Talkin the Break

[manster4ever]

Is Demarco an alcoholic?

lol...martinis anyone?

 

[Seven]

No doubt. But what about until then? If the remaining guys don't step it up, there will be little, if anything, to play for at that point.

I understand that losing Dez changes things, and losing Romo changes things even more, but that doesn't excuse all of the struggles these other players have had, specifically the offensive line.

You of all people, Stash.

You KNOW the defenses are gearing up to stop the run. They can only block so many hats.

The pass blocking is better than last year but they're defending like they're daring us to throw it knowing the attempt(s) are a 50/50 shot.

Dallas tries to thwart that by sending out multiple receiver sets. Problem is.....Dallas doesn't have multiple good ones.

Now, whether Weeden or the receivers are at fault for a feeble pass game.......I don't know that one.

I would suspect a combo due to they are trotting out the likes of Street and Butler. Hanna caught one.

Folks have been saying that Escobar has been open a lot........I haven't seen that myself.

 

[Stash]

You of all people, Stash.

You KNOW the defenses are gearing up to stop the run. They can only block so many hats.

No doubt. But you kept not only 4 TE's, but a fullback as well. Where's the offensive advantage of having done that when you apparently can't run against man-on-man blocking?

Your receivers are obviously a weakness, and so is your backup QB. So game plan to ask less of them as they're obviously not up to it. But ask more of your offensive line and tight ends and running backs. After all, these were the guys you were relying on anyway, right?

The pass blocking is better than last year but they're defending like they're daring us to throw it knowing the attempt(s) are a 50/50 shot.

Other than a few uncharacteristic gaffes, I agree that the pass protection has looked better. But that's not enough. The run blocking looks markedly worse. And other than Free, these are all young players who should be getting better, not worse.

Dallas tries to thwart that by sending out multiple receiver sets. Problem is.....Dallas doesn't have multiple good ones.

Sounds like compounding one mistake with another to me, how about you?

Now, whether Weeden or the receivers are at fault for a feeble pass game.......I don't know that one.

I would suspect a combo due to they are trotting out the likes of Street and Butler. Hanna caught one.

Folks have been saying that Escobar has been open a lot........I haven't seen that myself.

I'm actually tired of trying to unravel the mysterious enigma that is Gavin Escobar. I truly am. I never liked the pick since they made it and like it even less now. Sure wish we had Le'Veon Bell, the guy drafted one spot after, right now...

 

[Sportsbabe]

You of all people, Stash.

You KNOW the defenses are gearing up to stop the run. They can only block so many hats.

The pass blocking is better than last year but they're defending like they're daring us to throw it knowing the attempt(s) are a 50/50 shot.

Dallas tries to thwart that by sending out multiple receiver sets. Problem is.....Dallas doesn't have multiple good ones.

Now, whether Weeden or the receivers are at fault for a feeble pass game.......I don't know that one.

I would suspect a combo due to they are trotting out the likes of Street and Butler. Hanna caught one.

Folks have been saying that Escobar has been open a lot........I haven't seen that myself.

True....between BWeed and these receivers, somebody needs to step there game up or put somebody in there who can....because it's not gonna stop. Why would it? Now somebody please tell me why Tony doesn't make his teammates better. He's practically cashing TDub's checks for him.

 

[big dog cowboy]

so your saying we can focus on the baseball playoffs till week 11...

Well I would never advocate for anything like that. Just saying that Romo makes some of our warts disappear.

 

[Silver N Blue]

Well I would never advocate for anything like that. Just saying that Romo makes some of our warts disappear.

I agree and them be some pretty big warts!

 

[cowboyblue22]

this team for so long had depended on Romo to drag them kicking and screaming to the finish line every year so when he is not therethey have no idea how to finish on their own so no they wont win many games until he comes back.

 

[black label]

Is Demarco an alcoholic?

 

[burmafrd]

this team for so long had depended on Romo to drag them kicking and screaming to the finish line every year so when he is not therethey have no idea how to finish on their own so no they wont win many games until he comes back.

If nothing else has been made clear the last two weeks it is how important Romo is to the whole team not just the offense. The idiots that have ragged on him for years are remarkably silent lately I noticed.

 

[LittleD]

What has happened to the Cowboys is generally what happens to good teams when star players
get hurt in bunches. Not many teams can function well when their star QB and WR are on the bench
for extended parts of the season. NFL teams are pretty adept at stopping other teams when their
offense and defense are handicapped. It may well be too late to salvage the season when and if
Romo returns. Who can say how many other star players will hit the bleachers due to injury before
they return.
This season, full of promise, is slowly slipping away to history and the wolves and jackels of the NFL
are cleaning the bones of what's left. No meat on the bone this year sad to say!

 

[burmafrd]

What has happened to the Cowboys is generally what happens to good teams when star players
get hurt in bunches. Not many teams can function well when their star QB and WR are on the bench
for extended parts of the season. NFL teams are pretty adept at stopping other teams when their
offense and defense are handicapped. It may well be too late to salvage the season when and if
Romo returns. Who can say how many other star players will hit the bleachers due to injury before
they return.
This season, full of promise, is slowly slipping away to history and the wolves and jackels of the NFL
are cleaning the bones of what's left. No meat on the bone this year sad to say!

so eerily like 2008 and 2010. Each year we had high hopes because of the previous years results. Now in 2010 the fact that the O line had fallen apart in the game against the Vikings should have been a big consideration offseason but our brain trust (?) thought otherwise and stood pat. Just like they pretty much stood pat in 2008.

We did make a big move offseason in getting Hardy this time. But we pretty much have done it to ourselves when we did not upgrde our BACKUP QB and really work harder to replace Murray.

 

[JW82]

Weeden is what he is alright..the loser of 10 straight starts. I guess his teammates were bad 10 straight times. if 3 is a trend, *** is 10? Give Cassel a chance, he has won games in this league.

 

[Macnalty]

Weeden is what he is alright..the loser of 10 straight starts. I guess his teammates were bad 10 straight times. if 3 is a trend, *** is 10? Give Cassel a chance, he has won games in this league.

Wish it was as simple as Weeden, he is not the main concern. Hardy and Mac will help this weekend especially with Hitchens playing like a first round pick. Weeden only has one interception and a decent amount of points, the defense is struggling getting the opposing offense off the field on third downs. I do not see Cassell as any better than Weeden played these last couple of weeks, both are two tiers below Romo. IMO

 

[Irvin88_4life]

I think that's clear. Weeden is what he is, a backup QB. If he were better than that, he'd be a starter. With Romo out, the rest of the offense needed to step up around Weeden and they haven't done that. This team believed it could rely on a superior offensive line and to this point, that offensive line has let them down.

That line, running game, and ball control also helped a less than stellar defensive unit last year as well. And that's not happening this year either.

They will be getting two star defenders back this week, but until the issues in the offensive line get corrected, I think this team will continue to struggle.

The problem isn't the run game. The problem is teams aren't scared to stack the box because we aren't pushing the ball past 10 yards. No threat of a passing game and running the same vanilla run plays over again is the problem.

Getting Dez back will change all that. Nothing is wrong with the OL, 5 blockers trying to cover 8 men isn't going to work

 

[StylisticS]

The only place I really hear my views on the current state of this team is on these 2 daily shows: the reason the team could afford to part with Demarco is because of the olive and they just aren't holding up their end of the bargain.

The backup QB is doing what he's suppose to do. Everyone else is suppose to step up their game.

Our safetys suck....etc etc

Lol phone typing.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I agree something is amiss with the Olive, be it the stinger to Martin or the TSmith injury, the Saints game I did see improvement not much but some vs the Falcons game.

When you say "Olive" and "Martin" in the same post, my mind goes directly to this guy:

 

[rockj7]

Once Romo walks back onto the field, many of our ills will suddenly disappear.

Big dog my Dad asked me did Romo and Murray make the line look better then it actually is I couldn't honestly answer that question What are your thoughts?

 

[Sportsbabe]

Lol phone typing.

You got it

 

[big dog cowboy]

Big dog my Dad asked me did Romo and Murray make the line look better then it actually is I couldn't honestly answer that question What are your thoughts?

Good question. I'll take the cheap answer because it makes the most sense to me. Ready for it? It's a team sport. You can't deny the impact JWit and Dez had on that team. With Romo a constant threat to hit either one of those players (or The Bease and TWill for that matter) defenses couldn't load up the box to stop the running game without the risk or giving up a completion. Best case scenero for the OL.

Fast forward to this year and you take Romo off the field and replace him with Weeds, then consider Leary has been nicked, Free isn't healthy......

 

[NeonNinja]

Big dog my Dad asked me did Romo and Murray make the line look better then it actually is I couldn't honestly answer that question What are your thoughts?

Romo makes the entire offense better. Additionally, I believe another problem is the backs aren't that talented and one is an absolute moron.