What this teams lacks the most

[Bigdog]

A win without Romo as qb

 

[jimmy40]

Is speed.

We are slow as molasses on Offense. No one can blow the top off the D. We have a bunch of athletic OL but they might be faster than Dez and Witten. Beasley and Lucky are quick, TWill and DStreet can't seperate. McFadden has decent top speed but a gust of wind knocks him off line.

No one on D lights it up either. Our LBs are maulers but they don't fly around. RGregory has some great explosion but that is different. If anyone in the secondary is really fast I have yet to see it. I know they take bad angles to make up for the lack of speed.

BCarter had the type of speed at SAM we need. A burner at CB or FS is a must. A WR4/KR needs to be a rocket.

The biggest pet peeve of mine is when people say Randle/McFadden/Turbin are change of pace RBs. No, they are interchangeable substitutes. Change of pace is someone FAST.

who blows the top off the D for New England?

 

[Tabascocat]

who blows the top off the D for New England?

Gronk

 

[Nightman]

who blows the top off the D for New England?

They have the best QB of all time that can make 15 play drives and the team has the discipline not to shoot themselves in the foot.

And when they had RMoss they had the best team offense in the league by far and Brady had 50 TDs.

Every time someone brings up NE but fails to mention Belichick and Brady an angel loses their wings.

 

[dallasdave]

What this teams lacks the most is knowing how to win !!!!

 

[Manster68]

What this teams lacks the most?
How about a pair of testicles?

 

[AbeBeta]

Not arguing that there are good QBs that adjust. Thats supposed to be a given in the NFL.

However, our QB changes the plays more often than not because they just don't work. When was the last time our Coach or Off. Coordinator called anything different?

No. He's changing plays because the scheme givez him the freedom to do so. Plus you have no idea what he's doing or why. I expect every playcall requires him to read the D and either keep you the play or call on Option B. That's all based on what the D is doing, something the coaches don't know until the D lines up.

You act like he's free styling or going rogue. He's making the adjustments the scheme allows him. Seems like that worked real well for him and the staff. Just look at our record with him on the field

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Is speed.

We are slow as molasses on Offense. No one can blow the top off the D. We have a bunch of athletic OL but they might be faster than Dez and Witten. Beasley and Lucky are quick, TWill and DStreet can't seperate. McFadden has decent top speed but a gust of wind knocks him off line.

No one on D lights it up either. Our LBs are maulers but they don't fly around. RGregory has some great explosion but that is different. If anyone in the secondary is really fast I have yet to see it. I know they take bad angles to make up for the lack of speed.

BCarter had the type of speed at SAM we need. A burner at CB or FS is a must. A WR4/KR needs to be a rocket.

The biggest pet peeve of mine is when people say Randle/McFadden/Turbin are change of pace RBs. No, they are interchangeable substitutes. Change of pace is someone FAST.

Had the precumception that this thread would be shot down by myself and others, then read the speed factor. Jimmy Johnson believed in that and it's the last time we had a winning team.

 

[ConstantReboot]

No. He's changing plays because the scheme givez him the freedom to do so. Plus you have no idea what he's doing or why. I expect every playcall requires him to read the D and either keep you the play or call on Option B. That's all based on what the D is doing, something the coaches don't know until the D lines up.

You act like he's free styling or going rogue. He's making the adjustments the scheme allows him. Seems like that worked real well for him and the staff. Just look at our record with him on the field

We are successful because of Romo and not because of our scheme. There's a big difference.

If that was the case why can't we win with Weeden or Cassell? Our offense so crappy and inept when they were in there at QB. The reason is because of the scheme.

Your acting like that the scheme has anything to do with our success. Well guess what? Its not because of our scheme we were successful all these years. Its because of Romo and his ability to make the proper changes at the LOS and his ability to move in the pocket and make plays.

Our most successful season in almost 2 decades happened last year. That was not because of Garrett and his playbook. In fact, the reason why we were so successful last year was because we used some of Callahan's plays and inserted it our system. Instantly, we became a playoff bound team.

Now were back to the pass happy vanilla playbook Garrett uses and our season has tanked.

Romo got hurt on 1st down in a passing formation with no RB in the backfield. That is what a pass happy vanilla scheme did for us this season.

If it weren't for the coach and his predictable playbook, we probably would not have been in this situation.

 

[AbeBeta]

We are successful because of Romo and not because of our scheme. There's a big difference.

If that was the case why can't we win with Weeden or Cassell? Our offense so crappy and inept when they were in there at QB. The reason is because of the scheme.

Your acting like that the scheme has anything to do with our success. Well guess what? Its not because of our scheme we were successful all these years. Its because of Romo and his ability to make the proper changes at the LOS and his ability to move in the pocket and make plays.

Our most successful season in almost 2 decades happened last year. That was not because of Garrett and his playbook. In fact, the reason why we were so successful last year was because we used some of Callahan's plays and inserted it our system. Instantly, we became a playoff bound team.

Now were back to the pass happy vanilla playbook Garrett uses and our season has tanked.

Romo got hurt on 1st down in a passing formation with no RB in the backfield. That is what a pass happy vanilla scheme did for us this season.

If it weren't for the coach and his predictable playbook, we probably would not have been in this situation.

Blah blah blah. You get down 30-6 with 15 minutes to go, you have no choice but to be pass happy.

Good lord. It is like you've never watched football before this year.

 

[ConstantReboot]

Blah blah blah. You get down 30-6 with 15 minutes to go, you have no choice but to be pass happy.

Good lord. It is like you've never watched football before this year.

LOL I guessed I touched a nerve with you concerning your boy Garrett.

We were pass happy this entire year not only this game. Even with our wins. So I don't know what your talking about.

 

[big dog cowboy]

By going to a RBBC it took our strength and make it average. Now we can't run over you or run by you.

Sure we can. Get a healthy Romo and Dez on the field again and were good. Judging our running game this year with the slop we have had a QB and without Dez isn't a good measure at all.

 

[mattjames2010]

Williams has enough speed for the deep routes, Beasley has enough quick cuts and route running for the short routes. Dez isn't a burner but we all know his strengths.

My problem is Witten. Look, I understand he's a legend here and rightfully so, he's just too slow in an offense and a QB that likes to rely on a TE. We have to find a legit replacement for him soon. That doesn't mean Witten will no longer be effective on this offense, but he's no longer his old self. This 1 to 2 yards after a catch crap or going down on first contact really hurts.

 

[rpntex]

Romo makes so many presnap changes to this offense. Thus this proves the scheme doesn't work. Execution doesn't matter if the playbook is flawed.

That proves crap. Changing plays at the line is what any competent QB does. When any OC - not just Lenehan - calls a play, it's basically a guess based on the opposition's tendencies. When the opposing DC calls a different look, it's on the QB to make a change in the play call. Some QBs just aren't capable of handling it. Luckily, Romo is. So are most QBs in the NFL.

 

[pancakeman]

Not arguing that there are good QBs that adjust. Thats supposed to be a given in the NFL.

However, our QB changes the plays more often than not because they just don't work. When was the last time our Coach or Off. Coordinator called anything different?

I'm all for more innovation in play design, but when Romo's calling an audible, you realize he's changing from one coordinator-called play to another, based on the defensive look? It's not like he's chucking the called plays and making stuff up himself.

 

[rpntex]

LOL I guessed I touched a nerve with you concerning your boy Garrett.

We were pass happy this entire year not only this game. Even with our wins. So I don't know what your talking about.

Dallas' ratio of run to pass (through 10 games) is 46:54. The league average is just above 40:60. There are five teams that pass more than 65% of the time.

Dallas ranks 9th in run to pass ratio. Translation - on a percentage basis, there are 23 teams in the NFL that run the ball less, and conversely, pass the ball more than the Cowboys.

You either need to check the definition of "pass happy" or do some fact-checking before you post foolish stuff.

 

[StarBoyz83]

This team and staff are not even close to a sb contender.

 

[Nightman]

Williams has enough speed for the deep routes, Beasley has enough quick cuts and route running for the short routes. Dez isn't a burner but we all know his strengths.

My problem is Witten. Look, I understand he's a legend here and rightfully so, he's just too slow in an offense and a QB that likes to rely on a TE. We have to find a legit replacement for him soon. That doesn't mean Witten will no longer be effective on this offense, but he's no longer his old self. This 1 to 2 yards after a catch crap or going down on first contact really hurts.

To beat a dead horse, I just don't think any of them are fast enough. Dez is Dez and can outjump and out work DBs.

TWill was tested at 4.52 and Lucky at 4.41. Not bad but not lights out.

Dez 4.52... Street 4.55... Cole 4.49... Witten 4.6-4.7

 

[cowboys1981]

Sure we can. Get a healthy Romo and Dez on the field again and were good. Judging our running game this year with the slop we have had a QB and without Dez isn't a good measure at all.

The Miami game was the only one they played the entire game together. Not having either on the field enabled the opposition to be aggressive.

 

[Beast_from_East]

No. He's changing plays because the scheme givez him the freedom to do so. Plus you have no idea what he's doing or why. I expect every playcall requires him to read the D and either keep you the play or call on Option B. That's all based on what the D is doing, something the coaches don't know until the D lines up.

You act like he's free styling or going rogue. He's making the adjustments the scheme allows him. Seems like that worked real well for him and the staff. Just look at our record with him on the field

The problem with this arrangement is that if you have one QB who can change plays to match up scheme wise, what happens when another QB has to play? You say look at our record with Romo on the field, well about our record when he is not on the field?

We have not won a game without Romo under center for half a decade........last win by another QB was John Kitna back in 2010........5 yrs ago.

So you are telling me that we have an offensive system that is designed around one single player......is that really a smart thing to do, to become so dependent upon one single player that you lose every game without him for half a decade?