You can't blame Eberflus

[Ironicalicon]

 

[NeonNinja]

We absolutely can and we should.

 

[Mikexike]

What bothers me about Eberflus is he couldn't parlay the addition of Williams, and the return of a few others on the D, into a unit functioning as a sustainable model of continual improvement. Eberflus is not an innovative coach. He has a system that is uses to shape players instead of creating a system that exploits their best attributes. No way he can come back.

My problem with him is he is not aggressive with what has to work with, We could of did what flores did all game which was bring pressure. You need to bring pressure when you don't have the players on the back end. You can't sit back and play bend and break defense cause it breaks every damn time! You send pressure so you can create havoc!!!!

 

[Cowboyfanforlife]

And Jerry's Algorithm to spite everyone especially the fans? He'll bring back flus like he did marinelli for a few more years....he will NEVER, EVER, EVER admit he is wrong.....

 

[wecasa]

Plenty of blame to go around starting at the top. The defense has never been priority. Even Quinn had to use safetys at line backer because the depth was so poor. Now we've got a bunch of scrubs playing lb that don't have a clue where to go. Now that's on coaching. The last few backers they've actually drafted had an injury report longer that my... back on the front office. Quit drafting projects with high draft picks. Quit drafting guys with medical issues period.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

On a somewhat related note....the Giants thought hiring Jason Garrett was a smart higher after he spent 10 years as the Head Coach in Dallas. His schemes were also vanilla. His schemes were also outdated. Jason Garrett promptly was 2nd to last in offense his first year with the Giants. Then dead last his 2nd year. He has not coached on any level since then. Stop assuming someone is "smart" or "knows what they are doing"...because they were head coaches previously!!!

 

[DuncanIso]

On a somewhat related note....the Giants thought hiring Jason Garrett was a smart higher after he spent 10 years as the Head Coach in Dallas. His schemes were also vanilla. His schemes were also outdated. Jason Garrett promptly was 2nd to last in offense his first year with the Giants. Then dead last his 2nd year. He has not coached on any level since then. Stop assuming someone is "smart" or "knows what they are doing"...because they were head coaches previously!!!

#off-topic
Jason was fired to save the Giants HC from being fired.

Dude would have fired his dad to save his neck.

Jason won a lot of games here.

I don’t have the same hate.

I think Eber is getting canned. Curtis too.

 

[Havic]

Matt called the Vikings game like someone who wants to be fired

 

[Relayer]

The Cowboys have been soft on defense for over a decade. The rest of the league has simply figured it out.
Even back to the Jason Garrett years it showed. The Arizona Cardinals beat up the Cowboys in the desert and manhandled them, and the secret was out. Stephen Jones said he couldn't see paying big money to an interior lineman, he wouldn't pay big money for defense at all. The Cowboys plan all along was to use draft rules that allowed them to get young players on salaries limited by the NFL's draft rules so they could spend big money on offense.
Fast forward to this season, and Micah Parsons is let go right before the season begins.
How was Eberflus supposed to field a good defense that had no inside push and no pass rush?
Way back to "Camp Cupcake" under Wade Phillips, it was becoming clear that the Cowboys could be pushed around.
Jerry staked his business model on having the most prolific receivers he could find and providing excitement for the fans.
But there was no accountability for these offensive teams. And Jerry's poor decisions led to what you see on the field now.
Romo self destructed when given too much control. Dak Prescott choked every time the game got too big and the Cowboys needed him to lead.
Jerry’s high flying circus act had its flaws, and now it has come crashing down around him.
And the Cowboys are now America's joke.

You look at the drop off since Quinn left and how they looked before he got here and I absolutely blame Eberflus. And before anyone says the defense was soft when Quinn was here, they were simply undersized. So they could get pushed around at times. They always played hard within the scheme.

 

[Relayer]

Regardless of any of that...there is no excusing his lazy, vanilla scheme. There is no complexity to this defense. It's 90% rush four and play zone. That MAY have worked better with Parsons being able to generate fast pressure on the QB consistently, but to continue, week in and week out trotting out the same bland, lazy bs scheme regardless of past failure was/is absolute negligence on his part.
He needs to go..6 weeks ago, and actually, never should have been hired. He was a lazy, comfort hire, just like BS.

He sure seems to confuse our secondary.

 

[Relayer]

I think 'Romo self destructed when given too much control. Dak Prescott choked every time the game got too big and the Cowboys needed him to lead.' would have been better slotted at the very beginning. It would cut through the suspense of finding out whether this will be a leeblair post that does not mention Dak.

Romo lacked patience. He knew what he had to do. He had trouble waiting and setting it up. He'd say screw it and chuck the game away. And I'm not saying all of the time. I'm saying when he did screw up that's what typically caused it.

 

[CowboyStar88]

I can absolutely blame Eberloser.

 

[Relayer]

You're letting the GM off the hook for the trash that was on the defensive side. The trade helped but they still don't have a good pass rushing end, worst linebackers in the league, trash secondary. That's on roster building. Eberflus sucks as well so add that all together and you have one of the worst defenses. Go figure.

If you want to just say it's Jerry's fault and stop there what's the point in even bringing it up. Nobody's letting Jerry off the hook but he's not the only one responsible for everything.

 

[big dog cowboy]

You're letting the GM off the hook

Never.

 

[Ironicalicon]

Never.

Right. You know who chose Fluke.

 

[charron]

Well it's fair to say Jerry gets all the blame because he doesn't have to ask anybody's permission to sign or fire anybody within this organization. However, he doesn't design the defense. He doesn't make the defensive calls. He doesn't tell himself what players he needs, so the only way that ever flews shouldn't be fired. He should have been fired at the bye week as if ever fuse went to Jerry and said I need XYZ players and Jerry refused to get it for him. That's the only reason Jerry should not have fired eberflus at this point. If everfluous is over there telling Jerry anything other than he needs a middle linebacker he should be fired. They went out and got Logan and then now they won't play him but 45% of the time even though the other 45% of the time 50% of the time they're playing a guy who's completely lost. The entire defense started the season completely lost. Nobody knew the play calls. Nobody knew how to line up that falls on The defensive coordinator and his staff. If his staff is not living up to snuff, they should be fired. But he is ultimately responsible for what the staff does and he is not getting the job done. The communication got better but it still is not very good

 

[Shannon1]

Yes you can rushing 3 guys on the 4th down play did it for me absolutely clueless on that

 

[JonesBoys]

If you want to just say it's Jerry's fault and stop there what's the point in even bringing it up. Nobody's letting Jerry off the hook but he's not the only one responsible for everything.

Well who hired Eberflus? Who doesn’t let his coach pick his staff? We keep putting the blame on coordinators and head coaches here. It all comes back to Jerry.

 

[Verdict]

I’m not a huge X and Os guy but it seems to me that the Cowboys are always so far out of position and have such lack of lane integrity that it’s not all lack of player skill that is the issue. Players are running wide open.

I think that with three possible scenarios:

1. It’s on the DC
2. Players are SO stupid that they don’t know where they are supposed to be
3. Players are intentionally throwing games.

I personally lean heavily with #1, with a little bit of #2 and a tiny, occasional bit of #3 thrown in.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

#off-topic
Jason was fired to save the Giants HC from being fired.

Dude would have fired his dad to save his neck.

Jason won a lot of games here.

I don’t have the same hate.

I think Eber is getting canned. Curtis too.

Honestly, I like Garrett. I just don't think he was a great HC here. But I appreciate him, and he was incredibly nice to me when I met him