jterrell
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I have no desire to create an epic rant thread.
Can't blame anyone for being upset but ultimately ranting is pointless. I'd like to try to be logical and not emotional.
Garrett/Romo: These two current Cowboys issues will take care of itself this season. Either the team rapidly ascends behind better QB/Head coach performance or both men will be looking for work elsewhere. That's just reality. So I hereby acknowledge the lack of preparation and poor QB play but try not to harp on it.
Stadium issues: Bottom line is if you want a home field advantage you need to tie the tickets to individual people not services. Long as you are fine selling to scalpers and resell services facts are opponents will pay more for the rare chance to see their teams than home fans will. That's not hard to understand. It's why Cowboys fans get so many tickets in other places. So Jerry needs to look at his marketing angle again and figure out a quick fix to this non-sense. Combine a malaise surrounding the team with ease of opponents acquiring tickets and this will only get worse unless acted upon.
Play-calling: At this point I believe play-calling is linked to poor QB decision-making. I think we are checking to passes when we should be running. If Romo has a major failing that will prevent him from ever winning as many state, this is it.
Defense: Hard to judge them harshly based on yesterday. They held up at the point of attack until late when they wore down. Coverage was solid beyond the obvious busted play to Davis. Folks yammering on about any single reception versus the DBs are being silly. All teams complete passes. 200 yards passing is a pretty mild day. 4.0 ypc is nothing to write home about. Defense really didn't make any plays but they held up.
Offense: Again hard to get around the decision-making. Outside that a lot of individuals played pretty well. The OL did fine as a group. They didn't handle Justin Smith but the rest of the 49ers DL were mostly inconsequential. The running game was there though you can not fumble on the first series like Murray did. The WRs seemed to get open and certainly did block well enough. Only one drop I can recall.
Draft: As we go forward on a week by week basis I think you have to look at positions we might draft. My list right now would be led by QB, DE and Safety. Romo's combo of back, play, money, age should make that understandable. And I am just not sure how anyone can trust Wilcox as a starter before year 4 or 5.
We need a Safety that assists the CBs and makes plays. DE is a glaring weakness that could come off the list if DLaw and Spencer prove they can be counted upon as starters for 2015.
Next week: Tennessee rather manhandled KC but looks pretty poor in talent. If Romo gets outplayed by Locker it will be time to officially panic. DAL should get the win and probably easily. That is if they have shaken the rust and actually play to potential. Something we've admittedly not seen.
Outlook: Really hard not to feel as if Dallas left one out there Sunday. That seemed a very winnable game and outside QB Dallas probably played better football. Since that's been reversed so many times I don't think we can expect that is the common outcome. If we end up solidly missing the playoffs yesterday may end up a blessing in disguise but for a team one game short each of the past 3 seasons giving up a game because you came out of the blocks unprepared and incapable of asserting control of your QB feels like a bad sign indeed.
Can't blame anyone for being upset but ultimately ranting is pointless. I'd like to try to be logical and not emotional.
Garrett/Romo: These two current Cowboys issues will take care of itself this season. Either the team rapidly ascends behind better QB/Head coach performance or both men will be looking for work elsewhere. That's just reality. So I hereby acknowledge the lack of preparation and poor QB play but try not to harp on it.
Stadium issues: Bottom line is if you want a home field advantage you need to tie the tickets to individual people not services. Long as you are fine selling to scalpers and resell services facts are opponents will pay more for the rare chance to see their teams than home fans will. That's not hard to understand. It's why Cowboys fans get so many tickets in other places. So Jerry needs to look at his marketing angle again and figure out a quick fix to this non-sense. Combine a malaise surrounding the team with ease of opponents acquiring tickets and this will only get worse unless acted upon.
Play-calling: At this point I believe play-calling is linked to poor QB decision-making. I think we are checking to passes when we should be running. If Romo has a major failing that will prevent him from ever winning as many state, this is it.
Defense: Hard to judge them harshly based on yesterday. They held up at the point of attack until late when they wore down. Coverage was solid beyond the obvious busted play to Davis. Folks yammering on about any single reception versus the DBs are being silly. All teams complete passes. 200 yards passing is a pretty mild day. 4.0 ypc is nothing to write home about. Defense really didn't make any plays but they held up.
Offense: Again hard to get around the decision-making. Outside that a lot of individuals played pretty well. The OL did fine as a group. They didn't handle Justin Smith but the rest of the 49ers DL were mostly inconsequential. The running game was there though you can not fumble on the first series like Murray did. The WRs seemed to get open and certainly did block well enough. Only one drop I can recall.
Draft: As we go forward on a week by week basis I think you have to look at positions we might draft. My list right now would be led by QB, DE and Safety. Romo's combo of back, play, money, age should make that understandable. And I am just not sure how anyone can trust Wilcox as a starter before year 4 or 5.
We need a Safety that assists the CBs and makes plays. DE is a glaring weakness that could come off the list if DLaw and Spencer prove they can be counted upon as starters for 2015.
Next week: Tennessee rather manhandled KC but looks pretty poor in talent. If Romo gets outplayed by Locker it will be time to officially panic. DAL should get the win and probably easily. That is if they have shaken the rust and actually play to potential. Something we've admittedly not seen.
Outlook: Really hard not to feel as if Dallas left one out there Sunday. That seemed a very winnable game and outside QB Dallas probably played better football. Since that's been reversed so many times I don't think we can expect that is the common outcome. If we end up solidly missing the playoffs yesterday may end up a blessing in disguise but for a team one game short each of the past 3 seasons giving up a game because you came out of the blocks unprepared and incapable of asserting control of your QB feels like a bad sign indeed.
