There is a lot to discuss after the Dallas Cowboys got flat-out embarrassed on Sunday night against the 49ers.
After the first five weeks of the NFL season, the Cowboys are sitting with a 3-2 record.
Dallas still has 12 games left on the schedule, yet, of course, here we are again, wondering how good this team really is.
After the team started with two dominant defensive performances, we all wondered what would happen when the defense had a rough patch and the offense, with Mike McCarthy calling plays, had to show up.
Cowboys pass game spacing is
A MESS
— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) October 9, 2023
Thus far, the answer is not good.
This new system that big Mike is trying to run will not work.
It is the offense that Aaron Rodgers talked about after MM was fired in Greenbay. He didn't like it.
Look, the bottom line is Dak Prescott does not look good when he isn't playing with the lead.
The other part is this new McCarthy offense.
There is no creativity or detail in this scheme.
This “Texas Coast” offense McCarthy is trying to run is Texas TOAST.
The style of the West Coast is nothing but short passes and getting the ball out quickly. Every single deep shot they take seems forced, and it just hasn't worked yet.
All you have to do is watch the 49ers offense. Do what they do. Move CeeDee Lamb around and allow him to line up at other spots on the field.
As we have seen, unless the team is playing with the lead, it does not work.
Lamb has been held under 55 yards in the last three games.
Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy made a point to talk to frustrated receiver CeeDee Lamb. He they had a good visit. Lamb is not getting the ball and his body language has noticed the past couple of weeks
— Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) October 9, 2023
He needs to do a better job of getting him in a rhythm.
Coaching has to be better all around.
McCarthy, down 14 in the second half facing a 3rd and 4 from the opponent's 32-yard line, ran a DRAW play for no gain and decided to kick the field goal.
As for this defense, I don't even know. I think they are still feeling the loss of Trevon Diggs.
Teams are going right at them without Diggs, and it has made a difference.
The pass rush was nowhere to be found Sunday night, and someone tell me why they had Micah Parsons rushing the passer 90% of the time against Trent Williams.
Bad coaching.
#Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb has been held under 55 yards in the last three games.
Mike McCarthy has not done a good job of getting him in a rhythm at all.
— Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) October 9, 2023
Done listening to excuses
Like most folks, I've had it with the finger-pointing.
This team is like the bully who picks on the kids on the playground, and then when they get their older brother, they get one or two shots in before they end up black and blue.
On paper, this team is ‘talented' enough to play with the elite teams in the NFL and yet fail to show up when needed.
It's only week five, and they still have the Chargers, Bills, Dolphins, Eagles twice, and the Lions on the schedule.
I am not giving up on this team even in the slightest, but I don't understand how a team with this much talent comes out flat every other week.
All they did was talk about how ready they were for this matchup, and they laid an egg.
This team has 12 games to rewrite this script. It starts next Monday night in SoFi stadium.
Kellen Moore would love nothing more than to beat the team that fired him this offseason.
Does this team want to be great, or will it be the same ole' Cowboys?
