While everyone is crying about the No-Call on Furgeson

[GINeric]

Cooks was not Dak's 1st option. Schoonmaker was. What's so hard for you Dak critics not to understand this? Did y'all ever play football?

You're trying to explain things to people with extremely low football IQs my friend. They're not intelligent enough to understand how it works in situational football.

 

[GINeric]

That's what $50M QB's are supposed to do. Instead Dak gets locked into where he wants to go with the ball pre-snap.

He did the same thing on 4th down when Ferg was running wide open right in the middle of the field.

He does this several times a game.

There are quarterbacks who's contracts are much higher than Dak and they miss open receivers too. So what spin job or goal post moving do you have to explain why those quarterbacks who make more than 50M miss open receivers too??

I'll wait....

 

[Kwyn]

Hmmm...Who would you look at? Cooks or Schoon?

Dak did not choose wisely.

So, if the play call is to throw to Schoonmaker, the QB should just ignore that, not even look at his primary option and instead look at the other side of the field?

if you want to complain about this, it’s McCarthy, and Schoonmaker, not Dak.

 

[Kwyn]

My question is why is Shoon your first read? He should have been looking center or to the right and throw it quickly as pressure was coming. Dak made another huge mistake throwing it over Tolbert's head on 4th Down when Ferguson was open down the middle. Dak needs to use the guys who balled that game at that was Lamb and Ferguson. You shouldn't be throwing to Shoon and Tolbert. Dak balled yesterday and wasn't the reason we lost. The D can't allow 3 long drives like that and the Offense can't false start. Steele has to pick it up!!.

It’s not a schoolyard play where the QB just says “everyone go deep” and then chucks it to the guy who can jump highest.

Why would he start the play off looking in the wrong direction from where the play was called?

 

[Kevinicus]

It’s not a schoolyard play where the QB just says “everyone go deep” and then chucks it to the guy who can jump highest.

Why would he start the play off looking in the wrong direction from where the play was called?

I think maybe there is an assumption about what exactly was, or should have been, the first read.
While it's obviously true that if the left side is the first read (and if it's shallower, it may certainly be), that's really the only thing Dak could have done. Do we know, the right side wasn't supposed to be, or shouldn't have been, the first read?

I haven't looked at the pre-snap alignment all that much to even have an idea one way or the other.

 

[InPhiltraitor]

I think maybe there is an assumption about what exactly was, or should have been, the first read.
While it's obviously true that if the left side is the first read (and if it's shallower, it may certainly be), that's really the only thing Dak could have done. Do we know, the right side wasn't supposed to be, or shouldn't have been, the first read?

I haven't looked at the pre-snap alignment all that much to even have an idea one way or the other.

The short side of the field with the TE closer set would logically be the first read (pending defensive alignment) to get the ball out quicker as your wideouts on the wide side would have to receive a longer throw. From Dak's perspective, at the :08 to :09 sec. mark prior to seeing Schoon's shoulders start to open this play looks like a gimme. A throwing lane is opening since Sweat is running wide and Tyron is set to move him wider, and Dak would have to anticipate Ferg running the proper route instead of politely splitting the defenders. Also, run the vid. slowly a note how quickly the pressure is coming from Dak's right making a throw to that side more challenging. The read wasn't the problem, the execution was.

Adding to Ferg's failed pick attempt was Blankenship's recognition of what was going down and getting out there to take down the easily tackled Schoonover (per Baldy). I'll leave it to you guys to debate if he got there too soon.

I can't even imagine the amount of complaining on here if Dak scanned the left side first, decided it was a no-go and then reset to look to his right only to take a sack or have his pass batted down since Pollard was apparently assigned to NOT (or was he?) pick up blitzers. Would have been a chorus of, "Schoon is open, why are you holding the ball again, Jesus?"

Bottom line is brain farts in execution continues to cost this team.

 

[DCwarrior]

Cooks was not Dak's 1st option. Schoonmaker was. What's so hard for you Dak critics not to understand this? Did y'all ever play football?

No but we’ve all stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.

 

[America's Cowboy]

No but we’ve all stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.

 

[big dog cowboy]

There are quarterbacks who's contracts are much higher than Dak and they miss open receivers too. So what spin job or goal post moving do you have to explain why those quarterbacks who make more than 50M miss open receivers too??

I'll wait....

Wait all you want. I don't give a crap about them. I am a Cowboys fan.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Cooks was not Dak's 1st option. Schoonmaker was. What's so hard for you Dak critics not to understand this? Did y'all ever play football?

See the field. Go through your progressions. Look at the coverage. Who has outside leverage. Who has inside leverage. Don't stare down your receiver. Don't make up your mind pre-snap where your going to throw the ball.

 

[America's Cowboy]

See the field. Go through your progressions. Look at the coverage. Who has outside leverage. Who has inside leverage. Don't stare down your receiver. Don't make up your mind pre-snap where your going to throw the ball.

On the Schoonmaker throw at the goal line, the Blitzer coming from the right side between G and T reached Dak within a split second, untouched, thus would have not left Dak time to release the pass had Dak decided to throw it to Cooks on the right side instead. You keep stating Dak should have thrown it to Cooks, but you fail to realize there is no way Dak would have had time because of the 1-2 seconds it took Cooks to cross underneath CeeDee's crossing route in order to get open on the right side while the untouched Blitzer was already in Dak's face within a split second after the hike of the football. Dak made the right choice throwing it to his left, away from the incoming blitz on the right side of his Oline.

Watch the tape properly over and over. Go to the 10:51 minute mark...

Replay it over and over. Pay close attention.

 

[Cowboys1966]

What was the no call on Ferguson? I must’ve missed that.

 

[big dog cowboy]

On the Schoonmaker throw at the goal line, the Blitzer coming from the right side between G and T reached Dak within a split second, untouched, thus would have not left Dak time to release the pass had Dak decided to throw it to Cooks on the right side instead. You keep stating Dak should have thrown it to Cooks, but you fail to realize there is no way Dak would have had time because of the 1-2 seconds it took Cooks to cross underneath CeeDee's crossing route in order to get open on the right side while the untouched Blitzer was already in Dak's face within a split second after the hike of the football. Dak made the right choice throwing it to his left, away from the incoming blitz on the right side of his Oline.

Watch the tape properly over and over. Go to the 10:51 minute mark...

Replay it over and over. Pay close attention.

If Dak had actually scanned the field and saw the blitzer, football 101 is you throw where the blitzer is coming from because there will be an open area there. In this case it was Cooks standing wide open in the end zone.

 

[America's Cowboy]

If Dak had actually scanned the field and saw the blitzer, football 101 is you throw where the blitzer is coming from because there will be an open area there. In this case it was Cooks standing wide open in the end zone.

There was no throwing lane. It took Cooks 1-2 seconds to allow CeeDee to cross in front of him, thus clearing the space for an open Cooks. By that time, the Blitzer was already on Dak. You're asking for Dak to right away throw the ball to Cooks at the hike of the football, but that would have ended in either a tackle short of the goal line, a contested catch, an incompletion or worse.

 

[jsb357]

This was happening on the other side.

dak makes up his mind where the ball is going before the snap

 

[foofighters]

Cooks was not Dak's 1st option. Schoonmaker was. What's so hard for you Dak critics not to understand this? Did y'all ever play football?

I know you don't want to hear this but Dak should know before the snap who is where. Two of Dak's issues are not being able to read defenses and the game is too fast for him. Here's an example of that. He can see the safety drop out of the right immediately and knowing that side Cook is running an inside slant, that field is open. Also, his throw to Schoonmaker should have been up in the air to give him a chance to get in the endzone to make a play. I am not saying Dak sucks. He's an average QB and average QB is going to struggle in plays like these.

 

[America's Cowboy]

I know you don't want to hear this but Dak should know before the snap who is where. Two of Dak's issues are not being able to read defenses and the game is too fast for him. Here's an example of that. He can see the safety drop out of the right immediately and knowing that side Cook is running an inside slant, that field is open. Also, his throw to Schoonmaker should have been up in the air to give him a chance to get in the endzone to make a play. I am not saying Dak sucks. He's an average QB and average QB is going to struggle in plays like these.

Already explained this to you stubborn Dak critics. Even supplied film to back it up. At this point, the problem is in your cabeza.

 

[foofighters]

Already explained this to you stubborn Dak critics. Even supplied film to back it up. At this point, the problem is in your cabeza.

Nope it's not. Timing plays. Why don't we do a lot of them? Even in the Romo years, we didn't do much for timing plays outside of that one great play that Witten and Romo usually connected on.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Nope it's not. Timing plays. Why don't we do a lot of them? Even in the Romo years, we didn't do much for timing plays outside of that one great play that Witten and Romo usually connected on.

Aaah, good point. Agreed. Hardly any timing plays.

 

[noshame]

Cooks was his first read IDK what he was looking at.