Try Something new on offense?

It’s Felix that should be our 3rd down back, not Tashard. Felix should also be out there as slot reciever alot also. Tashard should be used as an every down back, while MB3 down near the goal line exclusively. This way, you are using the RB’s at what they do best, and forget about trying to re-invent the wheel.

it’s occurred to me that maybe last year, following that punishing hit that RW took at denver, roy was a tad skittish when the ball came his way. have not seen this addressed, but sure seems he might only now be over it, ‘cause his play has improved this year. what’s sad is, it hasn’t made a diff in the win column. which stinks. we might just be snake-bit, ‘cause we’re moving the heck outta the ball, yet the pts issue from last year remains.

will not end up good. Sure, they should use him more than they do, but he is not the kind of back to use everydown. Plus, you shouldn’t be puzzled at all that Garrertt doesn’t funnel the offense through any RB, for after all, he doesn’t prefer to, and he has all those recievers he loves that he had Jerry go get that he has to cater to, and we all know how he likes to pass.

Well, at least we know all the opponents Dcoordinators know he loves to pass.

But, I guess my “guessing” about Garrett borders on “Bizzare”, as you would put it.

LMAO

Only Choice was an every down back. He had a very productive college career, and is an all-purpose back. Nothing against Felix- I love him- but he has never been an every down back. Barber wasn’t an every down back either. The last time we tried changing a situational RB into an every down back, well.. his name is Marion Barber III. Can any of you say that we have the same kind of productive RB in Barber since he had those 11 TD’s that year he split carries with Julius? As far as Felix is concerned, I believe it is a big mistake that that Garrett doesn’t consider him a slot reciever/RB. Now that Crayton is gone, who better to fill that slot too? Think of it- Felix replaces Roy Williams…

Tashard has already proven he can carry the load as an every down back- just think of the Pitt game at the end of the season 2 yrs. ago- he ran effectively against the no. 1 defense, and had a great game against the Giants the week before. The reason why alot of people talk about starting Felix is political. Use the players for what they are good at (simple). I would think that your biggest focus on offense shouldn’t be forcing passes, but forcing defenses to respect your RB’s. This is not a priority to Garrett, and that is why defenses force the Cowboys into being one dimensional (no run, or RB’s involved). This has to change for the offense to start clicking. You would think that the OC would be trying to get Felix and Tashard the ball in the open field, because that is what the focus should be. Forget about just handing the ball off to them, and then say “see, that was a running play, so our run doesn’t work, so I’ll just pass..”

I say “forget about the WR’s”. Why, you ask? “They will get theirs, and anyways, do you see the Cowboys having problems moving the ball through the air? No, so don’t worry about that.”

You say “the WR’s will whine and complain.”

I say “They will anyways, and furthermore, they’re whining and complaining is ok as long as we are wallowing in victory. Are you saying that they wouldn’t give up a few passes each to have victory instead? Of course they would. Garrett is catering to all the WR talent, rather than running an offense to victory (pardon the pun)”

APerfectstar, you know deep down that I am not saying this becasuse I am crazed about Tashard Choice, I say it because it’s what he does well. between the 20’s, leave Tashard in there. If Felix was the type of back to make plays up the middle too with consistency, than I would be advocating him to be the starter and everydown back. We don’t need Emmitt, we just need an effective running game so we can make a defense respect the run, even if it only 3 yards per play. I am not Garrett, trying to make someone into something they are not. This way, Barber goes back to his effective role of punching it in when we are in the red zone, throw Felix in there at the same time as a reciever, and our redzone O will improve greatly. There really is no need to give defenses an advantage anymore. This is what our offensive coordinator should be thinking like, rather than trying to force more passes while defenses know this. Every defense in the NFL has capable players anymore.

If they start using Felix and Tashard alot more, and take away starting duties from MB3, how much you want to bet that when we use him down near the goal line, not only will our red zone offense improve, we will see the Barbarian of old, because he will be trying to fill his role- and that was his best role by the way. The football gods cursed us the day we took him from that role. Keep him fresh so that we can have that in the red zone once again, and let’s not mess with something that works.

“Don’t try fixing something that ain’t broke”

If the commentary above offends you, i apologize. I am not trying to put words in your mouth by it, just showing you my perspetive on questions about my opinion, and since we have had debates regarding the run offense/Garrett in the past, I wanted to show you why I would have such an opinion. You may or may not have had those questions arise in your opinion, I don’t know. You may think it is dumb for me to answer my own rhetorical questions, and that I don’t know. What I do know is that you know me as consistent- I’ve been harping on the run game, Garrett, The Oline, playcalling, blah blah blah, for a long time. And making that fanpost was not an attempt to put words in your mouth, just get you to respond about the topic and hear your opinion. One thing that is not debateable, and I know you won’t try- is that the run offense has to come around, or else Garrett is committing suicide. My opinion on Garrett, Felix, Tashard, Mb3, are really secondary to that reality.

If Garrett had used only a few players thus far this season and we were still 0-2, all the complainers would be saying that he ought to get more players involved.