Why Cooper and Lamb went backwards

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Since Dak came back from his calf injury he has played ultra conservative. Alot of times he doesnt give time for a play to develop if he sees the rb open in the flat. That’s annoying. Also, he only throws the ball mainly in between the hashes. Cooper and Lamb are outside the hashes. The second half of this year became rb dominant dump off, Dalton Schultz at 10 or Cedric Wilson in the middle. You shut that out Dak does not go to the sidelines often and when he does its a 5-10 yard pass. He lost that gunslinger mentality. You look at Chase, jefferson, kupp and Adams these guys are the focal point of the other teams but yet get 7 catches and 12 targets a game. If they can produce like that so can these guys to a point. The problem is they don't get chances. The qb plays to not throw ints or get hit for the first 3 quarters. Only when the game is on the line he starts slinging the ball around. Ive seen ceedee open deep a few times and Dak doesnt want to go over ten yards and with our penalties no wonder why we dont score vs good teams.


Plus Dak has no continuity with these wr’s. Jamar Chase and Davante Adams always catch that back shoulder fade. Just like Aikman to Irvin on the 15 yard out. Dak has none of that besides Schultz in the middle. Wheres our big play chances? Lamb came into the league as if its 1 on 1 just throw it up. When was the last time Lamb got one of those down the sidelines. Who knows you might even get a PI. Our offense is all backwards.
 

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To be fair, the routes have been awful too. Dak has no anticipation so he has to wait for them to turn around and fast ball it in. I got the feeling Lamb and Cooper mentally checked out a bit the second half of the year too.
 

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There is something wrong with the passing game of you can’t your best playmakers at receiver the ball with any consistency.

Yeah. Teams played more coverage and didn’t care to stop the run. Dak sucked against it.


The 9ers pass defense is awful and they had no problem stopping us. It’s just the way Dak is.


Romo was even saying what I’ve been saying during the game. When we can run we’re a different team.

More Dak is bad.
 

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Starts and ends with the QB.

We screwed up by paying Dak as someone who elevates those around him. That's not what he is - he's a bus driver type that needs to be surrounded by talent to succeed.

In other words, we are $%#!'d

Too many holes around about to be created by FA and there is not enough money or draft picks to fill those with. This was the year to make something happen.....now we sit in mediocracy for the next couple years.
 

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Cooper Rush threw to both pretty well. The ball is not going to where the plays are designed. Dak stinks but we are stuck with him for a few years. Moore needs to be replaced by someone that can utilize Daks limited skill set.
 

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Since Dak came back from his calf injury he has played ultra conservative. Alot of times he doesnt give time for a play to develop if he sees the rb open in the flat. That’s annoying. Also, he only throws the ball mainly in between the hashes. Cooper and Lamb are outside the hashes. The second half of this year became rb dominant dump off, Dalton Schultz at 10 or Cedric Wilson in the middle. You shut that out Dak does not go to the sidelines often and when he does its a 5-10 yard pass. He lost that gunslinger mentality. You look at Chase, jefferson, kupp and Adams these guys are the focal point of the other teams but yet get 7 catches and 12 targets a game. If they can produce like that so can these guys to a point. The problem is they don't get chances. The qb plays to not throw ints or get hit for the first 3 quarters. Only when the game is on the line he starts slinging the ball around. Ive seen ceedee open deep a few times and Dak doesnt want to go over ten yards and with our penalties no wonder why we dont score vs good teams.


Plus Dak has no continuity with these wr’s. Jamar Chase and Davante Adams always catch that back shoulder fade. Just like Aikman to Irvin on the 15 yard out. Dak has none of that besides Schultz in the middle. Wheres our big play chances? Lamb came into the league as if its 1 on 1 just throw it up. When was the last time Lamb got one of those down the sidelines. Who knows you might even get a PI. Our offense is all backwards.
Yes, very strange how those down the sideline routes disappeared during the back half of the season. After the calf injury and our receivers went on COVID protocol, things were not the same. I just don't know if it was Dak, the receivers, the other teams playing different coverages after Denver...all of it combined together? We were just never on the same page.
 

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If Lamb wants to get the ball more he needs to actually catch the thing when it is thrown to him. As it stands Wilson was getting, and taking advantage of, the chances he had to make plays.
Speaking of which, if Dak had an extra half second, I think he completes that desperation heave to Wilson. It was already so close as it was. Wilson actually adjusted and got both hands on that pass. Other teams seem to make those clutch throws and catches. Heck the Arizona guy did it using Nashon Wright's helmet...
 

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Yes, very strange how those down the sideline routes disappeared during the back half of the season. After the calf injury and our receivers went on COVID protocol, things were not the same. I just don't know if it was Dak, the receivers, the other teams playing different coverages after Denver...all of it combined together? We were just never on the same page.
Teams didn't fear the run. Make Dak beat you is the way to defend against Dallas and 90% of the time, it's gonna work.
 

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If Lamb wants to get the ball more he needs to actually catch the thing when it is thrown to him. As it stands Wilson was getting, and taking advantage of, the chances he had to make plays.
#truth
 

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Teams didn't fear the run. Make Dak beat you is the way to defend against Dallas and 90% of the time, it's gonna work.
Strange how we were talking Dak and MVP at the beginning of the season. I hope we retool the offensive line and continue to upgrade the LBers and rest of the defense.
 

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Cooper is a good player inflated by Cowboys hype.

Lamb is also a good player wildly over hyped by the team he plays for as well.

Prescott received a salary commiserate with the going rate for qbs, because there wasn’t a chance in hell the 2 dummies running things thought they could find someone better. Let’s all remember they thought Manziel and Paxton Lynch were viable options.
 

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This has been a issue since JG days. Every time the OL couldn't hold up or run game went south, the offense went to the crapper. The reason the offense sometimes looked good with Romo was he was willing to run around and chuck it up to Dez and Dez could out "athlete" against lesser CBs. But it didn't work as well against the better teams with better players. Just like this offense.

For once I like to see them feed Cooper, Lamb or Shultz when they are the ones getting open over and over again until they get stopped. Like someone said we don't really have an identity just bunch of plays.
 
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