The Dallas Cowboys offense looked lost today in the 7-6 victory over the Washington Redskins in Cowboys Stadium.
The nail-biter of a game ended with a Anthony Spencer interception of a tipped pass.
The Cowboys played a team down to their third-string running back and a slew of injuries to the offensive line. Yet, the Cowboys could only muster one touchdown to Patrick Crayton late in the game.
The Cowboys offenses lacks originality. Although Tony Romo was 7-7 on that final game-winning drive, before that he had only one catch by a wide receiver. One catch. His passes were off. He threw one interceptions but that easily could have been three because two would-be interceptions were just dropped by Redskins defenders.
It doesn’t seem like Jason Garrett, the Cowboys offensive coordinator, knows how to use the weapons he has. Felix Jones is not really an up-the-middle type runner, yet that is how the Cowboys used him today. No wildcat plays. No sweeping pitch plays.
As for the passing game, I am beside myself to figure out why this team has not been as explosive as the stats show. After the Thanksgiving game against the Oakland Raiders, who just upset the Bengals, the Cowboys have three straight tough games against the Giants, Chargers and the undefeated Saints.
The only thing that I see is Romo is not throwing “perfect” passes every time, but who does. Roy Williams is not making missed opportunities to make three big catches, receptions were have grown to see from stars like Michael Irvin, Jerry Rice, Cris Carter and Randy Moss.
You can watch the game tape all week, and it’s not easy pinpointing what exactly is wrong with the passing game. At this stage of the season, players shouldn’t be lost on routes, and Romo should be well-acquainted with the plays.
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Tony Romo always seems to be able to pull out last minute wins in ugly games against teams that can’t put him away. Remember that bills game a few years ago? Or the panthers game the year after that?
He can look terrible all game and then pull a great drive out of his ass to get the last second win.
Jason Campbell is the opposite. He’ll have moments where he’ll make great passes. He’ll have numbers that will look good on paper, at least for a while. He can look solid all game. But then if he’s asked to catch up at the end with a last minute drive, he’ll botch it all up. The moment the team NEEDS him to perform, he falls apart. He’s Anti-clutch.
I noticed that the Skins took the same approach the Packers did. Short passes and some runs. The good thing to take away from this is that we have not been giving up big plays. Today it looked like Barber could of rushed for 150 yards but for some reason we always tend to abandon the running game. However is it just me or does Roy drop every ball that isnt thrown into the bread basket. This team is awful on third downs and its killing us. The defense has kept us in both games and the offense has just been vacant. I saw D. Ware talking to Romo when he came to the sidelines I think he said something along the lines of “seriously dude Im tired can you just convert some 3rd downs so I can actually sit down”.
All in all it was a win that we needed and the boys need to get thier act together because I will not have my Thanksgiving ruined by the Oakland Faders.
Romo..who was hurt in the first quarter making a tackle..is playing badly and getting no help from his receivers..Especially Roy Williams.Notice on the final drive where he was 6 of 7..not one of those passes was to RW.
I think the problem is they can’t get out of their way..Every drive was stopped by a self inflicted wound..Int..dropped pass..fumble..penalties..
That and where did the long passing game go?
roys confidence is out the window. I am so tired of hearing how he had one good year or about how hard he works in practice until I see him have 3 or 4 good games I am going to doubt him.
I hope the offence can shake out this funk they been having lately. The murderous part of the schedule is coming up they need every win they can get. The D really bailed us out Thank god for them.
Glad to see Marty B step up and catch some passes (finally!!)
The last Drive was clutch by Romo. I give him a pass in this game since he was playing hurt.
0-0-0.0-0…. Thats the Roy Williams stat line if I’m not mistaken
Boys,
I am going to agree with you on one thing which is he is not being as productive as we would like and has dropped some balls…I do believe as him and Romo keep working things will get better and he will be a big contributor as the season and playoffs progress..The one thing about him that you have to be impressed about tho is him saying after the game im just glad we won and are 7-3..He is being a team player unlike the other idiot we had last year….He is still blocking well on runs as well…It could be worse he could be a cancer to the team but he is not..He will come around he has to much talent not to….
or a field goal kicker. What the folk
“or a field goal kicker. What the folk”
LOL..
Whats up with what Laron Landry said about Roy being scared. That he even told him he was scared in the game and got nothing out of him. That there was routes that he gives up on cause he wants no part of them. I have been sticking up for Roy, but this a bunch of bull if this is the way he is acting. Now I’m starting to wonder on the game he ran out of bounds on a play and the one where he cut left accept running in stride for more yards were all a business decision. Its almost like we are paying a Deion Sanders without the production. If this crap is true I advise Jerry and Wade to demote his ass and bring in Olgtree instead. Now this shit has me pissed about him. I questioned his toughness when he did not come in for the last two plays of the Broncos game due to his ribs. Starting to wonder now what we really signed.
Defenses have figured out how to take away the passing game. Take out Witten and Austin and make Tony throw to the guy he isn’t in sync with. pretty simple actually. If Jason Garrett cant solve the riddle he has to go. Did anyone see how Campo got on Newman because he blew an assignment? No wonder the Defense has been playing better.
LOVE CAMPO BABY…..he needs to do a buddy ryan on garrett’s ass. hahaha. thats what this coaching staff needs, fire. i’m stickin with you , David on the roy williams issue. if a punk like laron landry calls him out on the field and in the press, maybe that will be the spark roy needs to get it together. i think he is in a rut like a hitter in baseball gets. he will put it together and come up big for us down the road. i still believe in him too. patience. we are still winning without him, sooner or later we will nedd him and he will come up big. i think Ds are still rolling to roy in doubles. it seems to be? austin is seeing a double roll deep too. that tells ME the the middle should be gold, and sreens out of the backfield with the backs we have would be HUGE????? does anyone think garrett might see this too????? what happened to witten this year? did garrett forget about him with the runngame? SICK OF GARRETT!
So here is my prediction on the switches made at the end of the season. Wade and Garrett will be fired with Shanahan taking over as head coach/oc…Then I think they will promote Campo to dc and have a great draft and make their run for the bowl the next few years..We still have a very young team across the board….
Lets only hope for the switches but lets not forget that Wade is part of the reason the defense is the way it is. As for Folk he does need to make these field goals. They might be only 3 points, but they come at the wrong times and take the momentum from the team. It might just come down to Wade staying and Garrett going which kind of sucks do to the fact that their is good head coaches out there now.
Oh and sorry guys, but I can’t stick up for Roy anymore. This was the last straw. He keeps saying how he wants to be the number 1 receiver and how him and Romo are not on the same page. The real reason is because he don’t want the contact. If he is acting like this I am sure he problem is in the wrong spot when Romo is looking his way. I hope that I am wrong, but do any of you see Austin staying away from a fight for the ball. Maybe what he is really saying is I am happy that we won even if I did not catch a ball I still get to collect that pay check. Sorry guys but it time for him to show some production or he just needs to shut up.
Here is what Landry said if your interested.
“Scared,” Landry said flatly. “Yeah. I know he was. Y’all can quote it, too. Y’all can tell him right now, tell him I’m sayin’ it. I can say it right now: yeah, he was scared, I think. I told him he was scared.”
And what did Williams say when Landry called him scared? “Nothing,” Landry said.
(A reporter pointed out that Williams would be here in a few weeks, and Landry chuckled. “I don’t care,” he said. “What’s that gonna do?”)
“Certain pass concepts they had,” Landry continued, by way of explaining how he knew Williams was scared. “Certain routes he ran, you could tell he didn’t want any part of it.”
TEXAS,
There is no way Wade stays unless we win the super bowl…And it will be funny to watch everyone jump on the Roy bandwagon at the end of they year after he finishes strong which I believe he will…We will see but hopefully im not wrong..Oh and Campo was one of the better dc’s around before he got the head job with the boys..
i still say laron landry is a punk. and we shall see if he’s right in the long run. jon kitna has said about roy; ” he’s one of the more phisical wrs i’ve been around.” kitna has been known to be quite frank with his comments and does’nt seem to back off when a guy does’nt stepp up. kitna played with roy in detroit and knows him very well. he’s had nothing but good things to say about his guts and style. i think given the comparison of the 2, i’ll take kitna’s opinion over laron landry anyday.
it sounds like shanahan may end up in buffalo? cowher seems to be holding out for carolina? i say the surprise prediction of all time………..jimmy johnson comes back to dallas one more time!!!! campo stays as D cord. garrtett gets told to figure out how to run the ball or get out. and jimmy builds back the #1 D and a ground grinding machine to win another superbowl!
Dave I love ya bro but I would bet a months salary that JJ would not come back..
Jimmy Johnson back in Dallas? Yeah that will be day…haha I think Shanahan has a better chance of taking over as head coach but I still don’t see it. I don’t see any big time head coaches coming on board unless Jerry Jones gives up some power. If I had to pick one though I’d go with Mike Holmgren. Whoever comes in has to run a 3-4 scheme. Way too much money invested to change back to the 4-3.
Wade’s not going anywhere. And didn’t Landry look pretty scared when Barber was running up the middle right towards him? Yup.
all i will say about the jimmy johnson senerio is this; jimmy has been known to have had communication with jerry over the last couple of years as they have seemed to bury the hatchet. jerry sought jimmy out for advice when parcells left. jimmy has been very interested with dallas as of late and has had lunch with jerry on several ocassions so it’s been said. i guess my opinion of that situation is; stranger things have happened with jerry jones and the dallas cowboys…. and what the hell, this is jerry kones we’re talkin about here guys. hahahahha this is just my blowin off a little steam anyway, there is no concrete to it, but it’s fun to think it. but you know what……it would’nt surprise me if it did happen, then you guys know i’d be spoutin off like a loose cannon on here sayin i told ya so…….hahahhaha. seriously though holmgren would be like parcells and could work with jerry and would still let wade stay on as more of a D cord. holmgren would work garrett thru the mill as well. jerry and holmgren are supposedly “good friends” so it could be a possibility. i still like jimmy johnson back more.
Jimmy Johnson is not going to coach again. He has it too good in his current gig. Life of football talk on weekends and weekdays to do mostly what he wants during the season. Offseason none of the football offseason issues to deal with. Still paid millions to talk on tv about football. If you want to dream maybe Laundry or Lombardi ok let’s talk dreams….
yeah, i know…… but would’nt it be great????? i am still thinkin holmgren is the top choice because it still leaves options with wade and garrett. does holmgren just come in as a general manager type to run football operations or does he get his feet wet with coaching again? speculation is always the fun thing. we know one thing for sure, jerry will bring in someone he trust’s and he can work with and in only that senerio would he be willing to relenquish any authority for personel moves. jerry is going to be grooming his son as the next jones in line to take over for him. he has the empire now in place, he wants to get the machine hummin real fine, hang up another trophy or 2 under his tenure, and then turn it over to the kids. so holmgren or hell even jimmy johnson does make sence.
Jimmy Johnson was at the practice today =). Doubt it was for a coaching job but who knows lol. I don’t think Laron Landry is a punk if anything he helped out and maybe brings out the better Roy. Then again his comeback was this “God bless the individual, the young man, we love him,”…. come on guys what kind of crap is that. I wish the best for Roy, but a some point we are going to have to say enough is enough. The point is he has not produced much at all. He had one game with a hundred yards, but also lost the game for us pretty much with a fumble. Its not anything about connection between him and Romo its him not playing to his potential. Yes David if he all of sudden becomes some big star once again and starts producing I will be all for him. I am just tired of sticking up for a guy when the only problem is himself. Its time for him to start producing he is not the number 1 receiver Austin is and has proved it. He became Romo’s go to guy when we needed that last touchdown drive in the Skins game. We did not see him go to Roy once in that drive which a number 1 receiver would be the go to guy. Hell teams don’t even really bother with him now since Austin and Witten take all the pressure and he still can’t get a catch. We can’t say its because Romo is not throwing them right to him because we have seen Austin go up and fight for the ball he can do it too. If anything Romo is trying to force balls to him to get him in the game which he should not have to do.
Maybe I am wrong maybe it Garrett not using him at what he is best at who knows.
Check out the Dallas Cowboys behind-the-scenes “Mantra” piece that premiered on the Diamondvision as the ‘Boys took the field for warmups last weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZz6wd-rjVs