Stop blaming Bledsoe

[NoLuv4Jerry]

I may be a first time poster, but I have reading this board for quite some time. My account did not let me post for some reason, but I have gotten it fixed and you all will hear more from me

It is easy and en vogue to blame the QB. Every time Drew has a bad game everyone points the finger at him. I am not coming to his defense, because I feel like I know what we got in this guy....especially against good teams. It is times like this where I choose to follow the money trail. The Cowboys head coach is a defensive minded coach. The tone, money, and future of this team has been built around the defense. Any time we allow 31 points we don't deserve to win. Do you realize how many guys on defense got a bigger signing bonus than Drew? Do you realize how many guys on defense have a higer draft pick invested in them besides Drew?

For starters, we did not give up a draft pick for Drew, so EVERYONE on defense besides Henry, Ferguson and Ayodele cost us more from a draft pick perspecrtive. Secondly, Ellis, Roy, Newman, Henry, James, Ferguson, Spears, Ayodele, Ware, ALL of them got bigger signing bonuses than Drew. Anyone else see where this is going. Drew was brought into drive the bus.

This defense was built to be a sack machine! This defense was built to apply consistent pressure on the QB. This defense was built to allow 17 points a game MAX! So I personally couln't care less what happened on offense when we give up 31 points. I couldn't care less when we allow guys who I HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD of catch the ball all day long. And part of it is coaching. Why the heck do we invest in all of these expensive parts and make them play so passive. Why make the CBs keep everything in front of them? Why force a rookie 5th round pick into coverage? Why force a SS into coverage so much. WHERE THE HECK was Roy today. Part of his game is putting a lick on somebody, anybody to shake the entire pysche of the opposition. We constantly backpedal on defense. If we are going to read and react, we might as well have NOT spent top 10 picks and double digit signing bonuses on guys. ANYBODY can freaking do that. Our approach to defense is awful.

Lastly, WE WAITED TO LONG TO ABANDON the 3-4. Heck we should have not even played the 3-4 yesterday as our base defense. I could carry this topic on for hours, but all I know is one team was in the QBs lap all day with the 4-3. One team was able to cover Terry Glenn and Owens and Witten and Jones with a 4-3. The other team could not cover anyone with a 3-4. Guess which team was which yesterday

 

[Clove]

You have some valid points. I love the 3-4. Okay, I just like the way the Chargers/Steelers and Patriots play it.

Zimmer can not learn something in 2 years that others take years to learn.

Zimmer is a 4-3 guy, and he just doesn't have this defense blitzing right. Yesterday, I would've stayed in the nickel the entire game. There would be no

Roy or Watkins covering receivers deep, that is suicide. I only play Madden, and I'm smart enough not to have my Safety matched up on a freaking WR.

Our defense was horrible, and the funny thing is, we fixed the run defense, but we still have problems getting to the QB consistantly, and covering the

deep pass. However, Bledsoe is not taking us anywhere so get used to that.

 

[Jake0]

When your QB has as many ints and fumbles as bledsoe did in our 2 losses, kinda ruins the whole, NO MORE THAN 17 POINTS ALLOWED argument. If you want to drive the bus, you don't have that many turnovers, PERIOD.

 

[trueblue1687]

Bledsoe needs to take plenty of blame as does several others (Flozell got owned, Roy's mental vacations, Witten trying to remember to run after he catches a pass...) It wasn't all Bledsoe's fault, but he did ALOT in the loss.

 

[TVMan]

Bledsoe needs a vacation.

We still had a chance to win the game. That's what your QB is supposed to do in those situations. Win the game.

Bledsoe can't blame anyone but himself for the way the game ended.

 

[proline]

I blame Bledsoe for any throws he made that were bad decisions on his part. If he has no time, no room, is sacked, arm bumped, etc., that goes primarily on the line, and in part on the coaching staff for not adapting. I might be wrong, but I don't recall us rolling Bledsoe out at all yesterday, a move that we have used successfully in the past to stop defenses from being able to tee off on a stationary point in the pocket. It worked in the past, why not use it yesterday?

I also was thinking we would try a flea-flicker on the drive before the Eagles did their flea-flicker.

 

[Novacek84]

If Bledsoe has such a strong arm how come half his passes were short armed in this game? Underthrowing Owens onthe sure TD late was a joke. Yes, the defense was putrid yesterday but Bledsoe had a chance to make some plays and didn't. He looked like Chad Pennington out there with his weak throws. He looked hurt to me. If he is get him out of there. This season is looking more like 8-8 every time I see Bledsoe. He truly can't play in a big game. I give him 2 more games and then it's Romo time if I don't see results. You know he'll look good against a lousy Houston team but if he's bad against the Giants the following week, I'd make a change. I've seen enough.

 

[GlitzCowboy]

When he didn't have anyoe to get the ball to, he seemed alright actually. Amazing how fast a year and one player can change everything. Though I blame much of this on Parcells' playcalling. A quick 3 yard virtually uncoverable slant pattern to TO and this game is in overtime.

 

[trueblue1687]

I, too will take pause to lay blame on Parcells and his staff as well as those players aforementioned. Parcells did a porr job of preparing his team to handle the blitz packages the Eagles threw. Additionally, I think some adjustments at the half may work occasionally...that is perhaps my biggest gripe with Parcells. It seems he doesn't like to tweak things during a game when it may actually be beneficial. That said, Bledsoe did his statue act several times and was obviously rattled by the blitz.

 

[Kaika]

I think what bothered me the most is, all week Bledsoe was saying "Bring on the Blitz", so he knew it was coming ,as the whole world did ,and it looked like there was no game plan for it.

 

[rathalarge]

Bottom line, your QB cannot have three fumbles and three intercetions, and you expect to win a game, especially against a division opponent on the road. He needs toplay like the veteran and team leader that he is.

 

[Rack]

I think what bothered me the most is, all week Bledsoe was saying "Bring on the Blitz", so he knew it was coming ,as the whole world did ,and it looked like there was no game plan for it.

I think he assumed we'd be able to block it and he'd have a little bit of time to make a play.


I'm sure if he knew how horrible our OL was gonna play he wouldn't of said "Bring on the blitz".

 

[ZeroClub]

All the hamburger helper in the world isn't going to turn Bledsoe into a steak ....

 

[GlitzCowboy]

I think what bothered me the most is, all week Bledsoe was saying "Bring on the Blitz", so he knew it was coming ,as the whole world did ,and it looked like there was no game plan for it.

He did run his butt off though, gotta give him that. As a whole though, Bledsoe is just not equipped to deal with it on an every down type of situation like what was called for yesterday.

 

[superpunk]

I think he assumed we'd be able to block it and he'd have a little bit of time to make a play.


I'm sure if he knew how horrible our OL was gonna play he wouldn't of said "Bring on the blitz".

So we're expecting the Oline to block for what? 5 seconds, now?

Their play was good enough. I can only think of maybe three sacks I'd put on them. The RBs struggled with blitz pickup, and Bledsoe proved that if you put any pressure on him in his face, he'll fall apart.

I don't, however, blame Bledsoe for the pathetic playcalling. We're getting blitzed, so we continue to look for deep patterns? We show we can run effectively after our first two drives end badly throwing the ball, so we abandon the run to pass some more? Absolute brilliance, Bill.

 

[Route 66]

You also can't polish a turd at this point.

 

[Jarv]

All the hamburger helper in the world isn't going to turn Bledsoe into a steak ....

Lol...Good one !

 

[Coakleys Dad]

:laugh2: Bledsoe :laugh2: :laugh1:

 

[Mash]

Keep the excuses comming....

Bledsoe is what he is....and has done it for the majority of his carreer...

we will never win with him......he is slow....cant anticipate a route.....cant read defenses....has no pocket awareness....and my little girl throws a flat pass better...

yet....its never his fault

 

[Screw The Hall]

First welcome to the board and nice first post.

I don't expect Drew to be a miracle worker but he lost that game for us. You don't think there may have been a trickle down effect on the rest of the team when your QB is constantly mishandleing the ball? The defense was constanty fighting an uphill battle because everyone in that stadium knew all the Eagles had to do was wait long enough and Bledsoe would self destruct.

Noway the QB can operate the way he did against the Eagles yesterday and anyone honestly expect us to win. That was not a friendly place we went to and we were playing a damn good team. So if anyone thought we were just going to shut down the leagues #1 rated offense or that the OL was going to completely shutdown a defense that's been applying pressure all year then I think they were fooling themselves. However to expect your QB to be able to manage a game and "drive the bus" is never an over the top expectation no matter what his salary is. And if what he was doing was in fact "driving the bus" then it's time for him to take some driving lessons because quite frankly that was reckess driving at best and felony death by vehicle at worst. Either way I don't think it's beyond reason to expect more from that position.

Were there other problems? You bet. But I saw nothing we couldn't have recovered from if we just would have had a guy under center that valued the football more. Until we do we go nowhere ... salary cap be damned.