Sturm: Marinelli Report - Kicked In the Teeth

[Sturm1310]

Football is a pretty simple game when you boil it down to its roots. Sure, we see it present itself in new places with new names every new year, but the basic tenets of football reveal themselves every Sunday in the following way: Blocking and tackling. In other words, can my guys block better than your guys can tackle? Can my guys tackle better than your guys can block?

Well, on Sunday, everyone who followed football knew the Cowboys were going to have their hands full with Julio Jones. He is awesome and maybe the best in the business as of this moment. But, nobody in the world expected the Cowboys, who had just been praised for limiting the Eagles running game to 7 yards on 17 carries, to be beaten into a bloody pulp by Devonta Freeman. Freeman is a talented young player, but up until this day, in 2 seasons in the NFL, he had 87 career carries for 291 yards (3.3 per carry). So, who anticipated 30 carries for 141 (4.7)?

Welcome to the NFL, where you better bring it every Sunday.

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[Bleu Star]

Tell us something we don't know.

 

[DogFace]

http://beta.sportsdaydfw.com/dallas...marinelli-report-cowboys-defense-kicked-teeth

Yeah. I knew it. Guess the beer helped me not know it was that bad. It was bad.

 

[Doc50]

http://beta.sportsdaydfw.com/dallas...marinelli-report-cowboys-defense-kicked-teeth

Good analysis.

 

[LandryFan]

Good analysis.

No, it was an accurate analysis...there was nothing "good" about it.

 

[perrykemp]

In the collection of GIFs included in Sturm's article, Hitchens looked absolutely horrid.

 

[Idgit]

Brutal.

 

[chagus]

http://beta.sportsdaydfw.com/dallas...marinelli-report-cowboys-defense-kicked-teeth

Man.... I don't even wanna read it.

 

[Idgit]

Anybody still want to make the case that the real problem was the backup QB completing 85% of his passes on mostly check downs?

 

[Alexander]

Anybody still want to make the case that the real problem was the backup QB completing 85% of his passes on mostly check downs?

Of course. It is better than admitting that a defense missing only Mincey for the most part was completely helpless.

 

[LandryFan]

Anybody still want to make the case that the real problem was the backup QB completing 85% of his passes on mostly check downs?

Anyone with an ounce of football sense knows that Weeden wasn't close to being the issue. Of course the interception was about as horrid a throw as you'll ever see, but all I could think of when watching their offense against our defense was "Ginsu knife cutting through warm butter". They need to get some players back...and quickly!

 

[TonyRomo17]

In the collection of GIFs included in Sturm's article, Hitchens looked absolutely horrid.

Yup, need RoMC, also wouldnt mind seeing what Gachkar can do in that spot

 

[Junglist]

Anybody still want to make the case that the real problem was the backup QB completing 85% of his passes on mostly check downs?

Only people with agendas.

 

[KingLerxst]

Strum needed to add a
" Warning, Graphic Content. Viewer discretion advised"

 

[Doomsday101]

I'm sure Marnielli gave his guys an ear full and showed one player the door. I expect a much better showing vs NO this weekend.

 

[Sydla]

Anybody still want to make the case that the real problem was the backup QB completing 85% of his passes on mostly check downs?

Again, why is it so hard for people to put blame on multiple areas?

Why are some of you so hell bent on trying to place majority of the blame on just one person or one group?

That loss falls at the feet of multiple areas - coaching, the crappy defense, the awful QB.

Why are people trying to make this out to be much harder than it is? The defense was brutal. But the offense, with that backup QB, managed 50 yards of offense over 30 minutes of football. That's horrid.

 

[Idgit]

Again, why is it so hard for people to put blame on multiple areas?

Why are some of you so hell bent on trying to place majority of the blame on just one person or one group?

That loss falls at the feet of multiple areas - coaching, the crappy defense, the awful QB.

Why are people trying to make this out to be much harder than it is? The defense was brutal. But the offense, with that backup QB, managed 50 yards of offense over 30 minutes of football. That's horrid.

Because the backup QB actually did his job? Where most of the starters on defense did not?

 

[Doomsday101]

Again, why is it so hard for people to put blame on multiple areas?

Why are some of you so hell bent on trying to place majority of the blame on just one person or one group?

That loss falls at the feet of multiple areas - coaching, the crappy defense, the awful QB.

Why are people trying to make this out to be much harder than it is? The defense was brutal. But the offense, with that backup QB, managed 50 yards of offense over 30 minutes of football. That's horrid.

Because some have realistic views on a backup QB. He is not going to carry the team. Dallas scored we expect the defense to do their jobs. Offense has injuries as well yet put up 28 and the defense can't make a stop? Damn right Defense deserves a lot of heat

 

[Zimmy Lives]

Wow! I missed the second half -- yes, I was shocked when I heard the final score -- so I missed all this. I hate to say it but they looked like quitters. There was some effort but, overall, it looked like they gave up mentally, physically and spiritually.

 

[cowboys1981]

To most it felt like a kick to another area of the body