Nav22
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Holy crap, where do I begin?
In no particular order...
1) 3rd and short, Romo back to pass. He has daylight in front of him, and could easily pick up the 1st down with his feet. Instead, he forces a pass downfield into coverage... incomplete, punt.
2) Being a millisecond too late with pass-rush. QB converts a 3rd and 10, when if Ware/Ellis/Ratliff/whoever was a SPLIT second faster, it's a sack and possibly forced fumble.
3) Hearing "automatic 1st down" come out of the ref's mouth when we're on D. Any of those penalties apply here. And when that happens after a 3rd down stop, it's nearly the same thing as a turnover.
4) Missed opportunities on O. Late in the 2nd quarter last week, Romo was under pressure and missed Miles Austin wide open in the endzone. We end up settling for a FG attempt, which Folk missed.
5) Poor clock management. Same drive as mentioned in #4, we had TWO timeouts and spent none, inexplicably going no-huddle and letting tons of time run off the clock. It changed our play-calling and was a major reason we went 3 and out.
6) Our inconsistent, feast-or-famine run game. Maybe it only seems this way... but it seems like Barber will either get 4+ yards a pop or he'll be stuffed for negative yardage or no gain.
7) Dropped INTs. There's a handful of plays in most football games that are somewhat unnoticed (especially by the highlight reel) but make a TREMENDOUS impact on the outcome of the game. Dropped INTs are these type of plays, especially when the offense scores points on the drive. If Asante Samuel doesn't drop the INT in the Giants' final drive of the Super Bowl, Eli is a goat today (and still a bum in general) and the Pats would've been perfect. Pacman dropped at least 3 that I can recall this year alone.
There's about 6,293 more that I'm too lazy to list. Man, football can be infuriating.
In no particular order...
1) 3rd and short, Romo back to pass. He has daylight in front of him, and could easily pick up the 1st down with his feet. Instead, he forces a pass downfield into coverage... incomplete, punt.
2) Being a millisecond too late with pass-rush. QB converts a 3rd and 10, when if Ware/Ellis/Ratliff/whoever was a SPLIT second faster, it's a sack and possibly forced fumble.
3) Hearing "automatic 1st down" come out of the ref's mouth when we're on D. Any of those penalties apply here. And when that happens after a 3rd down stop, it's nearly the same thing as a turnover.
4) Missed opportunities on O. Late in the 2nd quarter last week, Romo was under pressure and missed Miles Austin wide open in the endzone. We end up settling for a FG attempt, which Folk missed.
5) Poor clock management. Same drive as mentioned in #4, we had TWO timeouts and spent none, inexplicably going no-huddle and letting tons of time run off the clock. It changed our play-calling and was a major reason we went 3 and out.
6) Our inconsistent, feast-or-famine run game. Maybe it only seems this way... but it seems like Barber will either get 4+ yards a pop or he'll be stuffed for negative yardage or no gain.
7) Dropped INTs. There's a handful of plays in most football games that are somewhat unnoticed (especially by the highlight reel) but make a TREMENDOUS impact on the outcome of the game. Dropped INTs are these type of plays, especially when the offense scores points on the drive. If Asante Samuel doesn't drop the INT in the Giants' final drive of the Super Bowl, Eli is a goat today (and still a bum in general) and the Pats would've been perfect. Pacman dropped at least 3 that I can recall this year alone.
There's about 6,293 more that I'm too lazy to list. Man, football can be infuriating.
avaj
I forgot poor clock management is a biggie for me too.
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The extreme amount of time between winning our last Lombardi and winning our next Lombardi.
Seven
Messenger to the football Gods
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Having, then losing, then having, then losing momentum. We let teams hang around.
Continuous support of Adam Jones.
The let's fire everybody crew.
Jerry whorishly merchandising this team with no regard. "Hard Knocks", all around training camp circus, constant media blitz, etc.
Losing Ireland.
No depth.
......................and what Sarge said.
Continuous support of Adam Jones.
The let's fire everybody crew.
Jerry whorishly merchandising this team with no regard. "Hard Knocks", all around training camp circus, constant media blitz, etc.
Losing Ireland.
No depth.
......................and what Sarge said.
CrazyCowboy
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Too many FLAGS!
DragonCowboy
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only winning by 19 when we should win by 20.
GAH!
GAH!
sonnyboy
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My only pet peeve has always been stupid fan pet peeves.
1) Lack of a pass rush or I wish our pass rush was more consistent. This has always been my favorite idiot pet peeve.
No teams fan base in the history of profootball didn't think their teams pass rush couldn't be more consistent. The 1985 Bears fans wanted more pass rush.
The other team gets paid to. They are not supposed to let their QB get sacked 5 times and hit or hurries on every other pass play. If any team allowed the type of pressure on their QB that would satisfy you guys, for more than 3 games in a row, their QB would be on IR!
This may come as a surprise, but we have out pass rushed each of our 6 opponents this year. Go back and count the sacks, hurries, hits. Count the times the QB has had more than 3 seconds to pass. Arizona came close, but no.
Of course our pass rush can be better and I think a healthy Spencer will help a lot. But it has been good enough for a top defense.
It's our secondary that's been holding us back. Missed assignments leaving receivers running free. Dropped interceptions and a handful of misplayed balls have really cost us.
But that's to be expected with three new CB's on the team and the amount of injuries we've had.
1) Lack of a pass rush or I wish our pass rush was more consistent. This has always been my favorite idiot pet peeve.
No teams fan base in the history of profootball didn't think their teams pass rush couldn't be more consistent. The 1985 Bears fans wanted more pass rush.
The other team gets paid to. They are not supposed to let their QB get sacked 5 times and hit or hurries on every other pass play. If any team allowed the type of pressure on their QB that would satisfy you guys, for more than 3 games in a row, their QB would be on IR!
This may come as a surprise, but we have out pass rushed each of our 6 opponents this year. Go back and count the sacks, hurries, hits. Count the times the QB has had more than 3 seconds to pass. Arizona came close, but no.
Of course our pass rush can be better and I think a healthy Spencer will help a lot. But it has been good enough for a top defense.
It's our secondary that's been holding us back. Missed assignments leaving receivers running free. Dropped interceptions and a handful of misplayed balls have really cost us.
But that's to be expected with three new CB's on the team and the amount of injuries we've had.
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Fans whining 2 minutes into the game..
questionable playcalling on offense/defense.
questionable playcalling on offense/defense.
avaj
When it is 3rd & 25 and they call a running play
