Things I'm worried about for next week and the season

[TheSport78]

1. It sure looks like Keith Brooking will be a liability against the run AND the pass. If I were the Giants, I would use a lot of play action and attack Brooking. Against the Bucs, the middle of the field was consistently wide open mainly because of Brooking.

2. Anthony Spencer needs to step his game up big time. You know it's a problem when Ware is having an off-day (like he was yesterday) and Spencer isn't stepping up his game. The Bucs do have a good, young OL but no team should run on us for a 60 minute football game. Ratliff was bull-rushing the center into the backfield and there were STILL missed tackles.

3. Felix wasn't used enough yesterday, and when he was used, he was running in between the tackles. Felix isn't that kind of runner. Get this guy on the perimeter. Run some stretch plays, tosses, screens, whatever you need to do to get him in open space. Garrett isn't calling the correct plays for Felix when he's in the game.

4. Our secondary needs to stop playing so tentative. If a team like the Bucs are going to drive down field anyway, why not take some chances? Jump some routes, go with your instincts. Yes, a secondary's best friend is a good pass rush, and I think that will improve in the home opener.

5. Tony, I love ya man, but can you please stop hiking the ball when the play clock is at :01 seconds? The defense gets a great jump off the ball in passing situations and this puts more stress on the offensive line. Get your team in the huddle, get the play call(s) and get under center.

 

[DEZBRYANT x88x]

1. It sure looks like Keith Brooking will be a liability against the run AND the pass. If I were the Giants, I would use a lot of play action and attack Brooking. Against the Bucs, the middle of the field was consistently wide open mainly because of Brooking.

2. Anthony Spencer needs to step his game up big time. You know it's a problem when Ware is having an off-day (like he was yesterday) and Spencer isn't stepping up his game. The Bucs do have a good, young OL but no team should run on us for a 60 minute football game. Ratliff was bull-rushing the center into the backfield and there were STILL missed tackles.

3. Felix wasn't used enough yesterday, and when he was used, he was running in between the tackles. Felix isn't that kind of runner. Get this guy on the perimeter. Run some stretch plays, tosses, screens, whatever you need to do to get him in open space. Garrett isn't calling the correct plays for Felix when he's in the game.

4. Our secondary needs to stop playing so tentative. If a team like the Bucs are going to drive down field anyway, why not take some chances? Jump some routes, go with your instincts. Yes, a secondary's best friend is a good pass rush, and I think that will improve in the home opener.

5. Tony, I love ya man, but can you please stop hiking the ball when the play clock is at :01 seconds? The defense gets a great jump off the ball in passing situations and this puts more stress on the offensive line. Get your team in the huddle, get the play call(s) and get under center.

You know i noticed this 15-20 times yesterday.

Is it planned or what it would make since too get too the huddle get the call and go.

 

[TheCount]

You know i noticed this 15-20 times yesterday.

Is it planned or what it would make since too get too the huddle get the call and go.

Either it's meant to hide some kind of deficiency Romo or the Oline has with figuring out what a defense is bringing on the fly or it's meant to force the defense to get in their final looks instead of suddenly changing. Maybe a bit of both.

 

[TheSport78]

You know i noticed this 15-20 times yesterday.

Is it planned or what it would make since too get too the huddle get the call and go.

I think the problem is that Romo actually gets two plays from Garrett in his helmet communicator. Then, Romo goes all "Peyton Manning" and tries to decide which play would be more successful against what the defense is showing. But sometimes you just need to run the main play that's called and execute.

 

[Hostile]

5. Tony, I love ya man, but can you please stop hiking the ball when the play clock is at :01 seconds? The defense gets a great jump off the ball in passing situations and this puts more stress on the offensive line. Get your team in the huddle, get the play call(s) and get under center.

This great jump contributed to 1 sack, and that was by Ronde Barber on a Corner blitz.

 

[skinsscalper]

1. It sure looks like Keith Brooking will be a liability against the run AND the pass. If I were the Giants, I would use a lot of play action and attack Brooking. Against the Bucs, the middle of the field was consistently wide open mainly because of Brooking.

2. Anthony Spencer needs to step his game up big time. You know it's a problem when Ware is having an off-day (like he was yesterday) and Spencer isn't stepping up his game. The Bucs do have a good, young OL but no team should run on us for a 60 minute football game. Ratliff was bull-rushing the center into the backfield and there were STILL missed tackles.

3. Felix wasn't used enough yesterday, and when he was used, he was running in between the tackles. Felix isn't that kind of runner. Get this guy on the perimeter. Run some stretch plays, tosses, screens, whatever you need to do to get him in open space. Garrett isn't calling the correct plays for Felix when he's in the game.

4. Our secondary needs to stop playing so tentative. If a team like the Bucs are going to drive down field anyway, why not take some chances? Jump some routes, go with your instincts. Yes, a secondary's best friend is a good pass rush, and I think that will improve in the home opener.

5. Tony, I love ya man, but can you please stop hiking the ball when the play clock is at :01 seconds? The defense gets a great jump off the ball in passing situations and this puts more stress on the offensive line. Get your team in the huddle, get the play call(s) and get under center.

The problem with that philosophy is that you tip your hand to the defense every time Felix hits the field. You have to make the defense respect the fact that Felix may very well run it up the gut on you. If we give Felix all perimeter plays, then the D knows that they can just key on the perimeters. That would make him even less effective. Actually what I'd like to see more of is Romo hitting Felix as a relief valve. Romo had Felix wide open short yesterday and tried to force the ball into tight coverage down the field. Felix would have turned that play into 15 yards+ with the amount of room that he had to work with. Oh well, it can't all be perfect, but I rest easy knowing that we haven't even sniffed what Felix can do this season.

 

[TheSport78]

This great jump contributed to 1 sack, and that was by Ronde Barber on a Corner blitz.

They only got one sack, but if we play the way we did in the first half against the Bucs against the Giants next week, we do not win the football game. Wait until we play a defense with a great pass rush (like the Giants next week) that will take advantage of this flaw. Tony needs to show more urgency in the middle when he comes to getting under center.

 

[Hostile]

They only got one sack, but if we play the way we did in the first half against the Bucs against the Giants next week, we do not win the football game. Wait until we play a defense with a great pass rush (like the Giants next week) that will take advantage of this flaw. Tony needs to show more urgency in the middle when he comes to getting under center.

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