Divisional Round Playoff Chatter | Cowboys vs Packers | 1/11/2015

[VA Cowboy]

We lose on a controversial call.....

Props

 

[Genghis Khan]

That would be number 1.

#2 Inability to recover fumble on kickoff

#3 Shotgun pass on third and short

#4 Idiotic adherence to empty set passing. Especially on second and long. I'm not talking second and 20, I'm talking 2nd and 8 which we were in a lot, and here comes the no RB sets. Seriously, do we even have five guys who are threats to make a play in the passing game out of empty set?

1 Bryant
2 Witten
3 Williams
4 Beasley

Who else?

Surely not Escobust, Street, Hanna or Harris.

So if you must throw a fuck ton of receivers out there, the best set would be 4 wide with Bryant, Williams, Beasley, and Witten with fumbling fuck in the backfield.

Yep. The fumble, the three successive decisions at the end of the half, the non-recovery on the kickoff, and obviously The Call.

A bunch of huge plays.

 

[vince]

Yep. The fumble, the three successive decisions at the end of the half, the non-recovery on the kickoff, and obviously The Call.

A bunch of huge plays.

I knew the game was over when Romo took the sack for a 3 yard loss when he was flushed out of the pocket.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I honestly think that's more of a hindsight criticism. If Baily make the kick (which he does at least 8 times out of ten), it's not even brought up whether or not it's the right call.

Not hindsight for me. I was calling for a punt as soon as the false start happened.

From 45, the FG is the right call. From 50? In that situation? Bad idea.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I knew the game was over when Romo took the sack for a 3 yard loss when he was flushed out of the pocket.

And that was a forgotten big play too. Big fuckup by Romo. Throw it away.

Otherwise the next play to Beasley is a 1st down and the play to dez either doesn't happen or the blown call isn't a big deal.

Thanks Romo!

 

[Texas Ace]

That would be number 1.

#2 Inability to recover fumble on kickoff

#3 Shotgun pass on third and short

These are also my top 3 key reasons why they lost.

#4 Idiotic adherence to empty set passing. Especially on second and long. I'm not talking second and 20, I'm talking 2nd and 8 which we were in a lot, and here comes the no RB sets. Seriously, do we even have five guys who are threats to make a play in the passing game out of empty set?

I brought this up in the obituary thread.

We're knowingly making our lives more difficult while making it easier on the defense when we do this, and I simply cannot understand the thought process behind that.

The other thing it does is it makes it harder to find an open man because when you go to empty backfield, it's obvious that the only thing you're going to do is pass so it allows the defense to commit all of its resources to stopping the pass. You then have 5 guys trying to get open against 7 or even 8, so of course you're going to struggle to consistently get open.

These dummies need to use the running game to their advantage and line up in more sets that give both a run and pass look so they can have more favorable matchups for their pass catchers.

 

[Texas Ace]

And that was a forgotten big play too. Big fuckup by Romo. Throw it away.

Otherwise the next play to Beasley is a 1st down and the play to dez either doesn't happen or the blown call isn't a big deal.

Thanks Romo!

There is absolutely no excuse for taking a sack that far out of the pocket.

Throw the shit away.

 

[L.T. Fan]

IIRC, the Packers took the ball down the field and scored after the Murray fumble. That's a potential 14 point swing if you consider that we had momentum and most likely would have scored had he not fumbled.

The missed FGs was a six point swing considering that Green Bay took over on downs and scored a FG.

Academic. 6 more points would still have won thegame.

 

[BipolarFuk]

I really don't have much hope for a championship in the future.

Not with QBs like Aaron Rodgers blocking our path. He's better on one leg than a healthy Romo.

I guess we can hope for injuries.

 

[Texas Ace]

I really don't have much hope for a championship in the future.

Not with QBs like Aaron Rodgers blocking our path. He's better on one leg than a healthy Romo.

I guess we can hope for injuries.

We can beat that team with a good defense.

Hell, if we had just a slightly better defense, we win that game yesterday even with all the failed opportunities and blunders. They aren't that much better than us and there's no reason to think we can't make another run next year if both Romo plays well and this defense plugs some holes.

 

[BipolarFuk]

We can beat that team with a good defense.

Hell, if we had just a slightly better defense, we win that game yesterday even with all the failed opportunities and blunders. They aren't that much better than us and there's no reason to think we can't make another run next year if both Romo plays well and this defense plugs some holes.

It will take a lot of improvements on defense to beat a healthy Aaron Rodgers in a playoff setting.

 

[Texas Ace]

It will take a lot of improvements on defense to beat a healthy Aaron Rodgers in a playoff setting.

Not as many as you'd think.

3 players would make a world of difference. That's not asking too much.

 

[1bigfan13]

Not as many as you'd think.

3 players would make a world of difference. That's not asking too much.

I agree.

If (and its a big if) we can get a healthy Sean Lee on the field along with a decent edge rusher and a cover safety, I'd love our shot at beating the Packers with a healthy Rodgers.

 

[vince]

I agree.

If (and its a big if) we can get a healthy Sean Lee on the field along with a decent edge rusher and a cover safety, I'd love our shot at beating the Packers with a healthy Rodgers.

I have hope for D-Law next season. I gave him the benefit of the doubt coming off a fractured foot.

 

[p1_]

I agree the outcome would be vastly different if we had any real pressure yesterday. There was virtually none. Defense wins in the playoffs.

 

[Genghis Khan]

We can beat the Packers right now, as is. We showed that yesterday.

Change one play - the murray fumble - and that's our game.

 

[bbgun]

#2 Inability to recover fumble on kickoff

 

[BipolarFuk]

We can beat the Packers right now, as is. We showed that yesterday.

Change one play - the murray fumble - and that's our game.

OK, change the fumble.

Green Bay gets a change too. Aaron Rodgers is completely healthy.

We get our fucking doors blown off.

 

[Genghis Khan]

OK, change the fumble.

Green Bay gets a change too. Aaron Rodgers is completely healthy.

We get our fucking doors blown off.

I didn't see him particularly effected by the injury. Bothered by it? Sure. Not effected by it.

Exactly how you'd describe Romo's back injury.

Neither injury had any real effect on the game.

 

[Carp]

Not hindsight for me. I was calling for a punt as soon as the false start happened.

From 45, the FG is the right call. From 50? In that situation? Bad idea.

I was not all that enthused for the 45 yarder. I felt like Bailey was shaky down the stretch for whatever reason.