Paid and Full: The Official 2019 Dallas Cowboys Season Thread

[darealvelle]

Let me know if I'm being on my WFAN steez but am I wrong for being annoyed by this? LVE is getting roasted in the comments. Why does Zeke look like the one who won and ran for 100yds+? Same thing with Garrett, the clown was smiling during the post-game handshake with Zimmer. This country club culture is starting to infect our young players.

Bruh I am telling you sometimes I wish the Dallas media and fans was like Phillys and Bostons. They would literally be tearing this team apart right now.

 

[Rell84shots]

Do you know how bad it would be to have Jason Garrett coach this team past this year ?

We have this division wrapped up if it wasn't for him interfering in toddlers game plan...

Go look at our sets in the first 3 games and then go look at what we ran in that saints game...

Toddler was getting some shine with the offense and garrett couldn't handle it...now look at us...

I don't even care who the next coach is as long as he get out of toddler and Dak's way and let them work...

I'm not going to buy into the narrative that whenever the offense is good it's because of KM, and when it's bad it's because of the clapper. I think Moore has done enough to warrant criticism of his own, and I think that good defenses are able to expose him.

Let me know if I'm being on my WFAN steez but am I wrong for being annoyed by this? LVE is getting roasted in the comments. Why does Zeke look like the one who won and ran for 100yds+? Same thing with Garrett, the clown was smiling during the post-game handshake with Zimmer. This country club culture is starting to infect our young players.

The defense was terrible and Zeke played like he was 50yrs old, so no you're not wrong for being pissed at this pic.

 

[Codeine Bryant]

Fact of the matter is we ran those "sets" and had all that "motion" in our first 2 games. Against divisional opponents. Trash divisional opponents.

Ever since we started playing teams with a pulse, all that went out the window. Teams script the first 15 plays of every game? Well it looks like we scripted the first 2-3 games against complete garbage teams. Even in the Miami game, I don't recall a whole lot of fancy or innovative sets or motion.

Boy Wonder's revolutionary scheme lasted all of 2 weeks before it reverted back to 2017 vanilla offense. I don't necessarily give him a pass for that. Maybe Garrett is handicapping him to a degree, but this team historically beats up on garbage divisional foes and then gets embarrassed when we play out-of-division foes whom we don't know their entire personnel, tendencies, and playbook.


We fukking lost to the Jets...

 

[Thegospel]

@BlueHeffner

Who would say this about ya mans though? No hate but yall cant be talkin reckless on the GOAT. said my man would just be at the facility workin out at all types of hou running routes Dez my guy too

 

[Self_Born7]

Because they chose to run all over us and screen us to death


And Chido gave up 3rd down after 3rd down and gave up that 2-pt conversion. He stops that and maybe we are playing for a Fg at the end and not the TD

maher missed fg, was huge and came back to haunt us... instead of seven all we needed was 3.. b.u.t knowing "Maybe" Maher would've missed a game winning FG
4th and 4 at Minny 40 we punted, go for it, or kick FG,,, jason garret plays scared, and coaches not to loose instead of coaching to win.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

One glaring tell about Garrett today.

He made it a point to say Moore was calling the plays and that he didn't tell Austin to fair catch it.

Moore is a damn rookie coordinator It's like Garrett basically leaves it up to players and his coaches to do everything all the time. That's not being a head coach.

 

[Rell84shots]

One glaring tell about Garrett today.

He made it a point to say Moore was calling the plays and that he didn't tell Austin to fair catch it.

Moore is a damn rookie coordinator It's like Garrett basically leaves it up to players and his coaches to do everything all the time. That's not being a head coach.

He did the same shyt to Romo, and that's why Romo sneak disses him whenever he calls a Cowboys game.

 

[duckbutta]

I'm not going to buy into the narrative that whenever the offense is good it's because of KM, and when it's bad it's because of the clapper. I think Moore has done enough to warrant criticism of his own, and I think that good defenses are able to expose him.

The defense was terrible and Zeke played like he was 50yrs old, so no you're not wrong for being pissed at this pic.

I think the opposite. I think next year when Garrett is gone and Toddler gets free reign to do what he wants the offensive will be much more explosive...

Somebody is making the call to barely play Pollard every since he ran for a 100 yards...I don't think that somebody is Kellen Moore...

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

I think the opposite. I think next year when Garrett is gone and Toddler gets free reign to do what he wants the offensive will be much more explosive...

Somebody is making the call to barely play Pollard every since he ran for a 100 yards...I don't think that somebody is Kellen Moore...

Or maybe the new head coach gets to pick his own staff. I like Kellen Moore, but if they thought highly enough of him to give him that position, then maybe they make him the head coach, and if they do, he needs to pick his own staff. Otherwise, he needs to go too.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

And before you all continue to pile on Zeke, the running game woes runs deep.


Dallas Cowboys: Power, Zone, and the Alexander Firing

At the start of the season the Dallas Cowboys had hired Paul Alexander to be their offensive line coach. The tales of “ketchup geniuses” overshadowed what was a questionable hire to begin with. Before we get into the Xs and Os of why this didn’t work, let’s look at how we got here and why this is a bigger issue than scheme.

When Frank Pollack was not retained to be the offensive line coach this past offseason, he picked up and went to Cincinnati, who had just let go of their offensive line coach Paul Alexander. Pollack in his three years as the offensive line coach had a top 10 line Dallas, but was still let go (more on this in a minute). Alexander who coached 20+ years with the Bengals had one season of being a top 10 line. Five seasons they were bottom five in the league.

Why Alexander and not Pollack

So why did the Cowboys let go of Pollack in the first place? Well, the answer shows part of the systemic problem in Dallas: Scott Linehan. There are stories that Pollack and Linehan did not get along very well. Part of the issue was that Pollack wanted more of a say in the offensive gameplan and playcalling. Neither of which Linehan was willing to bend on. Of course, Jerry Jones backed Linehan, and Pollack was let go.

The reason Jerry supported Linehan is quite deep, but it looks like that support is softening. Linehan was signed by the Cowboys after the 1987 draft, and while Jerry didn’t own the team, we can assume Jerry knew this. The real connection came through Jason Garrett, however. Garrett worked on the Miami Dolphins’ Nick Saban staff with Linehan. Jones completely trusts Garrett, and Garrett trusts Linehan. Linehan wanted Pollack gone, Pollack left.

So what does this have to do with Alexander? Well, Linehan liked Alexander, didn’t like Pollack, and neither Garrett nor Linehan felt that the new offensive line coach, Marc Colombo was ready or had enough experience to be the line coach. A long road to get to the right answer, but here we are.

The Xs and Os

So once Alexander came in, and everyone was all about his unusual coaching techniques, one of the things a lot of people overlooked, was that Alexander employs a power blocking scheme. The Cowboys had been using a zone blocking scheme for years, and built their line around this scheme. What does this mean? Well, different assignments, different techniques, and different roster needs.

I’ll try to explain the differences as simply and easily as I can here. As we go through this, remember the Cowboys drafted linemen either in the first round or had a first round draft grade. However, they were all players who would excel at zone blocking due to their agility, footwork, and hand usage. They were not drafted with a power blocking scheme in mind. This should have set off alarms.

In a power blocking scheme, the lineman has a man they have to block. They have a specific assignment to open one of the lanes in running. Commonly called zones A, B, C, D, the linemen try to push their player away from a specific gap, and usually a fullback and the guard on the opposite side of the run, will seal edge of the lane. The pulling guard will go after the linebacker in the specific lane.

For a run to the left, let’s say. The majority of the line will take their man and push them to the right, or opposite side of the run. The fullback will seal the defensive end on the left edge of the line, and the right guard will pull around and block the linebacker also to the left. With the majority of the players going right, and a few players being blocked left, the idea is that the selected lane is open and the running back bursts through the open hole.

In a zone blocking scheme, the line blocks laterally in the same direction as the run (usually, not always, I am trying to keep it fairly simple here). This should create some open lanes just by blocking, and the running back has to be patient, let the blocks develop, make a single cut, and hit the hole that opens up.

The running back has more to do in this scheme, as his first read is looking at the defensive end or linebacker at the end of the line toward the side he is running. This will allow him to start making a decision of bouncing the run outside, or looking for a single cut. However, this scheme relies on very athletic linemen who have strong footwork and can get to the second level in blocking.

Essentially, the Dallas Cowboys have linemen who are agile, quick, and can shed blocks and get to the second level, all things needed in a zone scheme. In a power scheme you need linemen who are bigger, more powerful, and can hold blocks longer. This isn’t to say the Cowboys linemen couldn’t, but it isn’t playing to their strengths.

So to recap

1. I still think they are mostly power blocking which is something most of the offensive linemen were not even drafted for. Especially Travis Frederick. This is no different than when they drafted Morris Claiborne and signed Brandon Carr to play bump and run man, then turn around, fired the defensive coordinator, and hire someone that runs a cover 2

2. Scott Linehan had more power and clout than Jason Garrett.

3. As long as Jerry Jones is alive, this team will never sniff a Super Bowl.

Zeke had his best season in a Zone Blocking scheme.

 

[L. Deezy]

Kellen Moore is just fine.. defense put the offense in a bad postion.

Just aint out year again. We cant play man defense..

We need a new defesive scheme.. AGAIN.

We use to run that played out Tampa 2.. switched to man where our DBs play this trail technique with the receivers. Just our dbs aint built for it...

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Kellen Moore is just fine.. defense put the offense in a bad postion.

Just aint out year again. We cant play man defense..

We need a new defesive scheme.. AGAIN.

We use to run that played out Tampa 2.. switched to man where our DBs play this trail technique with the receivers. Just our dbs aint built for it...

Trail technique only works when you're looking for the ball.

Dallas DBs play watch them catch the ball and try to knock it out technique

 

[satam55]

Greg Jennings joins Colin Cowherd to talk Minnesota Vikings vs. Cowboys and if head coach Jason Garrett should trust Dak more late in games, Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tennessee Titans and if the Chiefs are too reliant on quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Carolina Panthers vs. Green Bay Packers and if the Packers were lucky to pull off the win.

#TheHerd #NFL #DakPrescott #JasonGarrett #Vikings #Cowboys #Packers #Panthers #Chiefs #Titans

Have you nikkas who I was arguing back & forth with during training camp about not paying Zeke a record contract copped your pleas yet?

 

[BlueHeffner]

Have you nikkas who I was arguing back & forth with during training camp about not paying Zeke a record contract copped your pleas yet?

Why didnt you ask this after the Eagles game

 

[NYC Rebel]