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Nice job, X, and this is my first post since the debacle, just couldn't do it, see what people wrote, and I'm not going to. I watched the game. I saw.
I want to make a few comments. The defensive execution was so bad that I wouldn't even know where to start. We couldn't get off of blocks, and we left HUGE lanes open, there was NO gap responsibility whatsoever. This is fixable, we saw the same thing early last year. They have to play faster, and smarter, IMO. We are not recognizing what teams are trying to do fast enough. Could be coaching, or being out-coached, or could be youth/familiarization, could be outplayed, or of IMO, I think it's a combination of all of those things. When that happens, you don't execute. ONE guy getting beat, one guy that is late to his assignment, or a blown assignment is all it takes. Finnegan has definitely lost a step, or is hurt. He is very slow out there. It/he needs to be addressed.
I think this point is one that everyone will agree with, and what frustrates most of us. We are letting the other team dictate what we do, on offense, and defense, and we are a long way from establishing any kind of identity on either side of the ball.
On the the offensive line. They were getting way too much credit for their play prior to this game. I give Sam, and Shotty most of the credit for not giving up sacks. It's the same thing that Shurmer did, but Bradford 3.0 is a much better player now. I don't know what else to think of Shotty, most of it is not good, but when you drop a lot of balls, get pressured on almost every play, and you can't run the ball, etc., there is a lot of blame to go around. The OL got creamed in this game. Is Long hurt? There's no way that THAT was him. If it was, we're fucked. Dallas played like they were going against blocking bags, instead of, paid good for a living, breathing, 300 lbs plus of muscled human beings with cognitive thinking brains.
The non calls: Same thing every week it seems, but this game had me as angry as last week. So I want to know when the rule changed to allow, only certain teams to make contact after 5 yards. This is the exact reason why Givens and Bradford were off on a few plays. Those were timing routes that shouldn't have been busted up, because Dallas wasn't press covering on the line. They press covered, pushed, grabbed or held, 8 - 14 yds down the field. Should have been a flag every fucking time. I also saw several grabs in the red zone, which reminded me of the Giants game last time we played them. The refs also allowed the Dallas DL to grab and throw our OL repeatedly, which is illegal. So you can't touch a QB in the face, touch...but you can launch yourself, hook him around his whole head, and drive him into the ground??? The calls: There were some bad one's again. They have mostly been covered, but when can we get a fucking break here. To add, we have to do a better job of not forcing that flag, that part is on us.
Bradford was a stud in that game, and I'll punch anybody in the mouth if they didn't think so. Look at the yardage that Eli Manning got out of his offense, in a game very similar to the pressure that Sam faced all day.
3rd down conversions, THE most important facet of the game, if you don't convert, you are off the field. This was the worst bit of execution, which is saying a lot in this game, that happened. I understand the first well-timed blitz, but after that, come on, make a fucking adjustment. Give our boys a chance to execute a play. Most of that early stuff was on the coaches. The line coach, the WR coach, the OC, and the HC for allowing it to continue. Can we fucking have Sam do some designed rollouts, sprint outs, and bootlegs. Christ, don't just leave him there in a stagnant position waiting to be killed. Credit the Cowboys for being well prepared, fired up, and completely kicking our asses.
The main question for me is, where do we go from here? How does this team, and this staff react to this complete ass stomping? I really don't think that Thursday will be a good indication, there are just too many things to fix for it to happen overnight, but I want to see some changes. I need to see some changes. Change is not an easy thing to do, but a lot of people associated with this team are going to have to swallow their pride to make those changes. Let's all hope that they can.
Go Rams!
I want to make a few comments. The defensive execution was so bad that I wouldn't even know where to start. We couldn't get off of blocks, and we left HUGE lanes open, there was NO gap responsibility whatsoever. This is fixable, we saw the same thing early last year. They have to play faster, and smarter, IMO. We are not recognizing what teams are trying to do fast enough. Could be coaching, or being out-coached, or could be youth/familiarization, could be outplayed, or of IMO, I think it's a combination of all of those things. When that happens, you don't execute. ONE guy getting beat, one guy that is late to his assignment, or a blown assignment is all it takes. Finnegan has definitely lost a step, or is hurt. He is very slow out there. It/he needs to be addressed.
I think this point is one that everyone will agree with, and what frustrates most of us. We are letting the other team dictate what we do, on offense, and defense, and we are a long way from establishing any kind of identity on either side of the ball.
On the the offensive line. They were getting way too much credit for their play prior to this game. I give Sam, and Shotty most of the credit for not giving up sacks. It's the same thing that Shurmer did, but Bradford 3.0 is a much better player now. I don't know what else to think of Shotty, most of it is not good, but when you drop a lot of balls, get pressured on almost every play, and you can't run the ball, etc., there is a lot of blame to go around. The OL got creamed in this game. Is Long hurt? There's no way that THAT was him. If it was, we're fucked. Dallas played like they were going against blocking bags, instead of, paid good for a living, breathing, 300 lbs plus of muscled human beings with cognitive thinking brains.
The non calls: Same thing every week it seems, but this game had me as angry as last week. So I want to know when the rule changed to allow, only certain teams to make contact after 5 yards. This is the exact reason why Givens and Bradford were off on a few plays. Those were timing routes that shouldn't have been busted up, because Dallas wasn't press covering on the line. They press covered, pushed, grabbed or held, 8 - 14 yds down the field. Should have been a flag every fucking time. I also saw several grabs in the red zone, which reminded me of the Giants game last time we played them. The refs also allowed the Dallas DL to grab and throw our OL repeatedly, which is illegal. So you can't touch a QB in the face, touch...but you can launch yourself, hook him around his whole head, and drive him into the ground??? The calls: There were some bad one's again. They have mostly been covered, but when can we get a fucking break here. To add, we have to do a better job of not forcing that flag, that part is on us.
Bradford was a stud in that game, and I'll punch anybody in the mouth if they didn't think so. Look at the yardage that Eli Manning got out of his offense, in a game very similar to the pressure that Sam faced all day.
3rd down conversions, THE most important facet of the game, if you don't convert, you are off the field. This was the worst bit of execution, which is saying a lot in this game, that happened. I understand the first well-timed blitz, but after that, come on, make a fucking adjustment. Give our boys a chance to execute a play. Most of that early stuff was on the coaches. The line coach, the WR coach, the OC, and the HC for allowing it to continue. Can we fucking have Sam do some designed rollouts, sprint outs, and bootlegs. Christ, don't just leave him there in a stagnant position waiting to be killed. Credit the Cowboys for being well prepared, fired up, and completely kicking our asses.
The main question for me is, where do we go from here? How does this team, and this staff react to this complete ass stomping? I really don't think that Thursday will be a good indication, there are just too many things to fix for it to happen overnight, but I want to see some changes. I need to see some changes. Change is not an easy thing to do, but a lot of people associated with this team are going to have to swallow their pride to make those changes. Let's all hope that they can.
Go Rams!
