Weeden Speaks

[Alexander]

Brandon Weeden: I thought Jerry Jones' comments about me were uncalled for; 'I wanted it to work out so bad'

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Former Cowboys backup quarterback Brandon Weeden joined the Ben & Skin Show on 105.3 The Fan KRLD-FM on Monday. Here are some highlights.

On if the Cowboys offense is too Romo-friendly:

"I don't really think so. Obviously Tony has the ability to change plays, get into whatever play he's comfortable with, and he's got a great system that he goes by and he's great at it. I think more than anything is just putting the gameplan together. I hadn't really played many games with Scott Linehan. It's got to be hard for him, it's got to be hard for the offensive staff to put together a plan with a backup quarterback for one, but you haven't really called plays with. The things that Tony did, as a backup guy you can't really go out there and kind of emulate it and do the same things. He has full freedom at the line of scrimmage, those kind of things, and he's been in this system for a long time. As comfortable as I was in it, I just didn't really have those freedoms to freelance like he does."

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[Wolfpack]

Thus the offense doesn't work unless Tony makes something happen. No surprise.

 

[Rockport]

Thus the offense doesn't work unless Tony makes something happen. No surprise.

Same could be said for all teams and their QB.

 

[Dhragon]

Thus the offense doesn't work unless Tony makes something happen. No surprise.

So unless the coaches trust you implicitly, you can't freelance at all and are stuck with what's called. That does not bode well for our future at all. It's going to take quite awhile for them to put that much trust in any rookie QB we might draft. Thus, no matter how good that QB might become, he is going to look like trash running the plays that are called. Great.

 

[Cumart21]

Thus the offense doesn't work unless Tony makes something happen. No surprise.

Totally agree.

 

[Stash]

Thus the offense doesn't work unless Tony makes something happen. No surprise.

And yet, some way, some how, other teams actually manage to win games without their starting quarterback? In fact, some managed to win with the guys we couldn't win with. Inexplicable, isn't it?

 

[Alexander]

And yet, some way, some how, other teams actually manage to win games without their starting quarterback? In fact, some managed to win with the guys we couldn't win with. Inexplicable, isn't it?

Must be luck. Because gosh darn it, we have a great coaching staff.

 

[LatinMind]

Same could be said for all teams and their QB.

lol dont bother bro, these people dont and wont ever get it. Madden can be won with the worst QB in the game.

 

[Stash]

Must be luck. Because gosh darn it, we have a great coaching staff.

Yep! Got to maintain that continuity! (Unless we don't)

It's gotten so bad that some local writers are actually trying to make excuses for the job Wade Wilson has done.

 

[bayeslife]

Must be luck. Because gosh darn it, we have a great coaching staff.

We're wasting good OL talent if all our passing routes aren't long developing streaks every play.

 

[sbark]

That "freelance" is what allows Romo to dictate to the defense. I remember when Romo watched the D jump in and out of 8 in the box, attempt to change the play while running out of play clock and finally just had to go----------the Defense was dictating to Him. It was tough hearing Kill Kill Kill play after play.

This is where Garretts "indiv players have to win their one-on-one" forces it to become only a Romo (all pro QB) friendly offense--with the ability to freelance and put the indiv players in position to succeed..................without it, it drops down to such a simple offense player on the opposing D are calling out the play flow ahead of the snap.
.

 

[Wolfpack]

Must be luck. Because gosh darn it, we have a great coaching staff.

Don't forget those darn injuries.

 

[SultanOfSix]

Same could be said for all teams and their QB.

Well, not really since other teams won more than one game with their backup QB, whereas the team this season was one boneheaded Desean Jackson decision away from going 0-for in all of its games with any of theirs.

 

[Alexander]

Don't forget those darn injuries.

I really and honestly hope that somebody in the front office has a little common sense and recognizes that it was not just injuries. It was a combination of many events, of which, injuries were the most significant, but not singular issue that caused the collapse. As much as the 2014 season was a perfect storm in a positive way, 2015 was the polar opposite where so many things went wrong. It cannot be attributed just to bad luck on the injury front. There was poor coaching, poor decisions on personnel as well.

 

[Stash]

Well, not really since other teams won more than one game with their backup QB, whereas the team this season was one boneheaded Desean Jackson decision away from going 0-for in all of its games with any of theirs.

I'm glad that someone else remembers how and why we got that one 'win'.

 

[Stash]

I really and honestly hope that somebody in the front office has a little common sense and recognizes that it was not just injuries. It was a combination of many events, of which, injuries were the most significant, but not singular issue that caused the collapse. As much as the 2014 season was a perfect storm in a positive way, 2015 was the polar opposite where so many things went wrong. It cannot be attributed just to bad luck on the injury front. There was poor coaching, poor decisions on personnel as well.

That's the only thing I can hope for at this point. That the decision makers do realize that.

 

[CF74]

But Jerry was shocked we didn't have more success with backups...

 

[Future]

I'm glad that someone else remembers how and why we got that one 'win'.

We also got some pretty big favors from NYG and Philly when we started 2-0 with Romo.

 

[LittleD]

That's the only thing I can hope for at this point. That the decision makers do realize that.

Probably not. Garrett has his "famous" process and if & when a big pin punctures that balloon, he's done.
Coaching is not and has not been a strength in Dallas due to the owner running things. Without
good coaching, you get myopic results and the sure "trainwreck" of disappointed hopes.

 

[Stash]

We also got some pretty big favors from NYG and Philly when we started 2-0 with Romo.

Yes we did. If not for some terrible clock management and decision-making, we lose that game too.

And it's also not lost on me, the fact that three of the four coaches we managed to win games against ultimately ended up losing their jobs.