Drive Summary: Cowboys @ Chiefs
by Raul Villaronga on Oct 12, 2009 2:42 PM CDT
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PrintSloppy play has once again dominated the discussion about the Cowboy’s performance. And once again, the mental mistakes andlack of execution made this team look horrible. There were a total of 15 penalties, however two were not taken, both of which occurred on the Chiefs' eighth drive, which netted them 3 points:
On 2nd and 3 from the Dallas 49, Igor Olshansky was called for offsides (an epidemic on this drive), but the Chiefs took the gain on the play for a first down.
On 2nd and 6 from the Dallas 37, Jay Ratliff was called for, you guessed it, offsides. However, Kansas City was called for holding and the penalties offset. Ironically, the holding was on the lineman who was trying to keep Ratliff out of the backfield because, well, he was offsides.
Here’s a summary of the penalties and mistakes:
7 Offensive penalties:
- Ineligible Downfield: 1
- False Start: 3
- Offensive Holding: 2
- Illegal Formation: 1
6 Defensive penalties
- Defensive Holding: 1
- Offsides: 3
- Pass Interference: 1
- Unnecessary Roughness: 1
Here's an itemization of each penalty:
OFFENSE
Series 1
- 2nd and 14 from DAL 49: Andre Gurode, Ineligible downfield
This turned a 3rd and 7 into a 2nd and 19. Dallas was forced to punt
RESULT: Drive Stopper
Series 2
- 2nd and 5 from KC 36: Marc Colombo, False Start
First down on the subsequent play.
RESULT: No Harm - 1st and 10 from KC 23: Kyle Kosier, Offensive Holding
Barber ran to the 7 yard line but it was brought back. Folk missed the subsequent field goal.
RESULT: Drive Stopper
Series 3
- 2nd and 6 from DAL 22: Andre Gurode does not snap the ball on the count, disrupting the play timing andcausing Leonard Davis to collide with Tony Romo and force a fumble. Kansas City recovers on the Dallas 16 and goes on to score touchdown.
RESULT: Turnover (TD for opponent)
Series 4
- 1st and 10 from DAL 32: Miles Austin, Illegal Formation
- 1st and 20 from DAL 22: Flozell Adams, False Start
Back-to-back penalties put Dallas in a 1st and 20 hole that they do not get out of.
RESULT: Drive Killer
Series 5
No penalties or errors (FG)
Series 6
No penalties or errors (Punt)
Series 7
No penalties or errors (TD)
Series 8
- 1st and 9 from KC 9: Flozell Adams, False Start
Dallas only gained another 4 yards from the 14 and got a field goal.
RESULT: Drive Killer
Series 9
No penalties or errors (TD)
Series 10
No penalties or errors (kneel down for OT)
Series 11
No penalties or errors (Punt)
Series 12
- 2nd and 5 from KC 50: Flozell Adams, Offensive Holding
Romo hit Austin for the TD in overtime to win it
RESULT: No Harm
Summary of Offensive Possessions:
| Possessions: | 11 (This excludes kneel down at end of 4th quarter) | |
| Error-Free | 5 | 2 Punts, 2 Touchdowns, 1 Field Goal (17 points) |
| Penalties/Errors | 6 | 4 Drive Stoppers (1 FG), 1 Turnover, 1 Touchdown (9 points for DAL, 7 points for KC) |
DEFENSE
Series 1
- 2nd and 6 from KC 16: Terence Newman, Defensive Holding
Gave KC a first down, but they punted after the next series of downs.
RESULT: No Harm
Series 2
No penalties or errors (Punt)
Series 3
OK, this isn’t on the defense but it occurred after the 2nd defensive series. Patrick Crayton muffs a punt and give the ball to the Chiefs on the Dallas 23.
RESULT: Turnover (FG)
Series 4
No penalties or errors (TD attributed to offensive turnover)
Series 5
No penalties or errors (Punt)
Series 6
No penalties or errors (Punt)
Series 7
No penalties or errors (Punt)
Series 8
- 1st and 10 from KC 44: Anthony Spencer, Offsides
- 2nd and 3 from DAL 49: Igor Olshansky, Offsides (declined)
- 2nd and 6 from DAL 37: Jay Ratliff, Offsides (offsetting due to holding)
- 1st and 10 from DAL 27: DeMarcus Ware, Offsides
A gaggle of ghastly good-grief gaffes. Need I say more...
RESULT: FG
Series 9
- 2nd and 7 from KC 23: Bradie James, Pass Interference
Pass was incomplete and would have brought up a 3rd and 7, instead of a first down. Chiefs ended up punting.
RESULT: No Harm
Series 10
- 3rd and 26 from KC 11: Alan Ball, Unnecessary Roughness
OK, this is picky because I don’t think this should have been a penalty. Ball definitely hit Bobby Wade in the check with his shoulder, but his shoulder pad did slide up and contact the face mask. But there was no head shot, or snapping of the receiver’s head. Granted, it wasn’t as horrific as the phantom penalty that Tom Brady milked from the referee last week, but, as they say on the FOUR-LETTER, "Come on, Man!". Anyway, Ratliff blocked the field goal attempt later.
RESULT: No Harm
Series 11
No penalties or errors (TD). However I would like to throw a mental error to the horrific defensive calls in this drive. Having defenders play off when you know there’s a short pass coming is something we’ve all railed against.
Series 12
No penalties or errors (Punt)
Series 13
No penalties or errors (Punt)
Summary of Defensive Possessions:
| Possessions: | 13 | |
| Error-Free | 7 | 6 Punts 1 Touchdown (7 points for KC) |
| Penalties/Errors | 5 | 2 Field Goals (6 points for KC) |
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the same reason you replied
because he gelt like it
Coach Winters: Alright, this is Mississippi State's offensive set. Second and two on our own 24, what defensive set might we call?
Alvin Mack: Eagle Zipper Hero, unless the setback shifts into the I.
Coach Winters: Good..[clicks to next slide], third and seven?
Alvin Mack: Oakie Thunder Lion.
Coach Winters: What's your assignment?
Alvin Mack: Kill the quarterback.
Coach Winters: [clicks to next slide]
Alvin Mack: Hit the tight end so hard his girlfriend dies.
Coach Winters: [clicks to next slide]
Alvin Mack: Kill everybody.
save for the typo i thought so
Coach Winters: Alright, Mississippi State's offensive set. 2nd & 2 on our own 24, what defensive set might we call?
Alvin Mack: Eagle Zipper Hero, unless the setback shifts into the I.
Coach Winters: Good..[clicks to next slide], third and seven?
Alvin Mack: Oakie Thunder Lion. {What's your assignment?}
Alvin Mack: Kill the quarterback. {{Coach Winters clicks to next slide}}
Alvin Mack: Hit the tight end so hard his girlfriend dies. {{Coach Winters clicks to next slide}}
Alvin Mack: Kill everybody.
Happened to the Chiefs the week before
And the NFL sent an apology letter.
by Joel Thorman on Oct 12, 2009 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
excellent breakdown
and the proof s in the simple details, you continue to take stupid penalties and turn the ball over, you kill drives and don’t score..
and......
like i said in my fanpost.. a homerun can cover up stupid penalties, which is the biggest reason dallas misses T.O. You can’t dink and dunk drives when you’re starting 1st and 20 and 1st and 15.
It's not cocky if it's a lie.
by FelixFanclub on Oct 12, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Dallas doesn't miss T.O
His numbers over the last twenty games are on average 4 catches for 54 yards, that’s not a game breaker….. need more proof, what are his numbers in Buffalo…..the same.
how many long plays are called back because of those penalties. this team isn’t a down the field homerun team, it’s a power running, control the clock, play action spread the ball team. The home run players on this team are felix and Austin, but both have shown they can’t stay healthy. A five yard pass to felix has a chance of going the distance every time and when defendser can’t tackle, like in the game against KC, austin has a chance to make big plays. The problem is the quarterback is so inconsistant throwing the ball from week to week, the receivers have no chance of catching the ball, either way over their head, behind them or low uncatchable balls. Inconsistant quarterback play, poor play calling and penalty plagued, mistakes prone offensive teams don’t win consistantly..
we might not want to, but we do miss TO as FelixFanclub said. Untill we have legitimate home stretch the field player
we’ll be in the same predicament.
we miss the TO from 2006*
the TO of last year would be no help to this team.
I thought the Allan Ball roughness call was BS...
HE hit with his sholder to the chest and slid up to the jaw. This is still a contact sport isn’t it ? The miss call on Romo was alot worse.
Ball launched himself with the crown on his helmet and hit helmet to helmet, it's a clear penalty
no different than the penalty and huge fine Darren Woodsen got a few years back against the Seattle receiver….any hit to the head, either by helmet or shoulder is a penalty
The dumb play was by Ball on the play, a third and 26, tries a kill shot instead of just wrapping up and forcing the punt, again stupid players make stupid plays, it’s that simple. You have to know down and distance when you’re on the field…
And if you want to see the effects of these dangerous hit, I susgest you watch the 60 minutes segment last night on the damage these players suffer later in life from these numerous head shots and concussions.
Read any article about concussions..
Or go to the Sports Legacy Institute homepage
Cowboys fan since 1978.. I was 3 years old
I don't know if you watched football in the 60s,70s &80s...
The game was alot more violent and helments weren’t as good, that is one reason for the old timers concussions. Back then if you got knocked crazy even in HS the coach said you just got your bell rung get back in there. Now they know better. I’m saying that wasn’t helmet to helmet thats all.
That was helmet to helmet
I believe Romo was calling for the same flag on a missed TD pass. All they have to do is touch.
It's situational awareness
Why does Ball go for the kill shot when even a catch will leave the Receiver well short of the 1st down? I’m giving credit (undeserved) that he didn’t know the pass was already incomplete. It doesn’t matter if it was a borderline call, the play he made was unnecessary and puts the team at risk
I can’t help but conclude this obliviousness to the obvious starts with the HC. His presssers consist of stating multiple versions of ‘I don’t know.’
Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced
I liked Ball's hit
It looked clean to me and that is the kind of thing that makes your defense scary. Plus it’s not the easiest thing in the world to be expected to play at NFL full speed and then lay off at the last milisecond. These guys have been playing football their whole lives and those hits are what they (and I) lived for on the field. Woodson used to get penalized and fined all the time for these hits, but we all loved him still.
It was a bad call, I’ll take that penalty any day.
I guess players aren't the only ones that don't get it
I’ll take that penalty any day.
And you wonder why this team never makes progress with that logic…
There's a difference between
procedural penalties, late hits, etc. and playing the game full speed.
Last week it was that the secondary only arm tackles and can’t get someone to the ground, this week it’s they’re hitting too hard and they should just wrap up and drag him to the ground. What if he goes for a regular tackle and misses and he runs for a first down? I’d rather go with the brutal hit and hope that the refs get it right (which they didn’t).
“You think about it but when you’re not playing,” Ball said. “But on the field you’re thinking about making a play. It’s been that way since I started playing football as a little guy, You’re taught to go for the big plays and make the big hit … That’s what I was thinking.”
That’s not something I want this team to change
the best players in the league
THINK while they play. thinking wins…yea sure go for the big hit, but hit em in the numbers u know they call that…. he’s basically saying, “i went for a big hit, it was stupid now looking back, but I didn’t think about it at the time”. unacceptable.
Texas Stadium has a hole in the roof so God can watch his favorite team play football.
sound like a stupid player to me by those comments
what coach tells a player to make big hits, not a good one that’s for sure. It’ not about making big hits, it’s about making the correct read, wrapping up and making the play..
I'm not saying that Ball is smart,
but I am saying that he hit Wade in the chest with his shoulder and made a big hit. It looked clean. If he had blasted him helmet to helmet I wouldn’t be arguing.
And I can’t speak for everyone but I would assume that most who have played football think that making big hits is very much a part of the game, something that players and coaches alike get fired up for.
Maybe you would prefer the NBA w/o the highlight reel dunks in favor of fundamental layups?
hey Deke, is Ray Lewis stupid too?
He did the same thing and that penalty actually cost his team a victory.
It’s football, the way the game should be played.
In Romo we Trust
It
doesn’t mater if it was clean or not, it was 3rd and 24 and the guy was nowhere near the stick, u have to be smart and not try to blow the guy up risking 15yds n an automatic 1st down. I thought it was clean, but that doesn’t matter because it was still stupid. it was a dumb play which gave them a 1st. They have to be smarter, and play better situational ball (no pun intended).
Texas Stadium has a hole in the roof so God can watch his favorite team play football.
I think that is the point
probably shouldn’t have been called, but you didn’t need to put yourself in that situation to begin with.
ummm...
first off he didnt hit him with his helmet at all. second, people are going too crazy about people suffering later in life. Yes, they deserve great medical care, but they knew the rules when they were playing, so they have to suffer the consequences. They know the risk going in, that’s why they get paid millions of dollars. It’s a contact sport, a violent contact sport. Do you think Ball’s hit was malicious? Obviously not, so that’s what happens when you run a route across the middle. Maybe the quarterback shouldn’t make that throw. Maybe Cassell should have gotten the flag.Ball was not trying to hurt the guy, and BARELY grazed the face mask.
Where will it stop? Soon they will only be allowed to tackle guys above the knee and below the waist. These are highly paid proffessionals. Which do you hear from players- an outcry because the sport is becoming too violent or an outcry that the rules are taking away a lot of the competitive advantage. If they don’t want to risk injury, then they can go into a different profession.
It's not cocky if it's a lie.
by FelixFanclub on Oct 12, 2009 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
What Game We're You Watching...
There was no contact to the helmet at all on that play. Ball made contact with his shoulder and hit the WR in the chest. Yes his head snapped back but that wasn’t the result of helmet to helmet contact. It was a bad call and the reason he did it is because it’s FOOTBALL!!!!
NO it was shoulder to chest and slid to his head.
But I guess it doesn’t matter they called it personal foul 15 yards
Both Deke and Birdness
I am sorry to say you guys need to check the eyes as well as facts.
Or go and read some reports . It was a shoulder hit , there was no helmet to helmet. By those accounts the hit on Roy W should have been a bigger flag.
The only thing I can agree is a heady player would have just wrapped up and been done with it. But , Ball is young and he’ll learn.
I don't need to read reports on it, I watched it five times
maybe you should watch it, and stop reading reports on it
Errr!
Ball made contact with his shoulder, even Troy said that during the game.
~Texas Massacre '09~
I just watched the NFL.com replay
and they didn’t have Ball’s hit in there. Does anyone know where I can find it to take another look?
(Also, I’m at work so I was trying to be discrete watching it, I apologize if it’s on there and I missed it).
if that hit was helmet to helmet
Wade would have been knocked out for sure, it was clearly a legal hit.
In Romo we Trust
The NFL is protecting its players
But sometimes it is ridiculous
Cowboys fan since 1978.. I was 3 years old
The penalties were so predicatable
I watched the game with my son, and I’m not kidding, it’s 3rd and a mile and I told my son, “unless they commit a stupid penalty no way does KC get a first down.” So here comes Ball, FIRST DOWN!!!! Earlier in the game, Barber mad a nice run to get 1st and goal, I’d no sooner said “NO PENLATIES” then FALSE START, #76. It’s bad enough that they get them, but when a simple FAN can tell you when they are gonna happen you know it’s bad!
Oh, and another thing
It’s not the coaches. All Training camp we heard how every time there was a false start penalty the player was pulled. You can only stress it so much, sooner or later you just have to think they’re too stupid to listen, or don;t care!
I wish Raul would write more often.
I love Dave, Raf, Aaron, and Mike, but I always like hearing different voices, especially well written and thought out ones.
by Baked Potato Soup on Oct 12, 2009 3:16 PM CDT reply actions
Oh hey look it's KC's kicker
J/K! I enjoy his stuff too.
Summarizing the Dallas Cowboys in two words; inconsistently amazing.
I’m ashamed to admit that I don’t get it.
by Baked Potato Soup on Oct 12, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh! Lol. I know. After I hit post, I was like, crap, I hope my lips don’t get stuck to his keister. Now I’m going to have to insult Raf or Dave for their next post to even it out.
by Baked Potato Soup on Oct 12, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
well, we all know Wade Phillips logic when it comes to bye weeks
it’s a win!!!!!!!!!!!! so we’re really 4-2, that sounds better, I guess!!! I hoped the team played better during the bye week to get that win
Hmmmm....
A win in the first round of the playoffs has the same effect as a bye in the first week of the playoffs. I know you think you are hilarious, but honestly, to pick on that statement is pretty weak considering its true.
If I had a nickel for every Super Bowl the Eagles have won, I would have zero nickels.
by Cowboyfan729 on Oct 12, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
It absolutely is not true.
This team hasn’t won a playoff game in years and years. To imply that getting a bye breaks that streak, then go out and lose when you do play, is just pathetic.
by Baked Potato Soup on Oct 12, 2009 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Addendum.
I’m not calling you pathetic, btw. You are right that the result of advancing us to the divisional round is the same. But I thought Wade meant it in the respect that this team has a recent history of futility in and around the playoffs, and that by merely getting a bye, the “curse” was broken.
by Baked Potato Soup on Oct 12, 2009 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Wade is a
cup is half full kind of guy if you haven’t figured that out by now. But to call him a “joke” (not you but silverblue5) is not real accurate. When our D comes around (and it is starting to look like it IMO) it is a credit to his understanding of the game and how to blitz. That is no joke.
by CrazzyyHorse on Oct 12, 2009 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I do think it is interesting that no one was killing Sean Payton the year before for making an almost identical comment about the Saints when they had a first round bye
I would have.
Had I known he said it. Was Wade mocking him when he said it, then?
by Baked Potato Soup on Oct 12, 2009 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I would never argue that getting a bye week in the playoffs represents technically winning a playoff game (as in, I still recognize the streak to be at 13 years). However, I would certainly argue that looking back, it would be unfair to simply define that 2007 team without a mention of the fact that their playoff loss came in the divisional round. I suppose what I am saying is that while getting a bye isn’t a win in the win column, it holds a lot of significance within itself (and apparently approximately the same value as a win in the wild card round) and should be recognized as such. To pick on Wade for simply making that connection is a weak criticism and further demonstrates how ridiculous some of these ad hominem attacks of Wade are. Its one thing to get on a guy for his job performance as the coach of the Dallas Cowboys, but to ride him for certain quotes (especially one in which he was technically correct) and in some cases, how he looks on the sideline is absolutely ridiculous.
If I had a nickel for every Super Bowl the Eagles have won, I would have zero nickels.
by Cowboyfan729 on Oct 12, 2009 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions
not to mention it gives a team a chance to heal up a bit
it was the only way TG got back on the field, though he was still ineffective, and so was an injured TO who also needed the bye to get on the field. Imagine if we had had to play with only PC as our sole reliable and game-tested WR (yes I know he dropped an easy 1st down during the game), and a 1st year Hurd and Austin as our WRs Actually both TO and TG were so ineffective that they should have been pulled for Hurd and Austin, unless you wanted a decoy.
Still they played well enough to win, until the OL cratered in the 2nd half.
oh and MB3 was used up by halftime, apparently
100+ before the half, pathetic after. Did Julius Jones even see the field that game at all?
I'm still pissed at Burnett
People can say Crayton, or Romo, or whomever cost us that game. But Burnett’s taunting penalty before the half, led to that game changing TD.
It was the one thing in that game that they had total control over… And a lapse in common sense lost it for them. Ugh, these wounds shall never heal.
RAF
Series 11
No penalties or errors (TD). However I would like to throw a mental error to the horrific defensive calls in this drive. Having defenders play off when you know there’s a short pass coming is something we’ve all railed against.
Any chance of you guys getting invited into the press conference tomorrow to ask why they continually do this?
It shouldn’t, but it amazes me that the mainstream media never delves into things like this.
Coach Winters: Alright, this is Mississippi State's offensive set. Second and two on our own 24, what defensive set might we call?
Alvin Mack: Eagle Zipper Hero, unless the setback shifts into the I.
Coach Winters: Good..[clicks to next slide], third and seven?
Alvin Mack: Oakie Thunder Lion.
Coach Winters: What's your assignment?
Alvin Mack: Kill the quarterback.
Coach Winters: [clicks to next slide]
Alvin Mack: Hit the tight end so hard his girlfriend dies.
Coach Winters: [clicks to next slide]
Alvin Mack: Kill everybody.
apologies, Raul
Coach Winters: Alright, this is Mississippi State's offensive set. Second and two on our own 24, what defensive set might we call?
Alvin Mack: Eagle Zipper Hero, unless the setback shifts into the I.
Coach Winters: Good..[clicks to next slide], third and seven?
Alvin Mack: Oakie Thunder Lion.
Coach Winters: What's your assignment?
Alvin Mack: Kill the quarterback.
Coach Winters: [clicks to next slide]
Alvin Mack: Hit the tight end so hard his girlfriend dies.
Coach Winters: [clicks to next slide]
Alvin Mack: Kill everybody.
Gurode Must Go
Series 3
2nd and 6 from DAL 22: Andre Gurode does not snap the ball on the count, disrupting the play timing andcausing Leonard Davis to collide with Tony Romo and force a fumble. Kansas City recovers on the Dallas 16 and goes on to score touchdown.
RESULT: Turnover (TD for opponent)
Recall the Giants playoff loss game; Gurode was ffffing terrible. Arguably he was the least valuable player, even over Crayton. He has the yips; he causes Romo more headaches than anyone can imagine. We should have drafted a center this past draft.
I'd like to see him moved to guard if Kosier isn't retained.
by Baked Potato Soup on Oct 12, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
i've been calling for this for 2 years
gurode is not a good center, the fact that he makes the probowl is a testament to his blocking, which would be much better served at guard. he is a below average snapper, and doesn’t seem to be able to read blitzes and romo has to be the one that coordinates the line.
draft a center, sign one in free agency and move gurode to guard.
wasnt he drafted as a guard?
Coach Winters: Alright, this is Mississippi State's offensive set. Second and two on our own 24, what defensive set might we call?
Alvin Mack: Eagle Zipper Hero, unless the setback shifts into the I.
Coach Winters: Good..[clicks to next slide], third and seven?
Alvin Mack: Oakie Thunder Lion.
Coach Winters: What's your assignment?
Alvin Mack: Kill the quarterback.
Coach Winters: [clicks to next slide]
Alvin Mack: Hit the tight end so hard his girlfriend dies.
Coach Winters: [clicks to next slide]
Alvin Mack: Kill everybody.
Gurode Was Drafted As a Guard
The Vikings drafted a center not too long ago and let their veteran center (Birk) leave via FA; I think he ended up in Baltimore. We could have signed him. Or, more attractively, there were three good ones in the draft. It is these type moves – or lack thereof – that have doomed this franchise to being average. The trade for Roy W when we likely could have signed him in free agency stops us from landing a top tier center or a top tier WR/return guy like Percy Harvin. Year after year
Supposedly, their goal was to get Unger in this year's draft.
And then when they missed out on that, they decided to just say “screw it” with this draft.
by Baked Potato Soup on Oct 12, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
That was stupid passing on Centers beyond the second round
Gurode sucked at OG. He went to the ProBowl as a C, he should play C. There were several quality C prospects this last draft. Jerry should have replaced Proctor.
Amen
Jerry not moving up and grabing Unger was a huge mistake. Gurode is very disruptive to the OL with his delayed snaps and I also question his ability to handle the mental part of the game. The OL is a ticking time bomb.
I think he was a G/C.
But the only other center currently on the roster is Proctor.
by Baked Potato Soup on Oct 12, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
People Say Leonard Can't Play LT
But neither can Flo so how bad could the move be – if for no other reason to try something new. If we had a center, Gurode could play right guard and we could try bigg at LT.
Nothing helps a line play cohesively like shuffling them around mid-season...
If I had a nickel for every Super Bowl the Eagles have won, I would have zero nickels.
by Cowboyfan729 on Oct 12, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
When Davis was an LT, he was just as penalized as Flo.
And he was also considered less able in protection.
by Baked Potato Soup on Oct 12, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Leonard failed in Arizona
He’s not quick enough to protect the blind side.
I don't trust this staff to make wise personnel decisions.
by Baked Potato Soup on Oct 13, 2009 12:42 AM CDT up reply actions
They brought in Brooking what don't you like about that?
They rid themselves of Julius and loaded a backfield with Barber, Felix and Choice.
They rid themselves of TO, Tank, Pacman, etc
They paired Bennett with Witten.
They drafted Jenkins, who is playing pretty good.
I know that every staff goofs at some point with personnel decisions, but I don’t think they are ready to get rid of Kosier by any stretch of the imagination.
guess you could say that about a lot of the current players and coaches on this roster
Is playing smart too much to ask?
The biggest problem of the run-first offense is recovering from the inevitable penalties.
Last season Dallas led the league in penalties. The penalties were devastating for the defensive unit. The defense almost always gave up points when the unit committed a penalty in 2008. The offense, however, scored at roughly the same rate regardless of whether the offense committed a penalty or not.
This season, the short passing game and the focus on running the ball has sapped Dallas of its ability to make-up for penalties. This offensive approach has probably contributed to Tony having three games in which he has not thrown an interception. Romo only had three games where he did not throw an interception throughout the entire 2008 season.
well... I think less talented teams are usually forced in to penalties
so thats whats what about our Cowboys.
Jenkins and Newman are pretty good though, as are Ratliff, Ware and Brookings.
On Offense we don’t have the best players on O line but they’re ok. Best TE in the league doesn’t score 50 points a game.
by AustonianAggie on Oct 12, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
The Boys have a big strong OL
They should pound that ball all day long.
It really amazes me
just how effective this offense is when we don’t beat ourselves. Its been this way for a while. Its why I think we need to look at starting Free.
We’re probably scoring on 65% of our drives or more not inluding the broncos game when we don’t have a penalty or a mindblowing blocking gaffe. The broncos are the only team that I thought shut us down, but a lot of that had to do with romo’s poor play.
we have the best offense in the league
when we’re not beating ourselves. Even with all of our mistakes so far on offense (turnovers, penalties) we still have the number one ranked offense in the league in total yardage.
In Romo we Trust
that "when" is very important.
It has always been a problem with his O. It probably will continue to be. We won in 2007 despite these problems with our oline (when they weren’t penalzed) having a great year and taking advantage of pretty poor competition. With improved competition within the division and the rest of the conference, we cannot label these penalties and gaffes as acceptable or saying you take the good with the bad. Cause in reality, you have to take the whole picture into account. We shoot outselves in the foot 30%+ percent of our drives, and don’t score on those drives, so that doesn’t make us any different from a line that isn’t overall as good as they are but doesn’t blow drives for their team.
Ironic part of this is
that prior to the KC game, the Cowboys were one of the least penalized teams in the league. This game could really be the exception to the rule this year.
I’m much more concerned about winning the turnover battle than committing a lot of penalties.
In Romo we Trust
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