The Game Manager 32-36

[THEHEREAFTER]

Sturm has a great article on how it's so easy to prop up the back up QB or QB not playing. You can make him into anything you want.

 

[Gaede]

He should be the QB for 10-15 years. Starting next year or the following.

This season will be over in just a playoff game, two if we're lucky on the first matchup. I'll be rooting my head off, but I don't think a good defense will have any problem shutting this offense down.

Can't wait for you to be wrong on this

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

That's been mostly due to penalties that wiped out a TD throw and killed our first two drives last week. With the short passing offense we have, you can't commit penalties because these are time consuming drives and it takes longer to score. We're using more plays so you have to be discipline and not commit penalties. We have to run this type of offense with a rookie QB until he gains more experience. We can't have Dak forcing balls down the field, he needs to take what the defense is giving him. We don't a have a burner to stretch the field and Dak isn't going to take as many chances as Romo of throwing jump balls to Dez. One of the main reasons we're having success is Dak doesn't turn the ball over much.

He's making smart, safe throws and he got away from that against the Giants a couple of weeks ago. If we stop committing penalties that are wiping out good plays and putting us behind the chains we'll score more TD's. Once Dak gets more experience he'll take more shots down the field but he needs to continue managing games. This offense has been very effective and it's helped protect our defense. We can't afford turnovers and a quick series of downs that puts our D back on the field. You have to play a certain way with a young QB until they gain more experience. Despite all the big plays, yards and TD's Romo accounted for we never got past the second round of the playoffs. We can go far with this offense if we stop committing all these penalties and Dak doesn't turn the ball over.

Some won't be happy until we start throwing the ball everywhere and throwing interceptions (aka punting). Tony's best year was when he had a solid running game and relied heavily on the running game.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Sturm has a great article on how it's so easy to prop up the back up QB or QB not playing. You can make him into anything you want.

Yea but that usually happens with a team that's struggling. We're 12-2 and have a chance at the #1 seed. I think I'm living in an alternative Universe.

 

[Gaede]

Yea but that usually happens with a team that's struggling. We're 12-2 and have a chance at the #1 seed. I think I'm living in an alternative Universe.

No kidding.You'd think this was Quincy vs. Hutch. Battling losers for a loser hopeless team

We're 12-2 with a fanmande QB controversy.

Madness!

 

[Sage3030]

Yes it was evident...quit being picky over something stupid.

if you have 2 attempts, and you have 8 YARDS PER ATTEMPT (since you skipped over what YPA meant since it was PLAIN AS DAY) then 2 * 8 = 16.

No it wasn't clearly evident. I wasn't the only one.

And no I didn't skip anything. You wrote:

2 attempts for 8 yards= 8 ypa

To all of us reading that, that equals 4 ypa. Again, if you had put "each" in the original post there wouldn't have been ANY confusion.

You seem really bothered by being corrected. Just relax, take ownership, and let's move on shall we?

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

No kidding.You'd think this was Quincy vs. Hutch. Battling losers for a loser hopeless team

We're 12-2 with a fanmande QB controversy.

Madness!

I'm glad Dak doesn't care about all this. Let Dez take care of it. lol

 

[KJJ]

That's what Marinelli does to opponents. Make them drive the field. They'll eventually commit a penalty, drop a pass, take a sack, or turn it over. Just don't give up anything quick.

We're getting "Marinelli'd" by everybody lately.

Opponents haven't done to us what we've been doing to them. We've been running the ball down defenses throats all season while we've been stuffing the run, ranking #1 against it. Although we bend we haven't been giving up a lot of points.

 

[dallasdave]

I'm glad Dak doesn't care about all this. Let Dez take care of it. lol

 

[gmoney112]

And lately, we can't drive for more than one touchdown a game. Big plays will be desperately needed in the playoffs.

Big plays are desperately needed in tough games? You can say that about any team, including defensive turnovers and pressures when a QB is trying to press big plays.

Big plays will happen when you execute. Which is the #1 goal when you're in the playoffs playing good teams. Be efficient with the football, and don't turn it over. That's what you do when you play good defenses. Good defenses take away the big play, that's why the Falcons choke every year. That's why the Seahawks have been the class of the NFC.

Should be much, much more concerned about turnover ratio in the playoffs, and Dak is fantastic there. Yeah he can work on his down field vision, but he's incredibly efficient. When I see Seattle on the schedule, I don't think "Oh Ryan is the best match-up for them", I think a guy in the clone of Wilson who doesn't turn the ball over and executes the mid game.

Tldr version; being efficient and careful with football most important in playoffs against good defenses. Win the passer rating differential and TO differential and you'll win against the best opponent.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Big plays are desperately needed in tough games? You can say that about any team, including defensive turnovers and pressures when a QB is trying to press big plays.

Big plays will happen when you execute. Which is the #1 goal when you're in the playoffs playing good teams. Be efficient with the football, and don't turn it over. That's what you do when you play good defenses. Good defenses take away the big play, that's why the Falcons choke every year. That's why the Seahawks have been the class of the NFC.

Should be much, much more concerned about turnover ratio in the playoffs, and Dak is fantastic there. Yeah he can work on his down field vision, but he's incredibly efficient. When I see Seattle on the schedule, I don't think "Oh Ryan is the best match-up for them", I think a guy in the clone of Wilson who doesn't turn the ball over and executes the mid game.

Tldr version; being efficient and careful with football most important in playoffs against good defenses. Win the passer rating differential and TO differential and you'll win against the best opponent.

There were a few on here a few years ago who called Wilson a game manager. I hope Dak can manage the game as well...Hope he has the same results.

 

[KJJ]

Some won't be happy until we start throwing the ball everywhere and throwing interceptions (aka punting). Tony's best year was when he had a solid running game and relied heavily on the running game.

Romo had a bunch of big plays in 2007, chunking the ball down the field to TO but it resulted in a career high 19 INT's with 6 of them coming in Dec/Jan. Romo's game coming up apart that Dec contributed to us limping into the playoffs that season. Relying on the running game and Dak taking what the defense gives him has been the formula for success all season.

 

[erod]

There were a few on here a few years ago who called Wilson a game manager. I hope Dak can manage the game as well...Hope he has the same results.

Wilson is a game manager. That's why he's been held to 3 points twice in the past month.

Dak doesn't have the luxury of Seattle's vaunted defense. Taking care of the ball is great, but you have to strike for big plays, too. Otherwise, you get New York and Minnesota.

Remember that 105 rating against the Vikings? Dak had 12 completions for 139 yards and 10 offensive points. That QB rating meant squat.

 

[erod]

Can't wait for you to be wrong on this

Me, neither. I'm afraid I'm not though.

 

[DFWJC]

Romo had a bunch of big plays in 2007, chunking the ball down the field to TO but it resulted in a career high 19 INT's with 6 of them coming in Dec/Jan. Romo's game coming up apart that Dec contributed to us limping into the playoffs that season. Relying on the running game and Dak taking what the defense gives him has been the formula for success all season.

Pretty sure he was referring to 2014. The more recent full season and much more valid comp had him throwing 16TDs and 1 int in Dec/Jan.
2007 is a very long time ago

 

[erod]

Not all at the same time, to be fair he had some good OL too.

When?

It was adequate in 2009. It was a dumpster fire from 2010 until about the time Frederick showed up, then it slowly improved to where it is now.

 

[gmoney112]

There were a few on here a few years ago who called Wilson a game manager. I hope Dak can manage the game as well...Hope he has the same results.

I used to think he was, but then I really watched him. He wins. And he's usually near the top in the league in Rating and least in turnovers. I think they're pretty similar. The main difference is he has a dominating defense, and we have a better offense. He's been asked to do more lately, now that Lynch is retired. But his approach, similar to Dak's, is built for the postseason.

 

[erod]

I've watched Dallas win 12 games this season. They have to be doing something right.

Running the dadgum ball like a freight train through 8-man fronts against undersized defenses, and Marinelli doing his best Obi-Wan work.

Dak has been really good, too. But we're going to need far more in the playoffs.

 

[erod]

I used to think he was, but then I really watched him. He wins. And he's usually near the top in the league in Rating and least in turnovers. I think they're pretty similar. The main difference is he has a dominating defense, and we have a better offense. He's been asked to do more lately, now that Lynch is retired. But his approach, similar to Dak's, is built for the postseason.

His oline is crap now, and Lynch is gone. Any team with a good defense is shutting them down completely. Just 3 lousy points against the Rams, Bucs, and Packers.

I'm not worried about Seattle nearly as much as Atlanta, New York, or Green Bay, now that Rodgers has got himself on track again.

 

[KJJ]

Pretty sure he was referring to 2014.
2007 is a very long time ago

I was referring to 2007 using that season as an example to point out the big plays we had with a young Romo but it resulted in a career high 19 INT's. Romo also had 10 fumbles that season. We had the most "explosive" offense in franchise history that season but we didn't get past the first round of the playoffs. If we had a receiver like TO who could beat coverage we could take more shots down the field.