Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Redskins at Cowboys)

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I know this is a smackdown thread, but how good was our defense independent of their blown assignments? Jason Garrett, a former QB and hired offensive mind, chose to punt a very make-able 4th and 7th because he didn't have a play to get seven yards.

That's mind boggling. You have Tony Romo, Jason Witten, Dez Bryant, and Felix Jones on the same field and you don't have a play that can get you seven yards? You're being dominated.

Before we vilify Haslett for being figured out by the sixtieth call, consider how dominant he was schematically in the first 59. The offense just has to do more than it has the last two weeks, or we can't finish above .500.

More Helu, less Hightower? That's the first change I would make.

Seriously? The cowboys have one of the worst offensive lines I've ever seen. Like Gruden said when have you ever seen 4 snaps blown like that? And Romo could hardly move lol.

The defense may have played hard but the calls out of Haslett are terrible. Unless Orakpo and Kerrigan both have dominant games (simultaneously) this is a suspect defense i.e. we'll get shredded by the top 5 to 10 offenses in the league.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by The Goat

Seriously? The cowboys have one of the worst offensive lines I've ever seen. Like Gruden said when have you ever seen 4 snaps blown like that? And Romo could hardly move lol.

The defense may have played hard but the calls out of Haslett are terrible. Unless Orakpo and Kerrigan both have dominant games (simultaneously) this is a suspect defense i.e. we'll get shredded by the top 5 to 10 offenses in the league.

If the offense either gets in the end zone or has a long drive at any point in the fourth quarter, this is a non-issue.

We definitely didn't get beat in the fourth quarter by a guy who could hardly move though. If that was actually the case, then you'd defend the 3rd and 21 call on those grounds. Romo bought the time to deliver the ball. Haslett didn't call a play that should have given Romo 5+ seconds to allow for downfield release.

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

If the offense either gets in the end zone or has a long drive at any point in the fourth quarter, this is a non-issue.

We definitely didn't get beat in the fourth quarter by a guy who could hardly move though. If that was actually the case, then you'd defend the 3rd and 21 call on those grounds. Romo bought the time to deliver the ball. Haslett didn't call a play that should have given Romo 5+ seconds to allow for downfield release.

haslett's call let romo know he was going to have to scramble back to get time though imo. romo knew he was going to have to buy time to deliver the ball before it was snapped. im so pissed about that

steve young made a salient point about the last play. as a qb in that situation you cant scramble to the side that would leave the hand holding the ball to the inside of the field and not know whats behind you. seems like alot to ask of a qb in that situaiton but i guess thats why he is in the HOF and rex is rex

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

haslett's call let romo know he was going to have to scramble back to get time though imo. romo knew he was going to have to buy time to deliver the ball before it was snapped. im so pissed about that

steve young made a salient point about the last play. as a qb in that situation you cant scramble to the side that would leave the hand holding the ball to the inside of the field and not know whats behind you. seems like alot to ask of a qb in that situaiton but i guess thats why he is in the HOF and rex is rex

Yeah, it did, but that's more of a Romo ability than a Haslett inability. It's a little of both though, I've already said that a zero-blitz in 3rd and 21 generally doesn't make a lot of sense given the risk-reward.

Rex knew that Spencer was closing, I think he just assumed he wasn't on top of him. And if J. Brown got in front of him even for a second, he wouldn't have been.

Rex is a turnover machine though. He got lucky on the sack-fumble forced by Ware that ESPN replays didn't show a clear Dallas recovery. That's the only reason that Garrett didn't challenge and win.

[SmootSmack]

Oh yeah...I almost forgot. This Orakpo Geico commercial deserves a smack down. Awful commercial, just awful

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Oh yeah...I almost forgot. This Orakpo Geico commercial deserves a smack down. Awful commercial, just awful

And the MNF opening musical segment.

Unless you yourself composed it. If so, very well played SS.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

And the MNF opening musical segment.

Unless you yourself composed it. If so, very well played SS.

I don't even think I've heard it this year

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Oh yeah...I almost forgot. This Orakpo Geico commercial deserves a smack down. Awful commercial, just awful

Oh yeah, definitely. I DVR'd the game and was fast-forwarding through commercials and saw it...my wife wanted me to rewind it, I think we both thought it would be funny...WRONG - horrible.

[CultBrennan59]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

Oh yeah, definitely. I DVR'd the game and was fast-forwarding through commercials and saw it...my wife wanted me to rewind it, I think we both thought it would be funny...WRONG - horrible.

What's really sad about it is that he only has one line..and he can't even act/say that line.

"I did get you on the fiel.."

just awful.

[Ruhskins]

Our red zone offense is non-existence and disgusting. KS and the whole offense needs to be called out on that. We should've been up 21-9 by halftime.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Our red zone offense is non-existence and disgusting. KS and the whole offense needs to be called out on that. We should've been up 21-9 by halftime.

Well, if we were good enough to be up 21-9 by halftime, we'd also be good enough to start making super bowl reservations.

But we're not actually that good.

[vallin21]

Kyle Shanahan- Terrible play calling. Why wasn't Hightower in the game until 1:52 left to go? We got away from giving Hightower the ball. After that touchdown, we needed to run the ball with Hightower, setting up the play action pass.

D Hall- TERRIBLE COVERAGE. On 3rd and freakin 21. You CANNOT give up that much, and a 15 yrd facemask penalty.

Entire Team- Completely undisciplined. Rocca's missed hold, Atogwe's holding in the red zone, missed tackles, false starts, allowing an injured Felix Jones to run for 140 yds.

[skinsfaninok]

The skins haven't been good in the R.Z in 20 years

[skins89moss]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

The skins haven't been good in the R.Z in 20 years

Our offense has been having trouble scoring points since Norv Turner was fired. Norv sucked as a HC but we did put up points with him.

[44ever]

Rex - Not gonna happen with this lead weight. We cant have that kind of inconsistency at QB. Unfortunately there is not much we can do about it.

D. Hall - My man let me down tonight at a critical time. But give me a f-ing break, Haslett calls an all out blitz on 3 and 21??? WTF!!! Did that call come off the Cowboys sideline???

This game just felt like destiny unfolding right before my eyes. I was practically predicting the last 6 minutes play by play right down to the turnover at the end.

History just keeps repeating itself. New team, same results. Any other team in the NFL would have beat the Cowboys tonight.