Originally Posted by Herschel:
Originally Posted by El-Ka-Bong:
I simply cannot comprehend the game management of the cowboys. Play calling, lets be clear, was excellent. They scored pretty damn easily. Just choosing the pass over running the ball, when running the ball was working, and all you had to do was burn clock, simply amazing. Their X4 must be awesome right now.
This still puzzles me. I'll take it but DeMarco Murray was absolutely shredding the Packers at about 8 yards/carry. Why the Cowboys inexplicably went away from him in the second half makes no sense.
I don't doubt that the way the Packers were playing, if Dallas had run the ball, we would have stopped them, and probably caused and recovered a fumble. Same score.
Funny to see on how such little things do games turn. Clay misses Romo, yet Romo thinks he's about to get pounded so he unloads the ball in a rush without setting his feet, throwing just a bit behind the receiver and Shields makes up ground to grab it. If Romo had any feel for where the defenders were, he would have known he had time to set his feet and make a good throw or he could have just run OOB. Nope, lucky for us, Romo is a Favre lover so he slings it out there!
No doubt, that throw without the pressure from Clay could easily have been a TD
Originally Posted by Iowacheese:
If Eddie Lacy had that Ahman Green extra gear he would already be the best back in the NFL.
Someone needs to tell him a supersize order of fries is waiting in the end zone for him on those breakthrough runs he has
Eddie Lacy with that extra gear...that may be Marshawn Lynch.
I like Lacy's demeanor WAAAY more than Beast Mode's, though.
Originally Posted by DH13:
Game of inches and nanoseconds.
True... a few inches to the left or the right and a nanosecond later or earlier and Bobby BuShea might not have broken AR's clavicle. Damn butterflies.
Thanks for posting that clip Satori.
The called play looks like it was well executed...a well blocked running play that is carried out by everyone except the highly paid guy that takes the snap. What an idiot. Option out of a play the packer defense couldn't stop all day. Good on Clay and Sam for foiling Romo's attempt to out think his coach.
Love watching Murray's reaction and then the TE coming across to seal the weak side pursuit...that team is dysfunctional.
Romo just wanted to be a hero and tried to outsmert us, only he ended up outsmerting himself. Once he felt pressure from Clay, Romo should have just gone down to play it safe.
The Packers had ALL 11 defenders within 5 yards of the LOS at the snap... the option out of the run to a pass wasn't a bad decision. Romo believed Matthews was going to go with the OL flow and with 1-on-1 on the outside Romo thought he had the advantage. While CM3 missed the sack, he really messed up the play. Had they stayed with the run they would've gone nowhere, but they would have kept the ball.
Either CM3 ( a ) didn't recognize the run play, ( b ) decided to take a chance by not following the run, or ( c ) read Romo checking out of the run.
Shields made an outstanding play on the ball, even if Romo gets it out front a bit I think Shields at least tips it away.
Now that I have watched it 80 times, pretty sure it was AJ's hop that threw him off
Originally Posted by Fandame:
Funny to see on how such little things do games turn. Clay misses Romo, yet Romo thinks he's about to get pounded so he unloads the ball in a rush without setting his feet, throwing just a bit behind the receiver and Shields makes up ground to grab it. If Romo had any feel for where the defenders were, he would have known he had time to set his feet and make a good throw or he could have just run OOB. Nope, lucky for us, Romo is a Favre lover so he slings it out there!
Without Favre's arm to get it there before Shields makes his break.
Originally Posted by lambeausouth:
I'm watching the game again, guys. And I'll tell you who my player of the game is.
It's not Eddie Lacy, though he was full BEAST mode today.
It's not Jordy Nelson for basically taking away two interceptions for catches, one for a TD.
It's not Matt Flynn, who threw freakin' laser beams in the second half.
It's not Tramon Williams, who looked like the Tramon of old, pimping Tony Romo for two (yes two!) picks.
It's not Jarret Boykin who came up big AGAIN, or James Jones who did what he does best, find the endzone.
It's not Mason Crosby, who hit that field goal from Plano.
It wasn't Clay Matthews Jr, or Mike Neal, or Datone Jones, or Mike Daniels, who got pressure on Romo.
It's Andrew Quarless.
As somebody who has spent the last six months recovering from the same injury he had, I know how hard his road back has been. And I'm just some schlub sitting on the sofa. This man is playing the most violent sport on earth (well, except for rugby, but we're not Kiwis).
We came out down by 23 to start the half, and boom, Lacy broke a 60 yard run. It was #81 running interference. He didn't make a physical block so much as he set a "pick". We scored shortly after that run, making it 26-10.
Next possession, we're still down, now 29-10. 3rd and 8 at our own 22. Deep in our own territory, if we don't convert, even a field goal by the Cowboys puts the game away. Flynn hits Quarless for 22 yards. A few minutes later, Quarless gets the TD reception.
Start of the 4th quarter, we're at the Dallas 15, down 29-17. 3rd and 3. If we don't convert, we're kicking a field goal and still down two scores. A five yard pass to Quarless converts to a first down, and two plays later, Starks scampers in on a short pass from Flynn.
Next possession, 3rd and 6 at the Packer 35. Flynn again goes to Andrew Quarless, this time for 14 yards. Six plays later, Jones grabs a pass in the endzone, and it's 36-31, Dallas.
Next series, we take over at the 50 on the Sam Shields interception. Quarless for 18 yards, and we're in business.
Six times today Andrew Quarless was targeted. Six times he caught the ball. He grabbed one pass for 4 yards in the first half. In the second half, the five passes he caught were good for a touchdown, three third down conversions, and an 18 yard pass to move us into striking distance to win the game.
We don't know what the future holds for Jermichael Finley. I hope he can come back healthy, and stays in Green Bay. But Andrew Quarless is a stud. He's proving to be everything I thought he could. 12 catches in 13 targets for 132 yards and 2 TD the last couple of weeks. Big man is stepping up!
sorry to post this again from p.2, mods, but it it worth repeating. This is an excellent analysis by lambeausouth. Good posting!
I finally got to see the first half of the game last night (was helping a friend move sunday and only saw last 6:00) and what I noticed about the D was the giving up of big plays. They made some really nice plays, tackles for losses, passes defensed, etc. But it was the big plays of 10+ yards that really killed them. Another thing I noticed was the missed tackles our DBs had when trying to tackle receivers high. Perry was not holding the edge at all on runs to his side. They gave up a load of yardage but were a few big plays from keeping DAL to 6 field goals which would have been a huge win, as crazy as that sounds.
The OL was downright horrible at times but some of that was due to Flynn's not getting the ball out when he knew the heat was coming. On one play I even saw him ID the blitzer at the LOS, appear to make some call or adjustment, then get pasted by that very guy who came in untouched.
Can't wait to watch second half.
What are "things accomplished by a prostate massage" for 200, Alex.
Originally Posted by Brak:
"helping a friend move"
"icing cookies"
Hey now. I busted ass on that move. I'm still sore. Lots of bending over.
But seriously, I had no idea what was going on and didn't want to know because it was being recorded. But when I turned the tv on, I had left the channel on the game and saw it was 34 to 28 or something and GB with the ball so I had to watch the end.
No good deed goes unpunished I guess.
I thought you were going to make sure to put, "Not available during Packer games" on that billboard?
Oh well... we learn from our mistakes.
Oh well... we learn from our mistakes.
FAIL. PINK moving is for the ladies. You should know that. It's BROWN moving. "For all your white glove rubber glove moving needs".
I do like your company t-shirts, but I didn't think they were relevant to this whole discussion.
Have you thought about my idea to add cookie icing to your services?
You seem to be an expert on said services. Please advise.
Stevie and I have patented our process. We're going to need some additional fees to continue this discussion.
You're hired!
*prostate screening required for all new employees.
JJSD does good work, well worth the investment. Here's a sample of what he did for me:
I want to know what a "Santa Palm" is?
Originally Posted by Hungry5:
The Packers had ALL 11 defenders within 5 yards of the LOS at the snap... the option out of the run to a pass wasn't a bad decision.
Yes it was.
Its part of Situational Football and while it would be the right decision at some points in the game, it wasn't at that time. IF the Packers stuff the run play, no big deal. The clock runs, you can call more runs and you can punt it deep.... all while burning more clock.
Situational Football changes everything
I'm guessing that sign is over a truck stop.
Originally Posted by El-Ka-Bong:
I want to know what a "Santa Palm" is?
Well, Mall Santa is only seasonal part-time and you already have the costume....
He can invoice his services as handyman.
Originally Posted by El-Ka-Bong:
I want to know what a "Santa Palm" is?
Here's the link, lazy bones
http://www.santapalmcarwash.com/History.html
Its similar to a rosy palm but with more bubbles to reduce the friction
Satori, you're expecting Romo to make a pre-snap LOS situational decision? 
You're correct, in that situation a run stop wouldn't have been a bad thing clock wise, but Romo did not expect the Packers, namely Matthews, to move out of the run play. Add in the Hawk Hop-Skip and I can see how Romo got confused/panicked in that situation.
H5, the funny part about the collapse on Sunday was that the beatdown the bears gave them on MNF definitely influenced their decision-making vs the Packers
Jerruh said after the Bear-beatdown that they would need to "be more aggressive" and "take more risks" going forward- so they had that brown cloud of Jerry-meddling hanging over their heads all game long.
They likely ignored their instincts and tried to please the boss by taking more risks...Gotta love jerry-world. I hope he never leaves Dallas
"Let's go ice some cookies, Stevie!"
Jerruh will leave like Al left.
I loved the clip I saw the other day with reporters around Jones and one of them asked Jerruh if he had the guts to fire someone?
This thread is now officially gayer than Richard Simmons buying Packerboi an apple martini.
Originally Posted by Rusty:
This thread is now officially gayer than Richard Simmons buying Packerboi an apple martini.
Not that there is anything wrong with that....
