Yakuza Rich
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- I was thinking about this game that if Bailey did not make the kick, that on the periphery this would come off as a ‘good game’ or some silver lining by some involved with the Cowboys. The O-Line played pretty well, the WR’s played pretty well, we got the running game going, Romo was solid and we almost beat one of the best home teams in the NFL.
But I think the mistake is to think things are looking up when the situation is more about looking better than how atrocious the team has looked in its last 3 games.
What I kept thinking is how the team looked good, but could never pull away from the Ravens and eventually wound up losing. And once again, special teams gave up points on the boards. To me, a telltale sign of having a lack of talent is when the team plays well and still can’t win games. And another is when the special teams coverage and blocking units are terrible because if you had a lot of talent, stuff like this wouldn’t happen.
I thinkt he reality is that we attacked a Ravens defense that has an atrocious run defense. But once we face a very average run defense, we’ll make them look like the ’85 Bears. We have some great talent on the team, but unfortunately it’s stockpiled in certain places and the other places don’t allow for that talent to shine consistently.
- This entire team is about as clutch as A-Rod is in baseball. I lay off Romo (no complaints, but he usually gets the un-clutch heat), but Dez can’t catch on crucial plays and Bailey missing the kick defines this team.
- I was afraid that when the scab refs were refereeing games that the fans would start to forget how awful the ‘real refs’ are. I just didn’t expect the announcers and media to go after the NFL and the scab refs the way they did. Funny how when the refs make terrible call after another, the announcers are suddenly averse to noting that it was a terrible call. As bad as the PI call on Claiborne was, that wound up temporarily injuring him because of Smith’s blatant push-off, the chop block on Felix call absolutely boggled me. Then there was the ‘hold’ on Tyron…ugh, it just gets ridiculous to watch every year
- I will say that the offense looked more the way I wanted it to look with a couple of dynamic running backs and an O-Line that can own the defense. For this, I actually liked Garrett’s playcalling because he stuck with running the ball. In football, most of the time coaches don’t want to go to the well too often in fear of the defense having a call for that and forcing a turnover. Here, Garrett just continued to shove it down their throat.
- I will also say that Romo has to do a better job of understanding the game situation and the flow of the game when it comes to the audibles and changes at the LOS. One of the things that bothered me was on 3rd down in our second drive. IIRC, it was 3rd and 4.
We were running the ball with ease against the Ravens and instead of getting up and running the ball down their throat again, Romo decides to get cute and the WR’s can’t figure out what to do with all of the audibles and motioning and Ogletree winds up getting an illegal motion and we end up kicking a FG. So instead of going up 14-3, we go up 10-3. I’m not saying we would have automatically had a 1st down without Romo changing the call, but we could have gotten 3 yards, had 4th and 1 (or less) and I would have gone for it and ran it again because the Ravens couldn’t stop it.
- Our defense is a joke. We still cannot get INT’s. In the last 77 games, we have had 3 INT’s from a safety not named Gerald Sensabaugh. And neither is still on the team (Ken Hamlin – 1, Alan Ball -2)
- But the pressure (or lack thereof) is just as bad. I really can’t see a reason to keep Rob Ryan around after 2012 at this point in time.
- The same goes for DeCamillis. I’m sure there’s a lack of talent, but this special teams unit has been abysmal since after his first season.
- Another tough loss to take for Cowboys fans. And with Murray hurt, it’s going to be a tough road to hoe for a while. I just don’t see a team that can get the job done. That’s the only way to look at it. I know Jerry cannot go out and start talking about doom and gloom for this team at this point in the season, but I think it would be foolish to be confident in thinking that the team is about to turn it around because it’s not. Don’t let a banged up Ravens D-Line fool ya. If anything, Jerry needs to start looking at the possibility of overhauling the staff, again.
YR
But I think the mistake is to think things are looking up when the situation is more about looking better than how atrocious the team has looked in its last 3 games.
What I kept thinking is how the team looked good, but could never pull away from the Ravens and eventually wound up losing. And once again, special teams gave up points on the boards. To me, a telltale sign of having a lack of talent is when the team plays well and still can’t win games. And another is when the special teams coverage and blocking units are terrible because if you had a lot of talent, stuff like this wouldn’t happen.
I thinkt he reality is that we attacked a Ravens defense that has an atrocious run defense. But once we face a very average run defense, we’ll make them look like the ’85 Bears. We have some great talent on the team, but unfortunately it’s stockpiled in certain places and the other places don’t allow for that talent to shine consistently.
- This entire team is about as clutch as A-Rod is in baseball. I lay off Romo (no complaints, but he usually gets the un-clutch heat), but Dez can’t catch on crucial plays and Bailey missing the kick defines this team.
- I was afraid that when the scab refs were refereeing games that the fans would start to forget how awful the ‘real refs’ are. I just didn’t expect the announcers and media to go after the NFL and the scab refs the way they did. Funny how when the refs make terrible call after another, the announcers are suddenly averse to noting that it was a terrible call. As bad as the PI call on Claiborne was, that wound up temporarily injuring him because of Smith’s blatant push-off, the chop block on Felix call absolutely boggled me. Then there was the ‘hold’ on Tyron…ugh, it just gets ridiculous to watch every year
- I will say that the offense looked more the way I wanted it to look with a couple of dynamic running backs and an O-Line that can own the defense. For this, I actually liked Garrett’s playcalling because he stuck with running the ball. In football, most of the time coaches don’t want to go to the well too often in fear of the defense having a call for that and forcing a turnover. Here, Garrett just continued to shove it down their throat.
- I will also say that Romo has to do a better job of understanding the game situation and the flow of the game when it comes to the audibles and changes at the LOS. One of the things that bothered me was on 3rd down in our second drive. IIRC, it was 3rd and 4.
We were running the ball with ease against the Ravens and instead of getting up and running the ball down their throat again, Romo decides to get cute and the WR’s can’t figure out what to do with all of the audibles and motioning and Ogletree winds up getting an illegal motion and we end up kicking a FG. So instead of going up 14-3, we go up 10-3. I’m not saying we would have automatically had a 1st down without Romo changing the call, but we could have gotten 3 yards, had 4th and 1 (or less) and I would have gone for it and ran it again because the Ravens couldn’t stop it.
- Our defense is a joke. We still cannot get INT’s. In the last 77 games, we have had 3 INT’s from a safety not named Gerald Sensabaugh. And neither is still on the team (Ken Hamlin – 1, Alan Ball -2)
- But the pressure (or lack thereof) is just as bad. I really can’t see a reason to keep Rob Ryan around after 2012 at this point in time.
- The same goes for DeCamillis. I’m sure there’s a lack of talent, but this special teams unit has been abysmal since after his first season.
- Another tough loss to take for Cowboys fans. And with Murray hurt, it’s going to be a tough road to hoe for a while. I just don’t see a team that can get the job done. That’s the only way to look at it. I know Jerry cannot go out and start talking about doom and gloom for this team at this point in the season, but I think it would be foolish to be confident in thinking that the team is about to turn it around because it’s not. Don’t let a banged up Ravens D-Line fool ya. If anything, Jerry needs to start looking at the possibility of overhauling the staff, again.
YR
