Thoughts

[john van brocklin]

You know when you have one of those games when everything goes right? Like the Saints game for example. Or the Jags game. Its one of those things no one can predict or figure.

Today, the Cowboys had one of those games where all of their flaws were on display, front and center. Maybe the Colts planned for it and maybe they just caught the Cowboys at the right time. I don't care about the shutout. The Cowboys could have kicked a FG in the first half but for some reason down only 7 they chose to go for it and they got stuffed on 4th down and 2. Its gutsy, or stupid, to go for it in that situation. I would have kicked teh FG. I remember John Madden saying always break the ice first before turning down points.

So the Colts got Jason Garrett to be Jason Garrett and it paid off.

The Colts defense was good, or was it? The Cowboys didn't have much trouble moving the football. They ran it pretty well. But just about every Cowboys drive was stopped by either a holding penalty or a sack, and every sack was Dak holding the football too long. This has been Dak's problem all year. He sits in the pocket and gets sacked. He's supposed to be mobile but he doesn't move until the tackler is right on top of him.

This game looked like one of the games earlier in the year. How many times did Dak run the football today? Dak's greatest attribute is he can run for first downs off those read options. Dak didn't do that today. He didn't make any big plays with his feet. He stood there like a statue and got sacked.

Speaking of Dak, sorry, he makes his receivers work too hard. He can be accurate at times but then he throws wild passes that Blake Jarwin has to leap to reach and then tips into the hands of a DB. Dak is not the answer at QB - yet. I say yet because he is young. I don't see how he gets any better but I will give him a chance to see - one more year? If Jerry pays him $25 million a year, I will be sick.

Then we have the holding calls on the offensive line. The Cowboys must lead the league in holding. I cannot see how they can't. And they just seem to come at bad times, like passes for first down on 4th and 4. Too many holding calls kill drives. That never gets any better either. Today they had 4 more - Tyron, Connor and Joe Looney 2.

On defense, I don't know where to begin but we have not seen any team run on the Cowboys the way the Colts did today. They just gashed them for 8 yards almost at will. Part of it was bad tackling, which we also saw earlier in the year. The Cowboys CBs are not good tacklers and they missed a bunch today. How many times did the Colts get 4 or 5 yards after the first hit? All day. Another weakness of Dallas exploited.

The DT are castoffs, for the most part and today they got pushed around. Watch those running plays and yo will see the DT get knocked to the side by one linemen while a free lineman was downfield taking out Jaylon Smith or LVE. DTs are supposed to occupy blockers so that doesn't happen. I am going to bet David Irving get healthy all of a sudden after this week.

And how about the holding and PI calls on defense to extend Colts' drives? Saw too many of them earlier in the year too. Negated an interception today and a couple of stops. No bueno.

The question we have to ask is, what this a fluke game for Dallas, kind of like blowing out Jacksonville? or is this the real Dallas Cowboys team. I think the answer is somewhere in the middle but we saw a lot of this earlier in the year and it concerns me.

Dak is an average qb
Good some weeks, bad others
His legs make him slightly above average
Coaching staff are trying to make him into a pocket passer
It ain't working

 

[Noclaf]

Will the REAL Dallas Cowboys please come forward

This was the real Cowboys
c

 

[Chrispierce]

A team that looked like it had already won something,and was taking the day off.

 

[Clove]

When your a 6'5'' TE and the ball is over your head.... there is problems... When your 5'8'' WR has to reach down to his toes to catch a ball......there is a problem.

What happen to hitting WR in stride, or back should throws....??

I don't recall all of my catches being that way. I recall, turning around to catch it, jumping high to catch it, going low to catch it, what perfect world do you live in, I'd like an invite.

 

[Shotgun Dave]

Speaking of Time of possession, the Cowboys held the football for over 19 minutes in the first held and finished the game with a little over 28 minutes in TOP. In other words they had the ball for only 9 minutes in the last 30 minutes. It seems to me, the Cowboys have been a better defensive team in the 1st halves of games. This is the opposite of the Jimmy Johnson teams that dominated the 4th quarter. Might mean nothing, but finishing strong is a sign of a good team.

And finishing strong usually happens when you START strong, which we sure didn't today.

 

[EST_1986]

Eh it’s the Cowboys I expected this. Not mad. Move on to next week.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

thoughts? mine are

* We were severely unprepared to play football this week on both sides of the ball
* We were severely out-coached on both sides of the ball this week
* Our defense just got exposed when they play lackluster - you just need to go up-tempo
* The offense never made ANY changes
* The offense is likely the WORST in the league in the red zone and I don't even want to look it up, the eye test is enough for me
* This game embarrassed me; having to go into work tomorrow after that debacle is unfathomable (ok, that one is about me, not the team)
* Against the AFC South, we are 1-3, with PF/PA at 70 for us vs 77 for and that counts 40 in our one win..the 3 losses? 30 for us, 70 for our opponent

I think we were unprepared. I didn't see a sense of urgency. we were a step too slow on defense and offense.

I don't think we were outcoached necessarily.... we left 10 points on the field in the first half....a 40 yard kick getting blocked!!! and then the drop in the endzone.... that was 10 easy points..... and would have had us at most tied at half.
we held Luck to 192 yards passing....but we couldn't tackle and their RBs just gashed us all day...that's not on coaching. that's fundamentals of tackling.

our offense is the best between the 10s...then they get inside the 10 and they freeze. they suck. they become keystone cops. not sure what the problem is. today, we let a sure TD get away from us. for a team that's not good in the redzone, we can't let easy opportunities get away.....

I saw the colts play with a high sense of urgency, high effort. that was us the past three weeks. today, we just didn't have it.... I think after playing three highly emotional games in a row, it was an emotional let down. there was no energy to the team today.

 

[Pants]

I think we were unprepared. I didn't see a sense of urgency. we were a step too slow on defense and offense.

I don't think we were outcoached necessarily.... we left 10 points on the field in the first half....a 40 yard kick getting blocked!!! and then the drop in the endzone.... that was 10 easy points..... and would have had us at most tied at half.
we held Luck to 192 yards passing....but we couldn't tackle and their RBs just gashed us all day...that's not on coaching. that's fundamentals of tackling.

our offense is the best between the 10s...then they get inside the 10 and they freeze. they suck. they become keystone cops. not sure what the problem is. today, we let a sure TD get away from us. for a team that's not good in the redzone, we can't let easy opportunities get away.....

I saw the colts play with a high sense of urgency, high effort. that was us the past three weeks. today, we just didn't have it.... I think after playing three highly emotional games in a row, it was an emotional let down. there was no energy to the team today.

But that is the difference in the coaching. Indy played with urgency, Dallas was unprepared and listless. The team was very inconsistent and to score zero points against s mudvle of the toad defense is unconscionable

 

[kskboys]

I know INDY needed this game and we did not. That being said, we played like crapp even w/ that in consideration.

Ughhhh. Ick. Phoooey.

 

[cern]

It appears the eagles are better with foles. Might we not be better with another qb? Skins and eagles didn't give us any help. Skins won with their 4th qb. Eagles with their backup.

 

[CowboyRoy]

You know when you have one of those games when everything goes right? Like the Saints game for example. Or the Jags game. Its one of those things no one can predict or figure.

Today, the Cowboys had one of those games where all of their flaws were on display, front and center. Maybe the Colts planned for it and maybe they just caught the Cowboys at the right time. I don't care about the shutout. The Cowboys could have kicked a FG in the first half but for some reason down only 7 they chose to go for it and they got stuffed on 4th down and 2. Its gutsy, or stupid, to go for it in that situation. I would have kicked teh FG. I remember John Madden saying always break the ice first before turning down points.

So the Colts got Jason Garrett to be Jason Garrett and it paid off.

The Colts defense was good, or was it? The Cowboys didn't have much trouble moving the football. They ran it pretty well. But just about every Cowboys drive was stopped by either a holding penalty or a sack, and every sack was Dak holding the football too long. This has been Dak's problem all year. He sits in the pocket and gets sacked. He's supposed to be mobile but he doesn't move until the tackler is right on top of him.

This game looked like one of the games earlier in the year. How many times did Dak run the football today? Dak's greatest attribute is he can run for first downs off those read options. Dak didn't do that today. He didn't make any big plays with his feet. He stood there like a statue and got sacked.

Speaking of Dak, sorry, he makes his receivers work too hard. He can be accurate at times but then he throws wild passes that Blake Jarwin has to leap to reach and then tips into the hands of a DB. Dak is not the answer at QB - yet. I say yet because he is young. I don't see how he gets any better but I will give him a chance to see - one more year? If Jerry pays him $25 million a year, I will be sick.

Then we have the holding calls on the offensive line. The Cowboys must lead the league in holding. I cannot see how they can't. And they just seem to come at bad times, like passes for first down on 4th and 4. Too many holding calls kill drives. That never gets any better either. Today they had 4 more - Tyron, Connor and Joe Looney 2.

On defense, I don't know where to begin but we have not seen any team run on the Cowboys the way the Colts did today. They just gashed them for 8 yards almost at will. Part of it was bad tackling, which we also saw earlier in the year. The Cowboys CBs are not good tacklers and they missed a bunch today. How many times did the Colts get 4 or 5 yards after the first hit? All day. Another weakness of Dallas exploited.

The DT are castoffs, for the most part and today they got pushed around. Watch those running plays and yo will see the DT get knocked to the side by one linemen while a free lineman was downfield taking out Jaylon Smith or LVE. DTs are supposed to occupy blockers so that doesn't happen. I am going to bet David Irving get healthy all of a sudden after this week.

And how about the holding and PI calls on defense to extend Colts' drives? Saw too many of them earlier in the year too. Negated an interception today and a couple of stops. No bueno.

The question we have to ask is, what this a fluke game for Dallas, kind of like blowing out Jacksonville? or is this the real Dallas Cowboys team. I think the answer is somewhere in the middle but we saw a lot of this earlier in the year and it concerns me.

LOL...…….yah, god forbid that receiver has to reach for the ball to bounce off his hands.

Man the ball just bounced off his hands and into DB. LOL

Dak is the worst. LOL

And that dropped TD pass to Oluwalie was underthrown. Bounced right off his hands. Horrible pass. LOL

 

[CowboyRoy]

When your a 6'5'' TE and the ball is over your head.... there is problems... When your 5'8'' WR has to reach down to his toes to catch a ball......there is a problem.

What happen to hitting WR in stride, or back should throws....??

so for the 6'5" you should be throwing it low and the 5'8" guy you should be throwing it high? LOL

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

But that is the difference in the coaching. Indy played with urgency, Dallas was unprepared and listless. The team was very inconsistent and to score zero points against s mudvle of the toad defense is unconscionable

and two weeks ago, they scored 0 points..... its the NFL....the team had played three emotional games in a row against two division foes and then the saints and playing on the road against a desperate team that had to win or else they were pretty much out of the playoffs.....and the team had a let down. this is the same coach who motivated the team from 3-5 to the 5 game winning streak...

 

[Buttermaker]

Guess the defense was suppose to keep the Colts to 0 points and force overtime.

 

[Captain43Crash]

Bottom line, this isn’t a championship caliber team. It lacks the offensive minds and QB play to do anything meaningful. But we already knew that deep down didn’t we?

It lacks Offensive minds! Your right.

 

[Captain43Crash]

The Colts played smash mouth football. They punched the hot boyz in the mouth. The boyz looked like candy azzez. It was embarrassing.

They played Physical vs a Physical Philly team. Coaches did not have them prepared to play.

 

[Dre11]

There is the biggest problem. It causes the offense to stall and puts far too much pressure on the defense by leaving them on the field. Points get left on the field. Killed the Cowboys today. Time of possession killed the Cowboys today also.

Bs, the cowboys had 3 drives of double digits in first half, and the defense still let the Colts move up and down the field. The defense was barely on the field in the first half. Defense also lacks turnovers. They both were bad today.

 

[ConstantReboot]

You know when you have one of those games when everything goes right? Like the Saints game for example. Or the Jags game. Its one of those things no one can predict or figure.

Today, the Cowboys had one of those games where all of their flaws were on display, front and center. Maybe the Colts planned for it and maybe they just caught the Cowboys at the right time. I don't care about the shutout. The Cowboys could have kicked a FG in the first half but for some reason down only 7 they chose to go for it and they got stuffed on 4th down and 2. Its gutsy, or stupid, to go for it in that situation. I would have kicked teh FG. I remember John Madden saying always break the ice first before turning down points.

So the Colts got Jason Garrett to be Jason Garrett and it paid off.

The Colts defense was good, or was it? The Cowboys didn't have much trouble moving the football. They ran it pretty well. But just about every Cowboys drive was stopped by either a holding penalty or a sack, and every sack was Dak holding the football too long. This has been Dak's problem all year. He sits in the pocket and gets sacked. He's supposed to be mobile but he doesn't move until the tackler is right on top of him.

This game looked like one of the games earlier in the year. How many times did Dak run the football today? Dak's greatest attribute is he can run for first downs off those read options. Dak didn't do that today. He didn't make any big plays with his feet. He stood there like a statue and got sacked.

Speaking of Dak, sorry, he makes his receivers work too hard. He can be accurate at times but then he throws wild passes that Blake Jarwin has to leap to reach and then tips into the hands of a DB. Dak is not the answer at QB - yet. I say yet because he is young. I don't see how he gets any better but I will give him a chance to see - one more year? If Jerry pays him $25 million a year, I will be sick.

Then we have the holding calls on the offensive line. The Cowboys must lead the league in holding. I cannot see how they can't. And they just seem to come at bad times, like passes for first down on 4th and 4. Too many holding calls kill drives. That never gets any better either. Today they had 4 more - Tyron, Connor and Joe Looney 2.

On defense, I don't know where to begin but we have not seen any team run on the Cowboys the way the Colts did today. They just gashed them for 8 yards almost at will. Part of it was bad tackling, which we also saw earlier in the year. The Cowboys CBs are not good tacklers and they missed a bunch today. How many times did the Colts get 4 or 5 yards after the first hit? All day. Another weakness of Dallas exploited.

The DT are castoffs, for the most part and today they got pushed around. Watch those running plays and yo will see the DT get knocked to the side by one linemen while a free lineman was downfield taking out Jaylon Smith or LVE. DTs are supposed to occupy blockers so that doesn't happen. I am going to bet David Irving get healthy all of a sudden after this week.

And how about the holding and PI calls on defense to extend Colts' drives? Saw too many of them earlier in the year too. Negated an interception today and a couple of stops. No bueno.

The question we have to ask is, what this a fluke game for Dallas, kind of like blowing out Jacksonville? or is this the real Dallas Cowboys team. I think the answer is somewhere in the middle but we saw a lot of this earlier in the year and it concerns me.

We got outcoached once again. Predictability is whats kiling this team. Not all Dak's fauilt. He is just following what the coaches is telling him to run and he follows.

He isn't a rebel like Romo - who changes the plays often. Dak doesn't do that. He is also asked to stand in the pocket like a pocket passer. Another dumb thing to do for Dak. Im sure Dak wants to run. But I think they took that ability from Dak and have him stand in the pocket.

We can't pass protect because the oline is riddled with injuries. Secondly, if all your plays take over 10 seconds to devlop then thats the problem with the scheme, not Dak.

Did you notice that Andrew Luck used a lot of 3 step drops and slants? Nothing that Dak can't do. They even have T.Y. Hilton in there as decoy making the defense think they were going to pass but instead they ran the ball.

We take Zeke out when were going to pass with an empty back field. That has to be the dumbest formations in the NFL.

 

[Bob-Lillys-War]

Guess the defense was suppose to keep the Colts to 0 points and force overtime.

Yeah ... their terrible .

 

[CCBoy]

If Dak wants to be seen as the team leader...he better get about leading the team!