Why can't they scrape up a win?

[Wrangler87]

The Cowboys can't create turnovers AT ALL. That's why we can't win a game. A turnover at any point in the fourth quarter last night results in a win. Same thing for the Seattle and the New Orleans game.

At the very least, I think the Cowboys will have a new Defensive Coordinator after the season. Something has to give there. Waaaaaaay too much talent to not produce turnovers or any form of consistent pressure. A lot of turnovers result from the blitz which the Cowboys almost never do. The defense is so year 2000.

Even when the QB plays pretty well (and Cassel played very well other than the pick 6) this team still cannot hold a lead or stop anyone on the final drive of games. It's like a hot knife through butter.

One of the most productive defensive lineman spends most of the game on the bench - Irving. Who did he piss off? How does this guy not see more playing time?

The CB's and Safety's always seem to be trailing the open receivers as they run across the formation, and not by a step, by like four or five steps. Are they that slow of foot or do they just react slower than the average DB?

McClain is a shell of his last year self and always seems to move backwards on contact. He gets trucked, rolled jucked, and spun play after play.

I really felt like the Cowboys were going to win last night, especially after the FG bounced through. I was sure Bradford would screw up but he was never even pressured on the last dive, until the last play. Bradford was way too comfortable on the last drive of that game.

The Cowboys never catch even the smallest break. Compared to teams like Pittsburgh and New England who always get the beneficial bounce or fluke turnover or TD, the Cowboys never get it. EVER. Even the laws of physics should produce something every once in a while.

I'm not sure Romo can even fix this mess. He would have to come in and play the best football of his career to overcome the defensive deficiencies that always seem to creep in at the worst possible time and the Giants would have to completely fold. I think closer to 8-8 (again) is probably more likely.

 

[links18]

Because the team just isn't as good as we thought it was?

 

[tyke1doe]

I think our schemes are too simplistic. We've been a vanilla team since the 90s. And unless we have extremely great talent, we simply can't compete as a consistently top team.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

BC JG IS HC

 

[CowboyStar88]

Coaching Coaching Coaching

 

[RS12]

The Cowboys can't create turnovers AT ALL.

At this point I'd settle for a stop or three and out when they needed one.

 

[RunDMC]

I think our schemes are too simplistic. We've been a vanilla team since the 90s. And unless we have extremely great talent, we simply can't compete as a consistently top team.

Yep on both sides of the football.

Marinelli is terrible. Keeps playing Jeff Heath. Won't bench McClain. That 3-2-5 was working against the Pats. Haven't seen it much since. Last night we were blitzing and getting pressure and then went away from it. Season is on the line. Take some chances man. David Irving is our second best player on the DL after Kraken. Hayden playing more snaps is asinine.

 

[jwitten82]

Our coaching staff offers us no advantage, even the Seattle game where we got a turnover on st and defense, we still lost.

 

[StylisticS]

We can barely get sacks much less a turnover. The lack of turnovers is unbelievable to me. We can't get an INT from any of our corners.

 

[noshame]

If I was the head coach I would have started off today by firing the special teams coach. When you start off a game with a roughing penalty and then your punt returner fields a ball on the one yard line somebodys heads got to roll and I don't care what kind of a rep he had. That was pure High School crap

 

[Miller]

Coaching. JG and his process never changes. He plugs in backups and expects people to execute like a system. Problem is the system is simplistic from placalls to WR routes. It works with Romo magic. It doesn't without him. I have never been a JG fan. Mediocre from his OC days on. I think this Romo time off has exposed it more than ever. My brother and I spoke last night and there was so much extreme love or hate by players and fans for guys like Jimmy,. Barry and even Parcells. JG is meh and thus the team is meh.

 

[jazzcat22]

OP is right on.
No turnovers, no sacks, or not enough, same with pressures. Can't make key stops against the run, and still too many wide open receivers. Sloppy play, penalties, no desire or fire in the play.
At times it seems there is and other times going through the motions. Our players always getting hurt, as theirs never do.

I was in shock when Garrett went for the 4th and 1.
Seems no imagination on D or O. Why not try a few of the reverses again with Whitehead.

As links18 said, we are just not as good as we thought. Without Romo, weaknesses showing up all over the place. This d just simply can't make plays. e are told they are talented, so has the scheme just got so out dated, it fails. But this is what we will have the next few years.

 

[Everson24]

The Cowboys never catch even the smallest break. Compared to teams like Pittsburgh and New England who always get the beneficial bounce or fluke turnover or TD, the Cowboys never get it. EVER. Even the laws of physics should produce something every once in a while.

This is what bugs me the most. The ball always bounces the Steelers way and on top of that they get every close call by the officiating crew. We are on the opposite side of both of those things. Just think about it. The refs took away touchdowns in our last 3 games in games that were close to begin with.

 

[Asklesko]

they almost did. the game was there for them if they had scored a td. unfortunately they scored a field goal.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Simple. We can't create space in the scoring department. Our defense is going to let us down sooner or later and the offense is not high powered enough with Cassel at QB. We are at the very best always going to keep the opponent in the game.

I think the safety position is the biggest issue. They are the last line of defense and they can't defend.

The last play was a perfect example. Jones got beat which is understandable. Corners are not going to be perfect. But, you absolutely have to have a safety to make the tackle and save the play from being a big play to being a TD. There's no reason why Wilcox should not have made that tackle. He didn't and he didn't come close.

So you have a defense that can't force turnovers and can't prevent a big play from being a huge play and a decent play from being a big play. All they can hope for is incompletions, stopping the running game and the offense getting some penalties so they can punt the ball back to our stale offense.






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[fifaguy]

They don't know how to win. They never go for the throat and usually ease off the throttle (or so it seems) after starting out well. There is also the well documented problem of failing (one way or another) in crunch time. I can't help but think that some of this is a reflection of JG.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

We can barely get sacks much less a turnover. The lack of turnovers is unbelievable to me. We can't get an INT from any of our corners.

It's hard to make interceptions when you are not remotely in position to intercept the ball. The opportunities for our DBs to make an interception are infinately small at best.