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Jerry Jones has scathing comment about Cowboys offense, Linehan
ByPatrik Walker 28 minutes ago
The tables could be turning against Scott Linehan.
Having now played three games in the 2018 season, the Dallas Cowboys are 1-2 largely in part to the ineptitude on offense. The defense didn't look usually great against the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field, but they allowed only 24 points in Week 3 and are were top five in the league in several categories going into the game. The offense has been quite the antithesis, however, and their 13 points on Sunday now has them averaging only 13.17 points per game over their last six regular season games.
Head coach Jason Garrett said following their season opener loss he would not take over play calling duties, having "tremendous faith" in coordinator Scott Linehan. For a moment or two, things looked better the following week but there were long stretches of time -- more than two quarters, to be exact -- where the team failed to score another touchdown against the New York Giants after delivering 10 points in their first two possessions. They hoped to carry that momentum into Seattle, but they instead reverted back to their impotent ways, and it feels like it's all wearing then on the usually-optimistic Jerry Jones.
He left without saying a word on Sept. 9 and only two weeks later, he'd speak on Linehan, but his words were blunt and unforgiving -- even if he remains defiant in taking a hardline stance on the future of veteran coach.
He'd end the comment with a glimmer of hope, but the overall temperature of the words are far colder than they have been over the offseason.
"There is no vote of confidence, no lack of confidence. There is no anything," said Jones, via Calvin Watkins of The Athletic. "We’re 1-2. We’re not hitting on all cylinders. I have a lot of confidence that we can get into games and hit on cylinders.
"We just got to come back and get to work."
That's certainly far from only a week ago when team executive Stephen Jones called legend and Hall of Famer Troy Aikman an "armchair quarterback" f0r criticizing the Cowboys' play calling as vanilla, but it's more clear than ever Aikman was onto something many who watch the Cowboys have long picked up on. There's something very wrong with how stalled the offense has become and their inability to get into the next gear, and despite a glimpse or two into the Promised Land of creativity shown in Week 2, they're now right back where they started on the back end
of the 2017 season.
A distinct refusal to utilize the dual-threat capacity of Dak Prescott certainly plays into it, as does the predictability in scheme and personnel set. Players need to step up and do their job, a point no one will readily dispute, but the downturn has now gone on long enough to warrant pointing a large finger at Linehan.
If this continues, the finger the elder Jones points at him won't be the index
ByPatrik Walker 28 minutes ago
The tables could be turning against Scott Linehan.
Having now played three games in the 2018 season, the Dallas Cowboys are 1-2 largely in part to the ineptitude on offense. The defense didn't look usually great against the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field, but they allowed only 24 points in Week 3 and are were top five in the league in several categories going into the game. The offense has been quite the antithesis, however, and their 13 points on Sunday now has them averaging only 13.17 points per game over their last six regular season games.
Head coach Jason Garrett said following their season opener loss he would not take over play calling duties, having "tremendous faith" in coordinator Scott Linehan. For a moment or two, things looked better the following week but there were long stretches of time -- more than two quarters, to be exact -- where the team failed to score another touchdown against the New York Giants after delivering 10 points in their first two possessions. They hoped to carry that momentum into Seattle, but they instead reverted back to their impotent ways, and it feels like it's all wearing then on the usually-optimistic Jerry Jones.
He left without saying a word on Sept. 9 and only two weeks later, he'd speak on Linehan, but his words were blunt and unforgiving -- even if he remains defiant in taking a hardline stance on the future of veteran coach.
He'd end the comment with a glimmer of hope, but the overall temperature of the words are far colder than they have been over the offseason.
"There is no vote of confidence, no lack of confidence. There is no anything," said Jones, via Calvin Watkins of The Athletic. "We’re 1-2. We’re not hitting on all cylinders. I have a lot of confidence that we can get into games and hit on cylinders.
"We just got to come back and get to work."
That's certainly far from only a week ago when team executive Stephen Jones called legend and Hall of Famer Troy Aikman an "armchair quarterback" f0r criticizing the Cowboys' play calling as vanilla, but it's more clear than ever Aikman was onto something many who watch the Cowboys have long picked up on. There's something very wrong with how stalled the offense has become and their inability to get into the next gear, and despite a glimpse or two into the Promised Land of creativity shown in Week 2, they're now right back where they started on the back end
of the 2017 season.
A distinct refusal to utilize the dual-threat capacity of Dak Prescott certainly plays into it, as does the predictability in scheme and personnel set. Players need to step up and do their job, a point no one will readily dispute, but the downturn has now gone on long enough to warrant pointing a large finger at Linehan.
If this continues, the finger the elder Jones points at him won't be the index
