2018 NFL Week #10 Gameday Thread: Dallas Cowboys (3-5) @ Philadelphia Eagles (4-4)

[yimyammer]

Wonder which Jones asked reliable ole Fish to put this out there:

Pretty sure a lot of us actually do get it as seen in the declining TV ratings.

gotta love his condescending no substance tweets!

 

[MrB]

If the Cowboys want Payton they also have to factor in compensation don’t they considering he’s under contract.

I’d say Riley and DeFilippo are the front runners.

 

[Maveric]

How the Packers aren't blowing the doors off Miami I just don't understand. Their defense isn't that great, and Osweiler, well, enough said right there...

 

[dbair1967]

I have a feeling this game will be a lot like the Jags game. The offense will look imaginative and keep the Eagles off balance. Then next week they will go back to looking as full as ever.

I still say they end up 8-8

Put down the illicit drugs

 

[dbair1967]

From 1964 no less. Imagine it, 30 TD passes in run-heavy 1964. At the time it really stood out. Today it's meh.

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The AFL wasn't considered run heavy then though. They were considered "wide open" "attacking" "ahead of their time"

 

[dbair1967]

It’s becoming more and more clear that, barring a late-season turnaround, the coaching job in Dallas will be turned over to someone else. So who will it be?

Before answering that specific question, the candidates may have to answer a different, but equally specific, question. As recently explained by Bryan Broaddus, a former Cowboys scout who continues to work for the team through its official website, owner Jerry Jones will want to know how the new coach plans to get the most out of the team’s starting quarterback.

“I think whoever, if in fact [the Cowboys] do make a coaching change, the first question Jerry Jones is going to ask is going to be about Dak Prescott,” Broaddus said during an appearance on 105.3 The Fan, via the Dallas Morning News. “I guarantee you that’s the first question they’re going to ask. If they make a coaching change, whoever gives him the best plan to work on the further development of Dak Prescott, I think that guy’s going to get this job.”

This implies that Jones won’t simply hand the keys to a new coach, allowing the new coach to go get a new quarterback. Instead, Jones will want a coach who can fix the current quarterback, designing an offensive scheme that maximizes his talents and minimizes his weaknesses.

Any such plan surely will include Prescott running the ball from time to time (or more frequently), because Jones has made it clear that he wants Prescott to run the ball, which is something the offense inexplicably has gotten away from in the two games (both losses) since Prescott generated a career-high 82 yards in a 40-7 thrashing of the Jaguars.

A great coach will indeed find a way to get the most out of Prescott, and because he’s still fairly new to the NFL, it’s likely that Prescott will buy in. Given a lingering belief that Saints coach Sean Payton continues to be the coach Jones covets, maybe Payton would be interested in working with Prescott.

“He was very envious of Scott Linehan’s first year with Dak Prescott,” Broaddus said of Payton. “Because he says, ‘I’ve got a veteran guy that I call plays for him and he changes every call I make.’ And he goes, ‘Listen Drew [Brees], we’re gonna run the ball today.’ Then next thing I know, we threw the ball 48 times and lost. He says, ‘That’s the difference right now.'”

It’s unclear when (or if) Payton ever actually said that, but if he did it had to have been in jest. Payton and Brees have had an incredible run of success together in New Orleans. With Brees getting far closer to the end of his career than the beginning, the question is whether Prescott would be enough of a lure to get Payton to jump to Dallas.

Especially when the Browns are looking for a coach, and their quarterback is Baker Mayfield.

Will next Cowboys coach have no choice but to keep Dak Prescott?

Payton is probably a pipe dream.

Jim Harbaugh would be interesting and he gets a lot out of QB's everywhere he goes. He also favors a power run scheme and solid defense.

 

[dbair1967]

How the Packers aren't blowing the doors off Miami I just don't understand. Their defense isn't that great, and Osweiler, well, enough said right there...

Memo to you, the Packers just arnt very good.

 

[Scot]

 

[dbair1967]

Inactives:

Cowboys inactives: QB Mike White, WR Tavon Austin, LB Joe Thomas. LB Sean Lee, OL Connor Williams, DL David Irving, DE Taco Charlton
https://
es.pn/2PmiFc2

Most inactive: Garrett, Linehan

 

[TheZoneSucks]

After today it is looking like Chiefs vs Rams or Saints in the Super Bowl, but a lot of football left for franchises with a future.

 

[Scot]

It sucks not having a first round pick

Normally at this point in the season I’m able to root for horrible losses to first get Garrett fired, but also to increase our draft position.

Now I can only root for us to loose in spectacular fashion to ensure that Garrett gets fired since we gave away our first rounder

 

[MrB]

Payton is probably a pipe dream.

Jim Harbaugh would be interesting and he gets a lot out of QB's everywhere he goes. He also favors a power run scheme and solid defense.

I’d be surprised if Harbaugh was a serious consideration at this point. He hasn’t exactly blown the doors off at Michigan. The Cowboys will have to give up compensation if they really want Payton and have already traded their 1st round pick. So unless you’re ok with them being without a 1st round pick for 3 consecutive years there is not way they get Payton.

The two most likely candidates are John DeFilippo and Lincoln Riley from OU. Both work really well with QB’s and both will be the “hot name” this off season.

 

[Scot]

They are roasting Garrett on the national broadcast right now!

I love it!

 

[Doomsday]

2nd week in a row, Ginger not wearing the support the troops drab olive gear ALL other HCs and assistants wearing.

Garrett hates the troops.

 

[TheZoneSucks]

2nd week in a row, Ginger not wearing the support the troops drab olive gear ALL other HCs and assistants wearing.

Garrett hates the troops.

He is an Ivy League guy which screams Champagne Socialist, and we know that crowd's attitude towards the military. Now, I really hate him.

 

[Doomsday]

Hey Scot, you're slacking. Dallas has the silver "away" pants with the white home jerseys tonight, instead of the sea foam green pants.

Should make bbgun happy.

 

[MrB]

He is an Ivy League guy which screams Champagne Socialist, and we know that crowd's attitude towards the military. Now, I really hate him.

I heard he was purposely born with red hair because he’s a communist. Also that’s he secretly a great head coach but his ultimate plan was to play and then get hired as the HC of America’s Team so that he could run them into the ground.

 

[bbgun]

Hey Scot, you're slacking. Dallas has the silver "away" pants with the white home jerseys tonight, instead of the sea foam green pants.

Should make bbgun happy.

really? that's weird. and yes, I despise those pants with every fiber of my being.

 

[Doomsday]

really? that's weird. and yes, I despise those pants with every fiber of my being.

Clearly Ginger thinks uniform switches will get the team over the hump.

 

[Scot]

Clearly Ginger thinks uniform switches will get the team over the hump.

That is Garrett’s version of half time adjustments