Things that got exposed

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I'm still thinking that Parsons might have been exposed as DE. Too many times last night I saw the RB run right by him.
Exposed? Parson's is just too small to set the edge in the run game, and too intent on getting at the QB. Just not a DE. This should not surprise anyone.

The league knows how to play a Parsons - off the ball for run downs, and on the edge for clear pass downs. If they want more pass rush on nominal run downs, blitz him up the middle. People don't respect the *unseen* costs of uncertainty that position flex defenders impose on an offense.
 

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It might take a long time to find the next great Cowboys quarterback but by doing nothing, that long time becomes longer. If we know (and most of us do) that Dak is not capable of winning a Super Bowl, much less a division championship, it’s pointless not to move on from him ASAP, with the understanding things may get worse before they get better.
We got Lance. We should keep QB prospects coming.

There are more Purdys and Romos and Daks out there who just don't get the chance to start on a team that makes success possible.
 

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The same thing as every year.

They're the softest organization is sports.

They get bullied.
This is it the team is soft.
I absolutely hate the eagles with a passion but I see the emotion they play with and the emotion on their sideline
Every time they do that push and get the yard they need they just demoralize their opponent and the whole league for that matter they take what they want.
We take what the other team will give us and then we have the talkers that talk the talk and come up small in big games.
But hey we're on national television every week Jerry's managed to take a mediocre team and market them as a super bowl contender
 

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Get rid of the finesse play because it definitely turns into immediate SOFT play against good teams.
 

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Dak was bad and has gotten worse and I have defended him and we need to move on yes but you guys act like QB's grow on trees. It might take 15 years to find someone as good as Dak.
I think it would take 1 minute to find another QB that can't win big games....lol
Sorry that one was too easy.
Carry on
 

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The thing that bothers me the most about this current roster is the play where Pollard got picked up and reverse suplexed out of bounds and not one single teammate did anything about it.
Do that to the starting RB of any other top team and there is going to be a fight.
Just shows weakness in my book
 

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Well there are probably 12- 14 teams give or take that would take him. He is just good enough to get to the playoffs maybe win the wild card game and then lose. There are plenty of teams that would take that. And mind you I am not advocating keeping him just presenting facts.
He is not getting any bottom half franchise to the playoffs, especially in divisions where these weak teams are already weak. His teams are getting to the playoffs because his teams get to 5-1 with Cooper Rush….

Dak has been getting consistently bailed out by the defense, particularly over his TOs as of late. Against SF last year, the defense held the 49ers to a 3 after Dak’s first ugly pick in his own territory.
 
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And he is but he disappears too much.

Lawrence Taylor never disappeared.
LT is arguably the greatest defensive player of all time. If Parsons isn’t LT, what does that prove other than he’s not the GOAT of defense?
 

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if you watch pollard real good speed but he carries the ball like it's flag football easy to punch out. not just in sf game but were te center recovered if you really look at it right he carries like you come from the store with a loaf of bread
 

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1. Pollard. I still like him, but he absolutely is not an up the middle RB. Desperately need a pounder to side him. Going into the season w/ him as the starter and two more little dudes as backups never made sense.
2. DT-3 tech. Hankins was beastly last night, but the play of the guy beside him was just poor. I like Osa and Golston, I do, but they need to be the rotational guys. We need that guy, the one who consistently pushes the pocket and disrupts the QB. That is one of the reasons Micah was ineffective last night, not enough push up the middle. Mazi was a start, but we need to start building up the DLine w/ topnotch disruptors. Average is not getting it done.
3. WR. I like Lamb, but he's more of a 1B type WR. Need that monster there.
4. LB. Need better ones.
5. TE. I like Fergie, but we miss that getting open ability that Schultzie brought. I know, I know, y'all hate Schultzie, but we are missing the one thing that he does at a very high level: Getting open. It continually amazes me how that is so underrated by so many fans. He killed it for Houston yesterday, BTW.
6. S. We do have decent ones now, but we're still missing that CF ballhawk type FS.

Anything I missed?
7. Owner still sucks
 

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1. Pollard. I still like him, but he absolutely is not an up the middle RB. Desperately need a pounder to side him. Going into the season w/ him as the starter and two more little dudes as backups never made sense.
2. DT-3 tech. Hankins was beastly last night, but the play of the guy beside him was just poor. I like Osa and Golston, I do, but they need to be the rotational guys. We need that guy, the one who consistently pushes the pocket and disrupts the QB. That is one of the reasons Micah was ineffective last night, not enough push up the middle. Mazi was a start, but we need to start building up the DLine w/ topnotch disruptors. Average is not getting it done.
3. WR. I like Lamb, but he's more of a 1B type WR. Need that monster there.
4. LB. Need better ones.
5. TE. I like Fergie, but we miss that getting open ability that Schultzie brought. I know, I know, y'all hate Schultzie, but we are missing the one thing that he does at a very high level: Getting open. It continually amazes me how that is so underrated by so many fans. He killed it for Houston yesterday, BTW.
6. S. We do have decent ones now, but we're still missing that CF ballhawk type FS.

Anything I missed?
This team needs to play a traditional formation with 3 LBs and they need a true MLB. I hate that Quinn thinks they can use these safetys as another LB.
 

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This team needs to play a traditional formation with 3 LBs and they need a true MLB. I hate that Quinn thinks they can use these safetys as another LB.
That scheme is easily squushed by a good running team.
 

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I disagree, Dak wasn't exposed he has always been that way but some people ignore the fact. He averages 1 TD per game this season, guess how many TD passes he had against SF? In the last 2 games against SF Dak has thrown 5 ints.
The 49-ers have made no secret on forcing Dak to pass on them and after 3 games where he has failed abysmally and in the same way it's pretty clear.
 

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Things that got exposed (in no particular order)

  1. The HC - He's mediocre. His teams are always Top 10 in penalties, for example
  2. The OC - Got his *** handed to him by the opposing DC
  3. The DC - In fairness, unlike McCarthy, Shanahan is a brilliant OC. But Quinn got schooled.
  4. The QB - I mean anyone watching that game and thinking Dak still has "it", whew boy
  5. The GM - No clue how to build a roster. He collects players and expects his handpicked coaches to piece it altogether. But he doesn't attract high level coaches because few want to work in an environment where the owner thinks he knows football and will be breathing down his neck over in game personnel decisions, game plans, etc.
  6. Pass Rush - between the scheme and quality OL play, the pass rush wasn't a factor
  7. Secondary - guys were open all game long.
  8. Run offense - now in fairness, the 49ers loaded up against the run daring the QB to beat them
  9. Run defense - any team with a quality OL and a good DC is gonna rip this run D apart
  10. LBs - I mean they weren't good with LVE now they don't even have him.
My fingers are tired but I could write so much more.
 

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Things that got exposed (in no particular order)

  1. The HC - He's mediocre. His teams are always Top 10 in penalties, for example
  2. The OC - Got his *** handed to him by the opposing DC
  3. The DC - In fairness, unlike McCarthy, Shanahan is a brilliant OC. But Quinn got schooled.
  4. The QB - I mean anyone watching that game and thinking Dak still has "it", whew boy
  5. The GM - No clue how to build a roster. He collects players and expects his handpicked coaches to piece it altogether. But he doesn't attract high level coaches because few want to work in an environment where the owner thinks he knows football and will be breathing down his neck over in game personnel decisions, game plans, etc.
  6. Pass Rush - between the scheme and quality OL play, the pass rush wasn't a factor
  7. Secondary - guys were open all game long.
  8. Run offense - now in fairness, the 49ers loaded up against the run daring the QB to beat them
  9. Run defense - any team with a quality OL and a good DC is gonna rip this run D apart
  10. LBs - I mean they weren't good with LVE now they don't even have him.
My fingers are tired but I could write so much more.
And that's what bothers me about this loss. It's not the losing to a tough team, it's the fact that we weren't even competitive and are being exposed in several areas.
 

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Things that got exposed (in no particular order)

  1. The HC - He's mediocre. His teams are always Top 10 in penalties, for example
  2. The OC - Got his *** handed to him by the opposing DC
  3. The DC - In fairness, unlike McCarthy, Shanahan is a brilliant OC. But Quinn got schooled.
  4. The QB - I mean anyone watching that game and thinking Dak still has "it", whew boy
  5. The GM - No clue how to build a roster. He collects players and expects his handpicked coaches to piece it altogether. But he doesn't attract high level coaches because few want to work in an environment where the owner thinks he knows football and will be breathing down his neck over in game personnel decisions, game plans, etc.
  6. Pass Rush - between the scheme and quality OL play, the pass rush wasn't a factor
  7. Secondary - guys were open all game long.
  8. Run offense - now in fairness, the 49ers loaded up against the run daring the QB to beat them
  9. Run defense - any team with a quality OL and a good DC is gonna rip this run D apart
  10. LBs - I mean they weren't good with LVE now they don't even have him.
My fingers are tired but I could write so much more.
  • Run offense - now in fairness, the 49ers loaded up against the run daring the QB to beat them
Not really they rarley run blitz at all, they played alot of shallow coverage sitting on short routes and dared the Cowboys to beat them deep knowing they could create pressure with 4 ..and they did and it worked all night..The safties were not in the box, they didnt need to be..
 

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1. Pollard. I still like him, but he absolutely is not an up the middle RB. Desperately need a pounder to side him.
Why doesn't our first ballet HOF RG get much movement? If that description is correct, we should have distinct advantage in getting a little push, right?

Emmitt always said you just need a tiny crease.
 

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Raw talent. Way too early. However, he's a NT. We need a highly disruptive 3 tech.
I would agree somewhat, though if Mazi was good at pass rushing then a NT is fine.

But what have we heard for the past few years from many here - "We need that big space eater in the middle of the d-line!!!!"

We despite having that in Hankins, Dallas went and got another "big space eater" that can't rush the passer AT ALL, based on his college days.

What Dallas needs, player-wise, is, to put it in simple terms, talented players. Dallas has drafted far too many "pretty good" players, the Donalds, Jeffersons, Hills, etc. have been passed by for Taco, etc.

And that's never going to change as long as the Jones family runs things....
 
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