Tap The Breaks: Boys Won't Win #50

[LittleBoyBlue]

I'm Sorry Dez is great but he is not sole reason we win games.

No one person is the sole reason we win games.
But it can be the other way. One person can singlehandedly lose a game for us.



Tap The Breaks: Boys Won't Win #50


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Pedal To The Metal... Boys... WILL Win #50

 

[Doomsday101]

Romo doesn't catch his own Zipcode passes, only Dez comes down with it..

Dez is not the only one, Williams made some big time catches for the Cowboys. Witten was hauling them in when Dez was in diapers and the addition of a real run game is what made a big difference.
Heck Dez was here for 8-8, 8-8 and 8-8 then Dallas showed a dominate run game and we went 12-4. so what was the deal the 3 season prior? I love Dez but if is greatness is all that then why .500 season?

 

[CF74]

Dez is not the only one, Williams made some big time catches for the Cowboys. Witten was hauling them in when Dez was in diapers and the addition of a real run game is what made a big difference.
Heck Dez was here for 8-8, 8-8 and 8-8 then Dallas showed a dominate run game and we went 12-4. so what was the deal the 3 season prior? I love Dez but if is greatness is all that then why .500 season?

Because there wasn't enough pieces around him especially the fact that the o-line was still being pieced back together.. You keep thinking Dez is everything all by himself, that's not what I'm saying.. Also this whole discussion is moot because Dez is back to bail us out again...

 

[KJJ]

Because it has been said ad nauseam around the zone that teams don't win Super Bowls paying #1 WR's. So sorry to be a Debbie Downer but the Zone know-it-all teenie boppers trump you and I regular fans. OK so settle down with all this Super Bowl 50 talk, we might as well forfeit...


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It's not paying their #1 RB that might cost them a shot at winning SB 50 or anything else in 2015. To be a successful team the Cowboys need an elite receiver and rusher which is what they had to go along with their great OL's in the 90's. Those teams wouldn't have been the same without Emmitt and I'm not so sure they're going to be the same team without Murray. We'll just have to see.

 

[CF74]

It's not paying their #1 RB that might cost them a shot at winning SB 50 or anything else in 2015. To be a successful team the Cowboys need an elite receiver and rusher which is what they had to go along with their great OL's in the 90's. Those teams wouldn't have been the same without Emmitt and I'm not so sure they're going to be the same team without Murray. We'll just have to see.

I'm hoping Romo's health and strength being restored will make up the difference because clearly for the majority of the season we had to lean more on the run game..

Now that he's somewhat back we might see a little more passing to make up for any lack of dirty yards Murray grinded out. Still Randle is no slouch and though he might not be a bruiser he will make up for it with more home runs. I believe it will balance itself out..

 

[KJJ]

I'm hoping Romo's health and strength being restored will make up the difference because clearly for the majority of the season we had to lean more on the run game..

Now that he's somewhat back we might see a little more passing to make up for any lack of dirty yards Murray grinded out. Still Randle is no slouch and though he might not be a bruiser he will make up for it with more home runs. I believe it will balance itself out..

Leaning on the run proved to be the best formula for this team it's a formula that worked to perfection for the 90's teams. Having to see more passing from Romo may not be a good thing. It will increase his chance of injury he was sacked 29 times last season and suffered another back injury that forced him to miss a game despite having a great OL. If Romo has to throw more his efficiency will likely go down and his mistakes will likely go up. Murray was very effective on 3rd and 2's and 3's which were downs a distances Romo had to throw a lot on in the past. If the Cowboys don't have a back who's consistent in that area forcing Romo into more passing situations that will eventually lead to some of the problems we've seen in the past.

Not running the ball as efficiently as last season will put the defense on the field more so the lack of an efficient running game can really have a dramatic impact on the entire team. I'm sure Randle can provide some big plays but we haven't seen enough of him to know what he can do with a bigger workload. He benefitted from fresh legs last season so we'll have to see what affect a bigger workload has on him. If the Cowboys want to be close to the team they were last season and have a chance to improve on it they have to remain a top 5 rushing team. An RB is a QB's best friend and one of these RB's better step up and be one we can depend on in tough yardage situations and in big games so everything isn't put back on Romo's shoulders.

 

[CF74]

Leaning on the run proved to be the best formula for this team it's a formula that worked to perfection for the 90's teams. Having to see more passing from Romo may not be a good thing. It will increase his chance of injury he was sacked 29 times last season and suffered another back injury that forced him to miss a game despite having a great OL. If Romo has to throw more his efficiency will likely go down and his mistakes will likely go up. Murray was very effective on 3rd and 2's and 3's which were downs a distances Romo had to throw a lot on in the past. If the Cowboys don't have a back who's consistent in that area forcing Romo into more passing situations that will eventually lead to some of the problems we've seen in the past.

Not running the ball as efficiently as last season will put the defense on the field more so the lack of an efficient running game can really have a dramatic impact on the entire team. I'm sure Randle can provide some big plays but we haven't seen enough of him to know what he can do with a bigger workload. He benefitted from fresh legs last season so we'll have to see what affect a bigger workload has on him. If the Cowboys want to be close to the team they were last season and have a chance to improve on it they have to remain a top 5 rushing team. An RB is a QB's best friend and one of these RB's better step up and be one we can depend on in tough yardage situations and in big games so everything isn't put back on Romo's shoulders.

Preaching to the choir...

 

[big dog cowboy]

clearly for the majority of the season we had to lean more on the run game..

Not very clear to me. Because we ran the ball more than in the recent past didn't mean we had to.

 

[Alexander]

Not very clear to me. Because we ran the ball more than in the recent past didn't mean we had to.

More like we "should" have for a large part of Romo's career.

 

[burmafrd]

running the ball is always better because there is less risk there and fewer possibilities for bad things to happen then on passing plays. So if you can run it you should.

 

[CF74]

Not very clear to me. Because we ran the ball more than in the recent past didn't mean we had to.

Romo was recovering from back surgery, this wasn't apparent to you?

 

[big dog cowboy]

Romo was recovering from back surgery, this wasn't apparent to you?

Crystal clear. Still doesn't mean we "had" to lean on the running game. I suspect the road grading OL we build had something to do with that decidion also, this wasn't apparent to you?

 

[CF74]

Crystal clear. Still doesn't mean we "had" to lean on the running game. I suspect the road grading OL we build had something to do with that decidion also, this wasn't apparent to you?

Nope.. Game 1 they let Romo do his thing and after that it was apparent we needed to lean on the run game the rest of the season...

 

[DFWJC]

Nope.. Game 1 they let Romo do his thing and after that it was apparent we needed to lean on the run game the rest of the season...

Cutting in here briefly....
I agree they needed to run it more in part due to Romo's overall health.
But I don't the SF game was an example because he just flat out wasn't physically right going into that one and/or he didn't know how his body would react.

Jmo

That game was truly a disaster though.

DAL 1st drive
Murray fumbles and SF returns it 35 yards for a TD.
SF 7-0

DAL 2nd drive
Dallas drives to 11 but only for a FG
SF 7-3

SF 1st drive
SF drove all the way for TD
SF 14-3

DAL 3rd drive
Romo deep to Bryant was pick
SF returned it 48 yards to the 2

SF 2nd drive
TD
SF 21-3

After that Dallas out scored the 14-7, but too late
SF won 28-17

But Romo looked way out of synch and not physically right.

 

[CF74]

Cutting in here briefly....
I agree they needed to run it more in part due to Romo's overall health.
But I don't the SF game was an example because he just flat out wasn't physically right going into that one and/or he didn't know how his body would react.

Jmo

That game was truly a disaster though.

DAL 1st drive
Murray fumbles and SF returns it 35 yards for a TD.
SF 7-0

DAL 2nd drive
Dallas drives to 11 but only for a FG
SF 7-3

SF 1st drive
SF drove all the way for TD
SF 14-3

DAL 3rd drive
Romo deep to Bryant was pick
SF returned it 48 yards to the 2

SF 2nd drive
TD
SF 21-3

After that Dallas out scored the 14-7, but too late
SF won 28-17

But Romo looked way out of synch and not physically right.

The coaches allowed Romo to do his thing in Game 1 and then based on his overall health and performance it became apparent they had to step in and implement a run heavy offense. Romo is a warrior, always has been but the coaches had to let him have his Game 1 experience before leaning on the run.

2015 will be a little different because he's healthier than he's been in about 3-4 years. I'm gonna say 20-25 pass attempts will be the magic number for Romo this season.. I expect some fireworks from this offense and I believe it will be Top 5 in scoring...

If our Defense can be somewhere between 10-15 then Super Bowl 50 is ours for the taking....

 

[big dog cowboy]

Nope.. Game 1 they let Romo do his thing and after that it was apparent we needed to lean on the run game the rest of the season...

Murray had22carries for 118yards andaveraged 24.5 carries a game all season.

Romo had 37 attempts while averaging 27 per game all season, but we were also losing 28-3 at half time. I don't think there are any teams that wouldn't throw more losing by that much at halftime.

Not sure I call that "Romo doing his thing" given those circumstances when Murray almost got his average number of carries in that game.

 

[DFWJC]

Murray had22carries for 118yards andaveraged 24.5 carries a game all season.

Romo had 37 attempts while averaging 27 per game all season, but we were also losing 28-3 at half time. I don't think there are any teams that wouldn't throw more losing by that much at halftime.

Not sure I call that "Romo doing his thing" given those circumstances when Murray almost got his average number of carries in that game.

You're right. I don't buy the SF game as Romo doing is thing

He wasn't right physically or mentally yet.
They fell behind by a ton to defense that was supposed to be really hard to score on.
They still ran it a lot but when you're down 3 scores vs that. Team, most would assume you have to throw it more than want to catch up.

It and, for similar reasons, the Philly TG gam were anomalies.

 

[CF74]

Murray had22carries for 118yards andaveraged 24.5 carries a game all season.

Romo had 37 attempts while averaging 27 per game all season, but we were also losing 28-3 at half time. I don't think there are any teams that wouldn't throw more losing by that much at halftime.

Not sure I call that "Romo doing his thing" given those circumstances when Murray almost got his average number of carries in that game.

I believe those numbers are a little skewered and not relevant to what transpired...

 

[big dog cowboy]

I believe those numbers are a little skewered

I can't wait for this explanation because they are correct.

 

[CF74]

I can't wait for this explanation because they are correct.

It's not worth arguing but a few games with more passing than others can throw the numbers off when doing an average..