Obviously he is a playmaker and a threat.
I get all that but my point was we have a player with huge playmaking abilities that has been rarely involved in our offense (although this past game he was involved some) and it simply reveals we are wasting Turpin's talents by not creating more plays for him. Send him in motion, do a jet sweep, a fake jet sweep, use him in the slot, etc.
The issue is the jet sweeps, swing passes, etc really havent worked out for the most part with Turpin. They force fed him earlier in the year and it didnt work out. The thing Turpin really needs to do is establish himself as a legitimate threat at WR or else it's just too easy to key on him for the gadget plays.
Show the world what you know this is a systemic problem absolutely Mike McCarthy last year didn't use Rico and Tony right he didn't use Turpin right he didn't use hunter right this year same thing it took him until a couple weeks ago to realize Rico is the number one back here we saw it in Pittsburgh if he would have utilized these players correctly we probably wouldn't have got zeke back this year because Jerry thought we had a problem in short yardage and thought we needed help in the run game and he didn't draft a guy he brings in zeke because I bet if hunter was utilized properly still this year and they all it's perplexing to figure out how come a bunch of fans can see these players need more snaps and need to be utilized properly in situational football roles and they're being used backwards or being used wrong and yet here we are I was making some excuses for Mike McCarthy as if I would be OK with him coming back but if he would've got fired I fully understood it and now I see it's a monumental mistake to have brought this dude back not 'cause he's on a one year deal 'cause he's a bad offensive coordinator he's not creative he doesn't outside the box any pigeon holes players and he ices his own players in games they get hot the next week they sit or the next series they sit these guys once they find a weakness in the defense you're supposed to exploit it until they stop it and this guy doesn't know how to feed his players he forces everything to lamb and everything else is just blah
How so? Reid has Xavier worthy and Johnson has Jameson Williams. Both first round receivers and they have 44 and 42 touches this year. Turpin the UDFA has 31 touches. We are talking 1 touch or less per game.
I honestly wouldn't mind if they did bring MM back for another year. I doubt it happens, but I think the biggest issue with the Cowboys offense is the personnel. I just dont know what routes you go to in order to get Turpin additional catches. He doesnt run a full route tree, and his lack of size can problematic for the deep balls. Turpin has done a nice job running inside routes when the middle of the field is open, but doesnt seem to have a quality secondary offering to play off his strengths. It's like a pitcher in baseball who has one quality pitch and not a lot of secondary pitches. If you can set it up properly that hitter isnt sure whats coming they can get a strike out, but its tougher to get the pitcher to get in that situation.
I think he needs to run crossers where Rush can hit him on the move. The problem with bombs or long patterns is Rush doesn't have the arm for it and Turpin isn't going to win jump balls. Hit him on the move and let him run.
Just get him back healthy for next year.
He’s a playmaker more than a deep threat. You can use him in the short passing game because his strength is just running the ball. But you also don’t want to take away his returns since he’s the best in the league. Got to balance getting the ball in his hands a few times a game and keeping him fresh for the return game
