Things that got exposed

[kskboys]

Pollard looks like he lost a step since his injury. But I agree, Dowdle looks strong up the middle. Sunday night was the perfect opportunity to try using Luepke as the RB, and running him up the middle.

I agree Hankins is doing his job. Mazi is not ready. Odighizuwa started off great, but has slowed significantly lately. Gallimore looks like he is playing better but he is not as stout as they need him to be. I am not a fan of Golston at DT unless it is 3rd and long. Too bad they cut Bohanna. He wasn't great but at least he had some bulk to him.

Lamb is fine. They need to get him the ball. Dak hardly look his way Sunday. That cannot happen. But look at the 49ers ball distribution Sunday. No one caught more than 4 passes. the fullback, Juszczyk was the team leader in catches tied with Aiyuk with 4. Kittle had 3, Deebo had 3 and CMC had only 2. CeeDee had 4 for Dallas although I think they came late in the game.

At this point with LVE going on IR they just need bodies at LB. It is shear incompetence what they did with the roster this year going thin at C and LB and getting injured at both positions. They have to stop using the practice squad as an extended roster to stash scrub players because they have no backups at certain position on the 53 man roster. Being thin at C led to the eventual release of Harper. In the meantime they are giving a spot to Deuce Vaughn who I believe is not an NFL player.

Ferguson is fine. He has much better run after catch ability than Schultz. He is a better blocker too. The questions at TE should be about Schoonmaker. It is early, and he missed most of the preseason but he hasn't done much at all. He was open on the first play Sunday night but Dak over threw him. Too bad that ball was better so we could see when Schoomaker has after the catch. To me he looks like David FaFluer but I need to see more. btw, look up Schultz's stats his first 2 seasons with Dallas. He didn't do much until his 3rd year.

Safety was supposed to be a position of strength for Dallas this year. Kearse has been a huge disappointment, maybe the biggest disappointment of the season so far. Donovan Wilson has hurt them too - so far. His two 15 yard penalties Sunday night were both killers. I like his aggression but penalties like that are so unnecessary. The first one came on the first play and the Cowboys looked really aggressive on that play. After that penalty things seemed to change. His coverage hasn't be great either. Juanyeh Thomas has looked better and that is saying something.

What you didn't mention is the CBs. I think Stephon Gilmore was exposed - again. The Cowboys miss Diggs. Gilmore does not have the makeup speed to recover from a mistake. When receivers make their breaks on Gilmore they gain a few yards and he does not catch up after that like Diggs can. And the guy that Dallas received in the Kelvin Joseph trade is worse than Joseph. Joseph at least has the recovery speed to keep up with faster WRs, even if he can't find the ball. Igbinoghene doesn't appear to have the speed and he also seems to struggle finding the ball. I would have kept Joseph. At least he can play ST. Wasn't Joseph traded after he lined up offsides the way Kearse did?

No he doesn't. Schultz was much better after the catch the Fergie. Really not close. Where in hades did this lie get started?


What was exposed on CB's? That they'd be worse if a starter got hurt? Pretty obvious stuff there.


Lamb: Yeah, yeah, everyone loves Lamb. However, he simple doesn't take over games often enough. I like him, but he really looks like a 1B type WR.

 

[gtb1943]

The problem in Dallas hasn't been one of Talent. We've had talent on many occasion. Players change, coaches change, what is the one constant? The problem in Dallas is a cultural issue in that you can't establish a Coaching staff that players fear and respect. Because of this there is no true leadership on this team.

Cannot argue with that despite all the company men here claiming Jerry is just a figurehead now. The star players KNOW they can bypass everyone and go straight to Jerry and as long as that is true we are what we are.

 

[KJJ]

I can agree on that. But you can kind of excuse one bad performance against what appears to be a bottom feeder; but against a team you should be up for and ready to rumble with?
We got owned in all ways; by a superior team and a more talented team.

There really wasn’t any excuse for what happened against Arizona. Great teams don’t embarrass themselves against a two TD underdog. The Cardinals are 1-4 and even the Giants beat them. That was all I needed to see to know what the 49ers would do to us. However, the beating we took was even worse than I expected. It won’t be the last beating we take this season.

 

[gtb1943]

There really wasn’t any excuse for what happened against Arizona. Great teams don’t embarrass themselves against a two TD underdog. The Cardinals are 1-4 and even the Giants beat them. That was all I needed to see to know what the 49ers would do to us. However, the beating we took was even worse than I expected. It won’t be the last beating we take this season.

You seem to forget ANY GIVEN SUNDAY. It happens every season where top teams embarrass themselves

 

[KJJ]

You seem to forget ANY GIVEN SUNDAY. It happens every season where top teams embarrass themselves

You see top teams being upset but for the most part the games are competitive. However, Arizona embarrassed the Cowboys. The Cowboys have been the only team this season that was favored by two TDs and ended up losing by two TDs. My gosh the Cardinals had over 180 yards rushing against us in the first half. Joshua Dobbs had a 120.0 passer rating. The Cowboys were embarrassed by a team that only has one win, and it was against them. You won’t see an upset like that all season where the favored team never has the lead, and is dominated.

 

[KingCorcoran]

There really wasn’t any excuse for what happened against Arizona. Great teams don’t embarrass themselves against a two TD underdog. The Cardinals are 1-4 and even the Giants beat them. That was all I needed to see to know what the 49ers would do to us. However, the beating we took was even worse than I expected. It won’t be the last beating we take this season.

Great teams do embarrass themselves. Remember the Super Bowl the Patriots had over 500 yards of offense and lost to a team using their QB2, including the QB2 catching a touchdown pass? That was a great team that got embarrassed at the worst possible moment in the worst possible way. If you’re a Giants, Jets, or Patriots fan you think the Cowboys are a great team right now. It’s all your perspective. You’re taking the narrow view.

 

[KJJ]

Great teams do embarrass themselves. Remember the Super Bowl the Patriots had over 500 yards of offense and lost to a team using their QB2, including the QB2 catching a touchdown pass? That was a great team that got embarrassed at the worst possible moment in the worst possible way. If you’re a Giants, Jets, or Patriots fan you think the Cowboys are a great team right now. It’s all your perspective. You’re taking the narrow view.

That was a competitive game between New England and Philadelphia. The Pats weren’t embarrassed in that game they simply got beat. It’s not like they didn’t show up and got steam rolled. The game was a shootout and New England lost by 8 points. That’s life in the NFL. Being embarrassed is being dominated from start to finish.

 

[charron]

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?

Do you think Fergy just needs time to develop or are they not using him correctly? Witten and Schultz ran option routes and Mike has taken that away. Fergy was perfect 7 of 7 vs the pats and wasn't bad vs SF just not many opportunities.

 

[mahoneybill]

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.

Offer to pay part of his salary and accept whatever pick we can get

Washington moved on from RG 3, Eagles from their first round QB. Lions traded Stafford

Jerry you can do this

 

[Staubacher]

No he doesn't. Schultz was much better after the catch the Fergie. Really not close. Where in hades did this lie get started?


What was exposed on CB's? That they'd be worse if a starter got hurt? Pretty obvious stuff there.


Lamb: Yeah, yeah, everyone loves Lamb. However, he simple doesn't take over games often enough. I like him, but he really looks like a 1B type WR.

A WR can't take over a game when he doesn't get the ball

 

[Staubacher]

Great teams do embarrass themselves. Remember the Super Bowl the Patriots had over 500 yards of offense and lost to a team using their QB2, including the QB2 catching a touchdown pass? That was a great team that got embarrassed at the worst possible moment in the worst possible way. If you’re a Giants, Jets, or Patriots fan you think the Cowboys are a great team right now. It’s all your perspective. You’re taking the narrow view.

Lol

 

[mahoneybill]

I could see Pollard getting 1200 yards because that’s only 70 yards a game but Gallup gave no indication whatsoever that he would be productive……the only thing we kept hearing was that Gallup wasn’t mentally ready last year and that he would be ready this year.

My real question is, “ what the hell happened to Cooks”. Hes gotten over 1000 yards receiving six different seasons but now he’d be lucky to get 600 yards ?

Dak can’t throw a catchable ball to him

 

[kskboys]

The problem in Dallas hasn't been one of Talent. We've had talent on many occasion. Players change, coaches change, what is the one constant? The problem in Dallas is a cultural issue in that you can't establish a Coaching staff that players fear and respect. Because of this there is no true leadership on this team.

And talent in the trenches.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

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?

Pass Rush is Micah or nothing. take micah out and we have no pass rush. SF showed how to take him out of the game.
Run defense is suspect to the outside. for 4 years running now
Cowboys don't know how to use Cooks.
Gallup was over paid, for his size, he gets knocked sideways way too often. he is not physical and all you have to do is get a little physical with him

 

[atlantacowboy]

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?

You’ve been harping on the DL since at least 2011.

You missed one thing. A better QB.

 

[Captain-Crash]

You’ve been harping on the DL since at least 2011.

You missed one thing. A better QB.

he's was on the fence for a long while with the dakstan