Two stats that say it all

[kramskoi]

Say the offense didn’t contribute, but Brian Schottenheimer‘s game plan has nothing to do with this. It wasn’t a bad game plan. It was bad execution so you can simmer down. Yes it was a total team loss, but you know what the offense should get a break every once in a while and score 16 points and not play well and win a game. They did it with Cooper Rush in 2022 so that’s the difference between these defenses and the old ones. They stepped up and beat the damn Rams a fully healthy Rams team playing horribly on offense. Yes Cooper rest was horrible. He never was gonna be a good starter so I hope you weren’t in that. He’s better than deck at running the offense from within lol Cooper had 100 yards passing in two fumbles the offense couldn’t get much at all going and yet they won the game. They should’ve won this game if we had any defense and special teams 16 points in the NFL is enough to win.

Offense to play perfect every single week weekend and week out for like three straight years now is insane expectations and they are allowed to have an off day. That’s the point here if we .Off to play perfect every single week weekend and week out for like three straight years now is insane expectations and they are allowed to have a off day. That’s the point here if we had a defense and special teams.

The last time you seen that that might be the last time, some of those Cooper Rush games from the defense played really well and hit a lot of his problems. That’s what we need now there are teams are around the NFL that actually win low scoring games with defense and special teams the Cowboys haven’t done that in so long. I can’t even remember where they can score under 17 points and win a game they should be the Jaguars defense has held the last 10 opponents under 20 points but many of them were under 17 that’s what great parts of your team dude the expectations is here the office either place perfectly or they get criticized.

Thing is, I’m not making excuses for the offense, but it’s their turn to have an off game and have the rest of the team pick them up

I'm sorry. I watched the all-22 three times. It was a bad game plan that so neglected the middle of the field that Bucs defenders could sit on the boundary routes. And with no routes underneath to dump the ball Prescott ended up having to hold the ball. And THEN the ball has to travel 20 - 25 yards in the air to reach one of the boundary receivers. With a TE and RB preoccupied with blocking the blitz it allowed only 3 receivers as options. This had negative consequences for any horizontal concepts you might want to run to get the ball out quickly for RAC...something ALL THREE OF THE COWBOYS RECEIVERS EXCEL AT. Shotgun on about 75% of the snaps. Shotgun on third and 3 or less. Aligning the RB forward of Prescott at times, thereby telegraphing to the defense that there wasn't a chance in hell that they were running the ball.

The offense wasn't perfect sir. I don't know why you are so emotionally invested in finding a HERO in all this. There isn't one.

You need to watch the all-22. And you need to ask yourself why it took so long for Schottenheimer to adjust. It was too much max protect with vertical routes. It was ill-advised. And it is something that will continue to dog the offense. There are times when you want a vertical attack but their also times when you want a horizontal attack...or a mixture of the two. And that adjustment should happen sooner rather than later. Schottenheimer put his own offense in a bad position most of the night.

The offense is not just the players. Johnson and Turner never put the Cowboys in positions to not succeed. They also ran the ball FAR more than the Cowboys are currently. 81 yards per game isn't even going to come close to cutting it long-term.

"JUST EXECUTE". That has been the mantra for decades in Dallas. How about scheming to help your players be the best version of themselves. Give your quarterback options. Give your wide receivers a chance. Run the dmn football as a foundational concept and not an afterthought.