Quickest fix for Dallas, aside from a new GM

[Risen Star]

About the best we can do is fire Garrett, bring in a guy like Gruden who will command respect before he signs the contract. Then hope you can add enough pieces to give Romo a chance to go out a winner.

One thing I've wondered is I know Jerry will never hire a GM but would he ever get desperate enough to bring in a personnel "advisor" or something of that nature? Maybe what Dan Reeves was supposed to be. He's not getting any younger. I wonder if he'll one day feel he doesn't have many more years left and he goes this route.

 

[nathanlt]

quickest fix? Add pressure to the defense...presumably, that means better and healthier DLinemen...you apply pressure with your 4 DL, then the rest of the defense gets significantly better....you can't let opposing QB's just sit back there and survey the field all day

Don't you get it, though? If the Dallas offense runs the ball it MAKES THEIR DEFENSE BETTER, LESS INJURIES BECAUSE OF FEWER MINUTES.

 

[Big D]

Looking past Jerry Jones' overbearing atmosphere that handicaps every coach in Big D, the quickest way to improve the Cowboys is to build a strong running game!

The Cowboys do not have a commitment to run. They keep checking out of it on the whim of the QB. Dallas has to be able to set a slow paced game that eats the clock, whenever they want. Playing against a high powered offense like the Broncos or Saints, you have to have it! There's a much better chance that the slow methodical pounding offense wins out against the quick strike offense.

Why? The DEFENSE is more rested with a run-centered offense. Strength and conditioning coach is not entirely to blame, each incomplete pass or clock stopping play means more time on the field for your defense.
It's not a good formula to keep gunslinging the ball around, but Dallas keeps going to that, even when their backup QB has not had extensive reps with receivers for more than one week.

Sometimes, I think it would be great to just go goaline with a NT-sized fullback and pound the opposing defense into submission. I doubt Romo would check out of that just to pass it to Tyron Smith.

You mean like the one we've got but have been ignoring all season?

 

[nathanlt]

You mean like the one we've got but have been ignoring all season?

That's the one.

 

[xwalker]

Looking past Jerry Jones' overbearing atmosphere that handicaps every coach in Big D, the quickest way to improve the Cowboys is to build a strong running game!

The Cowboys do not have a commitment to run. They keep checking out of it on the whim of the QB. Dallas has to be able to set a slow paced game that eats the clock, whenever they want. Playing against a high powered offense like the Broncos or Saints, you have to have it! There's a much better chance that the slow methodical pounding offense wins out against the quick strike offense.

Why? The DEFENSE is more rested with a run-centered offense. Strength and conditioning coach is not entirely to blame, each incomplete pass or clock stopping play means more time on the field for your defense.
It's not a good formula to keep gunslinging the ball around, but Dallas keeps going to that, even when their backup QB has not had extensive reps with receivers for more than one week.

Sometimes, I think it would be great to just go goaline with a NT-sized fullback and pound the opposing defense into submission. I doubt Romo would check out of that just to pass it to Tyron Smith.

They must add talent and find ways to minimize the injuries. This is more important than the coaching staff.

One way to lower the probability of injuries is to eliminate older players and replace them with younger players. Ware, Austin, Hatcher, and Spencer should be allowed to move on. Ratliff is already gone.

By cutting Ware and Austin and not re-signing Hatcher and Spencer, they can afford to sign YOUNG free agents. They can get 2 top free agents for 3 to 4 mid-tier free agents if they cut Ware and Austin.

It does not really matter how long the offense holds the ball if the defense allows the other team to score on every possession. You can have one 58 minute drive to score a TD and the other team can have one 2 minute drive to score a TD. The result is a 7-7 tie. If you ever get behind when playing an offense like the Broncos, you'll never be able to catch up with a slow methodical offense.

The offense that gives you the highest probability of scoring at TD on each possession is the best way to win. That is usually an offense that can pass or run effectively.