This offense is awful

[percyhoward]

I never said we lost because we didn't run it 50%. We lost because Matt Cassel and our offensive scheme is terrible.

I wouldn't begin to try to defend our offensive scheme, which is obviously far too dependent on Romo's in-game and in-play adjustments.

We lost because Rodgers (99.5) vs Cassel (41.5). Nobody's scheming their way out of that mismatch.

 

[percyhoward]

So what is the coach doing about our passing game?

Dude, what has he ever done?

 

[Wolfpack]

I wouldn't begin to try to defend our offensive scheme, which is obviously far too dependent on Romo's in-game and in-play adjustments.

We lost because Rodgers (99.5) vs Cassel (41.5). Nobody's scheming their way out of that mismatch.

I think a lot of it is the scheme. Green Bay brought pressure most of the game when the Cowboys needed to pass. They'd bring 5 or 6 and Dallas would be stuck with pressure coming and long developing routes called. It just wasn't going to work unless Romo is back there to buy extra time and bail out the scheme or check out of the play at the line.

The scheme needs to adjust to both what Cassel can do and what the defense is showing/doing. This was yet another game of simply trying to do what you wish you could offensively with out regard to reality.

 

[Cumart21]

This offense specializes in turning any 3rd down into a 4th and 1. Brutal.

 

[JohnsKey19]

I knew it was bad but didn't realize it was this bad. This has become Campo's Cowboys.

Romo has 35 drives on the season and scored only 5 TD's.

Cassel has 55 drives and has only scored 7 TD's.

We have clipped off a full touchdown and extra point off of our scoring offense from last year as well.

Our leading reciever is Witten at 60 catches.

McFadden is averaging a mere 3.8 yards per carry.

We will not have a 3,000 yard passer, 1,000 yard rusher, or 1,000 reciever this year in 16 games.


Awful!

To Campo's credit, he didn't have 1/3 of the talent the Cowboys now have. Yet the product on the field looks similar.

 

[hornitosmonster]

We have no real play makers at the skill positions. RB and QB must be addressed this off season. Dez is not playing like #1 WR and has taken that fat contract and quit on his team.

 

[gmoney112]

You can blame Matt, and he certainly shouldn't be behind center right now, but we're in serious contention for the worst scoring offense in the league without Tony. We're averaging about 15-16 points a game without him. That's good for 30th.

The Rams score more offensively than we do without Tony, so do the Browns. The Niners are the only team in the NFL that's worse at scoring than us. Let that sink in.

The offense and the staff's creativity has been severely exposed this season. Sure, there were injuries early on, but with an OL that has basically 4 first round picks, Dez Bryant, and a HoT tight end, being the 2nd worst scoring team in the NFL shows you that the "scheme" and stubbornness is indeed a problem.

I also have no idea what's up with Dez. He's blown huge catches all year. He's the first guy to tell people to "step up", then he goes and drops critical balls that hit him in the hands. He's the man now, he needs to start playing like it. I think he's too competitive not to do something about it.

The only silver lining is that I think Garrett is part robot, so he'll critique where he thought he failed this season. Possibly throwing in new wrinkles into his offense, and making sure the backup QB position is upgraded. I know Jerry will be on that. You just cannot go 1-8 with your backup QB. That's embarrassing.

 

[Alexander]

I wouldn't begin to try to defend our offensive scheme, which is obviously far too dependent on Romo's in-game and in-play adjustments.

We lost because Rodgers (99.5) vs Cassel (41.5). Nobody's scheming their way out of that mismatch.

Completely fair point of view that does not mindlessly focus on the QB alone. I can respect that.

 

[khiladi]

I wouldn't begin to try to defend our offensive scheme, which is obviously far too dependent on Romo's in-game and in-play adjustments.

We lost because Rodgers (99.5) vs Cassel (41.5). Nobody's scheming their way out of that mismatch.

Cassell is playing against the GB defense.. Rodgers isn't on defense..

The defense was containing Rodgers enough.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

And it's more disturbing given the amount of resources invested in "the trenches" on this team.

 

[Wolfpack]

Cassell is playing against the GB defense.. Rodgers isn't on defense..

The defense was containing Rodgers enough.

Rogers has a great system and a good coach who really called a great game.

 

[khiladi]

I'm blaming the passing game for the lack of ability to win games. How well you run has nothing to do with winning games if you can't pass. It would make no sense to defend an offense as if it can pass downfield when it's obvious that it can't, so teams are stacking the box and daring us to pass. That's why I said we may see more of the kinds of runs we saw with Kitna in 2010. We got 96 yards on those two toss plays. We had 8.6 YPC today. Big deal.

If you can't pass and stop the pass, you don't win.

I said it before and I'll say it again.. Jason is trying to approach the season like 2010 with Kitna.

During that time, we just played conservative, but or defense generated 20 TOs in the last 8 games. This is why Garrett and Jones continually harp on TOs.

Further, if you look at that season we never had any outstanding performances and our best win came against the Colts when the defense generated 4 TOs. It was the defense that 'won' Garrett the job. The problem with that example is, your not going to generate TOs like that regularly and second, the Colts still took us to OT, meaning they essentially gave us a lead and almost won.

It puts way too much pressure of the defense.

Also, Jerry threatened everybody's job and the season was lost anyways. And we won against a couple of bad teams and Philly was starting scrubs on the last game, after already clinching.

And further, the defense wasn't even bad anyways. They generated 10 TOs the first 8 games with Wade, while our offense gave the ball back 19 times.

 

[Wolfpack]

The offense was 1-11 on 3rd down. 3rd and 1 or 3rd and long, didn't matter, they couldn't get it done. 0-2 on 4th down.

Dallas's average YPP on passing plays was 3.2 yards !!

They only ran 51 plays vs. Green Bay's 81. Just like all the other games, of course the defense is going to fold.

 

[MRV52]

This offense specializes in turning any 3rd down into a 4th and 1. Brutal.

Specialist on third downs, need 8 yards throw a 7 pass.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Just for fun i went back and looked at the rosters and stats. The campo cowboys had decent linebackers and safeties, ok oline with larry allen, flozell adams, stepnoski who was replaced by gurode the next year. Their problem where at qb , receiver, and d line ( which is alot)

Thank you for the research.

 

[khiladi]

And the only way this team can get better with Garrett is of Jones keeps Garrett out of the offense totally.

Garrett was resisting Callahan changing the offense, so Jerry went and got Linehan to call the plays. That was the compromise. So we are still in Garrett's garbage offense.

Whatever excuse we have about changing the offense comes from Garrett. Our best year with Romo was essentially when Garrett was out of the equation playcalling in his own offense.

Romo can learn any offense in a season.

 

[khiladi]

And I am kind of in a way glad Jerry just re-newed Garrett's contract for 5 years and extended Linehan and Marinelli for 3.

He can taste the sting for defending this Red-Headed One against needed change, particularly mentioned by guys like Wade. He can also taste the sting by watching that video on Jim Garrett on the DC web-site...

 

[rick2248]

The defense did enough to give any team a chance to win. A competent offensive team.

We don't have that. So you get what we witnessed.

Dude, what has he ever done?

Garrett is running the same OF he was running when he first got here this guy has no clue how to put players in position to make plays every1 is looking at Dez and with Murray gone there is no power running game Jerry said any1 can run behind that line remember that yeah right!

 

[percyhoward]

The defense was containing Rodgers enough.

Enough to win...if we could have had the kind of passing performance like the ones we got in 2014.

 

[KJJ]

You're not going to win many games especially tight games when you have the lowest 3rd and one conversion rate in the entire league. The Cowboys are 7-18 on 3rd and one and many of us here were concerned during the offseason about moving the chains in short yardage with the backs we had. Some scoffed thinking it would be no problem with our OL but they've been losing battles up front and we don't have a downhill runner who can push piles.