Official Cowboys Discussion Thread

[George Cumby]

Flynn to win.

Have the defense show they can do the job for more than a half.

Let that clavicle heal for another week or the off season, depending on whether the rest of the team wants it bad enough.

[Pugger]

Happily Dallas' defense is almost historically terrible this season. If Flynn can manage the game and not turn the ball over, if Lacy and Starks get their yards and the D that showed up in the second half of the Falcon game appears tomorrow we just might win this game.

[Freak Out]

I hate the fucking Cowboys.

[bobblehead]

I hate the fucking Cowboys.

But fucking cowgirls is kinda fun, eh brokeback?

[woodbuck27]

Shanahan may be in control of his press conferences, but not so much his team. 3-10 and about to be run out of town. I'll take the slug McCarthy.

You'll take Mike 'M' over Mike 'S' and so will Ted Thompson as long as he remains the Green Bay Packers GM.

That's a tight team... GM and HC in Green Bay.

From what I'm seeing. Mike Shanahan if he has any sense cannot wait to get out of Washington and very possibly he's informed Dan Snyder of just that fact. He 's under contract for, I understand, about $7 M$ next season. That might be an issue? Something Snyder's lawyers might be working on last week.

RE: Shanahan :

You cannot be in control of a team when that teams owner won't allow that. The title 'General Manager' normally means that you have control and responsibility over the day to day operations of the team. That 'not so much' in Washington.

Arguably again the Redskins (as it seems to get too over the last decade +) are in the worst mess of any team. There has been a common devisor there.

That doesn't have a lot to do with anything 'Family 'Father and Son' Shanahan. That has to do with too much interference again fromk ** Dan Snyder.

** http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports...323_story.html

It's a lot there like we see in Green Bay. Who really knows what's going on. In Green Bay it's becoming obvious that the Green Bay Packers don't. Us Packer fans certainly don't.

I'm confused because last week it was revealed on NFL.Com that Dan Snyder actually supported M.S's move to bench RGIII and start Kirk Cousins:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/daniel-snyder-did-not-raise-objection-to-benching-of-robert-griffin-iii-because-he-felt-it-was-coachs-decision-to-make-sources-say/2013/12/13/8602220e-6449-11e3-aa81-e1dab1360323_story.html

PACKERS !

[The Shadow]

I am getting angry long before kickoff. Here's why :
I am dreading what I think is going to happen. Every opposing head coach is going to cram the box at the start of the game to stop Eddie Lacey. The Cowboys coach will be no different.
If MM stubbornly insists on sending Lacey - time after time for 1 or 2 yards - into defenses fully expecting this approach, the pack will quickly fall behind. By the time Flynn is allowed to really start throwing, the Cowboys will have adjusted back into more of a coverage mode - and turn up the pass rush heat.
I'd much prefer MM puts the game into Flynn's hands - and let him throw early, when the Cowboys will be geared up to stop Lacey.
What do we have to lose? Unless we pull off an upset, this is a wasted season.

[CaptainKickass]

I am getting angry long before kickoff. Here's why :
I am dreading what I think is going to happen. Every opposing head coach is going to cram the box at the start of the game to stop Eddie Lacey. The Cowboys coach will be no different.
If MM stubbornly insists on sending Lacey - time after time for 1 or 2 yards - into defenses fully expecting this approach, the pack will quickly fall behind. By the time Flynn is allowed to really start throwing, the Cowboys will have adjusted back into more of a coverage mode - and turn up the pass rush heat.
I'd much prefer MM puts the game into Flynn's hands - and let him throw early, when the Cowboys will be geared up to stop Lacey.
What do we have to lose? Unless we pull off an upset, this is a wasted season.

I agree. Flynn it to win it on offense.

I'd do that by using Matt Flynn as more of a Matt Hasselbeck type of QB. Anywhere between 0-15 yards he should own. I would be running the no huddle, but doing so to waste as much clock on offense by using many long snap count cadences and motion. Showcase the discipline of the offensive line. Lean on the biggies. Quick outs, drag routs, slants, bubble screens, halfback draws, and halfback swing passes would be my base offense.

The one unorthodox wrinkle I think MM could consider is using Jordy Nelson as a tight end in what would have been Finley's position a time or 2. He's a corn fed white boy and has the speed and toughness to line up there in a 3-4 wide look and still be effective blocking if a run audible needs to be called at the line.

That being said, we all know defense wins championships. This game is all about the D. Dom fucking Capers needs to pull the game of his life out of this team in my opinion. He needs to be the attacking guru of confusion in this game.

The way for this team to win is for the entire defense to suddenly become a feared ruthless attacking monster instead of a get in your way shackles and chains governor.

[woodbuck27]

Looking at the PACKERS @ COWBOYS Through the Stat's:

OFFENSE:

** Total Yards/Game

(Check) GREEN BAY 5th @ 394.5 Y/G ... Dallas 22nd @ 328.4 Y/G

**Passing Yards/Game:

(Check) GREEN BAY 9th @ 265.6 Y/G... Dallas 15th @ 234.6 Y/G

** Rushing Yards Per Game:

(check) GREEN BAY 10th 128.8 Y/G ... Dallas 24th 93.8 Y/G

But:

** Points Per Game:

DALLAS 3rd 27.5 Points/Game ... Green Bay 12th 24.3 P/G


** Passing Big Plays : Packers 3rd with 37 and Dallas 20th with 22.

** QB Sacked %: DALLAS 10th @ 6.1% and Green Bay 21st @ 7.1 %

** Passing Interceptions : DALLAS 1st with 'Only 7 Picks' and Packers 16th with 12 Picks.

** RUSHING YARDS /ATTEMPT: GREEN BAY 6th @ 4.6 Y/A ... Dallas 7th @ 4.4 Y/A

** RUSHING BIG PLAYS: GREEN BAY 9th with 42 ... Dallas 23rd with 23.

** RECEIVING YARDS PER ATTEMPT: PACKERS 5th @ 12.5 Y/A ... Dallas 28th @ 11 Y/A.

**GIVEAWAYS:Packers 15th with 20 ... DALLAS is 1st with 'only 13'

** DROPS %: PACKERS 4th @ 3% and Dallas 18th @ 4.6%



DEFENSE:

** Opponent Yards Per Game: (Check) GREEN BAY 21st @ 369.4 Yards/Game... Dallas 32nd @ 426.8 Y/G

** Opponent Pass Yds/Game:(Check)GREEN BAY 21st @ 246.8 Y/G Dallas 32nd @ 298.5 Y/G

** Opponent RUSH. Y/G: Green Bay 25th @ 122.6 Y/G ... Dallas 28th @ 128.4 Y/G.

Opponent Points Per Game: (check) Green Bay 20th @ 25.1 Points/Game ... Dallas 26th @ 26.8 P/G


** TOXIC DIFFERENTIAL: GREEN BAY @ -4 and Dallas @ -23... ..... So the nod here goes to the Packers !



** Vegas: The Dallas Cowboys are installed now at 6.5 to (7 Pt.- bodog) Favourites. The Packers are 2-4 ATS on the Road and the Cowboys 4-2 ATS @ Home.


GO PACKERS !

[woodbuck27]

http://www.nfl.com/videos/green-bay-packers

Starr compares Rodgers to Hornung

Bart Starr on Aaron Rodgers and his value to the TEAM. Etc.

Hold for Sterling Sharpe and Brian Bostick and Sean O'Hare and video analysis of the Green Bay Packer of late. . . .Vs Dallas and Romo SACKS etc .

Hold for more on Aaron Rodgers and the medical decision to hold AR out for the Teams visit to Dallas....Ian Rapaport.

Lots more....

[SkinBasket]

Interesting to see those morons in Dallas scapegoating Romo for his INTs while the defense allowed 5 straight possessions to end in TDs and the coach stopped running his RB with a 10 yard per carry average. Black people are totally racist know nothings.

[woodbuck27]

Interesting to see those morons in Dallas scapegoating Romo for his INTs while the defense allowed 5 straight possessions to end in TDs and the coach stopped running his RB with a 10 yard per carry average. Black people are totally racist know nothings.

Where does the blame lie for the Dallas Cowboys allowing the Green Bay Packers to ever mount that incredible second half comeback?

A) Dallas HC Jason Garrett.

B) Dallas QB Tony Romo

C) The Dallas Defense.

Why do you make your choice?

[pbmax]

Its a lack of situational awareness. You need to burn clock. You can't afford a turnover. You run, you complete sure passes and if you have no choice you take the sack or take the minimal gain on a QB run up the middle.