vince
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Alfred Morris looked very slippery. McClain stuggled a lot to get a grip on him.The Roy Williams-type shoulder block tackles were kind of surprising.
Time to get back to basics.
Alfred Morris looked very slippery. McClain stuggled a lot to get a grip on him.The Roy Williams-type shoulder block tackles were kind of surprising.
Time to get back to basics.
Should they have done more against future all-pro McCoy and whatever scrubs were on their offensive line? Probably.You are right that was a big play, I just remember all of the missed tackles in OT.
Like I said I thought they did a lot of good things but the big plays and missed tackles killed them.
IMO, that loss can lay solely at Linehan's feet. He just got completely out-coached.Should they have done more against future all-pro McCoy and whatever scrubs were on their offensive line? Probably.
But I don't know that I pin last night on the defense. Not under those circumstances.
That and WAAAYYY too many converted 3rd downs.You are right that was a big play, I just remember all of the missed tackles in OT.
Like I said I thought they did a lot of good things but the big plays and missed tackles killed them.
I'm not really worried about "abandoning the run" -- IMO it was more about getting beat on third downs. We picked those up in other games and extended our drives, allowing us to run more. In this game, too many drives ended prematurely because they beat us on key third downs.I am not as freaked out as everybody from last nights lost, we beat ourselves and IMO it was mainly the missed tackles which kept far too many drives alive.
It was a classic trap game and with all of the missed tackles, dropped passes, turnovers, bad play calling and a Romo injury we were a last second drive away from winning the game.
If we make half of the tackles we usually make we win this game, I am disturbed about the play calling but I think this game will get them back to basics.
Yup. By far the biggest issue on offense.My biggest issue is the total lack of hot reads on every blitz we seemed to be looking long. every team seems to have some kind of hot reads off blitzes, but I don't ever remember doing those very well.
Escobar in the seam seems like something we could do very well off of blitzes, big target on a quick pass, I see teams do this to us on blitzes every week.
No way it's only on Linehan's feet (or the offensive staff's).IMO, that loss can lay solely at Linehan's feet. He just got completely out-coached.
You're right, the blame should also fall partly at Garrett's feet.No way it's only on Linehan's feet (or the offensive staff's).
I'd throw Jerry and Goof Son under that bus for opening their damned mouths about Murray's work load.You're right, the blame should also fall partly at Garrett's feet.
And the defensive staff. And the players. And Jerry.You're right, the blame should also fall partly at Garrett's feet.
A defense that gives up 17 points in a regulation home game and only a FG in overtime has adequately done its job.And the defensive staff. And the players. And Jerry.
Yes and no.A defense that gives up 17 points in a regulation home game and only a FG in overtime has adequately done its job.
Pretty much. Defense should have played much better, but 17 points is still a decent outing. The offense put itself in bad spots all day.The defense wasn't so good in the 2nd half, and the field goal in Ot put the offense's back up against the wall. HOWEVER, they gave up 17 regulation points. It's hard to complain about that.
If we give up 17, we should win almost always.
From a bottom line perspective, it's hard to say this is anything but the offense's loss, and the coaching and Linehan in particular. We didn't run enough, and we never adjusted to those blitzes.
Under normal circumstances. This was a third string QB.A defense that gives up 17 points in a regulation home game and only a FG in overtime has adequately done its job.