REALLY?!
When I watch Peyton Manning audible to a WR screen over and over in game after game it really frustrates and embarrasses me as a Cowboy fan.
Am I to believe that with all of the knowledge and experience our coaches bring to the table that more creative ways couldn't be schemed up to get your BEST playmaker the ball?
To say it's a lack of protection or Dez's inability to beat double teams is an insult to my intelligence!
To underutilize a dominant player such as Dez is cause enough to get coaches fired.
Garrett said after the Detroit game that "when you have a player like Megatron you can throw the ball his way even when doubled because he can make the play anyway"....
DALLAS HAS THE SAME TYPE OF PLAYER IN #88!!!!!!!!!!
So what's the excuse?
You don't need a 3 step drop to throw a WR screen.
Can you imagine Peyton electing not to attempt at least 5 passes Demaryius Thomas' way?
It flat out won't happen.
Is Tony Romo so INT conscience after his extension that he's entirely too gun shy?
Dez should be put in motion and/or put in the slot way more often.
Garrett seems to NEVER admit ANY coaching mistakes, instead he throws his players under the bus. Following the Detroit debacle coach Garrett was asked about the play where Tyron Smith was flagged for holding on the 3rd down run by Phillip Tanner. Garret responded to a reporter's question with the following.
"I don't want to be critical of a player right here, but the design of the play was to stick it up in there and get what you can get," Garrett said. "We're on the 35-yard line and you just want to go north and south and handle the situation that way."
"Certainly you can try to go man for man and tell him exactly what you want him to do but when we design that play from that personnel group that's where that play hits and ???typically??? that's where it goes," Garrett said. "That's why we call it and he instinctively saw some daylight and green grass and bounced the thing all the way back and I think that contributed to the holding penalty."
Really? You didn't need to go "man for man" for instruction. You only needed to talk to ELEVEN men during the previous time out. PERIOD. If eleven guys were still too many for you to coach up during the most critical time out of the ENTIRE game than giving personal instruction to the left side of the line and Tanner should have sufficed. Why not tell the left guard and tackle to keep their hands inside no matter which way Tanner cut? If Smith was coached to just raise his arms the moment Tanner cut to the outside the penalty would have been avoided. PERIOD.
To hear the coach indirectly say he isn't responsible for a player's mistake is an indictment on said coach's leadership and game management abilities.
Why coach scared at the end of the Detroit game? Why run THREE plays in a row knowing you had so many runs for negative or NO yards?
Why repeatedly run into the brick wall when you have a first ballot Hall of Fame safety valve in Jason Witten?
Why repeatedly run into the brick wall when you have a receiver that attacks the ball thrown his way as well as ANYONE that's EVER played the game?
I understand the need to gameplan for each opponent but the best teams execute their style of play each week and impose their will regardless of the opposition.
When you coach NOT TO LOSE you often cause what you're sheepishly trying to avoid.
ONE first down at the end of the Detroit game would have sealed the deal.
Instead, Garrett chose to handcuff his team, costing them a victory.
I immediately tweeted after the Detroit loss that I wondered why Garrett didn't try some screens instead of running into a brick wall when it wasn't working. Screens are basically long handoffs that get the player out in space and usually keep the clock running without much risk.
I wrote a few months ago that Garrett deserved credit for changing the culture at Valley Ranch by holding players accountable.
It's time to hold the Head Coach accountable.
I feel that Garrett always coaches NOT TO LOSE.
A high IQ is never a BAD thing but I often feel that Garrett is over-thinking.
We need a Head Coach that REFUSES to lose while sitting on his hands.
We need an aggressive coach that isn't afraid to let his team go win a close game.
Jerry Jones, please give JOHN GRUDEN whatever he wants and allow him to change the ATTITUDE and IDENTITY of the team.
I'm tired of seeing my 'Boys turning the other cheek.
The timid play calling and lack of killer instinct from the coach is painfully obvious.
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