News: ST: Frustrated Beasley says defenses are playing him differently

[LocimusPrime]

Opponents can single cover Dez with a guy in a wheel chair.

Ouch

 

[noshame]

Maybe we should be looking more at rotating T Will. The guy has 40 catches 400 yards and 0 TD's on the year and your first target of players requiring bench time is Dez Bryant?
Isnt that weird? I find it weird.

I don't know seems like I seen T make more plays and been more open then Dez.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Teams figured out Dez is not a threat anymore and instead of doubling him, they double Beasley.

The combination of Witten being really slow now and Dez with his decline is too much. Witten would be OK if the #1 WR put stress on defenses.

Actually all of the receivers are limited. They need a legit Alpha Dog #1 WR and everyone else would get better because the coverage would focus on that player.

Yet many fans are wondering why Dak has struggled a bit this year........coz I'm guessing Beasley, Witten or Dez are the first three reads ( no particular order) of most passing plays. Now take away Zeke and suddenly this offense is practically shut down.

 

[DandyDon1722]

That was us talking. Linehan made it pretty clear in preseason that wasnt a package we were going to see a lot of. Not at the expense of Witten.

It kind of bothers me we would be taking Witten's feelings into consideration when scheming a few plays for Beasey and Switzer.

In fact I think Witten would be the first to object if it helped the team.

 

[vlad]

We do very little, imho, if anything, to help these guys get open. Do your job, beat your man...blah blah blah...meanwhile the Rams taking Bills rejects and having success shows that even highly touted players (Woods, Watkins) can suck in a bad scheme and improve in a thoughtful scheme (and yes I assume Goff is a huge upgrade for them)

 

[erod]

This should make teams vulnerable downfield over the middle, but Dak doesn't throw downfield unless it's down the sideline.

 

[Direwolf63]

With Witten struggling to beat single coverage it is really easy to bracket Beasley.

And of course, the coaches have no answer to the fact that Beasley is being bracketed and taken our of plays.

 

[Direwolf63]

That was us talking. Linehan made it pretty clear in preseason that wasnt a package we were going to see a lot of. Not at the expense of Witten.

Another reason why coaching changes are necessary.

 

[Hardline]

No, he just isn't. He's still a decent blocker and a smart player but he just doesn't have the ability to separate anymore. And he hasn't been able to produce YAC since the turn of the decade.

Go ask 31 defensive coordinators their opinion of Witten skills. Witten has never been really good at seperation or YAC. He is clutch and catches no matter how well he' covered.

 

[Idgit]

Another reason why coaching changes are necessary.

This week. Because of the return TD last week.

 

[Idgit]

Yet many fans are wondering why Dak has struggled a bit this year........coz I'm guessing Beasley, Witten or Dez are the first three reads ( no particular order) of most passing plays. Now take away Zeke and suddenly this offense is practically shut down.

Dak was an MVP candidate through the first 8 games. Take away his OT and sack him a dozen times, and his production plummets. Offense dips from its top-of-the-league production as a result. Before that, this wasn’t much of an issue.

Tyron comes back and protection improves and the offense is productive again.

Meanwhile, the defense still can’t stop anybody for four quarters, which has been the problem all along. And we still get threads about play calling and offensive adjustments. Why? I don’t know.

 

[khiladi]

So basically Dak needs to throw outside the hashes, meaning become better at his worst throws and we need a speedy TE that can work the seams and threaten deep to get behind these DL dropping off...

 

[khiladi]

Dak was an MVP candidate through the first 8 games. Take away his OT and sack him a dozen times, and his production plummets. Offense dips from its top-of-the-league production as a result. Before that, this wasn’t much of an issue.

Tyron comes back and protection improves and the offense is productive again.

Meanwhile, the defense still can’t stop anybody for four quarters, which has been the problem all along. And we still get threads about play calling and offensive adjustments. Why? I don’t know.

Defense stops plenty of teams for at least a half, while Dak throws duds.. our third quarter play on offense during significant stretches has been awful too..

 

[khiladi]

Teams figured out Dez is not a threat anymore and instead of doubling him, they double Beasley.

The combination of Witten being really slow now and Dez with his decline is too much. Witten would be OK if the #1 WR put stress on defenses.

Actually all of the receivers are limited. They need a legit Alpha Dog #1 WR and everyone else would get better because the coverage would focus on that player.

So teams are doubling TWill.. I thought he had speed.. how exactly does the Alpha dog WR give TWill an excuse if he’s on the other side of Dez?

Just defending Dak, because some people apparently watch the all-22 even more than a coach that says defenses adjusted and are not giving Dak the easy throws he used to make regularly.

Notice how Linehan said they are dropping LINEMAN back.. that has absolutely NOTHING to do with Dez and doubles coverages with safety help.. you guys will spin anything to blame it on Dez.

Dak’s production on go routes to TWill even last year were also awful..

And Witten’s production this year has been in decline, where his biggest numbers was a blowout in Denver.

If anything, nobody isn’t helping Dez..

 

[The Natural]

Do you just come to every thread and find a way to throw a punch at Dez? I mean I know this is a WR thread but come on. lol

Dont waste your time. Him, Verdict, Section8, everyone is well aware of their shtick by now.

 

[Clove]

So teams are doubling TWill.. I thought he had speed.. how exactly does the Alpha dog WR give TWill an excuse if he’s on the other side of Dez?

Just defending Dak, because some people apparently watch the all-22 even more than a coach that says defenses adjusted and are not giving Dak the easy throws he used to make regularly.

Notice how Linehan said they are dropping LINEMAN back.. that has absolutely NOTHING to do with Dez and doubles coverages with safety help.. you guys will spin anything to blame it on Dez.

Dak’s production on go routes to TWill even last year were also awful..

And Witten’s production this year has been in decline, where his biggest numbers was a blowout in Denver.

If anything, nobody isn’t helping Dez..

We get it, you hate Dak. You don't have to write a entire paragraph to explain this.

 

[khiladi]

We get it, you hate Dak. You don't have to write a entire paragraph to explain this.

We get it, you hate Dez... apparently the WR has more bearing on a successful offense than a QB that’s throwing duds..

 

[khiladi]

I’m not somebody that likes to rip Dez at every opportunity.

That being said, the only way a WR is worth 15 million a year, is if he constantly demands double teams. Dez doesn’t anymore because he isn’t beaut guys deep. They don’t fear Dez like they used to.

On 3rd downs the fact that teams are doubling Beasley rather than our 15 million #1 receiver is a big big problem.

They drop a DL men back to make those throws difficult.. you can do that while still doubling Dez on the outside with safety help..

“One of the adjustments the defenses are using to stop the option route runners from attacking the middle of the field is they will give you front and they drop one of the down guys offs,” Lineahan said. “We call it prevent-man coverage. They are really rushing three guys at times. They are playing an outside hole player and an inside hole player for these option runners to stop some of the big chain movers like Cole. That is a bit of it.

“It kind of started midway through last year. And everybody is doing it now.”[/quotes]

In essence, teams adjusted an Dak is now tasked with making throws he is not good at.

Another point is, if there are run-pass options, how much responsibility does Dak have on a pre-snap read to know if the DL is going to drop off and call run in that situation..

 

[Idgit]

Defense stops plenty of teams for at least a half, while Dak throws duds.. our third quarter play on offense during significant stretches has been awful too..

I think the third quarter dip is mostly because we have fewer possessions then since we opt to take the ball first whenever we can and then give up long drives ourselves coming out of halftime. Any idea what the points/series splits look like coming out of halftime?

 

[PhillyCowboysFan]

He has a small catch radius. That is a problem on intermediate and deep routes but not on the short stuff that he normally runs.

Yes but intermediate routes with a receiver we a small catch radius wouldn’t be an issue if the QB is accurate on those routes.