PFT: Cowboys and Dak spent time dissecting his interceptions

[TheMarathonContinues]

Not all on our coaches. I agree...they need to train and drill and scheme...but players need to execute and excel. They been doin this all their lives.

True but just because they have been doing this their whole lives doesn’t mean they can’t be coached. I’ll ask you the same thing I just asked someone else….you ever seen a bad coach win a SB?

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Them Dak critics know this, yet they have no problem stretching the truth. Everyone has seen and correctly stated previously how Cooper Rush did a good job managing the Offense most of the time, but it was the Defense who carried the team to a 4-1 record when Dak was out with injury.

Okay....so what happened to the defense?
And.....does the defense suffer from bad time and place for offensive woes?
For example...not all interceptions are equally devastating. A stat that gets abused. Does a pick six, behind the twenty...or end of quarter/game count equal?

I say they shouldnt. Trot out stats without context, discernment, ensuing results? Stat abuse. Both "sides" do it. The degree of it is about all we can argue.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

True but just because they have been doing this their whole lives doesn’t mean they can’t be coached. I’ll ask you the same thing I just asked someone else….you ever seen a bad coach win a SB?

I already said scheme matters.
Let me ask YOU.....has a good coach.....not won a super bowl?

 

[CowboysLakerBamaFan]

Dak, let's talk about each of ur INTs.

Dak: OK, sure!

1) wr fault
2) play callers falt
3) oLine's fault
4) wr fault
5) play callers fault
6) oLine's fault

NOW....let's move on to game 2

7) wr fault
Etc
Etc
Etc

Great Dak, please sign this 7 year 480Million dollar contract. Fully guaranteed

 

[PAPPYDOG]

The look on MM's face.........Dang, this Bozo is going to get me fired when all is said and done!

 

[ShortRound]

They weren’t dissecting them during the season?

I though the reason for the INTs is no longer here, because he left to SD. Why the need to dissect?

Also, shouldn’t they be dissecting why all the WRs ran the wrong routes, as the INTs were clearly not Dak’s fault?

Yeah i don’t believe it that MM wasn’t chewing Dak, Kellen, and the WR’s butts during the year.

This just smells like an HR procedure before they release Dak in the future. MM is getting ready for cause.

 

[Sheepherder]

Pull the trigger even in tight coverage, don't hold the ball. Late throws lead to bad things.

There all fixed.

Sadly......

It did seem like he was holding onto the ball too long this past year.

 

[zrinkill]

If you actually break down the plays without any bias affecting your view, it is clear as day that there are two main problems that directly lead to an increase in interceptions and a full overhaul of the offensive staff as a result.

A. Option Routes..............these were used extensively in Kellen's offense and these type of routes require both the QB and the WR to both read the defense the same way.
B. Pre snap to post snap coverages..........teams started doing this extensively last season. They would show one look pre snap and then switch to another look post snap.

Both of these issues lead to a significant increase in interceptions for Dak. For example, teams would show man coverage pre snap and then convert to zone coverage post snap and this really played havoc with the option routes as many times the change in coverage was not read correctly by the receivers and Dak. Green Bay specifically used a mix of showing man coverage pre snap and then running a hybrid of man underneath and zone deep and then totally switching and running zone underneath and man deep.

Both of Dak's picks against Green Bay were due to changes in coverages pre snap to post snap screwing up the Cowboy's option routes. It was very creative and clever how the Packers disguised their coverages pre snap to post snap to confuse the Cowboys offense.

This is where the offensive changes are coming this season. Big Mike's version of the WCO uses very little option routes and the route tree progressions dictate where the ball goes, not the coverage the defense is showing. This is very different from Kellen Moore's offense and why he was not kept on for these changes.

This is a very good post

Not one sided and very educated

Great job

 

[Ken]

As they should.........

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...-this-offseason-dissecting-his-interceptions/

Dak Prescott, Cowboys spent time this offseason dissecting his interceptions​

Posted by Charean Williams on March 29, 2023, 4:17 PM EDT

HIS ints.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I already said scheme matters.
Let me ask YOU.....has a good coach.....not won a super bowl?

Yes. Only one SB winner. A lot of good coaches have not won a SB.

 

[Beaker42]

There were only about 3 that weren't Dak's fault. Realistically, he should've had about 6 more.

 

[RomoIsGod]

As they should.........

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...-this-offseason-dissecting-his-interceptions/

Dak Prescott, Cowboys spent time this offseason dissecting his interceptions​

Posted by Charean Williams on March 29, 2023, 4:17 PM EDT

Why is those even news? All OC's do this.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I just think 49ers were a bad matchup for us. And will continue to be if the coaches can’t adapt and figure out how to score against their defense.

we also have not been able to stop their running game. generally speaking, the last half of the season, the run defense sucked. in the last nine games we gave up average of 124 yards per game. that put us middle of the pack for rush defense....not good enough specially for a team like SF that uses the run to set up the pass.

 

[DStar22]

they spent time? they should STILL be spending time dissecting those INT;s and NEVER do anything like them again!

 

[Captain-Crash]

smh, how many must go before the spot light is on the real issue? sheesh.

 

[Preoccupied]

And he will drop his boy like a hot potato the second he leaves the team. The tune will change to "I knew he was never good enough to win anything meaningful. All those flashy stats that never amounted to anything".

And then he will latch on to the replacement like a fly to poop.

A killer of a post.
I cant wait for the future debate based on the above.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

we also have not been able to stop their running game. generally speaking, the last half of the season, the run defense sucked. in the last nine games we gave up average of 124 yards per game. that put us middle of the pack for rush defense....not good enough specially for a team like SF that uses the run to set up the pass.

Good point. I thought it got better towards the end but maybe when LVE it got worse?

 

[ESisback]

So they looked at his picks—pretty normal, any team would, and they’ve gotta say SOMETHING hopeful. Of course, Shannon “Horseface” Sharpe gleefully brays on TV how dumb or fake or pointless it is, but that’s his function. Whatever Dallas says or does gets the incredulous and negative reaction, no matter how mundane. It gets him click$, and too many Cowboy fans buy his shtick.

McCarthy is just talking simple football stuff to fulfill his media obligation.

 

[MyFairLady]

If someone did a deep dive and rewatched all of Daks games from 2016 then watched all of his games from last year I think he would be sad.

 

[strongarmqb]

I think there are a few factors:

• Option routes and not being on the same page as receivers
• A predictable response to what the defense shows on the field pre-snap (defenses baiting him)
• Too many comeback routes that started to get jumped
• Inaccurate arm
• Receivers that struggled to seperate overall (tight when bode throws)
• A little too clever play calling in key moments

Agree 100%