Our Confused Defense

by calebsmith on Oct 7, 2008 12:02 AM CDT Comment 11 comments

Is it just me or does our defense seem confused all of the time. I hate this zone crap. The last 2 games especially our defensive secondary has seemed very confused.

There was one particular play at the end of the game that 2 guys were on their number 3 or 4 receiver an Houshmanzadah walked into the endzone. Don't we have the talent to just man up and double with a safety every once in a while. Simplify!

I feel like we have a GREAT defense with POOR coaching. I really don't know what Brian Stewart is thinking. I wish we had an Andy Reid style defense. Blitz! Blitz! Blitz! Cause havoc! Force turnovers! and man up with the talented DBs that you have. Yeah, every once in a while you give up a big play, but that's okay because your are creating a lot more turnovers too!

Another user-created commentary provided by a BTB reader.

0 recs | Comment 11 comments

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

That 2nd Housh TD pissed me off

You could see the confusion before the snap as they were trying to figure out who was going to cover him and then the play went on and he was standing all by himself, able to just walk into the endzone.

"So you can’t stiff arm at all? What about the throat?"- Marion "Barbarian" Barber

by DC_fan on Oct 7, 2008 7:14 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Andy Reid runs the offense

Jim Johnson runs their defense.

by Mandmeisterx on Oct 7, 2008 7:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

with Housh...

I think we were SO enveloped in not letting Chad Johnson (yeah, I called him Johnson) in the endzone that we didn’t give a damn about T.J. Personally, I wanted Chad to score so when he went anywhere near the star, he’d have monsters in the form of Tank and Jay Ratliff there to greet him…

AND BTW!!! RATLIFF NEEDS A NICKNAME! HE’S BEEN A BEAST THIS YEAR AND DAMN IT, HE DESERVES SOMETHING GOOD!

by AikmanNailedMySis on Oct 7, 2008 8:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

your right on the money caleb

Don’t we have the talent to just man up and double with a safety every once in a while. Simplify!

I feel like we have a GREAT defense with POOR coaching. I really don’t know what Brian Stewart is thinking

exactly

A true diehard Cowboys fan since 1975.

"If you don’t take him off the field as a coach, he will just about die out there," Jerry Jones said. "That impacted my decision. It’s a Michael Irvin-type work ethic. That’s what we are talking about with Felix Jones."
- Owner/G.M of the Dallas Cowboys , Jerry Jones

by BoyzRback on Oct 7, 2008 9:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Stewart is a Tool

Most underqualified dipstick to coordinate a defense anywhere in the league.

I grit my teeth when I think we could have landed Capers. #$$%&$^%!!!!

"Well, we didn't block real good but we made up for it by not tackling."

- John McKay, the first coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

by 5Blings on Oct 7, 2008 11:08 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

When he got picked,

I thought it would be one of those deals where Wade called the plays, but Stewart is the coordinator. I think that’s how Belichick does it. Wade needs to step in and take over the play calling like when Sean Payton was struggling as OC in New York. Go through the rest of this year and help him out, then next year give him another shot at the playcalling.

by Baked Potato Soup on Oct 7, 2008 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Going nowhere fast with Stewart

You think our defense is bad now. If we reach the playoffs, and that’s a big if, watch what happens to our defense when the opposing team really sits down and analyzes a game plan to beat us. I think “calebsmith” is 100% right when he says we have a GREAT defense with poor coaching. Stewart has to go…like yesterday. Until the last drive of the game, Palmer had all day back there in the pocket. We have so much talent, on defense, that they should be calling us the Dallas Ravens of the NFC! But with Stewart lack of ingenuity, in the game plan, we will continue to struggle against lower ranked teams like the Bengals.

by Vingman on Oct 7, 2008 6:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Didn't Henry

Have a couple of sacks a couple of games ago? What happened to that? Does Hamlin ever blitz?

"If you see me up in the mountains with a lion, I ain't lyin
don't help me, help the mountain lion"

by Wmillion on Oct 7, 2008 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not defending Stewart

Believe me I am with you guys in your frustration over how our defense is playing and I am NOT a Stewart fan. What troubles me most is that we frequently have guys out of position and covering the wrong people (or worse yet, covering no one at all). Some of this has to fall on the players to understand their assignments. Is the terminology to complex or do we have good athletes who are not cerebrial enough to remember what they are supposed to do?

The Red Ball Express will be rolling this year!

by BulletBob on Oct 8, 2008 4:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I think it has to do with oppostions OC's that know how to dismantle a very soft zone...

by calling routes that counteract the defensive sets, and by knowing where the weakness, and soft spots are in the zones………i hate zones, .unless your blitzing the house..and can get to the QB within 3 seconds….

.It’s simple…..You ever wonder why every receiver corp we’ve played against so far was able to get open ?…yet our WR’s never seem to get open ???? it’s all about calling the right plays…Our OC and DC are simply being outcoached on both sides of the ball.

A true diehard Cowboys fan since 1975.

by BoyzRback on Oct 10, 2008 7:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs