Yakuza Rich
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- I think at this point I’m more disappointed in Wade and just have taken a Bob Beamon type leap off the Jason Garrett bandwagon. Wade does seem to have the ability to turn the defense around after a bad game or even after a bad half of football. I thought it was uncharacteristic of his defense to play this poorly and to quote Jerry, he does have some ‘rope’ with me, although he’s getting less and less of it.
- Garrett was awful again. 99 passes in the first two games. The pro-Garrett side says that today’s NFL throws the ball. I think those who know me know that I study the statistical side of the NFL and the Cowboys very intently and that I’ve mentioned quite often that today’s NFL is much more of a passing league than it was in the 80’s and 70’s. But it’s not an on pace for 792 pass attempts for the season league…by any stretch. When I think of the pass heavy teams that made it to the Super Bowl (and both lost) the past few years I think of the ’08 Cardinals and the ’09 Colts. Despite that, the Cards only threw the ball on average 39 times a game. The Colts threw the ball on average 37 times a game. 49.5 pass attempts a game is where we are at with this team in 2 games that were decided by a total of 13 points and were relatively close all game long.
- You have to pass more efficiently than the other team to win the game (80% of the time in the NFL). But you run the ball to keep the defense somewhat honest and in hopes to eventually make the passing game more efficient. There’s a reason why every defensive player and defensive coach I’ve ever heard talk in the NFL, especially in today’s game, always discuss how they need to stop the run. A balanced attack drives these guys nuts. A good offense that is balanced becomes a great offense. An average offense that is balanced becomes a good offense. Even if the running game isn’t great, you stick with it so you can keep the defense honest enough so you can increase the likelihood of hitting big pass plays later on.
- Every time we had 2nd and 10+ yards, we went to the shotgun. Even on 2nd and 11. Sorry, 2nd and 11 is not an automatic passing situation…unless you plan on punting the ball on 3rd down. Which Garrett may be dumb enough to do.
- I thought DeMarcus Ware looked slow out there yesterday.
- I think this offense is far, far better when Witten is not being used as a safety valve. Obviously, I don’t want him as the main threat in the passing game, but I don’t want him being the safety valve either.
- Lack of sense of urgency is what hits me about this team and Romo really appeared to lack that yesterday. You just got the feeling that the attitude was like ‘oh, we’ll get them on the next drive.’ And then when the game was over ‘oh, it’s only week 2.’ I thought Romo looked so-so and the INT to Witten I actually blame Witten (who just seemed off today).
- I don’t think I’d start Roy because I think Dez has too much talent, too much fire and I think Roy would work better against #3 CB’s. But that fumble was a terrible call since they should’ve blown the whistle.
- This team comes off as what my ole man used to call ‘C minus guys.’ Meaning that they do just enough to get people off their back and then they go back to their old ways. I remember in ’09 when Wade said he would get tougher and the team seemed much more focused on the game. Romo stopped turning the ball over, the defense stopped making dumb mistakes, the special teams was in top form (besides the FG kicking). It seemed like it was done just so people would get off their back and then once they won the playoff game it was business as usual. While I have my fair share of criticisms of Jimmy Johnson, he did have an ability to make sure that the team didn’t dare act like a bunch of ‘C minus guys’ and I think that’s something this team needs.
- I recommended Rob Chudzinski as the next O-Coordinator for this team last week. Next Head Coach? I’d probably go with Ron Rivera (San Diego D-Coordinator). Dallas interviewed him the first time around, he got screwed over by the Bears and their defense hasn’t been the same since he left. He’s turned around the Chargers defense, although it hasn’t been a rapid turnaround, but a turnaround nonetheless. He’s certainly fiery as well. I kind of wish we had Singletary. I was skeptical on him at first because those Ditka types tend to not be too keen on schemes and have that Parcells philosophy of ‘execution is everything’, but Singletary has done quite a bit with the schemes in SF. Problem is that they need to find a QB worth their salt. But, he gets his team to play hard. But we need a Singletary or Sean Payton type, a young..fiery guy…who demands discipline and the desire for perfection and can scheme with the best of them.
- Alan Ball looked terrible.
- I get the feeling now that the guys I can always count on to show up every game are Miles, Dez and Ratliff. Not really exciting when you can say that about only 3 guys on the team….and one of them is a rookie.
- 0 turnovers in 2 games. I’m not sure what the issue is, be it a scheme issue or that the safeties are not good enough or what. You can’t win games in this league if you can’t force turnovers.
- I think what scares me is that I think Garrett wants Romo to be Tom Brady and the Cowboys offense to be the Patriots offense. Back in ’08 Romo discussed about how he needed to stay back in the pocket so pass rushers would take longer to get to him and that didn’t work out. Now with the shotgun heavy, pass heavy offense…that seems very Patriots-esque as well. I get the feeling that in ’08 Garrett wanted the Brady-esque style from Romo and we see how well that worked. Now we have this Pats style of offense and we are seeing that crumble before us.
- Ugh. Long week and a really bad game to watch and a team that are quite frankly, boring to watch. I think the good news is that they are only 1 game back and the Texans had a tough game up in DC and the Cowboys only make a short trip to Houston. Gotta win this next one though, although I have to say that even if they do, my hopes that this team will truly turn around the things that kill them are pretty slim right now.
YR
- Garrett was awful again. 99 passes in the first two games. The pro-Garrett side says that today’s NFL throws the ball. I think those who know me know that I study the statistical side of the NFL and the Cowboys very intently and that I’ve mentioned quite often that today’s NFL is much more of a passing league than it was in the 80’s and 70’s. But it’s not an on pace for 792 pass attempts for the season league…by any stretch. When I think of the pass heavy teams that made it to the Super Bowl (and both lost) the past few years I think of the ’08 Cardinals and the ’09 Colts. Despite that, the Cards only threw the ball on average 39 times a game. The Colts threw the ball on average 37 times a game. 49.5 pass attempts a game is where we are at with this team in 2 games that were decided by a total of 13 points and were relatively close all game long.
- You have to pass more efficiently than the other team to win the game (80% of the time in the NFL). But you run the ball to keep the defense somewhat honest and in hopes to eventually make the passing game more efficient. There’s a reason why every defensive player and defensive coach I’ve ever heard talk in the NFL, especially in today’s game, always discuss how they need to stop the run. A balanced attack drives these guys nuts. A good offense that is balanced becomes a great offense. An average offense that is balanced becomes a good offense. Even if the running game isn’t great, you stick with it so you can keep the defense honest enough so you can increase the likelihood of hitting big pass plays later on.
- Every time we had 2nd and 10+ yards, we went to the shotgun. Even on 2nd and 11. Sorry, 2nd and 11 is not an automatic passing situation…unless you plan on punting the ball on 3rd down. Which Garrett may be dumb enough to do.
- I thought DeMarcus Ware looked slow out there yesterday.
- I think this offense is far, far better when Witten is not being used as a safety valve. Obviously, I don’t want him as the main threat in the passing game, but I don’t want him being the safety valve either.
- Lack of sense of urgency is what hits me about this team and Romo really appeared to lack that yesterday. You just got the feeling that the attitude was like ‘oh, we’ll get them on the next drive.’ And then when the game was over ‘oh, it’s only week 2.’ I thought Romo looked so-so and the INT to Witten I actually blame Witten (who just seemed off today).
- I don’t think I’d start Roy because I think Dez has too much talent, too much fire and I think Roy would work better against #3 CB’s. But that fumble was a terrible call since they should’ve blown the whistle.
- This team comes off as what my ole man used to call ‘C minus guys.’ Meaning that they do just enough to get people off their back and then they go back to their old ways. I remember in ’09 when Wade said he would get tougher and the team seemed much more focused on the game. Romo stopped turning the ball over, the defense stopped making dumb mistakes, the special teams was in top form (besides the FG kicking). It seemed like it was done just so people would get off their back and then once they won the playoff game it was business as usual. While I have my fair share of criticisms of Jimmy Johnson, he did have an ability to make sure that the team didn’t dare act like a bunch of ‘C minus guys’ and I think that’s something this team needs.
- I recommended Rob Chudzinski as the next O-Coordinator for this team last week. Next Head Coach? I’d probably go with Ron Rivera (San Diego D-Coordinator). Dallas interviewed him the first time around, he got screwed over by the Bears and their defense hasn’t been the same since he left. He’s turned around the Chargers defense, although it hasn’t been a rapid turnaround, but a turnaround nonetheless. He’s certainly fiery as well. I kind of wish we had Singletary. I was skeptical on him at first because those Ditka types tend to not be too keen on schemes and have that Parcells philosophy of ‘execution is everything’, but Singletary has done quite a bit with the schemes in SF. Problem is that they need to find a QB worth their salt. But, he gets his team to play hard. But we need a Singletary or Sean Payton type, a young..fiery guy…who demands discipline and the desire for perfection and can scheme with the best of them.
- Alan Ball looked terrible.
- I get the feeling now that the guys I can always count on to show up every game are Miles, Dez and Ratliff. Not really exciting when you can say that about only 3 guys on the team….and one of them is a rookie.
- 0 turnovers in 2 games. I’m not sure what the issue is, be it a scheme issue or that the safeties are not good enough or what. You can’t win games in this league if you can’t force turnovers.
- I think what scares me is that I think Garrett wants Romo to be Tom Brady and the Cowboys offense to be the Patriots offense. Back in ’08 Romo discussed about how he needed to stay back in the pocket so pass rushers would take longer to get to him and that didn’t work out. Now with the shotgun heavy, pass heavy offense…that seems very Patriots-esque as well. I get the feeling that in ’08 Garrett wanted the Brady-esque style from Romo and we see how well that worked. Now we have this Pats style of offense and we are seeing that crumble before us.
- Ugh. Long week and a really bad game to watch and a team that are quite frankly, boring to watch. I think the good news is that they are only 1 game back and the Texans had a tough game up in DC and the Cowboys only make a short trip to Houston. Gotta win this next one though, although I have to say that even if they do, my hopes that this team will truly turn around the things that kill them are pretty slim right now.
YR
