Sturm: Decoding Linehan - Carolina

Good article, Bob.

I do wish you expounded more off of this statements.

It makes you wonder - are the Cowboys too predictable? Are their audibles too easy to decode? After this game, I would be pretty concerned about my route combinations and signals at the line.
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When looking at the offense, there is plenty of room for frustrations. The coaching has been mediocre this year from an offensive point of view. And, the head coach deciding to kick field goals when you need touchdowns only adds to that frustration. Then, one of the worst challenges in NFL history in a game at home is even more inexcusable.
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We already know it was one of Romo's worst games.
 
Wow, that Romo sack was worse than I thought. Blocking 6, they're rushing 3, and we lose that matchup.
 
That blocking when Romo broke the clavicle again is pathetic. They looked so lacksidasic there it's not even funny.

This offense needs to be scrapped asap!
 
What I see is a very talented and very SMART defensive team.
 
Aven8 said:
That blocking when Romo broke the clavicle again is pathetic. They looked so lacksidasic there it's not even funny.

This offense needs to be scrapped asap!
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It looks like the Panthers drop both of the DE's. They had a very good scheme coming into this game.
 
I watched a ton of football yesterday on the Sunday Ticket, we might have the least innovative staff in football. Additionally, the days of "our guy will beat your guy" as a predominant means to victory is outdated. 3 yards and a cloud of dust is over, Jason Garrett. With all of the analytics available, such as win probablity if you do such and such and things, the days of being conservative and risk averse are dead. I initially was a Garrett supporter, but the more I watch other teams and read items like this, the more it looks like he is completely in over his head.
 
CyberB0b said:
Wow, that Romo sack was worse than I thought. Blocking 6, they're rushing 3, and we lose that matchup.
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That's because Romo took forever and never got the ball off. I guess you could say it was a coverage sack.

I don't think the O-Line betrayed Romo. He not only couldn't beat the Panthers in the passing game, he was giving them turnovers and to make it worse...they ended up being TD's. He had plenty of time to throw all game long and if he could have beaten them with the pass, perhaps that opens up some running lanes.





YR
 
Great article.

I'd like to know why the local media doesn't ask these tough questions of Jason during his pressers...or heck even Jerry. I'd like to see Jerry's expression when he is asked why is your coach kicking field goals down 20.
 
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This is the killer, 3 guys, frederick, McF and lael all blocking this guy then they just lose him,
or you could say he beat a 3 man block lol and sacks tony, ending his season again.
lael decides to help tyron which was the worst, and frederick left to go right and help martin
who had no one to block and was just running around lol.
also tyron was getting beat by his 1 guy !
Free was the only one who did his job good on this play !

This makes our line look like the 5 stooges, who cant stop a 3 man rush !!!!!!
this is pathetic.
 
Wolfpack said:
Great article.

I'd like to know why the local media doesn't ask these tough questions of Jason during his pressers...or heck even Jerry. I'd like to see Jerry's expression when he is asked why is your coach kicking field goals down 20.
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Well if they did they may be banned next time?
Jason was doing what he always does, he plays it the same way he would if the score was close or tied.
He didnt see that They may only get down there a few times and at 3-7 you better go for the tds !!
all or nothing is just not in JG's personna, he is prone to play it safe and hope for something more later in the game.

On the first one , they should have gone for that, They could have taken the lead with a td, which might have changed the game.
if they fail carolina is on their own 5, so maybe D holds and you get the ball at the 50.

But that is all too complex for ol JG, he likes to just stack FG's and keep on banging away!
If they lose just watch the tape and get better moving forward lol
 
DCBoysfan said:
It looks like the Panthers drop both of the DE's. They had a very good scheme coming into this game.
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They have a very good scheme period. And good players.

So again Sturm raises questions about the predictability and simplicity of the Cowboys offense. I always go back to how Ed Reed and Ray Lewis trashed Garrett's offense publicly years ago. Probably means nothing but you dont see that often.

Anyway i guess no one else covering the team sees this. Or are they afraid to ask or make the point?
 
Yakuza Rich said:
That's because Romo took forever and never got the ball off. I guess you could say it was a coverage sack.

I don't think the O-Line betrayed Romo. He not only couldn't beat the Panthers in the passing game, he was giving them turnovers and to make it worse...they ended up being TD's. He had plenty of time to throw all game long and if he could have beaten them with the pass, perhaps that opens up some running lanes.


YR
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Rich I know you love piling on Romo and you certainly didn't miss a chance today but you must've been the only person in this whole forum who didn't hear, read or know what Tony said in his post game press conference. He admitted he wasn't right, he admitted that lack of reps hurt him, he was not processing coverage and tried to fit the ball into spaces he would never normally do.

Yours was the critical cheap shot summation - this is the critical fair summation.

"Romo made bad decisions against Carolina and admitted as such. If he wasn't right and not seeing the field, Lineman should've just dumbed down the game plan, Romo should've checked down, made higher percentage throws and tried to work through it to get us to the fourth quarter where he could've worked some magic but it just didn't happen. The thought process that makes him great also makes him vulnerable and if he''s not physically and mentally right - he's going to get exposed and the was obviously exposed against the Panthers."

A fair and honest appraisal with context and not the hyperbole you injected.

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What game were you watching? In the very same thread that has a video showing a 3 on 5 defensive sack that got him hurt you claim he had plenty of time. He was also never going to beat them with the pass. Not with his limited work leading up to the game. The only way we were going to win that game was pound the ball, maintain possession, get some turnovers and pick our spots with some throws in the red zone.

Nice try - but see how easy it is to just give the facts and not lose credibility?
 
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garrett316 said:
I watched a ton of football yesterday on the Sunday Ticket, we might have the least innovative staff in football. Additionally, the days of "our guy will beat your guy" as a predominant means to victory is outdated. 3 yards and a cloud of dust is over, Jason Garrett. With all of the analytics available, such as win probablity if you do such and such and things, the days of being conservative and risk averse are dead. I initially was a Garrett supporter, but the more I watch other teams and read items like this, the more it looks like he is completely in over his head.
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What's baffling to me is JG is an ivy leaguer who has been sold to everyone as highly intelligent. Anyone with any modicum of intelligence can see this offense would collapse in the abscence of it's star players. Unimaginative, slow and archaic all come to mind when I (or frankly anyone else) watches it. You cannot win games with it missing talent which is counterintuitive to the modern NFL where depth is an issue.
 
I wonder if there is any animosity between Romo and Garrett. Outside of 2014 he's put the onus of winning/losing squarely on his shoulders - and as a result has brutalized our franchise QB. He's broken a back, 3 collarbones, a pinky, some ribs, punctured a lung, etc etc.

He's also thrown him under the bus a handful of times now, even though he's the only reason Garrett is still gainfully employed in the NFL at any level.

Lets be real here - if Garrett got fired today, would he even get a coordinator job anywhere?
 
All 3 picks off of passes to witten....did tony have wittens 1000 catch record too much in mind.possibly?...Beasley was available short on at least 2
 
Yakuza Rich said:
That's because Romo took forever and never got the ball off. I guess you could say it was a coverage sack.

I don't think the O-Line betrayed Romo. He not only couldn't beat the Panthers in the passing game, he was giving them turnovers and to make it worse...they ended up being TD's. He had plenty of time to throw all game long and if he could have beaten them with the pass, perhaps that opens up some running lanes.





YR
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I love your ability to speak out of both sides of your mouth at once.

"Romo is throwing INT's"...."He held on to the ball too long"

LMBO.

He should have had years on a 3-man rush...he had less than 4 seconds before being sacked. That is not "plenty of time" when you're already trying to take a hair longer to make some better throwing decisions.

But I know, you wanted him getting rid of it in 2 seconds, avoiding the sack/hit and throwing another int so you could say I TOLD YOU SO!
 
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