Post by ccboy on Oct 31, 2008 1:29:53 GMT -7
Is Jason Garrett to blame for our offensive struggles?
by Tuna Helper on Oct 30, 2008 6:28 PM EDT
Weird article by some guy I've never heard of on some site I've barely heard of. It does raise an interesting point though: has Jason Garrett escaped criticism? Is he to blame for some of our offensive struggles?
Eerily, head coach-in-waiting Jason Garrett has escaped criticism. The offensive coordinator has not been creative enough in terms of play calling (or play designing) to jump-start a running game that the teams desperately needs. Johnson should not have been put in a position to attempt 33 passes.
I would say he deserves as much blame as anyone else. We seemed to struggle offensively in the Washington game and the situation hasn't gotten better. The lack of touches for Felix Jones. The lack of slants to our two huge, fast, expensive receivers. The lack of production for our offense overall. Injuries have played a role in our struggles clearly but it's still troubling.
Be that as it may, we still have a pretty highly ranked offense. Tony Romo's numbers were spectacular. Marion Barber is having a Pro Bowl year. So is Jason Witten. The fade route to Roy Williams last week was a good call. Nobody was complaining when we hung 41 on the Eagles. Hopefully, if Witten is out, this will give Garrett an opportunity to utilize our receivers more instead of exclusively throwing to our backs and tight ends.
And more importantly, he doesn't play defense, which is where a lot of our problems are located. And he's trying to make chicken salad out of chicken $#!@ with a 40-year-old weak-armed QB and a suddenly leaky O-line.
It would be helpful if the media wasn't so fixated on Wade's eventual dismissal -- real or imagined. But I don't think there's any conspiracy here to cover for the Red Baron.
Zach Thomas. The man has more than 100 tackles in eight games and Akin Ayodele had less than 100 tackles last year.
Yeah. He was a good pickup.
Zach Thomas just wanted to fit in when he came to the Dallas Cowboys.
After 12 years in Miami, the seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker felt like he needed to earn the respect of his new teammates and new coaches.
"Once you get the respect, then you can get up and speak," Thomas said. "I know when I was in Miami, I didn't want somebody that just came in to get up. They needed to prove themselves to the team. That's the way I look at it."
You got my respect, Zach.
by Tuna Helper on Oct 30, 2008 6:28 PM EDT
Weird article by some guy I've never heard of on some site I've barely heard of. It does raise an interesting point though: has Jason Garrett escaped criticism? Is he to blame for some of our offensive struggles?
Eerily, head coach-in-waiting Jason Garrett has escaped criticism. The offensive coordinator has not been creative enough in terms of play calling (or play designing) to jump-start a running game that the teams desperately needs. Johnson should not have been put in a position to attempt 33 passes.
I would say he deserves as much blame as anyone else. We seemed to struggle offensively in the Washington game and the situation hasn't gotten better. The lack of touches for Felix Jones. The lack of slants to our two huge, fast, expensive receivers. The lack of production for our offense overall. Injuries have played a role in our struggles clearly but it's still troubling.
Be that as it may, we still have a pretty highly ranked offense. Tony Romo's numbers were spectacular. Marion Barber is having a Pro Bowl year. So is Jason Witten. The fade route to Roy Williams last week was a good call. Nobody was complaining when we hung 41 on the Eagles. Hopefully, if Witten is out, this will give Garrett an opportunity to utilize our receivers more instead of exclusively throwing to our backs and tight ends.
And more importantly, he doesn't play defense, which is where a lot of our problems are located. And he's trying to make chicken salad out of chicken $#!@ with a 40-year-old weak-armed QB and a suddenly leaky O-line.
It would be helpful if the media wasn't so fixated on Wade's eventual dismissal -- real or imagined. But I don't think there's any conspiracy here to cover for the Red Baron.
Zach Thomas. The man has more than 100 tackles in eight games and Akin Ayodele had less than 100 tackles last year.
Yeah. He was a good pickup.
Zach Thomas just wanted to fit in when he came to the Dallas Cowboys.
After 12 years in Miami, the seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker felt like he needed to earn the respect of his new teammates and new coaches.
"Once you get the respect, then you can get up and speak," Thomas said. "I know when I was in Miami, I didn't want somebody that just came in to get up. They needed to prove themselves to the team. That's the way I look at it."
You got my respect, Zach.