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Darius Jackson got cut. Not Dunbar not Whitehead.
Of course.
Darius Jackson got cut. Not Dunbar not Whitehead.
dbair you're seriously completely dismissing the role play calling has on execution? Especially in the cold? You won't even give us a bone, like maybe it's a 60-40 thing with execution being the 60 and the lousy play calling being the 40?
The way Bryant shuts the pieholes of "haters" such as myself is by just doing his fucking JOB on a consistent basis. He didn't do his JOB Sunday.
We all know that and no one here has ever claimed there are "magic plays." What you need to do is explain this to the Dallas coaching staff, because they think they have a "package" of magic plays, for Dumb-bar. That's the ONLY reason Dumb-bar is in there, because they want to CALL THE PLAYS THAT REQUIRE HIM.
Again, you cannot have it both ways - if you believe it's dumb having Dumb-bar in there then you ALSO have to say the play calling that puts him in there is dumb.
Darius Jackson got cut. Not Dunbar not Whitehead.
Taking Zeke out, and putting Dumbar in, is telling the opposing defense that it's a pass. So much for the fucking deception, which Garrett tries to employ!
Yep.
Go look at some of the pics posted at CZ showing a number of plays with wide open guys. Get back to me.
Wet ball, cold weather. Harried QB trying to force throws to Dez.. The play calling contributed to the execution issues. You think the play calling wasn't horrendous.
But yet the commentators both on TV and the Cowboys radio network kept talking about the wet footballs.The ball didn't appear to be wet.
Only 9 carries for us while NY kept pounding the ball regardless of success doesn't ring alarm bells for you? We should have ran the ball a lot more. WE stopped our running game, NY did not.No, I don't think the playcalling was horrendous. I think missing too many open guys , along with struggling to get anything going on the ground the 2nd half (9 carries, 21 yards) were by far the bigger issues.
No, I don't. I "act" like we gave up on the run in the second half, which we did.You keep acting like they threw it 50+ times and had 10 running plays or something.
Like I said I really wish some of the local guys would start badgering Garrett and Linehan about it because I'd like to hear their explanation.
USA Today
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Where’s Zeke?
With the Dallas Cowboys needing one good drive to extend or win the game on Sunday night, it was baffling that their most dynamic playmaker this season – Ezekiel Elliott -- watched from the sideline.
Elliott wasn’t injured. Yet the Cowboys subbed Elliott for third-down back Lance Dunbar for both of their final two possessions before flaming out with a 10-7 loss to the New York Giants.
Go figure. The game was on the line. Elliott was on the bench for Dallas’ final seven plays.
“Lance Dunbar has been in some of those two-minute situations for us and that’s been a role that he’s played,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett explained. “Zeke has done that as well, but we just felt that Lance, in those situations was pretty good so we gave him those opportunities.”
Not good. And totally bizarre.
Sure, it was a pure passing game in the final three minutes, with the Cowboys starting one drive at their 24-yard line and the final one at their 3. Yet with a game to be won, there’s something to be said for having your best players on the field.
It’s not like Elliott – the NFL rushing leader who ran for another 107 yards against the Giants -- hasn’t been in on some third-down passing situations. He has.
It’s not like Elliott isn’t the team’s best pass-blocking back. He is.
It’s not like Elliott hasn’t sometimes provided a big play in the passing game. He has. See the 83-yard catch-and-run TD at Pittsburgh.
Dunbar’s a decent back, but he’s no Elliott – a frontrunner for NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year honors and arguably the best running back in the league.
The Cowboys want to incorporate Dunbar in the offense while allowing Elliott with occasional breaks. The final minutes of a tight game is not that time.
On Sunday night, Dunbar had three catches for 12 yards. Not exactly game-winning impact.
Maybe Elliott could have provided a difference-making play at the end – if only he had been on the field.
Ah, situational football. Sometimes, coaches outthink themselves. The Cowboys, winners of 11 in a row until Sunday night, haven’t been in too many situations at the end of games where they needed a drive to win at the end. But maybe next time they’ll know better.
If he’s healthy, Elliott is not the one to have on the bench.
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Go figure. The game was on the line. Elliott was on the bench for Dallas’ final seven plays.
“Lance Dunbar has been in some of those two-minute situations for us and that’s been a role that he’s played,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett explained. “Zeke has done that as well, but we just felt that Lance, in those situations was pretty good so we gave him those opportunities.”
Not good. And totally bizarre.
Bob Sturm
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Finally got the All-22s. Wow. The running game was so whipped on Sunday after halftime. Might want to 86 that 13 Personnel.
“Lance Dunbar has been in some of those two-minute situations for us and that’s been a role that he’s played,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett explained. “Zeke has done that as well, but we just felt that Lance, in those situations was pretty good so we gave him those opportunities.”