Yes, exactly.
It's been so rare this season when I thought after a Cowboys offensive play, "Now THAT was a great call." Yes, the QB keeper against the Chargers was one of them. But I can't think of many others, where the defense was completely fooled, and someone was WIDE open, or the RB (or in this case, the QB) runs untouched.
Maybe 5 times ALL season, and that may be generous. Most times the Cowboys have to earn every yard, because the OC is not calling a good game.
It's really perplexing to me that MM will try to pound the rock up the middle at the start of a game, yet will only call a handful of play action pass plays ALL GAME.
Either pass to set up the run, especially if there's a distinct advantage in the passing game, or...pound the rock and use lots of play action. To pound the rock and then not use play action is a true sign of a bad OC to me, and MM has not been impressive.
Basically, the Cowboys likely lose to the Chargers if Dak wasn't able to escape the pocket as often as he did, which I call "broken play heroics". Too often, why isn't anyone open once Dak's back foot hits the turf? Maybe they need to use more motion and pre-snap adjustments so Dak can read the defense. This is not the sign of a crisp, effective offense.
Thus, as soon as Dak isn't able to escape, and those days are coming, then this offense will be putrid. And the defense and STs will have to carry them.
So far, MM has been far from impressive, and I'm starting to lose hope...but truth be told, I was never that excited when I heard he was taking over play-calling. He was not some spectacular OC in Green Bay, he simply had a hall-of-fame QB, A-A-Ron, to fall back on.
But, having said all of that, I don't want Moore back either. LOL Go find us a younger, hungry OC who's looking for a place to show his talents. We should have tried Eric Bieniemy or some college OC genius. I can't imagine anyone being worse at calling plays that MM, especially the first drive scripts. The Cowboys O comes out every game looking like NONE of them watched any film, run the same predictable running plays, and too often go 3 and out. It truly is pitiful. While the other team comes out and often exploits every Cowboys defensive weakness and moves the ball downfield. The dichotomy is painful to watch.