Rich Eisen-the Chargers players said our offense was predictable.

[khiladi]

I think Garrett does know his limitations with the offensive line, which is why there is so many shotgun plays. I think Garrett put his faith in Barber and the oline to punch it in... and they failed.
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And yet, the very next drive they scored on, he scored on play-action because everybody bit on the run, including the corners and safeties... And play-action is not predictable...

 

[JBond]

It was predictable to the tune of 350 yards and 4.0 ypc. Piss off Chargers defense.

Maybe if they're referring to the 4th down goalline play....I think everyone knew what was going to happen there.

I thought we were going to throw. 12 runs in row was a little excessive. Can't blame them when it's working at 6 yards a clip but on 4th down I would have let my best play maker, Romo, try to work a little magic. Throwing worked like a charm late in the game. Oh well.

 

[CF74]

If you have players that repeatedly fail to execute, isn't it the coach's responsibility to throw variety in there or should they keep doing the same things and hoping something will change?

I read Garrett's comments about the goal line stand and it was a supreme cop out. Yes, we know it worked the entire drive. He kept pushing the envelope. Would a little play action after you have jammed it down their throats for 98 yards have been so terrible?

I have been behind Garrett this entire year. I now have serious doubts.

Link? Oh and welcome to reality...

 

[utrunner07]

I am so sick of hearing this line.

 

[Trendnet]

And yet, the very next drive they scored on, he scored on play-action because everybody bit on the run, including the corners and safeties... And play-action is not predictable...

And some point in time the players have to go out and play.

The other teams get paid too.

You can't always out guess, and out scheme another team. It just isn't going to happen on a consistent basis.

Players have to go and make it work.

 

[Gaede]

This is beyond ridiculous.

It always comes down to execution.

You call the perfect play, and the RG misses his block, and your running back gets stuffed for no gain.

OMG!1!!1z!1! we are so predicitable!!! leetz, bang head, hammer nail multiple exclamation points

My 7 year old daughter was calling z playz!/1!1!!11.

You always have a 50/50 chance of calling run/pass... because what else is there?

I think Garrett does know his limitations with the offensive line, which is why there is so many shotgun plays. I think Garrett put his faith in Barber and the oline to punch it in... and they failed.

And the fans can scream, shout and wail about how predicitable the team is. And claim they know better from the comfort of their couch, secure in their anonymity.

...How is that a perfect play when guards are pulling on the one yard line? Moreover, how is it a perfect play when the other team knows it's coming? I don't know any better than any coach. But, it seems to me, other coaches tend to know better than ours. Because of that FACT, I am angry with the playcalling, yeah.

Of course, you have to execute for anything to work. That's obvious. But it's also pretty damn hard to execute when the other team knows what you're trying to execute. I think that should be obvious too. I'm not excusing the players for sucking just like Garrett shouldn't be excused either.

 

[DEZBRYANT x88x]

Draw , mis-direction, incomplete, punt.

Is that good.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Perhaps the play calling is predictable because the players are only capable of running a limited number of plays.

Maybe you haven't noticed, but our players aren't exactly the sharpest tacks on the wall.

 

[khiladi]

And some point in time the players have to go out and play.

The other teams get paid too.

You can't always out guess, and out scheme another team. It just isn't going to happen on a consistent basis.


Players have to go and make it work.

If you have no systematic approach to attacking an offense, then this will compound mistakes. It isn't about out-scheming anybody. The problem is Garrett doesn't know how to keep defenses off balance. At the same time, he doesn't know how to use his personnel to allow them to execute well. Zone-blocking with a power-blocking offesnive line just doesn't cut it. We started out in 3 WR set formations, which was against our bread and better and San Diego was penetrating the back-field like crazy, from the get-go.... Our 99 yard drive where we scrored was what this team did best.. Power-blocking and running up the middle...He just shoots in the dark it seems...

 

[casmith07]

I'm typically even-keel, but the Garrett apologists coming out when the writing is clearly on the wall is hilarious.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

It was predictable to the tune of 350 yards and 4.0 ypc. Piss off Chargers defense.

Maybe if they're referring to the 4th down goalline play....I think everyone knew what was going to happen there.

Yeah, not like they stopped us moving up and down the field, we blew it at the end of drives but neither defence did much to stop the other yesterday.

 

[Alexander]

Link? Oh and welcome to reality...

From the DMN Blog:

"Those were three different plays,'' Garrett said. "We had knocked them off the ball fairly consistently on that drive. Logic tells you we should be able to do it again.

 

[cowboyschmps3]

well i bet we all knew and expected baber to get the ball in the goaline...how predictable is thhat?

 

[JBond]

Draw , mis-direction, incomplete, punt.

Is that good.

how did you get a copy of Garretts playbook?

 

[JBond]

Yeah, not like they stopped us moving up and down the field, we blew it at the end of drives but neither defence did much to stop the other yesterday.

We can move up and down the field on many teams. Scoring is an altogether different story. A TD instead of a FG on the opening drive. They stop us on the one foot line. Then a missed FG. 13 points that should have been ours. Somehow we screwed it up. :bang2:

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

We can move up and down the field on many teams. Scoring is an altogether different story. A TD instead of a FG on the opening drive. They stop us on the one foot line. Then a missed FG. 13 points that should have been ours. Somehow we screwed it up. :bang2:

yep, you are right.

I never thought we would be stuffed 3 times from the one

 

[BruceWayne]

Who cares if they knew what was coming on the GL. The Bolts wanted a stop more than we wanted a score. It's as simple as that

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

The goal line stop was horrible!

 

[texbumthelife]

Who cares if they knew what was coming on the GL. The Bolts wanted a stop more than we wanted a score. It's as simple as that

This sums it up for me.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

odd thing is that the stop did not deflate the team all that much as Newman then got the INT. We still could have been 10-10 but didn't even get a first down and then missed the FG.

We hung in and tied it before Ware went down and then it was downhill after that