We were Outcoached

[ConstantReboot]

What makes you think Romo wasn't calm?

He just took a sack. Even the announcers stated that they were using 6 DBs which indicated they were in zone. On 2nd down Romo was rushed and threw into coverage. Thats the game right there.

Garrett was a nonfactor in this game during crunch time. No timeouts call to settle the offense and to talk it over with Romo. Maybe for once Garrett would call a timeout and change things up things could have been different? But yet, we let Romo be Romo and he threw an INT - which I kinda thought would actually happen.

 

[ConstantReboot]

LOL, Rediculous. I can see that you will try to twist anything to your anti Garrett Agenda. After this post i can never take anything you write seriously.

Im not being anti Garrett. Just stating what WE all known along about Garrett. He was a nonfactor during crunchtime.

 

[BAT]

We were not out coached on the offensive side of the ball...ridiculous.
We did all our damage in coming back and taking the lead by spreading them out with no back in the backfield, and Tony picked them apart. Once the game was tied, Tony seemed to have tightened up in taking that coverage sack, and hen he forced a throw that wasn't horrible, but the defender made a great play. They were only rushing three players, and Tony seemed to become a statue instead of moving to find an open guy.

1. That penalty on Allen on the kickoff return was a back breaker.
2. Tony had a great game, but he made the critical mistake at crunch time again...we cannot win without him, but?
3. Our LBs are overmatched in coverage, and our DL is starting to look like what they are.

A great game that we could have won, but the bottom line is that Denver is great; San Diego is playing like a great team right now, and we are slightly above average at best.

And Allen still can't tackle for spit. Would not feel bad at all churning his roster spot.

 

[WV Cowboy]

A more logical coach would have probably ran the ball during that situation to just let nerves calm down a bit. But not Garrett. His lack of football sense during critical situations didn't help at all during this time.

This is what I thought we should do. Tell the OL on the sidelines that we are going to fire off the ball and run this thing down the throat of a tired defense. Then Romo could dink and dunk in and around our running game.
This would have kept the pass rush out of his face.

Instead we get him sacked on a horse collar tackle, and the OL gets pushed back in his face on the 2nd and 16 play.

 

[Hoov]

Im not being anti Garrett. Just stating what WE all known along about Garrett. He was a nonfactor during crunchtime.

Almost every post you make has a negative refernce to garrett. Even this one where you start out saying your not anti-garrett. Its comical really.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

There's about 2 minutes left and we had 3 time outs. Before you let the offense go out there, Garrett should have had a talk with Romo and the entire offense to calm him down a bit and to assess the situation. I don't think he did that whatsoever.

Most coaches talk to their QB and let them know about the situation. He should tell Romo don't throw an INT and don't lose this game. Or he could have sent a play in for a delay draw run up the middle. Chew some time off the clock. But no. No changes were done to compensate for the situation at hand.

Garrett is not that type of coach to make changes during certain situations. He just carries on on the sidelines wondering what to do and let his staff do the work. Thats the problem with this team and Garrett. When you need the coach to lead he doesn't.

I remember what Parcell's said about Romo. That he needs to be coached through certain situations or he will mess things up. Well Garrett didn't do that. He didn't talk things through with Romo and didn't calm him down.

This is the problem with Garrett. He lacks a football mindset. He is probably good at running a business. But when we need a coach to make things happen, he just doesn't know what to do.

Thus I think Garrett is not the right coach for Romo and this team and it showed during todays game.

51-48 ...... Sorry but coaches weren't involved today.

Tony was matching score for score. No need for a "talk".


He just muffed up.

 

[Zordon]

they should have run the ball out of that formation. That's where they are most effective. But on a 3 man rush, Smith gets pushed into Romo's foot, not letting follow thru. Romo should have thrown the check down to Murray, but the whole thing went bad.

they should ran the ball on 1st down. there was too much time on the clock, run the ball on 1st down and get to the two minute warning with a more manageable 2nd down and time off the clock just in case you go 3 n out and have to punt back to manning. this is basic coaching 101. his entire approach to that series was that we were down and needed points fast.

 

[Idgit]

Need to remember to emphasize the play-pass-defense,-don't-throw-picks stuff more in prep during the week. OP is onto something golden. Somebody find a way to tell Jason Garrett.

 

[ConstantReboot]

51-48 ...... Sorry but coaches weren't involved today.

Tony was matching score for score. No need for a "talk".


He just muffed up.

Hey I totally agree. Garrett wasn't involved. That's too be expected when there is a close game. He just doesn't seem to be a factor like other coaches.

 

[ConstantReboot]

Almost every post you make has a negative refernce to garrett. Even this one where you start out saying your not anti-garrett. Its comical really.

Say what you like. Garrett is the coach but he just wasn't a factor during crunch time. Just like all the other times we lost during close games.

This has been played many times before with Garrett like a bad record. He is always a non factor during crunch time and at times his indecision has cost us the game. Expect the same again and again with him when games are close like today.

 

[Prossman]

Romo had a fanastic game, but threw into triple coverage and got picked. He stepped on fredricks foot from what I could tell and didn't get a lot on the ball. Did Garrett really have to tell Romo
" don't throw a pick" ? That Kinda goes without saying don't you think. The Broncos average about 49 pts a game and have been killing everyone. Not just us.I hate the way it all ended, but we just don't have the horses to stop that offense. TBH That was the best offensive game I have seen out of the cowboys in a long , long time. If we can continue this offensive play, we will beat a ton of teams this year. We have allot of new parts on defense, which should get better as the year goes along.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Aren't we always out-coached?

yep

 

[sureletsrace]

So you were on the sidelines and saw the situation first hand.

That's awesome.

We are lucky to have someone on this board with such an inside scoop!

Ratliff, is that you?

 

[joseephuss]

If Garrett calls a timeout and Dallas goes on to punt leaving Manning plenty of time due to the use of the time out then people would be complaining about how Garrett used a time out.

 

[Seven]

We were not out coached on the offensive side of the ball...ridiculous.
We did all our damage in coming back and taking the lead by spreading them out with no back in the backfield, and Tony picked them apart. Once the game was tied, Tony seemed to have tightened up in taking that coverage sack, and hen he forced a throw that wasn't horrible, but the defender made a great play. They were only rushing three players, and Tony seemed to become a statue instead of moving to find an open guy.

1. That penalty on Allen on the kickoff return was a back breaker.
2. Tony had a great game, but he made the critical mistake at crunch time again...we cannot win without him, but?
3. Our LBs are overmatched in coverage, and our DL is starting to look like what they are.

A great game that we could have won, but the bottom line is that Denver is great; San Diego is playing like a great team right now, and we are slightly above average at best.

They lost to the Raiders.

 

[visionary]

We had 2 minutes left and all of our timeouts. Yet we came out with shotgun and spread the field out. Denver countered with 6 DBs. A more logical coach would have probably ran the ball during that situation to just let nerves calm down a bit. But not Garrett. His lack of football sense during critical situations didn't help at all during this time.

this
when i saw (and heard the announcers say 6 DBs) immediately i thought, lets run the ball

but no, Garrett is too smart for that

 

[Dodger12]

I don't know if Garret was out-coached or not yesterday. I do know the offense scored 48 points. I also know the defense has been abysmal and it's become a pattern. I also couldn't understand how time after time the Denver's RB's were wide open out of the backfield for big gains.

What I will question JG on is his decision to bring in Kiffin to Dallas along with his D that got scorched at the college level. I blame JG for thinking this D line was good enough to win with. I do blame JG for this offense and this team having absolutely no identity. One week we look passive and get shut out most of the game and another week we'll be some offensive juggernaut.

This next game against the Skins on Sunday will tell me what I need to know about JG or at least reaffirm my belief in his abilities (or lack thereof) as a HC. How he handles this game and this team during the week is what should help define a HC and leader. A quality HC would build on what happened yesterday and have his team prepared.

Without looking up the numbers, I think we've been pretty horrible on Sunday nights the last few seasons. Do we come out being down and inconsistent on offense or do we come out where we left off (on offense) and take it to the Skins? I admit I had questions on Romo during the season and wondered if his arm and skills hadn't deteriorated. He showed me something yesterday. He's a franchise QB and JG needs to figure out how to get his team up and prepare them for the Skins game. It's obvious we're not going to stop anyone on D and the only chance we have is to be aggressive on offense and take it to the other team.

We may be playing for our season next Sunday night............

 

[perrykemp]

I go into every game assuming the Cowboys will be outcoached. It's a given at this point isn't it?

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

This team has been consistently out coached since Jimmy left. Yes, that even includes alot of games in the Tuna era.

 

[Hook'em#11]

Why use a timeout? Just run the ball period.. ON 1st down, in that situation. Run the damn ball. Since we got "stat" guys in here.. What was Murray's average per carry? 4 yrds? Hell, 3 yards.? Run that ball, and on 2nd, depending on the 1st down play.. Run it again? PA pass? Something.. I read somewhere that Denver had 6 dbs out there then? I would take my chances of Murray being able to break a tackle on a DB...

RIDICULOUS to pass on first down in that situation. No matter how badly Romo was tearing up that defense.. I think it would've been the perfect time.