2023 Random Cowboys Stuff Thread

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Simpleton said:
You could argue that that play was quite literally the reason we lost the game and it's the perfect microcosm of the failings of the offense basically ever since Garrett was around. Ridiculous play design with little to no situational awareness, and then of course a stupid mistake from Dak.
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Oh, I think it is and I even said so when it happened -- that we would probably be pointing back to that play as the turning point in the game.

Again, I will never ever understand going with an empty backfield in a scenario where you've got the defense in a position where they have to account for both the run and the pass.

Coaches stay up late working on plays and scenarios to put the defense in this exact situation for only a handful of times in a game and yet there Moore was to throw that advantage away.

These are the scenarios offensive coordinators dream of! You have the defense at your mercy in that situation and the entire playbook is open to you.

And what did we do over and over again? We'd let the defense off the hook by basically telling them at the snap "Hey gaiz! Don't worry about the run AT ALL because we're not even going to have anyone in the backfield!"

I don't think any single playcall infuriated me more in the Garrett/Moore era than that one.

It is beyond idiotic to go empty backfield when you've got 2nd and 3rd and shorts, especially when your running game is effective and yet we did it countless times over the years.
 
Texas Ace said:
Oh, I think it is and I even said so when it happened -- that we would probably be pointing back to that play as the turning point in the game.

Again, I will never ever understand going with an empty backfield in a scenario where you've got the defense in a position where they have to account for both the run and the pass.

Coaches stay up late working on plays and scenarios to put the defense in this exact situation for only a handful of times in a game and yet there Moore was to throw that advantage away.

These are the scenarios offensive coordinators dream of! You have the defense at your mercy in that situation and the entire playbook is open to you.

And what did we do over and over again? We'd let the defense off the hook by basically telling them at the snap "Hey gaiz! Don't worry about the run AT ALL because we're not even going to have anyone in the backfield!"

I don't think any single playcall infuriated me more in the Garrett/Moore era than that one.

It is beyond idiotic to go empty backfield when you've got 2nd and 3rd and shorts, especially when your running game is effective and yet we did it countless times over the years.
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Yea teams with QB's who are run-first but average passers made a living this year running draws on 3rd and short/medium, even all the way up to 3rd and 5-6 at times.

The funny thing is I know most of us have literally bitched for years about going empty formation in down/distances like that, all the way back to the relatively early days of the Garrett era, it just never happened in such a big spot with such a bad result.
 
boozeman said:
Dallas is only behind New England in terms of how much money they spent at the skill positions on offense. That needs to change.
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Yeah we need to refocus our money at the skill position on offense. Spend it at WR. Rotate these young TE's and RBs through like a conveyor line unless you find someone special at TE like Kelce who is basically a stud WR who can block.
 
Cowboysrock55 said:
The only bonus is you don't end up stuck like we are with Gallup.
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Another management mistake...hoping an injured guy comes back early and strong as ever.

Again, not Gallup's fault that the team traded away the #1 WR.
 
#7 was the best
 
boozeman said:
And that is almost irrelevant.

I think Stephen Jones has proven in the last few years since Deddy has let him drive slow on the driveway that things are not looking up when he takes a dirt nap.
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Jerry is still running cover even if Stephen is “more involved” these days.
Stephen will face criticism from everyone if the Cowboys start to crater under his lone watch. Ole PT bullshits, reminds everyone how he came from a poor as dirt beginning, tells corny stories and cries his way out of true microscopic criticism every time the Cowboys underachieve. And what’s really fucked up is the Dallas media has allowed that shit to go on for 28 years because it’s “Ole Jer”.
Stephen was born into money, is a fucking dork with zero stories, zero personality, and zero ability to shuck and jive. I don’t think the media or the fans will treat him the way Jerry has been treated.
 
UncleMilti said:
Stephen will face criticism from everyone if the Cowboys start to crater under his watch. Ole PT bullshits, reminds everyone how he came from a poor as dirt beginning, tells corny stories and cries his way out of true microscopic criticism every time the Cowboys underachieve. And what’s really fucked up is the Dallas media has allowed that shit to go on for 28 years because it’s “Ole Jer”.
Stephen was born into money, is a fucking dork with zero stories, zero personality, and zero ability to shuck and jive. I don’t think the media or the fans will treat him the way Jerry has been treated.
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Feh.

Stephen is just like Mark Davis.

So we have that going for us…which ain’t so nice.
 
boozeman said:
Feh.

Stephen is just like Mark Davis.

So we have that going for us…which ain’t so nice.
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He may be a football idiot like Davis but he knows enough to value the draft above all else (to a fault almost) and the importance of empowering someone like McClay.

That's significant even if he's pretty shit otherwise.
 
Texas Ace said:
Oh, I think it is and I even said so when it happened -- that we would probably be pointing back to that play as the turning point in the game.

Again, I will never ever understand going with an empty backfield in a scenario where you've got the defense in a position where they have to account for both the run and the pass.

Coaches stay up late working on plays and scenarios to put the defense in this exact situation for only a handful of times in a game and yet there Moore was to throw that advantage away.

These are the scenarios offensive coordinators dream of! You have the defense at your mercy in that situation and the entire playbook is open to you.

And what did we do over and over again? We'd let the defense off the hook by basically telling them at the snap "Hey gaiz! Don't worry about the run AT ALL because we're not even going to have anyone in the backfield!"

I don't think any single playcall infuriated me more in the Garrett/Moore era than that one.

It is beyond idiotic to go empty backfield when you've got 2nd and 3rd and shorts, especially when your running game is effective and yet we did it countless times over the years.
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Zeke Elliott at center.
 
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