Sandbagging Strategy

[Stryker44]

Do any of you believe the Dallas Cowboys sandbagged the first half of the season? They seem like a different team the last 5 games?

The Eagles employed a similar strategy to win the Super Bowl last year - Foles looked like a joke, a shell of a broken man, and then ALL OF A SUDDEN he decided to get good.

Could Dak Prescott and Jason Garrett be employing a similar strategy along with Rod Marinelli, who for years has been responsible for one of the most laughingstock defenses in the NFL.

Allow the enemy to underestimate you, then lower the boom after the underdog status has been given to the team.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Two words for you: Amari Cooper

 

[Sydla]

LOL.

No.

 

[Beats_By_Zeke]

What would be the advantage to sandbagging the first half of the season?

 

[Rockport]

Do any of you believe the Dallas Cowboys sandbagged the first half of the season? They seem like a different team the last 5 games?

The Eagles employed a similar strategy to win the Super Bowl last year - Foles looked like a joke, a shell of a broken man, and then ALL OF A SUDDEN he decided to get good.

Could Dak Prescott and Jason Garrett be employing a similar strategy along with Rod Marinelli, who for years has been responsible for one of the most laughingstock defenses in the NFL.

Allow the enemy to underestimate you, then lower the boom after the underdog status has been given to the team.

Are you frigging serious? What planet do you come from?

 

[AsthmaField]

Are you frigging serious? What planet do you come from?

He’s a Commanders fan... so Uranus.

 

[bandfan]

A team has never existed that was that good......

 

[guag]

 

[Tangle_Foot]

jackpot

 

[kskboys]

Sandbagging is explicity against the NFL laws. If any team were actually caught sandbagging(Provable, of course), they'd immediately be fined draft picks and there would be some suspensions handed down. Very stupid idea.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Do any of you believe the Dallas Cowboys sandbagged the first half of the season? They seem like a different team the last 5 games?

The Eagles employed a similar strategy to win the Super Bowl last year - Foles looked like a joke, a shell of a broken man, and then ALL OF A SUDDEN he decided to get good.

Could Dak Prescott and Jason Garrett be employing a similar strategy along with Rod Marinelli, who for years has been responsible for one of the most laughingstock defenses in the NFL.

Allow the enemy to underestimate you, then lower the boom after the underdog status has been given to the team.

why sand bag? what was to be gained....it makes no sense at all

 

[lkelly]

Carolina was sandbagging back in September. Too soon?

 

[guag]

Sandbagging is explicity against the NFL laws. If any team were actually caught sandbagging(Provable, of course), they'd immediately be fined draft picks and there would be some suspensions handed down. Very stupid idea.

Wait there are actually explicit rules against this? Have teams been dumb enough to try this in the past?

 

[buybuydandavis]

Do any of you believe the Dallas Cowboys sandbagged the first half of the season? They seem like a different team the last 5 games?

Defense was about young guys developing, and Richard coming up to speed.

Offense was just bad coaching. Stubbornness. The oline just looks better now with Alexander out. Colombo goes old school to what worked. And now it works. Duh.

And the offense looks much more like 2016, when they likely felt forced to play it more like college ball for Dak. Short, quick routes. Get the ball out of his hands.

Linehan almost canned, and whaddya know, all of a sudden he's calling games more like 2016 instead of more like Garrett Ball.

It's funny about Garrett. The offense came alive in 2010 when Romo went out, and Kitna went in. I don't believe that Kitna was better than Romo, but I do believe that Garrett called better games for him. Lot of short quick stuff. Better for Kitna. When Romo came back, the game calls reverted back to Garrett ball, and the short quick stuff disappeared.

 

[kskboys]

Wait there are actually explicit rules against this? Have teams been dumb enough to try this in the past?

It's been done. However, if you're going to sandbag, the people who know you're doing it had better be kept the the number of 1. Anyone else knew, it would get out.

Bellychickens would do it if it served a purpose, but he and only he would even know it. Players absolutely could not know.

 

[yimyammer]

Allow the enemy to underestimate you, then lower the boom after the underdog status has been given to the team.

 

[Doomsay]

Wut? posting guidelines an such.

 

[cern]

A most ridiculous assertion.

 

[Bohuntr97]

In addition to being against the rules, many players (if not most) have bonuses and incentives built into their contracts (make pro bowl, 1k rushing yards, etc.). I doubt they were sandbagging.

Edited: Chaz Green handed Adrian Clayborn a $750k bonus for his six sack performance.

 

[DasSchnitzel]

I've got a plan, let's start 0-6 next year. No one will see us coming. It's brilliant.