Running Game

[MLB53]

The real problem with the Cowboys and the offense running game is a combination of:
1st. Coaching the basic fundamentals of Football,
On offense they are facing 7 and 8 man fronts plus with Safety help, the OL is playing the wrong blocking scheme either by play or design and 5 or 6 can'tblock them all, i don't care who is running the ball the Defense is on them before the line. Defenses are taking away the running game to force Dak to beat them by throwing the ball, he can't to much pressure on him.
2nd. The WRs are running lazy routes, things like curl routes are being short and half *** post routes and Defense read this by seeing those that are not getting the ball move and rotate the coverage to that side and take away the routes..
3rd. Keeping TE to block makes coverage a lot easier for Defense, I know I was a MLB in a 4-3 Defense and it put more D people to cover.
4th Our Defense,
Playing football as a MLB you have gap control and keys to read and watching games the Defense is jumping out of their gaps to make the big play but that leave open hole of their offense and bam giving up big running plays, the Defense discipline is lacking, everyone wants to be the hero but you have to do the dirty work, its call TEAMWORK, if a DT moves out of misreads his assignment then it put a big strain of other player to move out of their assignment and thus Big Play and we are seeing that alot, listen DC and OC can only call the plays the Players have excutute and thats Not happening,
Welcome to big money and free agents that thunk they know more and do what they want,
Until we fix these things Winning is a fleeing thing..

 

[shabazz]

Running Game....Oxymoron

 

[Big_D]

Take away Lamb the only weapon in this offense and you really don't have to worry about much else. Maybe Ferguson. Other than that there is no speed at RB, no power. Just a slow plodding group whose longest run on the year is 13 yards and 1 rushing TD from the entire group. LOL That is ridiculously sad and pathetic. And everyone saw it before the season except for the morons who run the show. Once again putting all the pressure on the QB who simply can't handle any.

I'd be looking to turn Luepke into Mike Alstott. The rest of them are a complete waste of time. At least he's an unknown, we already know the rest suck.

 

[Mikexike]

Seems like the problem is this is a team full of individual players....They don't play as a TEAM.

Blocking scheme is straight garbage, WR's are useless in the run game.

 

[Tangle_Foot]

Running Game....Oxymoron

Give the moron some oxy and things should change around here

 

[beware_d-ware]

The run game is absolutely dead in the water. Just play two-high coverage all day... Dallas is incapable of burning you for more than 10 yards, so what's the risk? Your DEs can run down Zeke or Rico if they break the first level.

Have one of those deep safeties shade CeeDee, so that he can't may any big plays, then just stay patient until Dallas wastes a couple downs on Zeke runs or Dak misses a throw. Your defense will be off the field before you know it.

 

[ICP]

What running game? Lol, sorry it was too easy

 

[DuncanIso]

The run game is absolutely dead in the water. Just play two-high coverage all day... Dallas is incapable of burning you for more than 10 yards, so what's the risk? Your DEs can run down Zeke or Rico if they break the first level.

Have one of those deep safeties shade CeeDee, so that he can't may any big plays, then just stay patient until Dallas wastes a couple downs on Zeke runs or Dak misses a throw. Your defense will be off the field before you know it.

Yup.

the scrub RB-thing started a few seasons ago.

Dallas decided budget RBs were a better ROI than drafting RB1 in the 1st.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Looks like tanking this season might be best all around. Jerry seriously messed this year's team up. Gave them no chance.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

What was the problem when Zeke was winning rushing titles by 300 yards then?

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

Dallas decided budget RBs were a better ROI than drafting RB1 in the 1st.

They are. TP20 was fine once he got healthy last year, it just took him forever.

 

[DuncanIso]

They are. TP20 was fine once he got healthy last year, it just took him forever.

To be fair, Tony made 10M on the tag.

That’s a lot of coin for a 4th rounder with a jacked leg.

Rico is RB1 now, and not even a top 30 starter.

Scrubs. All of them.

 

[StarOfGlory]

They are. TP20 was fine once he got healthy last year, it just took him forever.

Yeah, he’s showing up for the Titans now, a team with trash at QB.

 

[JohnsKey19]

The run game is absolutely dead in the water. Just play two-high coverage all day... Dallas is incapable of burning you for more than 10 yards, so what's the risk? Your DEs can run down Zeke or Rico if they break the first level.

Have one of those deep safeties shade CeeDee, so that he can't may any big plays, then just stay patient until Dallas wastes a couple downs on Zeke runs or Dak misses a throw. Your defense will be off the field before you know it.

Absolutely. GB showed it last year in the playoffs and thats been the blueprint since. The sad thing is I don't think they have the horses to manufacture a run game this season even if they tried. You also left out the fact that Dak cant outrun a DE or DT for that matter. So when the defense has 7-8 guys dropping into zones, the QB is really no threat to scramble for a first down that requires more than 6-7 yards. Passing-wise, Dallas doesn't have the WR personnel to threaten deep and schematically they dont do enough to expand the field horizontally. I wondered why more teams didn't put more of an emphasis on bracketing Lamb last regular season. It seems they were content to let him run amok vs man coverage. Was the threat of Cooks that much of a difference?

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

The real problem with the Cowboys and the offense running game is a combination of:
1st. Coaching the basic fundamentals of Football,
On offense they are facing 7 and 8 man fronts plus with Safety help, the OL is playing the wrong blocking scheme either by play or design and 5 or 6 can'tblock them all, i don't care who is running the ball the Defense is on them before the line. Defenses are taking away the running game to force Dak to beat them by throwing the ball, he can't to much pressure on him.
2nd. The WRs are running lazy routes, things like curl routes are being short and half *** post routes and Defense read this by seeing those that are not getting the ball move and rotate the coverage to that side and take away the routes..
3rd. Keeping TE to block makes coverage a lot easier for Defense, I know I was a MLB in a 4-3 Defense and it put more D people to cover.
4th Our Defense,
Playing football as a MLB you have gap control and keys to read and watching games the Defense is jumping out of their gaps to make the big play but that leave open hole of their offense and bam giving up big running plays, the Defense discipline is lacking, everyone wants to be the hero but you have to do the dirty work, its call TEAMWORK, if a DT moves out of misreads his assignment then it put a big strain of other player to move out of their assignment and thus Big Play and we are seeing that alot, listen DC and OC can only call the plays the Players have excutute and thats Not happening,
Welcome to big money and free agents that thunk they know more and do what they want,
Until we fix these things Winning is a fleeing thing..

I think the opposite, I don't think we are facing 7 or 8 man fronts. if we had a strong running game, then that's what defenses would have to do to stop the running game. I think we are facing 4, 5 man fronts, with another player deciding after the play starts to either attack the LOS or drop back into coverage. usually shallower routes.

our blocking scheme is bad. we are not getting any push up front, thus the DL mean are actually keeping at LOS or pushing into the back field. Zeke is really slow in getting to LOS, thus it allows the DL and LBs to close the gaps quickly, and lately he is going down easily after contact. he doesn't have the foot speed anylonger to get through the trash. Dowdle has no vision and often takes the wrong hole or follows the wrong guy. no wonder he was a UDFA.

more than any other position group. in fact, probably the only position group, the OL has to work as a group, one failure and the whole thing falls apart. winning individual battles matters less if the whole line is not playing together. and we have weak spots in Guyton still learning, Beebe as good as people think he has been, is still a rookie and learning. Martin hasn't been himself and is getting older and Steele is done.....there is failure on the OL most times.....we can have two good plays and then a bad play and it negates everything. they are very inconsistent.

so even if we go 50/50 on first downs, chances are about 75% of the running plays we end up in 2nd and 8th and longer which makes the offense very predictable.....drop 6, or 7 into coverage. given our tackles are struggling, teams have been able to create pressure without additional defenders being needed.

add to it, the drop in talent from CD to the rest of the WR group.....teams double, triple and blanket high/low CD and dare cowboys to beat them with the rest of WR group...turpin!!! seriously....a 5.9 165 WR who was a UDFA...and Tolbert, who is only getting some stats, not because he is that good, because teams are singling him and giving him some plays....people will point to the steelers game and his catch to win the game....but in other 5 games, he hasn't been the difference maker...Ferguson is the next best reciever and he gets shadowed in shallow routes and safties rolling over to him in deeper routes....his play making and big play making abilities have been limited.

on top of that bad play designs and play calling, adds to all of the above....so essentially a bad OL, bad OL play, and beat us with Turpin and Tolbert.....

and further on top of that, a defense that is like a sieve, specially at home, having given up TD scoring drives in 26 of 35 drives...the offense has to try and keep up, no running game, playing from behind, becoming one dimentional. it would be easy for me to design a defense to stop the cowboys offense...

none of it is getting fixed this year. we may hang in there against lesser teams....but we will fall apart against better teams. its going to be the trend for the year and I expect at best a 6-11 record...and that would be lucky

 

[TheBigEasy]

Looks like tanking this season might be best all around. Jerry seriously messed this year's team up. Gave them no chance.

I'm worried that his 'mess-ups' have put this team behind the proverbial 8-ball not for just this season but for the next five plus. So many bad contracts. And it's not as if signing a few high priced FA's in the off-season is going to make this team competitive again. Too many holes to fill...sadly.

 

[kskboys]

Oh, and BTW, that stud that looks so good against us tonite? Isaac Guerendo. 4th round, 129th pick. Was that our pick that we gave up for Trey Lance? Just curious!!!!