Divisional Round Chatter Thread | Packers vs Cowboys | 01-15-2017

[Rev]

Anyone else notice Tyron Smith getting walked back into the pocket several times? Uncharacteristic of him.

I'm sure it was the knee.

 

[jig290]

Honestly to me the coaching staff did not have the team ready to play.
That and again we gave up on the run

 

[Smitty]

Aaron Rodgers beat us, straight up. I'm livid about how many perfect sideline catches they pulled off. Meanwhile Brice and Terrance are dropping perfectly delivered footballs.

The defense was supposed to make the difference here. Down their best receiver, while we were flush with DBs, we let them effortlessly score 3 straight TDs.

Doug Free can't be on this team anymore. That holding call in the first quarter killed us, he's done here. We need Leary to come back, Collins and Green should fight for RT.

If Dez gets lucky and stays healthy, this game should be an entry on his HOF reel. That time he intercepted the pass the Dunbar and rumbled it up the field was the coolest play of the game.

I feel like the 1st down on the 15 debacle was because the team REALLY wanted to get Witten his post season TD. I'm glad he eventually got it, but if we hand to Zeke 3 times in that situation, we wind up with 4 more points, I think the whole team would have been happier with 4 more points.

Our season started and ended with poor clock management.

Why the eff was McFadden not even given a chance. I swear to god, I don't think I'm all that smart, but it seems to me going empty backfield every time your RB gets tired is like showing your hand before the betting begins. McFadden made some plays during the season with very limited opportunities, God knows what he could have done when Capers is selling out to stop the pass.

Dak was amazing, but as much as penalties and WR drops hurt him, he got lucky with some throws, if they had starting quality DBs he probably would have been picked at least one more time.

Garrett must have been listening to Ravid, because this was a force it deep, fuck time of possession game plan. We can pass 7 times in a row, but rushing more than 3 times in a drive, that's crazy talk. We played for a shootout, and got what we asked for.

Going to bat for McFadden seems like an odd complaint today.

Also I don't think the spike was that egregious. Maybe it wasn't the absolute best decision but you also have to execute to a fine point on these drives or you lose. I think the third down play we just got beat when we couldn't afford to get beat.

 

[ravidubey]

Honestly to me the coaching staff did not have the team ready to play.
That and again we gave up on the run

Meh, we were way behind and Zeke still had 22 carries for a buck 25.

It's way more your first ppoin where we were just way out of sync and not ready for playoff football. Dumb huddle substitutions on both offense and defense killed us early, and the defense took too long to adjust.

21 points on the first three drives is the very definition of failure.

 

[data]

Can you get excited again if we finish #1 seed next year?

Sucks. We'll all be bitching and moaning even if we finish 16-0.

 

[data]

Meh, we were way behind and Zeke still had 22 carries for a buck 25.

in a game lost by a last-second FG, each play counts. While I wont say we didn't run the ball enough or we got away from the run, two more Zeke rushes might've made a difference on the scoreboard with drive at the end of the half and preventing the INT.

I can't recall a single game where we complained about running the ball too much. Maybe we should try it.

 

[ravidubey]

Garrett must have been listening to Ravid, because this was a force it deep, fuck time of possession game plan. We can pass 7 times in a row, but rushing more than 3 times in a drive, that's crazy talk. We played for a shootout, and got what we asked for.

You're kidding, right? The time of possession drive ended in a field goal, then I think you missed the part where they reeled off three straight touchdowns on us.

We we got phantom holding calls on big runs a stupid huddle call that wiped out a big pass play, but however we fucked up we were down 18 points!

You can't eat time of possession when you are down like that. You need points and you have to pressure the defense. Like that bomb to Dez that got us back in it.

And it's not like they kept heaving it deep in short yardage, they still managed a semblance of balance. Had they passed 7 fewer times they would have had a 50-50 balance. That's not bad at all considering how far behind they were.

Blame me a lack of preparation fine, but not the offense.

 

[ravidubey]

in a game lost by a last-second FG, each play counts. While I wont say we didn't run the ball enough or we got away from the run, two more Zeke rushes might've made a difference on the scoreboard with drive at the end of the half and preventing the INT.

I can't recall a single game where we complained about running the ball too much. Maybe we should try it.

Had that ball been aimed right we wouldn't be talking about play selection in hindsight.

This is game was all about first half mismanagement that led to a 21-3 deficit. Had the stupid Butler penalty not happened, we'd be talking about that beautiful post strike to Williams instead of one play where Dak had a bad throw.

 

[Smitty]

This still stings just as much as last night. Ugh.

 

[Cotton]

If it's up to me, neither Terrance Williams nor Brice Butler are in TC with this team next year. They can both go suck for another team.

 

[data]

Had that ball been aimed right we wouldn't be talking about play selection in hindsight.

When the coaches choose to go with a rookie QB over a proven veteran, coaches' play calling is fair to critique.

A rookie will have higher propensity to not aim the ball right, so maybe we go with our league leading rusher on 3rd and short more often.

 

[data]

If it's up to me, neither Terrance Williams nor Brice Butler are in TC with this team next year. They can both go suck for another team.

good morning, sunshine. How we feeling?

 

[Cowboysrock55]

If it's up to me, neither Terrance Williams nor Brice Butler are in TC with this team next year. They can both go suck for another team.

Well we only have so many draft picks. I don't want to try and rebuild the entire roster. Everyone wants to replace Free, the WRs, we have 3 starting DB's scheduled to be free agents, we all want the D-line rebuilt. That's a lot of things to replace in the offseason. If I can keep a guy like Terrance Williams for cheap I'd do it. Unfortunately the same thing for Brandon Carr even though he gets beat way too much for my liking. I'd cut Crawford though if it would clear up some room. Talk about an under performing turd.

 

[Cotton]

good morning, sunshine. How we feeling?

I'm much better than last night. Although, I can tell you, I wasn't as suicidal as I thought I would be if we lost. I played cards with the wife and kids. But, even still, I was sitting there seething. I can't believe they sucked me in yet again only to once again rip out my heart. But, there is good to take from all this. Dak, Zeke and the entire offense (minus Butler and Williams) looked really good against a pretty good defense. So, the worries about having rookies at those positions in big games can get shitcanned now. It was the damn defense and coaching staff that lost us that game. And, that can be fixed (well, the defense can).

 

[Cotton]

Well we only have so many draft picks. I don't want to try and rebuild the entire roster. Everyone wants to replace Free, the WRs, we have 3 starting DB's scheduled to be free agents, we all want the D-line rebuilt. That's a lot of things to replace in the offseason. If I can keep a guy like Terrance Williams for cheap I'd do it. Unfortunately the same thing for Brandon Carr even though he gets beat way too much for my liking. I'd cut Crawford though if it would clear up some room. Talk about an under performing turd.

Either through the draft or FA, Williams doesn't see the field as a Cowboy ever again if at all possible, if I had any say. Choking piece of shit body-catcher.

 

[ravidubey]

When the coaches choose to go with a rookie QB over a proven veteran, coaches' play calling is fair to critique.

A rookie will have higher propensity to not aim the ball right, so maybe we go with our league leading rusher on 3rd and short more often.

They rode Dak hard and he bore well under pressure. He had had, what, 4 picks all year? That's really, really good. And that pick happened on what should have been a very high percentage throw. I don't know if Dak thought Beasley was going to be closer or what, but for whatever reason it happened.

Even Rodgers had a pick yesterday.

 

[Deuce]

They rode Dak hard and he bore well under pressure. He had had, what, 4 picks all year? That's really, really good. And that pick happened on what should have been a very high percentage throw. I don't know if Dak thought Beasley was going to be closer or what, but for whatever reason it happened.

Even Rodgers had a pick yesterday.

That play was a mixture of Hyde making a great play (well prepared by better coaches) and Dez missing the block. He ran wide of Dez to undercut the pass.

 

[Cotton]

Oh, and for those concerned, Homer 2.0 is still alive and well. I'm pissed right now, but I have definite hope for our future even after the loss.

 

[Cotton]

I can't even get on Twitter right now. Just can't stomach the idiots that will be spewing Romo could have won the game if they had given him a shot.

 

[Deuce]

Oh, and for those concerned, Homer 2.0 is still alive and well. I'm pissed right now, but I have definite hope for our future even after the loss.

Yipee