2021 Season | Wildcard Weekend | Gameday Chatter Thread | 49ers @ Cowboys | 1/16/22

[shoop]

Aikman bringing the heat.

Aikman putting in football terms what some of us have been saying. Quit trying to be smart/cute. Play football, call plays according to what the defense is showing you sometimes instead of trying to create opportunities that aren’t there. Too many coaches trying to dictate the flow of the game rather than sometimes taking what is there.

 

[Simpleton]

The entire offense cratered over the last half of the season except for the Falcons game, home Redskins game and the 2nd half of the Raiders (not including the 2nd Eagles game). Everything from the running game to Dak to the pass protection to the WR production cratered, basically every single thing imaginable.

I don't know what the root cause is (I can certainly guess!) but it certainly seems to be something systemic and not just Dak or this player or that player.

 

[shoop]

Some of what Troy said is on Moore, but the quarterback ultimately needs to make those throws. Spot the matchup and check into something. Get the ball in the hands of your playmakers. Dak has not been mentally right since Fangio bent us over with no lube and he's not willing to make those contested throws on a consistent basis anymore. In a lot of ways he's reverted back to the player he was before we traded for Amari. The offense certainly isn't helping, but he needs to snap the frick out of it.

A lot of people downplay Troy’s play because he had the best line in football, Emmitt, and Irvin. What they don’t remember is how when a play was called he went through his reads, made the right call and threw the ball accurately. He may not have been a QB to “extend plays” but by God he made the plays that were there.

 

[Cujo]

Aikman bringing the heat.

Exactly what I was saying. Allow your wrs to earn their money.

 

[jsmith6919]

 

[Simpleton]

This play design is basically day 1 of training camp, Inside Zone right with a jet sweep motion in the opposite direction.

Fucking embarrassing.

 

[deadrise]

I look at Rodgers and Brady and they just take what the defense gives. A lot of Brady's completions are short crossing routes with a RAC. Rodgers flicks the ball to check down guys when he's under pressure. A lot of Dak's throws are deep in-routes. Takes a lot of time for those to unfold, and he's not that accurate on those throws. If the d-line is breathing down his neck -- you hear this all the time -- call the plays that get the ball out if the QB's hand in a hurry.

 

[Cujo]

Inexcusable for the game to start like this.

 

[Hoffa]

The offense isn't the same offense.

And I don't know if the Twitter post booze posted yesterday was factual, but it mentioned that Stephen was upset with Moore early in the season when he ran flashy plays.

Remember when the offense came fired up early in the season a couple years ago in Garrett's tenure and they corralled Moore in? We wondered late in the season what the hell happened.

I am definitely not saying that Moore is being held back, but it does seem to me that they should have left him the fuck alone when things were going well. On the flip side, someone needs to interject when the offense goes flat.

Seems like they're still running a lot of flashy, exotic stuff though. There's just not a lot of cohesion to any of it. But regardless, Dak's either not seeing the field or not confident to pull the trigger on what he's seeing.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Two problems, we don't have an electric speed guy to run the jet sweep on these and we don't do it enough to make the defense think Dak could turn around and hand it to the sweep guy.

 

[bbgun]

The first play was an incomplete pass. They were probably guessing run there.

 

[Genghis Khan]

The first play was an incomplete pass. They were probably guessing run there.

Probably true. We don't seem to break tendency very often.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

The first play was an incomplete pass. They were probably guessing run there.

Which would make the second play under center a great spot to run a quick play action pass. That's not me trying to second guess a decision after it happened but great play callers have a feel for this stuff and stay one step ahead of the opponent. Instead we seem to just follow the same tendencies. Oh and by the way lets say you have a successful run with Zeke on second down. That's probably still only a 3rd and 6 at best when your RB just isn't capable of getting the chunk yards.

So yeah, there are problems with Moore that really bother me. I hope if we decide to go a different direction we really go hard for whoever the best guy out there is.

 

[bbgun]

A week ago, the NFL was lambasted by Covid. Now no one's testing positive. Weird.

 

[bbgun]

I hope if we decide to go a different direction we really go hard for whoever the best guy out there is.

If Mike gets fired, what are the odds Jerry does his due diligence and interviews a Harbaugh or Flores? I say less than zero.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

If Mike gets fired, what are the odds Jerry does his due diligence and interviews a Harbaugh or Flores? I say less than zero.

I'm more saying if Moore goes away.

 

[bbgun]

I'm more saying if Moore goes away.

Not sure what plan B would be. Hopefully not McAdoo, but as Booze has reminded us time again, this is the laziest front office in football.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Not sure what plan B would be. Hopefully not McAdoo, but as Booze has reminded us time again, this is the laziest front office in football.

I think if it's McAdoo that would be a McCarthy hire not the front office.

 

[boozeman]

I think if it's McAdoo that would be a McCarthy hire not the front office.

Same thing.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Not sure what plan B would be. Hopefully not McAdoo, but as Booze has reminded us time again, this is the laziest front office in football.

Yeah if someone hires Moore as this genius offensive coordinator I think McAdoo is the favorite. And it would be a lazy comfort hire for McCarthy.

I'd be interested in someone like Ken Dorsey if I was looking outside of the box. But the Cowboys won't. Still it another great college QB, flamout NFL player who at least has put his time in to earn the opportunity. Or maybe Mike Kafka even though he has a bit of an inexperienced feel. He comes from the Andy Reid tree and so he may be a good fit.