2022 Random Cowboys Stuff Thread

[p1_]

Jerry: I was not the best math student.

 

[boozeman]

You're just now coming to this conclusion, assface?

80>70

 

[Cotton]

 

[Smitty]

Should be 4. Bullshit Roughing the Passer.

 

[Foobio]

Before Tyron, we hadn't taken an OL in the 1st since the 60s.

You’re damn lucky we didn’t make this a haircut bet!

Howard Richards, 1981

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Jerry is an asshole. Sorry but he is kind of dumping shit on Pollard for no reason all to prop up a RB who is a shell of his former self.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Hate to cite Broaddus because he's a wackjob so often, but I had to agree with him on something he said this morning... that the problems he sees with the run defense aren't so much scheme or ability, but people not playing their assignments, like losing contain outside. He said Quinn gives these guys great latitude to go make a play if they see it, but too often they're overdoing it.

Nate agreed with him on that, and said Jimmy and Wannstedt gave them latitude like that also, but if they messed something up, they had to play their straight assignment for like the next 10 plays in a row.

 

[Cotton]

Hate to cite Broaddus because he's a wackjob so often, but I had to agree with him on something he said this morning... that the problems he sees with the run defense aren't so much scheme or ability, but people not playing their assignments, like losing contain outside. He said Quinn gives these guys great latitude to go make a play if they see it, but too often they're overdoing it.

Nate agreed with him on that, and said Jimmy and Wannstedt gave them latitude like that also, but if they messed something up, they had to play their straight assignment for like the next 10 plays in a row.

DLaw lost contain on a few plays on Sunday.

 

[p1_]

Jerry is an asshole. Sorry but he is kind of dumping shit on Pollard for no reason all to prop up a RB who is a shell of his former self.

No shit, even if he was stupid enough to pay him way over his value. Die, Jerry, die.

 

[Texas Ace]

He said Quinn gives these guys great latitude to go make a play if they see it, but too often they're overdoing it.

I can see that.

For example, it's very clear to me that each time D-Law whiffed on the read option against both the Eagles and the Bears is because he bit on the fake each and every time despite being in perfect position to get the QB each time.

I'm guessing that's because he's given the freedom to decide there but it's clear to me that he needs to be told to just commit to the QB from now on.

My point is, I can totally see this latitude thing being a legit reason for some of these runs but if that's what it is, then Quinn may need to reign that in a little bit because we're giving up way too much on the ground.

 

[Simpleton]

I can see that.

For example, it's very clear to me that each time D-Law whiffed on the read option against both the Eagles and the Bears is because he bit on the fake each and every time despite being in perfect position to get the QB each time.

I'm guessing that's because he's given the freedom to decide there but it's clear to me that he needs to be told to just commit to the QB from now on.

My point is, I can totally see this latitude thing being a legit reason for some of these runs but if that's what it is, then Quinn may need to reign that in a little bit because we're giving up way too much on the ground.

I think that's definitely a big piece of it, Quinn just has to be smart enough to know when to let them roam and when to rein them in.

When we're playing these run-first QB's with simplistic passing games that's the time to rein them in.

 

[p1_]

 

[Cowboysrock55]

I think that's definitely a big piece of it, Quinn just has to be smart enough to know when to let them roam and when to rein them in.

When we're playing these run-first QB's with simplistic passing games that's the time to rein them in.

This is exactly right, you're going against Tom Brady, go ahead and free lance. When you've got Justin Fields who couldn't complete a pass from the pocket with any consistency, slow it down, make sure you hold your assignments and hell you're still talented enough to get plenty of sacks and pressure still.

 

[boozeman]

DLaw lost contain on a few plays on Sunday.

At least twice he had Fields dead to rights.

I get it though. He is usually very solid against the run, it looks like he was too aggressive.

 

[boozeman]

 

[mcnuttz]

You’re damn lucky we didn’t make this a haircut bet!

Howard Richards, 1981

Great catch, @Foobio !

In the 1981 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys were targeting cornerback Bobby Butler with their first round selection,[2] but settled on Richards (26th overall) after Butler was taken by the Atlanta Falcons. This was only the third time in franchise history that the Cowboys used a first round pick on an offensive lineman, with John Niland and Robert Shaw being chosen before.

 

[mcnuttz]

Hate to cite Broaddus because he's a wackjob so often, but I had to agree with him on something he said this morning... that the problems he sees with the run defense aren't so much scheme or ability, but people not playing their assignments, like losing contain outside. He said Quinn gives these guys great latitude to go make a play if they see it, but too often they're overdoing it.

Nate agreed with him on that, and said Jimmy and Wannstedt gave them latitude like that also, but if they messed something up, they had to play their straight assignment for like the next 10 plays in a row.

Tank got burned several times not holding the outside, not sure why he wasn't flushing the run back in.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

On a fraction of the opportunities of some of those guys on top of that. Very impressive.

 

[Foobio]

 

[ravidubey]

We went Oline crazy is the first for a bit there but I was good with it. And frankly it worked out pretty damn good.

Except we let the defense get real, real bad