2020 Season | Week 2 | Gameday Chatter | Falcons at Cowboys | 9/20/2020

[Clff15701]

We going to get killed next week.

 

[1bigfan13]

Russell Wilson....best deep ball passer in the NFL.

He drops it into a bucket from 50+ yards out nicely.

 

[1bigfan13]

We going to get killed next week.

Yep. Better hope that some of Fassel's trick plays pay off next week to steal a possession or two. That's our only hope.

 

[data]

DK Metcalf is a man

 

[Genghis Khan]

Our clock management was pretty good down the stretch.

 

[lostxn]

Garrett had the Seahawk's number for whatever reason. Even the times we lost our team was a mess and he still beat them up pretty good.

 

[boozeman]

That was a beautiful pass from Wilson to Metcalf. And that was on single coverage from Gilmore.

That is what we have to look forward to.

 

[boozeman]

GET ME EARL!!!!!!

I think we need a shot in the arm.

Thing is, unless he is there right away Monday morning, he doesn't play.

 

[lostxn]

You know if we signed Earl I think it would be a bit until he could play. COVID testing and all.

 

[data]

Is it just me or is the NFL not calling as many OL holding penalties?

 

[boozeman]

also Snacks Harrison. Cut Poe.

Poe is complete shit.

I think they thought they would get the package deal with McCoy and they would get what they got out of them last year.

 

[lostxn]

Jesus Belichick is gonna resurrect Cam's career. God I wish he was out coach.

 

[boozeman]

Is it just me or is the NFL not calling as many OL holding penalties?

I think they are laying off the penalties intentionally.

 

[Texas Ace]

Completely agree. One thing I thought we could bank on with the McCarthy hire was that he'd at least make the right common sense decisions but as you mentioned, they've gone overboard and are struggling with the time, distance, and situation aspects that factor into the decision making process.

I didn't have a problem with the first fake punt. It was drawn up perfectly, just poorly executed by Jones.

No issues with the first punt at all.

Just because the Cowboys came back to win this game doesn't mean that they weren't in situations that almost always results in losing -- and that's why I have no issue with the fake first punt because the Cowboys needed some sort of spark in order to avoid falling into a situation that almost always guarantees a loss.

The play should have worked but it failed due to a poor throw, but it was still the right call given the situation that they were in.

I can even live with the second fake punt because they were also in a desperate situation there, but it's alarming that someone thought what amounted to a QB sneak was the right call when they needed 5 yards, not 1 or 2.

If you're gonna do that, might as well leave the offense out on the field.

And then we have the horrible decision to go for two when they did. As I alluded to before, just because the Cowboys found a way to get a miracle win doesn't mean the odds and stats for the types of situations they were in aren't true.

And too often over the past two weeks they have chosen to select the option that put them at the worst odds for success.

In the position they were in at that point in the game, Mike McCarthy basically put the nail in his own team's coffin by choosing to go for two there and failing. You could see it in the players' faces that they thought it was over. You absolutely do not and cannot end your own chances of winning at that point of the game.

You have to give your team hope down to the very last second that the game can still be won. By making that awful call there, he took a team that would have gone into that next drive doing all that they could to get one more stop in hopes of tying the game and instead created a situation where most of his team probably thought the game was over.

That cannot happen.

What scares me about today is that there didn't really appear to be any method to the madness and it seemed like they were experimenting and just trying shit out just to do it.

I really hope that's not what happened but the coaching performance over the first two weeks definitely leaves me a little concerned and that was the last thing I thought I would have to worry about with this particular team.

 

[boozeman]

Both Carroll and Belichick have their masked pulled down to expose their noses.

Defeats the damn purpose.

 

[Rev]

Both Carroll and Belichick have their masked pulled down to expose their noses.

Defeats the damn purpose.

I see that everywhere.

 

[boozeman]

No issues with the first punt at all.

Just because the Cowboys came back to win this game doesn't mean that they weren't in situations that almost always results in losing -- and that's why I have no issue with the fake first punt because the Cowboys needed some sort of spark in order to avoid falling into a situation that almost always guarantees a loss.

The play should have worked but it failed due to a poor throw, but it was still the right call given the situation that they were in.

I can even live with the second fake punt because they were also in a desperate situation there, but it's alarming that someone thought what amounted to a QB sneak was the right call when they needed 5 yards, not 1 or 2.

If you're gonna do that, might as well leave the offense out on the field.

And then we have the horrible decision to go for two when they did. As I alluded to before, just because the Cowboys found a way to get a miracle win doesn't mean the odds and stats for the types of situations they were in aren't true.

And too often over the past two weeks they have chosen to select the option that put them at the worst odds for success.

In the position they were in at that point in the game, Mike McCarthy basically put the nail in his own team's coffin by choosing to go for two there and failing. You could see it in the players' faces that they thought it was over. You absolutely do not and cannot end your own chances of winning at that point of the game.

You have to give your team hope down to the very last second that the game can still be won. By making that awful call there, he took a team that would have gone into that next drive doing all that they could to get one more stop in hopes of tying the game and instead created a situation where most of his team probably thought the game was over.

That cannot happen.

What scares me about today is that there didn't really appear to be any method to the math this period it seemed like they were experimenting and just trying shit out just to do it.

I really hope that's not what happened but the coaching performance over the first two weeks definitely leaves me a little concerned and that was the last thing I thought I would have to worry about with this particular team.

I think the turnovers changed the tone and then it was go to the mattresses.

This was one of those games that happens and we were fortunate to win.

 

[boozeman]

I see that everywhere.

It is stupid. Why wear it then?

Have some discipline.

 

[boozeman]

I am still very very concerned about the lack of a pass rush.

The thing is, it is not personnel.

I think we are all about being so "multiple" that nobody knows what the fuck they are supposed to do.

And yeah, Tyrone Crawford is a piece of shit.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I think the turnovers changed the tone and then it was go to the mattresses.

This was one of those games that happens and we were fortunate to win.

Exactly. This was one of those games where they were in such a bad situation almost from the jump that it's pointless to criticize most of the coaching decisions. I didn't agree with all of it but desperate times call for desperate measures.