Players that need to start playing better

[reddyuta]

Escobar is turning into a colossal bust,we could have used that pick on defense but we love our 2nd rd TEs.

 

[LatinMind]

#1 Tony Romo - Biggest Romo fan/defender here, but he needs to start playing better and soon. I was disappointed the hear that his back was really affecting him after the first game, and I'm sure with the hits he took the second game was no different.

Agree

#2 Offensive line - They are run blocking pretty well, but their pass blocking is leaving a lot to be desired. They absolutely need to step up. I was one of the most vocal supporters of the concept of drafting high for offensive line, but they seem to have drafted players predominantly capable of run blocking as opposed to pass blocking. It's working for now, but when we play teams with legitimate quarterbacks, we're going to need our passing game to keep up.

What? theres only 1 player thats a run blocker first and thats Leary. The rest are all athletic types who are good at either. Delayed blitzing is what is getting pressure on Romo. Here's the "legit" QB statement again. Before sunday Locker was supposed to shred this defense. Since he didnt now this forum is singing the whole Locker isnt legit.Cant have it both ways

#3 Morris Claiborne - The guy just sucks, sorry. I don't think I've ever been more disappointed in a player who has played for the Cowboys after having such high hopes. Only player that comes to mind is Drew Henson and I still think Parcells set him up to fail.

Dont drink the cowboyszone koolaid. Mo isnt doing as bad as they say.

#4 Pass rush - It's been non existent so far. The good news is Spencer is supposed to return soon, so at least we can see what he has to offer. I hope DeMarcus Lawrence can return to form when he is eligible. I also think that it is time to see what Michael Sam can offer this defensive line. QBs are getting all day against us.

Theres been enough pressure to keep QBs a little edgy. That IMO is the best ur going to get until Selvie, Lawrence, Spencer all get healthy. The disturbances inside this week by Melton and McClain were enough to keep Locker uneasy. Theyre still working into game shape. So the more snaps they get the more we will see. Dallas is ranked 8th in 3rd down defense. So its not like theyre not getting off the field. So they gotta be doing something right dont you think?

#5 Safeties - Our inability to stop the tight end is unacceptable, and yes, I know this is a problem that most teams in the NFL are probably having, but Delanie Walker shredded us Sunday, and Vernon Davis did last week. Marinelli needs to figure something out here.

TE's are doing this league wide. I guess Dallas should be the exception.

At this rate the Saints are going to destroy us. We have a lot of winnable games on our schedule. And if not for Romo we're 2-0 right now. There are a lot of reasons to be excited about this season still, but we need to see some things change pretty soon, otherwise this is going to be a long and unfortunate season. We should be able to win at least 7 of our next 9 games.

Saints are stepping on their own toes. And theyre defense is bad. This isnt 2013

 

[big dog cowboy]

Escobar is turning into a colossal bust

Based on?

 

[TimHortons]

TE's are doing this league wide. I guess Dallas should be the exception

So we should just accept that TE's are lightning us up and not critique it? So because the rest of the league is struggling to cover TEs, our safeties get a pass. Gotcha

 

[reddyuta]

Based on?

based on a 1 catch per 2 games pace for 2 years.they are doubling Dez and Escobar is in on a lot of plays too but he doesnt seem to get open or Romo doesnt look for him.I wish Romo will throw his way even if he is covered,he can use his big body to shield the ball.

 

[Galian Beast]

Agree

What? theres only 1 player thats a run blocker first and thats Leary. The rest are all athletic types who are good at either. Delayed blitzing is what is getting pressure on Romo. Here's the "legit" QB statement again. Before sunday Locker was supposed to shred this defense. Since he didnt now this forum is singing the whole Locker isnt legit.Cant have it both ways

Dont drink the cowboyszone koolaid. Mo isnt doing as bad as they say.

Theres been enough pressure to keep QBs a little edgy. That IMO is the best ur going to get until Selvie, Lawrence, Spencer all get healthy. The disturbances inside this week by Melton and McClain were enough to keep Locker uneasy. Theyre still working into game shape. So the more snaps they get the more we will see. Dallas is ranked 8th in 3rd down defense. So its not like theyre not getting off the field. So they gotta be doing something right dont you think?

TE's are doing this league wide. I guess Dallas should be the exception.

Saints are stepping on their own toes. And theyre defense is bad. This isnt 2013

Martin, Frederick, and Free are not athletic...

 

[Zordon]

Based on?

i wont say he's a bust but you look around the league and there are a lot of young tight ends progressing faster than him.

 

[LatinMind]

So we should just accept that TE's are lightning us up and not critique it? So because the rest of the league is struggling to cover TEs, our safeties get a pass. Gotcha

Well when you have 1 Safety playing single high and another one playing closer to the LOS and is more times then not getting picked what do you want them safeties to do? Its not that they arent playing it. Offenses are designing these plays. I would rather have TE's having big games rather then WRs. Cant please everybody. Who other then Walker did anything worth mentioning? Who even had more then 32 yrds receiving? Youre complaining about nothing. Complaining to complain.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

#1 Tony Romo - Biggest Romo fan/defender here, but he needs to start playing better and soon. I was disappointed the hear that his back was really affecting him after the first game, and I'm sure with the hits he took the second game was no different.

Romo did exactly what many said he needed to do....be a bus driver. It worked exceptionally well, but somehow now he is being abused for that. He started slow but got better as the game went on and I'm sorry, most of those sacks would have been sacks against probably 25 QB's in the league. My hope is that he can get a chance to be a bus driver against some of the better teams and not feel like he has to singlehandedly do it himself.

#2 Offensive line - They are run blocking pretty well, but their pass blocking is leaving a lot to be desired. They absolutely need to step up. I was one of the most vocal supporters of the concept of drafting high for offensive line, but they seem to have drafted players predominantly capable of run blocking as opposed to pass blocking. It's working for now, but when we play teams with legitimate quarterbacks, we're going to need our passing game to keep up.

Pass blocking also settled down after the first quarter and there are many posters who timed the rush and said that on the whole Romo had a fair amount of time in the pocket except for the obvious OL breakdowns. Tennessee has a pretty fair pass rush.

#3 Morris Claiborne - The guy just sucks, sorry. I don't think I've ever been more disappointed in a player who has played for the Cowboys after having such high hopes. Only player that comes to mind is Drew Henson and I still think Parcells set him up to fail.

Can you tell me how many catches were made against Claiborne against the Titans? The WR's for Tenn caught a total of 7 passes. I know from looking at the game book that there weren't more than a couple at most completed against him. He has not lived up to expectations, but his coverage in this game was pretty good. He also had a pass defensed.

#4 Pass rush - It's been non existent so far. The good news is Spencer is supposed to return soon, so at least we can see what he has to offer. I hope DeMarcus Lawrence can return to form when he is eligible. I also think that it is time to see what Michael Sam can offer this defensive line. QBs are getting all day against us.

Mincey had a lot of pressure against the 49ers. Locker was sacked twice and was hit quite a bit. We blitzed a few times but more often than not had a four man rush. Melton and McClain will get more rush as they round into game shape.

#5 Safeties - Our inability to stop the tight end is unacceptable, and yes, I know this is a problem that most teams in the NFL are probably having, but Delanie Walker shredded us Sunday, and Vernon Davis did last week. Marinelli needs to figure something out here.

You design a game plan to limit certain things. We game planned to take away the run and keep the big plays from the WR's out of the game. Worked to perfection. Walker had the one long TD on a play where he should have been tackled immediately, his 9 other catches averaged 9 yds per catch. Generally, that is not going to beat you.

At this rate the Saints are going to destroy us. We have a lot of winnable games on our schedule. And if not for Romo we're 2-0 right now. There are a lot of reasons to be excited about this season still, but we need to see some things change pretty soon, otherwise this is going to be a long and unfortunate season. We should be able to win at least 7 of our next 9 games.

Definitely agree we can win a lot of upcoming games. You are making all these grand statements worrying about the Saints....have you watched them play? They look pretty crappy. Let's get past the Rams and then worry about the Aints after that.

Scandrick should be back, Durant possibly also, and Spencer might be a game away from contributing. If we can make a little hay over the first half, we could have some nice reinforcements with Lawrence and maybe even Brent in the stretch.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Wow. What a harsh thread. Claiborne? Wilber? Witten? Wilcox?

There's only one person on this team that truly needs to improve and that's Romo. Everyone else IMO is playing well or playing to their capabilities IMO. Okay Doug Free is probably another guy who needs to play better in pass protection as a few others but IMO every unit on this team has played well enough to win except QB.

I'm still holding out hope that this is simply rust on Romo and not the new Romo. I'd hate for his career to end like this.

 

[bodi]

Saints are stepping on their own toes. And theyre defense is bad. This isnt 2013

LOL AT RYAN

 

[TimHortons]

Well when you have 1 Safety playing single high and another one playing closer to the LOS and is more times then not getting picked what do you want them safeties to do? Its not that they arent playing it. Offenses are designing these plays. I would rather have TE's having big games rather then WRs. Cant please everybody. Who other then Walker did anything worth mentioning? Who even had more then 32 yrds receiving? Youre complaining about nothing. Complaining to complain.

Alright well if you're fine with watching the TE destroy us two weeks in a row then that's your prerogative. Our safeties might not be able to stop it, but we should at least bring it up in discussion and hopefully the coaches are doing something to fix it, not just saying oh other teams aren't covering TE's either so we're Ok. Locker missed some wide open recievers and could have had a much bigger day. Let's see what happens when we play the Saints, because I guarantee that what we're doing on defense now will not work against them

 

[BoysFan4ever]

Doug Free needs to play better.

 

[Dwight]

Escobar is turning into a colossal bust,we could have used that pick on defense but we love our 2nd rd TEs.

I had an issue with Dallas selecting him in the second round. The pick should have been a defensive lineman or an olineman.

You don't see a lot of him due to Witten. I feel thats where your frustration with Escobar is coming from.

Some fans might be upset with me but I would cut Witten next season and go with Escobar due to salary cap and youth. Plus Witten is declining and it's starting to show.

Just my opinion.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Such a horrible comparison.. a guy considered to be the best CB of his draft. A guy we traded multiple picks for.

And Henson. A guy who sat the bench behind Brady at Michigan. Really?

Actually as I recall Brady was a bench guy at Michigan for the majority of his career. Which is part of the reason no one saw anything in him when he came into the draft.

 

[BoysFan4ever]

I had an issue with Dallas selecting him in the second round. The pick should have been a defensive lineman or an olineman.

You don't see a lot of him due to Witten. I feel thats where your frustration with Escobar is coming from.

Some fans might be upset with me but I would cut Witten next season and go with Escobar due to salary cap and youth. Plus Witten is declining and it's starting to show.

Just my opinion.

Noooo! I thought Jason had a very good game last Sunday.

 

[Richmond Cowboy]

Yes, but with O coming back, and Sterling Moore beginning to make a splash, he'd better step it up or he's going to from starter to 4th on the depth chart. When O gets in game shape, he'll probably supplant Mo on the outside corner. And, I don't think Mo can play the slot better than Moore (Mo has small/weak ankles, which prevent him from re-directing w/o falling). Unless Dallas is ready to bring him in for the nickle, and move O to slot and let Mo play corner. That may work, but it would still be a drop to 3rd string.

The only reason Moore made a splash was because they didn't throw at Claiborne. The reason they didn't throw at Claiborne was that he had his man blanketed. Moore did well with the opportunities presented while Claiborne didn't really have any opportunities.

 

[BoysFan4ever]

I had an issue with Dallas selecting him in the second round. The pick should have been a defensive lineman or an olineman.

You don't see a lot of him due to Witten. I feel thats where your frustration with Escobar is coming from.

Some fans might be upset with me but I would cut Witten next season and go with Escobar due to salary cap and youth. Plus Witten is declining and it's starting to show.

Just my opinion.

Escobar doesn't get many chances if you think about it. I can remember only one play of his & that was last season.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

Escobar is turning into a colossal bust,we could have used that pick on defense but we love our 2nd rd TEs.

No, the drafting of a TE with a high 2nd-round pick is currently a bust because he is not being utilized to his capabilities by either the coaching staff or the QB. Big difference than the player being a bust.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

Wow. What a harsh thread. Claiborne? Wilber? Witten? Wilcox?

There's only one person on this team that truly needs to improve and that's Romo.

I don't have all the facts but I think T. Williams can play a bigger role, not just Romo.