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What Id like to see from the O

I consider myself pretty good at madden esp the fact to read Ds and adjusting. That being said I dont get why Garrett never seems to adjust.

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Something we should do more

  1. Get TO and RW2 the ball with room to run aka slants or mid routes
  2. Screen play every once in a while to Choice
  3. MIDDLE screen to witten/bennett please try this one!
  4. BOOTLEGS. I havent seen the pocket move in weeks
  • Enough of spreading D's out all the time in shotgun for number of reasons
  • We have the backs to power run the ball
  • We have enough talent to make the D guess. We dont need them to decide either a draw or pass play.
  •  How about double TE or I formations so we can max protect send them all or power run. Deon anderson is a credible FB, Bennett is a worthy back up and so is curtis if Witten cant go.
  • [Note by thebigham, 12/21/08 4:37 PM EST ] If the D is over pursing use misdirection! Choice makes great cuts. Or pull a naked bootleg/TE Flag play.

Now with the D.... go watch the raven vs eagles tape. Play for 60mins.. i think the D will take care of things. Just keep mcnabb contained.

 

And dont be afraid to make a gutsy call Wade. If your team needs a jump go for it on 4th and 1. Something anything please. And one last thing if you are down by 9 and get in FG range FOLK IT! Hes money!

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I have waited almost 24 hours,

and I have still not stopped fuming. I realize we were a missed play here and a missed play there away from breaking this game open (TO deep, Miles austin Deep, a few defensive missed tackles, a converted fake feild goal, a fumble that you don’t recover), but it seems to me that this has been the story all year. Enough excuses,This team, is what they are. They are an underachieving group of talented players, who are coached by mediocre coaches that do not make adjustments, do not address issues that have been present all year, and do not hold players and each other accountable. During the broadcast last night, they said that Ray Lewis laughed about how simplistic our offense is, LAUGHED!! This is absolutely unacceptable, with the players we have on this team for our Offensive Coordinator to not be able to achieve decent results against ANY team is atrocious. I think we are now realizing who the real mastermind behind last years success was, and he doesn’t have red hair. In fact he is balding man who lit fire under players butts, and called a pretty good game plan, and had our offensive line playing like a impenetrable wall. Unfortunately, he is now the head coach of a team down in Miami that is completely turning around. Coincidence? I think not.

Garrett is not the only problem with this team. More went on last night to cause our anemic offense. Lets start with the play of Corey Proctor. It seems to me that this man cannot cut it in the NFL, and until he is replaced look for tony to have a man in his face all day. Despite this, Tony is not with out blame for this loss either. The man HAS GOT TO STEP UP AND LEAD this offense needs a rallying point. Right now, they don’t have one. He also needs to find his accuracy again, because its been missing since he took that splint off his finger. He makes a few decent long throws yesterday and that game is completely different. It may be the injuries stacking up on him, throwing with a hurt back has got to affect your play, but if that is the case then they need to change the Offense to something he can manage, Shorter to midrange routes etc.. Not forcing throws would be nice too, but I can live with that because that confidence is what I love about Tony. I can also understand how your play worsens when you have to avoid pressure all day. I can see how throws would be off, rushed, a defensive back not seen, or how you may not see a man or two open.
 
 Now lets talk about the communication issues. Why can’t our QB and receivers know what routes are supposed to be run on a given play? Every other team seems to not have as many issues with this as we do, why are we unable to fix this issue? This has been going on ALL year. It reaches a point where you have to blame the coaches and players, and as a fan be disgusted by it. The only player who may have a small excuse for these mistakes at this time is Roy Williams b/ he is so new. Otherwise, RUN THE RIgHT ROUTE. Secondly why can’t andre gurode know when he is supposed to hike the ball. he’s killing me smalls….

I wish I would have known this team was this way before the season, I could have accepted it. My hopes would not have had so far to fall. As a fan, I feel completely let down, disgusted, and disappointed by this 08 version of the Cowboys. They don’t look like a team. I can honestly say that even if we do manage to make the playoffs this year, we don’t deserve it, and if by some miracle this team comes together and makes a run at the SB, we don’t deserve it. There has been too much sloppy excuse for football this season, and we do not deserve any accolades for playing this inconsistent this year. Please do not misunderstand me. Do I wish they pull it together, win a playoff game and make it deep into the post season? You bet I do, and you better believe I will be cheering loud and proud, after all I do bleed silver and blue, but I don’t think I am going to be able to ever say this team DESERVES to get there.
Sorry for ranting, but I needed to get it off my chest.

by cowboyfan on Dec 21, 2008 5:04 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

It's the coaching..

A lot of the mistakes you describe sound like this team has very poor practices.

and why is EVERY route run by the Wide Outs WAY down the field? The Ravens played their safeties 20 yards off the line of scrimmage and our brilliant OC can’t see that there is an adjustment to be made there?

0 = The number of Super Bowls the Eagles have won.

by gee-roj on Dec 21, 2008 5:47 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Double TE's... hell yes.

Has Garrett forgotten about Bennett?
And yes we can pound it, and we need to.
We can run right at Philly.

A free man with no honor is a prisoner.

by Carl Shelton (GloryDayz88) on Dec 21, 2008 7:35 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

We should

I don’t get why Garrett is allergic at attempting to run the ball

by Burt88 on Dec 21, 2008 11:17 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

He does run the ball... All the time...

It just happens to be a draw play from the shotgun… Every time

0 = The number of Super Bowls the Eagles have won.

by gee-roj on Dec 22, 2008 8:00 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

That's the problem

what we need to do is run the ball conventional style. You know smashmouth football. We need some balance and I just don’t see it.

by Burt88 on Dec 22, 2008 12:44 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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