Yakuza Rich
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- Well…let’s start with the obvious in Jason Garrett. I think he’s done a good job this year and I’ve stuck up for him in the past. But, he really did us in with horrible playcalling and it makes me wonder if he is reverting to his old, pass-heavy ways or maybe he’s not doing that, but he will always have that tendency to return to a pass heavy playcalling in very important and tough games.
- What killed me and I believe it was on the 2nd field goal Bailey made was we started moving the ball nicely with a mix of run and pass with Romo under center. Then we get down to the 20 yard line of Arizona and on 1st and 10…we call a shotgun formation. The Cardinals *know* we are going to pass, go full bore at Romo and get the sack. Now it’s 2nd and 17.
- Where our use of the shotgun really kills us is that it almost guarantees to take away big plays in the passing game. Thus, when we are in the shotgun, we are now a dink and dunk passing offense.
- I would also think that Garrett would want to protect his QB, who was lost for ½ of last season and not too long ago suffered a punctured lung. Typically, keeping a balanced attack on offense and running the ball more will mean that the QB gets hit less.
- I hope we understand the type of player that Felix is and that can be of value for us. He’s a screen and swing pass tailback who is good for about 8 runs a game and is a very good kickoff returner.
- I do think that Felix is the guy you need at kickoff returns because I think with the kickoffs being moved forward, teams don’t want to just take touchbacks. I think that the new style of kickoff returners has to be more shifty than straight line and fast.
- Free was awful out there. It’s too bad because outside of 2 other games, he’s played quite well this season. I just think he’s the type that cannot quite handle elite pass rushers for an entire game.
- In another post I stated that I think our #1 need in the offseason was actually at CB. Now we sorta see why. Newman is more or less a solid zone coverage cornerback. The Cardinals were targeting him quite a bit and he’s simply not worth his salary. But, we can’t just go with Frank Walker or Alan Ball at the #3 CB position. We’ll need to look seriously at CB either in free agency or the first or 2nd round of the draft.
- Sean Lissemore is looking like a beast. He looks like one of those guys that most people never heard of that quietly develops into a borderline Pro-Bowl talent.
- A disappointing loss for sure. Although if there is a silver lining it’s that we have seemingly rid ourselves of those gut wrenching and improbable losses where we completely beat ourselves (i.e. Jets and Lions games) and now we tend to lose tough games that are more ‘normal’ in the manner that they happen. And we still have to remember a couple of things…1) it becomes more difficult to win on the road come mid-November. 2) We still have a 1 game lead on the division.
As far as Garrett goes, I’m probably in the ‘moderately worried’ stage which is below the ‘very worried’ and ‘extremely worried’ stage and far from the ‘accepting the fact he’s not the right coach for us’ stage. Hopefully he’ll turn it around next week.
YR
- What killed me and I believe it was on the 2nd field goal Bailey made was we started moving the ball nicely with a mix of run and pass with Romo under center. Then we get down to the 20 yard line of Arizona and on 1st and 10…we call a shotgun formation. The Cardinals *know* we are going to pass, go full bore at Romo and get the sack. Now it’s 2nd and 17.
- Where our use of the shotgun really kills us is that it almost guarantees to take away big plays in the passing game. Thus, when we are in the shotgun, we are now a dink and dunk passing offense.
- I would also think that Garrett would want to protect his QB, who was lost for ½ of last season and not too long ago suffered a punctured lung. Typically, keeping a balanced attack on offense and running the ball more will mean that the QB gets hit less.
- I hope we understand the type of player that Felix is and that can be of value for us. He’s a screen and swing pass tailback who is good for about 8 runs a game and is a very good kickoff returner.
- I do think that Felix is the guy you need at kickoff returns because I think with the kickoffs being moved forward, teams don’t want to just take touchbacks. I think that the new style of kickoff returners has to be more shifty than straight line and fast.
- Free was awful out there. It’s too bad because outside of 2 other games, he’s played quite well this season. I just think he’s the type that cannot quite handle elite pass rushers for an entire game.
- In another post I stated that I think our #1 need in the offseason was actually at CB. Now we sorta see why. Newman is more or less a solid zone coverage cornerback. The Cardinals were targeting him quite a bit and he’s simply not worth his salary. But, we can’t just go with Frank Walker or Alan Ball at the #3 CB position. We’ll need to look seriously at CB either in free agency or the first or 2nd round of the draft.
- Sean Lissemore is looking like a beast. He looks like one of those guys that most people never heard of that quietly develops into a borderline Pro-Bowl talent.
- A disappointing loss for sure. Although if there is a silver lining it’s that we have seemingly rid ourselves of those gut wrenching and improbable losses where we completely beat ourselves (i.e. Jets and Lions games) and now we tend to lose tough games that are more ‘normal’ in the manner that they happen. And we still have to remember a couple of things…1) it becomes more difficult to win on the road come mid-November. 2) We still have a 1 game lead on the division.
As far as Garrett goes, I’m probably in the ‘moderately worried’ stage which is below the ‘very worried’ and ‘extremely worried’ stage and far from the ‘accepting the fact he’s not the right coach for us’ stage. Hopefully he’ll turn it around next week.
YR
