The Offensive Philosophy

[GimmeTheBall!]

This offense is now Callahans. This dink and dunk 5 yard outs has Callahan written all over it. This is not the same Garrett offense.

That same thot occurred to me yestiday. Thanks for saying it so well.

 

[khiladi]

Anybody that doesn't think play-calling is an issue, especially after the las 3 drives, when Dallas was still clearly in the game, is living in some delusionar fairy-tale world.

 

[Dodger12]

The talent on offense is fine.

Somehow Kiffin and Marinelli can turn a lesser talented group into a productive unit.

Maybe perhaps because they know what they're doing where as there isn't a single staff member on offense who even knows who's offense it is.

There are less talented offenses that score on par with Dallas.

This staff on offense is holding the team back. Simple as that.

I'm still waiting for this creative offense that takes advantage of our strengths. I'm still waiting for this offensive guru to out coach just ONE coach in the 5 years he's had the reigns of this team or come out the second half with the necessary adjustments when the O is being shut down in the first half.

Bottom line is if you believe that JG is an adequate coach and we've been hampered by talent alone, then you believe we'd get the same offensive results with a coach like Payton, Holmgren, Gruden (to a lesser extent because I'm not a fan of his), etc. Hell, I even thought this team was more creative with Sparano as the OC and he had conservative HC in BP. Garrett had a franchise QB in place when he became the HC and he couldn't put the pieces together. It's really too bad. I would have liked to see what Romo could have done in his prime with a quality HC and OC.

 

[SWG9]

I'm so tired of reading fans in denial of the talent level of this team blaming a constant revolving door of coaches.

Amen. We have one difference maker on offence (Bryant) and one with the potential to be a difference maker (Smith). I'll even be extra nice and throw Frederick in to make it three.

Everyone else is either on the down swing or just not that good.

But of course some magic coach is going come in and fix it all.

 

[Fonzie]

That's because this team doesn't have any specific philosophy.

They want to be a dynamic 2TE offense but are better suited to go with more 3WR sets. They constantly look around the league and cherry-pick things that work for other teams.....see Wildcat and now the Pistol, and I'd even throw in the bubble screen as well because this team has almost zero success running it even though other teams gash defenses regularly.

They want to be a high tempo team that wears out defenses but even their sped up approach leaves them snapping the ball with little time on the clock.

They want to be balanced but cannot run the ball at all, partly because they basically roll out a 7OL formation for many of their runs when their OL struggles to block individually and their TEs are worse. They invite 8 guys in the box and try to run from these 2TE formations.......and can't figure out why they can't run. How about you spread teams out a bit to prevent the defense from clogging the middle at the snap.

Because they can't run they have long 3rd downs.....I think I saw today the average distance on 3rd down was actually over 10 yards. That's nuts.

Anyone see today that Marty caught 2 TDs, one of them a game winner? I believe that gives him 8 catches on the year, 3 TDs. Meanwhile Escobar has 2 catches which is approximately what Martellus got for 2 of his seasons in Dallas......1 catch per week. 20, 15, 33, 17. Those are the season-by-season catches for Marty while in Dallas. As I have been saying, the problem Martellus didn't work in Dallas is NOT because Martellus couldn't receive. Clearly he can do a hell of a lot more in the passing game than Dallas ever got from him. The problem is, this team has too many damn weapons ahead of the #2 TE that it's impossible to even get passes in the direction of the #2 TE.

This team has no offensive identity, they have no single philosophy, and absolutely refuse to move away from what doesn't work.

The offenses is just far too ineffective. They appear to try and set something up all day, wasting down after down as part of some master plan to open up big plays later. Yet, because they cannot execute consistently or even run the ball at all, teams never have to adjust to anything and will be content letting Dallas dink and dunk all day and run 3 yard routes on 3rd and 8.

Man, you totally nailed it. Especially the TE thing, which was driving me nuts on draft day.

 

[DOUBLE WING]

That's because this team doesn't have any specific philosophy.

They want to be a dynamic 2TE offense but are better suited to go with more 3WR sets. They constantly look around the league and cherry-pick things that work for other teams.....see Wildcat and now the Pistol, and I'd even throw in the bubble screen as well because this team has almost zero success running it even though other teams gash defenses regularly.

They want to be a high tempo team that wears out defenses but even their sped up approach leaves them snapping the ball with little time on the clock.

They want to be balanced but cannot run the ball at all, partly because they basically roll out a 7OL formation for many of their runs when their OL struggles to block individually and their TEs are worse. They invite 8 guys in the box and try to run from these 2TE formations.......and can't figure out why they can't run. How about you spread teams out a bit to prevent the defense from clogging the middle at the snap.

Because they can't run they have long 3rd downs.....I think I saw today the average distance on 3rd down was actually over 10 yards. That's nuts.

Anyone see today that Marty caught 2 TDs, one of them a game winner? I believe that gives him 8 catches on the year, 3 TDs. Meanwhile Escobar has 2 catches which is approximately what Martellus got for 2 of his seasons in Dallas......1 catch per week. 20, 15, 33, 17. Those are the season-by-season catches for Marty while in Dallas. As I have been saying, the problem Martellus didn't work in Dallas is NOT because Martellus couldn't receive. Clearly he can do a hell of a lot more in the passing game than Dallas ever got from him. The problem is, this team has too many damn weapons ahead of the #2 TE that it's impossible to even get passes in the direction of the #2 TE.

This team has no offensive identity, they have no single philosophy, and absolutely refuse to move away from what doesn't work.

The offenses is just far too ineffective. They appear to try and set something up all day, wasting down after down as part of some master plan to open up big plays later. Yet, because they cannot execute consistently or even run the ball at all, teams never have to adjust to anything and will be content letting Dallas dink and dunk all day and run 3 yard routes on 3rd and 8.

 

[dallasdave]

Does anyone remember the 2 superbowls in the 90's when we beat the bill twice? Jimmy Johnson did not play it safe or to be a close game. Jimmy Johnson kicked butt and took names later. The whole game was to score each time you had the ball and most scores should be touchdowns, this is the offensive plan for the Cowboys. Jimmy went for it sometimes on 4th down, threw the bomb, the flea flicker, he had the team play like their life was on the line the whole game. This is what we need.

 

[Tenkamenin]

I actually think our offensive philosophy is not so bad. IMO we left 2 tds on the field, Dez single coverage in the redzone, and the huge stop and go
drop by Dez late in the game. Had we capitalized on both of those opportunities we would've scored 30 pts which is good.

Good offenses always capitalize on those opportunities, we came up short. I think we'll get it right next Sunday because we always seem to the week after. I hope we keep the consistency...

 

[Tabascocat]

I actually think our offensive philosophy is not so bad. IMO we left 2 tds on the field, Dez single coverage in the redzone, and the huge stop and go
drop by Dez late in the game. Had we capitalized on both of those opportunities we would've scored 30 pts which is good.

Good offenses always capitalize on those opportunities, we came up short. I think we'll get it right next Sunday because we always seem to the week after. I hope we keep the consistency...

The Cowboys always leave TD's on the field. That is one of the main issues here. The offensive philosophy is bad from players to coaches to the execution. There might be too many hats in the ring there with no true leader to follow. I think Romo, Garrett and Callahan all have three different concepts in mind and they are trying to piece them together.

Maybe the kinks get worked out soon but history is not on that side.