Ray Lewis says Cowboys Offense doesn't scare anyone

[Oh_Canada]

What the fake jet sweep doesn't scare anyone?

 

[MRV52]

It's worth listening to his thoughts, and it's thoughts he and others have echoed before.

His criticism is that the coaches aren't creating mismatches. Defenders don't have to think much when going against our offense because it's just the basics, so a defender can react quicker because they aren't confused by what we do.

He's not wrong.

I guess Ray reads this forum. We have been saying this for years with this offense.

 

[JBond]

As of last week, he's right. Dak is struggling due to not having 2nd and 5 instead of 2nd and 9 every drive. He's being pressured on 3rd down more and not making the throws into coverage. The OL has drastically underperformed so far with the exception of the Giant game.
Letting Leary go instead of anyone was a mistake because he opened holes for the backs. We definitely regressed on the OL and
there is no cohesion right now. Teams follow the "beat Cowboys" recipe and they have a good chance to do it right now.

Lots of truth right here.

 

[TheCoolFan]

**Jason Garrett voice** "When the players execute, the offensive line opens up huge holes for the running game and gives the quarterback 10 seconds to throw in the pocket to our receivers. Our receivers should be wide open downfield once they win their individual matchups. When all of that happens, our offense is as scary as anything in the history of the league."

 

[cowboyblue22]

the cowboys will continue to struggle with beating the better qb's until our qb play and coaching and defense is fixed this defense is looking like its 2013 bad

 

[JBond]

There are definitely issues on offense. But it's basiacally the same system few teams could stop last season. The issue isn't with its design. It's with execution right now.

Wrong. You design an offense around the players you have, not had. The red headed genius has always sucked at adapting his magic offense to the personnel and how they are playing.

 

[Idgit]

Wrong. You design an offense around the players you have, not had. The red headed genius has always sucked at adapting his magic offense to the personnel and how they are playing.

And yet....they're still effective offensively. And ineffective defensively. No matter what you choose to believe to the contrary.

 

[Hardline]

Meanwhile, with the offensive issues we've had this season, points per offensive series: 7th.

Care to guess where we are defensively?

2 wins
2 loses

 

[Idgit]

2 wins
2 loses

Exactly. Negative TO differential, as well.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

I've beat this drum plenty of times before, but Garrett and Linehan's system is as basic as it gets. It's basically - here is what we are going to do, we are not going to try and fool you, try and stop us. The fatal flaw in this system is when teams figure out how to stop you, or have the personal to stop you, there is no plan B for Garrett and Linehan. There only option is to stick with plan A because that's the only plan.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Bet he loves him some Joe Flacco, Cam Newton, and Colin Kaepernick. Dude is just a murderous troll

Its not the offense of last year, that is for sure. Cant argue that. Although we have played some good defenses, even against he Rams the offense bogged down in the 2nd half.

 

[CowboyRoy]

There are definitely issues on offense. But it's basiacally the same system few teams could stop last season. The issue isn't with its design. It's with execution right now.

Do you have an issue with them running only 7 times in the 2nd half against the Rams after dominating them on the ground in the first half?

 

[cowboyblue22]

the defense and coaching is so bad that if the offense is not perfect then the cowboys lose when you play the better teams in the nfl if you don't get turnovers your going to lose and the special teams are really not very special the qb play is not good either and the coaches cant make adjustments

 

[perrykemp]

58 points the last two games. 30 last game despite never starting a drive outside our own 25.

Yes, they are putting up points, however, opposing teams are putting up points as well. It harkens back the 8-8 years with Romo.

They've dropped to 23rd in the league for time-of-possession -- a drop of 20 spots from last year when they were 3rd in the league.

That's the concern. They are no longer the meat-grinder offense that sucked the life out of opposing defenses and eating up all the clock and forcing opposing teams to play nearly perfect on offense.

 

[Idgit]

Do you have an issue with them running only 7 times in the 2nd half against the Rams after dominating them on the ground in the first half?

Not particularly. Had the running game not been leaving us in such bad downs and distances I might.

I have a much bigger issue with the drive killing drops and the missed opportunities to get the ball to Witten in the passing game.

But generally, I put this game more on the defense again.

 

[SultanOfSix]

I believe he said this when he was playing too, either before or after the Ravens played the Cowboys in Texas Stadium ten years ago or so. I believe he remarked that the Cowboys offense was "so vanilla" or something along those lines. What hasn't changed since then? Jason Garrett's offense.

 

[Idgit]

Yes, they are putting up points, however, opposing teams are putting up points as well. It harkens back the 8-8 years with Romo.

They've dropped to 23rd in the league for time-of-possession -- a drop of 20 spots from last year when they were 3rd in the league.

That's the concern. They are no longer the meat-grinder offense that sucked the life out of opposing defenses and eating up all the clock and forcing opposing teams to play nearly perfect on offense.

Or they're not getting off the field on defense themselves, which accounts for the ToP differential and the points differential when compared to last season.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

As of last week, he's right. Dak is struggling due to not having 2nd and 5 instead of 2nd and 9 every drive. He's being pressured on 3rd down more and not making the throws into coverage. The OL has drastically underperformed so far with the exception of the Giant game.
Letting Leary go instead of anyone was a mistake because he opened holes for the backs. We definitely regressed on the OL and
there is no cohesion right now. Teams follow the "beat Cowboys" recipe and they have a good chance to do it right now.

Ok but 30 points you should win that game.

Should be 3-1.... but we’re not!



Dak should give packers a dose of Rodgers-type-play and run to win the game. Game plan be damned!

 

[links18]

And yet....they're still effective offensively. And ineffective defensively. No matter what you choose to believe to the contrary.

Its a feast or famine on offense. 24 points in the first half, 6 in the second.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Yes, they are putting up points, however, opposing teams are putting up points as well. It harkens back the 8-8 years with Romo.

They've dropped to 23rd in the league for time-of-possession -- a drop of 20 spots from last year when they were 3rd in the league.

That's the concern. They are no longer the meat-grinder offense that sucked the life out of opposing defenses and eating up all the clock and forcing opposing teams to play nearly perfect on offense.

Except that's not the concern people are expressing. They're complaining that the offense is too predictable and not creative enough, and that it's too easy to stop once teams figure it out. "Plodding" and "slow" are criticisms being made in this thread.

But the meat-grinder you're talking about is exactly the boring, predictable-but-you-can't-stop-it, plodding, slow offense that others are decrying.

You can't criticize the offense for being plodding, slow and predictable, and also complain that we're scoring a ton of points but we're scoring them too fast. It's one or the other.