Who runs this team? Who is calling the shots?

[Bleu Star]

why stick with weeden, as bad as he is? are you there at practice talking to cassell? you speak as if you know cassell is a better choice. Linehan, and other coaches are there to assess and for some reason...not sure why I trust their judgement more than yours. he has been here for three weeks. and you want to go to the game against a defensive guru, with limited offensive players and 80% of the play book.!!!! wow. just wow.

and right now, this offense is limited. very limited. our WRs suck. they can't get off the line. the saints and now patriots have defended us rather easily? why, because they put 9 in the box. they blanket Witten with a safety and LB. and single up and press our WRs. Williams is an average 2nd WR at best, that now is the primary WR on the team. his repertoire is limited. Street's picture is on the milk carton. and Beasley is only a slot WR. I am not sure how innovative you can get with this set of WRs. so teams focus on stopping the run and pressure weeden, since none of these WRs can get off the line, much less get deep.

and I am tired of all this Michael talk. he was so fvcking good seattle let him go for next to nothing after spending a 2nd round pick on him. he ain't all that. as a matter of fact our RBs all are average. and I doubt if Murray could have done much as evident from his play in philly. with teams stacking the line, there is no room for running. this offense is going to suffer until we get Dez back and teams have to defend us dfiiferently.

btw, my concern is the defense. the Atlanta and NO game exposed this defense. we sucked in the 4th quarter. we were gassed. hopefully Hardy and McClain can help, but I can't express my disappointment in this defense. what happened to this defensive genius called Marinelli!!! we can't tackle. we take bad angles. we look lost. we can't consistently pressure. and we put all our eggs in Hardy basket. why isn't marinelli scheme a little better and get more out of this defense. we can't give up third downs at this rate and expect to stay in the games. we can't win shoot outs with this offense, so this defense better step it up.... or its the next DC that needs to come in and fix this thing.

& you act like you know the status quo works just fine. That tells me all I need to know about what you know...

 

[Bleu Star]

Garett runs the team. Jerry runs the entire organization. Although Jerry allows Garrett to make football decisions ( who to play or bench ect), if he really gets upset he probably can just call Jason in and tell him " we need to play cassell". Who calls the shots - Garrett but Jerry can trump anything and everything unless it's with his son who will defer to ( his heir )

I believe Garrett has more power than we know. Not necessarily a good thing. I think he needs to simply master the art of coaching. Not just coaching but strategically "out coaching" the guy on the other sideline more regularly.

 

[Bleu Star]

I think we can all agree, the OL isnt as good as fans thought it was. Callahan was a big loss and Murray did help the line look good, and we all better starting singing Romos praises.

Callahan was a MAJOR loss and, contrary to the popular belief that permeated this board for weeks following the exodus of Demarco, everyone cannot run successfully behind this line..

 

[Bleu Star]

All joking aside, I did want to see more carries from C-Mike. It is odd, especially once there was no chance of winning for him to not get another carry. I do wonder if Jerry mandated that Garrett use C-Mike on 3rd and short and that Garrett just does not want to use C-Mike for whatever reasons. Some people pointing out that C-Mike make some demonstration on the field after his run which might have annoyed the coaches. I thought they should have used Randle more last season just to get a better indicator of what he could or couldn't do but they just kept using Murray even in the final meaningless game of the season.

All good points... While RB may not be the problem, it is definitely a heavy contributor. It's time for those in denial (including the front office, coaches, and our fellow fans) to realize that the RBBC was a very poorly executed bad idea.

 

[Nightman]

All good points... While RB may not be the problem, it is definitely a heavy contributor. It's time for those in denial (including the front office, coaches, and our fellow fans) to realize that the RBBC was a very poorly executed bad idea.

Your OP was right on point. This team is so by the book that a computer should be the coach. Just type in down and distance and get the play.

I have not seen one ounce of ingenuity, guts, bravado, confidence or whatever you want to call it.
We don't attack on offense or defense, we react.
Our STs are basically non-existent.

They change at a glacial pace. The RBBC was a coloassal mistake from the start and is only matched by not admitting it.
Weeden should never start again in the NFL, he is a one game back-up at best. If we can't find better than McClay and Garrett should be fired.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

All good points... While RB may not be the problem, it is definitely a heavy contributor. It's time for those in denial (including the front office, coaches, and our fellow fans) to realize that the RBBC was a very poorly executed bad idea.

I have to give Garrett his due here. I don't think he was on board to let Murray walk. That was ole any one can run behind this line Jones.

 

[Tabascocat]

I have to give Garrett his due here. I don't think he was on board to let Murray walk. That was ole any one can run behind this line Jones.

Of course he didn't want Murray to go. He was part of the bread-n-butter that covers up his coaching ability.

 

[Bleu Star]

I have to give Garrett his due here. I don't think he was on board to let Murray walk. That was ole any one can run behind this line Jones.

Good point

 

[Bleu Star]

Of course he didn't want Murray to go. He was part of the bread-n-butter that covers up his coaching ability.

An even better point

 

[lostar2009]

the RBs are not the main problem right now,its the damn coaches who still think we can run againt a 8-9 man box.

The rbs are the problem, along with Weeden and the play calling

 

[Bleu Star]

The rbs are the problem, along with Weeden and the play calling

Yes. Indeed they are.. The sooner the rest of us get beyond this perpetual protective denial, The better off we'll be.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

The rbs are the problem, along with Weeden and the play calling

We faced the same fronts last season. Two things were different. O line coach and RB.

 

[lostar2009]

Yes. Indeed they are.. The sooner the rest of us get beyond this perpetual protective denial, The better off we'll be.

Then the team is trading for guys they don't even use. CM show more in one play than I've seen Randle and Fadden done all season.

Oh yeah for you guys that didn't want Chris Johnson... Check out his stats.

79 attempts 405 yards 5.1 avg

Compare to who???

J. Randle
74 attempts 289 yards 3.9 avg

Darren McFadden
37 attempts 129 yards 3.5 avg

Total= 111 attempts 418 yards rushing!!!

Someone please tell me my numbers are wrong.

 

[Nightman]

Then the team is trading for guys they don't even use. CM show more in one play than I've seen Randle and Fadden done all season.

Oh yeah for you guys that didn't want Chris Johnson... Check out his stats.

79 attempts 405 yards 5.1 avg

Compare to who???

J. Randle
74 attempts 289 yards 3.9 avg

Darren McFadden
37 attempts 129 yards 3.5 avg

Total= 111 attempts 418 yards rushing!!!

Someone please tell me my numbers are wrong.

They didn't want Murray
They didn't want a top FA
They didn't want a vet FA like CJohnson
They didn't draft anyone
They didn't want APeterson
They won't use CMichael

Randle is a great back-up. McFadden is been done, never was.

 

[cowboy_ron]

Well, the last 3 years when player moves and draft picks started making sense it was Stephen and Wil McClay....BUT someone baited Groper with the EOTY award because of it, so he is back to thinking he knows what he's doing, and seems to be back in the mix.

 

[Bleu Star]

Then the team is trading for guys they don't even use. CM show more in one play than I've seen Randle and Fadden done all season.

Oh yeah for you guys that didn't want Chris Johnson... Check out his stats.

79 attempts 405 yards 5.1 avg

Compare to who???

J. Randle
74 attempts 289 yards 3.9 avg

Darren McFadden
37 attempts 129 yards 3.5 avg

Total= 111 attempts 418 yards rushing!!!

Someone please tell me my numbers are wrong.

Oh you just had to mention Chris Johnson. Arghhhhh. We had him in our sights. Arghhhhh

 

[lukin2006]

Does not much matter who runs this team. It should be obvious by now the people running this team since Jimmy Johnson left really can't complete the job and get this team over the edge. Last year we looked really close, and I think many people (myself included) thought we'd make a run at a super bowl. The problem the way I see, is the same as always ... every time it appears that we are building something we always take steps back ... this year especially. We had a good off season in the draft getting Jones and Gregory and signing Collins, FA wise getting Hardy and some other pieces. But the team failed to address three key areas, getting a reliable backup QB, a dependable veteran number 2 wide receiver and a running back, no way Randle or McFadden are lead backs and this organization failed to draft one or sign a veteran back in free agency ... and next years draft has to be a priority on running back and quarter back, because as far as I see Romo is 1 hit from missing games.

 

[xwalker]

All good points... While RB may not be the problem, it is definitely a heavy contributor. It's time for those in denial (including the front office, coaches, and our fellow fans) to realize that the RBBC was a very poorly executed bad idea.

I just don't see huge problems with Randle.

The run blocking has been subpar all season and got worse when Dez and Romo were out.

You should hope they stay with RBBC because that's C-Mike's best chance to eventually get some carries.

 

[CCBoy]

All good points... While RB may not be the problem, it is definitely a heavy contributor. It's time for those in denial (including the front office, coaches, and our fellow fans) to realize that the RBBC was a very poorly executed bad idea.

The loss of Dunbar actually hurt the group.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

The loss of Dunbar actually hurt the group.

It did more so the Wrs though.