.

 

[Zman5]

It is personnel. We don't have Smith, Irvin, and Aikman and the 90s Cowboys OL. All of JG's plays will work then. Hell, all of my plays will work with those guys.

Becayse we don't have all those HOF players,the play calling needs to be better. We need an OC who can call plays that can maximize our strengths and expose the opposing defense's weaknesses.

JG doesn't know how in the red zone. It's been like this for past few years.

 

[UVAwahoos]

It is personnel. We don't have Smith, Irvin, and Aikman and the 90s Cowboys OL. All of JG's plays will work then. Hell, all of my plays will work with those guys.

Becayse we don't have all those HOF players,the play calling needs to be better. We need an OC who can call plays that can maximize our strengths and expose the opposing defense's weaknesses.

JG doesn't know how in the red zone. It's been like this for past few years.

Switzer won a Super Bowl doing what Garrett is trying to do now, so I can't blame him.

 

[JoeCorrado]

Switzer won a Super Bowl doing what Garrett is trying to do now, so I can't blame him.

Ouch. That is not even cool. Switzer ... wow, where to begin. Just say that if we had the offensive line today as then, Garrett could be successful just throwing a dart at his playlist and be pretty successful.

 

[Idgit]

You don't find any issues with the playcalling? The 8-9 redzone plays in the Seattle game were up to your standards? The TD to Robinson came on a broken play that Romo and good protection extended so I hope you're not giving Garrett credit for that. His situational adjustments when up by 14 points and also up by 24 points were spot on for you? You were ok with the 5-6 penalties in that first half on Sunday?

It's much easier to find even a mediocre playcaller than it is to find excellent personnel, so any Cowboys fan should hope he's wrong. Luckily, Garrett himself has been going out of his way to prove him wrong.

I've said before that the only issues I've had with Garrett's play calling generally are in the red zone. That said, no I had no issues whatsoever with the play calling v. Seattle. The Robinson touchdown, of course, was a designed play. There's a reason you put a deep crossing route in on a red-zone passing play.

I have no idea what you're complaining about when you imply there was a problem with 'situational adjustments when up by 14 points and also up by 24 points,' so I can't speak to that.

Penalties. How do they related to play calling again? I'm not sure what the point is that you're making. I agree, though, that pre-snap penalties drive me crazy. Between Witten's, Holland's, and the weak holding call on Fiammetta last week, I thought I was going to go Realist on my tv at the beginning of the game last week.

I'd have given it to him four times in a row if that's what it took.

If we ran four times in a row into an 11-man box on the goal line, then *I'd* have an issue with the play calling.

 

[birdwells1]

How many WRs does this team need?

Not only do they need Miles and Dez but they also have to have a guy with elite speed just to run downfield?

Yeah really, now if we could just get the 90's oline and the Doomsday defense, maybe just maybe we can make the playoffs.:bang2:

 

[JD_KaPow]

And tell me, if Seattle had stuffed all 3 runs, what would yoru reaction have been to the play calling that above you think is a brilliant idea?

We know exactly what the reaction here would be, because we've seen it before. "Garrett's so predictable, everyone knew what was coming, how could we run it 3 straight times..."