Frustrating but we are 2 wins from being in the playoffs

[Cards_Campos]

If we were 8-6-1 right now.....if we best LA Rams we would be in no.matter what ....Green Bay winner wins division loser would have had a worse record ....Tampa could catch us and Washington we had the tie breaker against. 2 stupid wins....and we could find them all over the schedule. NE. The first Rams game. Miami. Buffalo. Minnesota. New Orleans. Any kick or a few plays here. Stinks because we could easily best any if the NFC teams including g Dallas.

 

[Dback Jon]

Yup. The New England Kick. The Seattle Kick. Dolphins. Rams. All games we should have won, if this team had the attitude it had Christmas Eve.

100% Coaching failure.

 

[Finito]

Yup. The New England Kick. The Seattle Kick. Dolphins. Rams. All games we should have won, if this team had the attitude it had Christmas Eve.

100% Coaching failure.

Just stop with that. This is not a coaching failure. We've lost 3-4 games on special teams had a number of injuries, John Brown got sick and Floyd clearly had something wrong with him.

Just a perfect storm of bad luck

 

[az jam]

Special teams killed us. Got to improve this in the off season.

 

[Dback Jon]

Just stop with that. This is not a coaching failure. We've lost 3-4 games on special teams had a number of injuries, John Brown got sick and Floyd clearly had something wrong with him.

Just a perfect storm of bad luck

Special Teams coaching failures. Arians coaching failure to recognize how awful the ST are.

Arians coaching failure to get the team motivated, practicing like they already were in the Super Bowl.

Arians/Keim arrogance to think that a Rookie Long Snapper could work on a team that had Super Bowl aspirations.

Arians/Keim failure to address punting



Every team has injuries.

 

[Hollywood]

Special Teams coaching failures. Arians coaching failure to recognize how awful the ST are.

Arians coaching failure to get the team motivated, practicing like they already were in the Super Bowl.

Arians/Keim arrogance to think that a Rookie Long Snapper could work on a team that had Super Bowl aspirations.

Arians/Keim failure to address punting



Every team has injuries.

Dallas is starting rookie rb and qb. I am going to make the crazy statement that rb and qb are bigger in EVERY way than long snapper. I am not saying the special teams has played well because clearly they havent. But to blame the coaches for playing a rookie long snapper is silly. I agree with you about Butler though

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[Dback Jon]

Dallas is starting rookie rb and qb. I am going to make the crazy statement that rb and qb are bigger in EVERY way than long snapper. I am not saying the special teams has played well because clearly they havent. But to blame the coaches for playing a rookie long snapper is silly. I agree with you about Butler though

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They didn't expect to start Dak, and RB is a much easier position to get your legs under as a rookie.

 

[JeffGollin]

Dallas is starting rookie rb and qb. I am going to make the crazy statement that rb and qb are bigger in EVERY way than long snapper. I am not saying the special teams has played well because clearly they havent. But to blame the coaches for playing a rookie long snapper is silly. I agree with you about Butler though

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True about importance of QB and RB

But what's also true is that small screwups at less "important" positions can cost you wins...and the playoffs.

 

[NJCardFan]

Just stop with that. This is not a coaching failure. We've lost 3-4 games on special teams had a number of injuries, John Brown got sick and Floyd clearly had something wrong with him.

Just a perfect storm of bad luck

No. DBJ is correct. There were some dumb play calls that cost us royally. But even with, a play here or there and we're a 10 win team right now at worst. However, if we were to make the playoffs, we would have been one and done anyway.

 

[Hollywood]

They didn't expect to start Dak, and RB is a much easier position to get your legs under as a rookie.

And yet. There dak is....and feel free to minimize the RB position and it is still bigger than longsnapper.

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[don7031]

I'd rather have the higher draft choice than limp into the playoffs with injuries too great to overcome for the third season in a row.

 

[DeAnna]

And yet. There dak is....and feel free to minimize the RB position and it is still bigger than longsnapper.

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But we already had the RB and QB ... so that leaves the little things, like ST play, the snapper, the punter, etc. The kind of little things that derail a trip to the playoffs.

 

[Harry]

This was not luck. It started with a bad off-season, signing multiple guys coming off serious injury and treating the draft like they were banking future assets. Then they treated the pre-season like an interruption on their march to the Super Bowl. They ignored obvious holes in personnel on the O-line and at CB as the season drew near. Finally they grabbed anything that looked like a corner. They assumed TM would be fine. They gave no thought to securing a kick returner when no one emerged in pre-season. They cut K Williams. The lack of game practice left them unprepared to start the season and it showed in the first 4 games. They continued to throw deep though Brown's injury meant he couldn't gap anyone and Floyd showed trouble trying to body catch every ball. Jaron could hardly get off the bench. They could run, but too often didn't. Yes injuries hurt, but most of their wounds were self-inflicted.

 

[Finito]

You would think we were 2-14 the way some people are talking.

 

[Redneck Voodoo]

Special Teams coaching failures. Arians coaching failure to recognize how awful the ST are.

Arians coaching failure to get the team motivated, practicing like they already were in the Super Bowl.

Arians/Keim arrogance to think that a Rookie Long Snapper could work on a team that had Super Bowl aspirations.

Arians/Keim failure to address punting



Every team has injuries.

Don't forget that Arians hasn't been well the entire season. That can take a huge toll on job performance. I'm not really making excuses...I'm just saying.

 

[Harry]

Finito if you take away the wins against the Bucs, first Niners game & Jets 3-13 wouldn't be too hard to envision! Keep in mind the middle is as close to the bottom as it is to the top.

 

[Cards_Campos]

Finito if you take away the wins against the Bucs, first Niners game & Jets 3-13 wouldn't be too hard to envision! Keep in mind the middle is as close to the bottom as it is to the top.

We were in every game this year ...so I say we are closer to 10 wins then 3. But the ST debacle and questionable players and play calls cost us easy 4 games.

 

[Lagerfilled]

We were in every game this year ...so I say we are closer to 10 wins then 3. But the ST dibocal and questionable players and play calls cost us easy 4 games.

:BIM debacle

 

[BullheadCardFan]

Yes injuries hurt, but most of their wounds were self-inflicted.

+1

Team and coaching staff can look in the mirror for why they have this record.

 

[Cards_Campos]

:BIM debacle

Fixed. Using a phone to always post makes typos happen like every other word

 

[DeAnna]

Heard an interesting tidbit on BA during a radio interview. Apparently, his son Jake was a kicker (I'm assuming in college) and BA takes a lot of his insight fom Jake's eyes/experiences as a kicker. Jake always emphasized kickers need a good hold/snapper and trust in them. Maybe that explains why they kept Butler on so long?

 

[Cards_Campos]

Heard an interesting tidbit on BA during a radio interview. Apparently, his son Jake was a kicker (I'm assuming in college) and BA takes a lot of his insight fom Jake's eyes/experiences as a kicker. Jake always emphasized kickers need a good hold/snapper and trust in them. Maybe that explains why they kept Butler on so long?

I play Madden on line and it's amazing how punting changes the game . I mean obviously we see it on Sundays but when you play all the time ....if you count from your own 30 or in ....and you punt the ball 35yards and they return it 7 yards....playing defense is so much harder.....your mindset is to not give up a first down because if they gain 20 yards they can kick a fg. It changes the playbook. The game plan. Saying that....I think BA is so confident in his offense that giving up a fg here and there won't hurt us. But the difference this year from 11-5 is us making a fg and the other team getting one....and that goes to field position . It is the most underrated part of.football that no one talks about.

 

[Lorenzo]

If we were 8-6-1 right now.....if we best LA Rams we would be in no.matter what ....Green Bay winner wins division loser would have had a worse record ....Tampa could catch us and Washington we had the tie breaker against. 2 stupid wins....and we could find them all over the schedule. NE. The first Rams game. Miami. Buffalo. Minnesota. New Orleans. Any kick or a few plays here. Stinks because we could easily best any if the NFC teams including g Dallas.

that's a lot of ifs between AZ beating dallas on the road in the playoffs. Anything can happen, but I don't know if easily is the best word to use.

with that said dallas was 4-12 last year and lost a lot of close games. they were a lot closer to being a playoff team than a lot of people thought. in spite of their injuries they did nothing to replace demarco murray which was their major flaw. the same offensive line was in tact last year so the backfield does matter. but you see how things can flip in one year. Cards were good last year and I thought they could beat Carolina. that win against Green Bay was on of the best playoff games I've seen in a while. Most people in Dallas that I know were picking AZ to win the NFC this year. My guess is the cards will be back next year with a lot to prove. aside from NE and maybe seattle/GB although they both have fallen some...you don't see many teams in this league that are elite for more than one or two years in a row.

 

[wit3card]

We are 1 1/2 wins away from playoff ... win against Rams and Seattle and we are NFC West Champs ... just saying ...

A Punt and a FG away ...

 

[DemsMyBoys]

Don't forget that Arians hasn't been well the entire season. That can take a huge toll on job performance. I'm not really making excuses...I'm just saying.

I don't think that's an excuse. I think that's a reason. And I think it's one reason the team had a sub-par year.