Comments on: Garrett says lack of turnovers led to defensive coordinator turnover

By: cwk22

cwk22 — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 03:15:59 +0000

Mzblast: ha ha ha, that’s hilarious

By: mazblast

mazblast — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:52:08 +0000

“Give me some of those 28 opportunities.”

Why? Tony Romo, Celebrity Quarterback (TM) will just give them back.

For a supposedly smart guy who went to a supposedly tough academic school, Jason Garrett very often comes across as pretty damned stupid.

By: keakuamai

keakuamai — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:39:17 +0000

If what Jason says is true, and I think he’s a flat out lyin’ hypocrite, then he should just go ahead and quit for lack of scoring and winning since he did all the offensive play calling

By: joestemme

joestemme — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:36:13 +0000

As romoscollarbone notes, the Cowboys defense has been poor at causing turnovers for a long time. But, a D-Coordinator does have to coach up turnovers as well. Not saying that Rob Ryan was totally to blame, but, for whatever reason, the Cowboys D just didn’t get the job done in that department. They even tried to change the terminology this season to calling them “takeovers”, but it didn’t do much to change the situation.
Perhaps, a new coordinator might make some difference.

By: dallascowboysdishingthereal

dallascowboysdishingthereal — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:58:43 +0000

It’s a valid point made by Garrett. Under Ryan the Cowboys were near the bottom of the NFL in takeaway/giveaway ratio.

At USC Kiffin’s defense was one of the top teams in the NCAA in interceptions. The Tampa 2 allows yards but is designed to take the ball away. We will see how it goes.

I do believe that creating turnovers is a mindset and Ryan’s defense did not have it.

By: sp1der12

sp1der12 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:17:02 +0000

Anybody look at where Gruden’s OFFENSES ranked at Tampa Bay. EVEN THE SUPER BOWL YEAR???

Anyway, I pretty much knew we had the wrong DC when he stated that he believed in “coverage sacks”.

Coverage sacks? Really? That’s how you rely on pressuring the QB? Not a great pass rush. Not blitz schemes. But hoping your CBs and Ss can cover for more than 3 or 4 seconds?

By: BringBackTheFlex

BringBackTheFlex — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:06:21 +0000

Please, stop the Gruden rumors. The guy is WAY over-rated. He never built a winner. He oversaw the disintegration of a SB winner. He couldn’t pick a QB to save his job. And he was fired after 3 mediocre years.

Why in the world do people think he’s an upgrade over Garrett.

By: romoscollarbone

romoscollarbone — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:53:52 +0000

The Cowboys, had a positive TO differential last year. But by and large have not been good at creating TOs in a longggg time. If the switch to the Tampa 2 brings with it a focus on technique, it’s already a positive. Now if that new found focus on technique creates more TOs, the switch was worth it.

By: porksoda23

porksoda23 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:43:09 +0000

Florio keeps saying Gruden’s staff, they were Dungy’s too. Just sayin’. Wouldn’t that be a welcomed shocker.

By: trollaikman8

trollaikman8 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:48:46 +0000

Wow, the Bears offense sucks.

By: starfan79

starfan79 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:47:04 +0000

It should be counted as 23.. Romo threw 5

By: robertocfg

robertocfg — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:30:53 +0000

@maurysline

There are defensive schemes that rely more on stopping opponents and others that rely on taking the ball away from them. While fumbles are more a thing of hard, sure-hitting and proper technique, interceptions are not always product just of bad QB play. Some teams design plays with pressure and coverage disguises that attempt to make the QB throw the ball to a zone where the defense will be waiting for the INT.

For example, the awful 2011 Patriots’ defense couldn’t stop anyone, so they created schemes and plays to confuse opposing QB’s and take the ball away. It’s not that they had great players or a great secondary. It’s that they designed plays to get the ball.

So yeah, sometimes turnovers are a DC’s responsibility. It’s not just a defender getting lucky.

By: mdac1012

mdac1012 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:22:39 +0000

Chucky to Big D would at the very least be entertaining. The Cowboys owner/GM/President of player personnel/chief scout/team spokesman doesn’t usually play nice with strong willed coaches (JJ & Tuna).

Jerry can get any coach he want because its the Cowboys and he is willing to pay, but I think he prefers guys who are just happy they have a job like Wade Phillips and Dave Campo, that way if they win he gets all the credit.

By: tbd3

tbd3 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:12:25 +0000

I think turnovers has more to do with the players on defense and not the coordinator…

By: dalucks

dalucks — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:49:42 +0000

Given the Cowboys had alot of injuries on their defense, some of the takeaway issues were do to the lack of talent left on the defensive side of the football.
Injuries are never an excuse but I am surprised that more head coaches have not asked the owners to expand the team rosters to 63 players and get rid of the 46 man gameday roster.
I think by now we know the 46 man gameday roster does not work for a 16 game regular season, especially when 3 of the roster spots are occupied by the kicker, punter and long snapper.

By: chicagobtech

chicagobtech — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:48:49 +0000

@bcdc26

While the Bears had twenty-eight more turnovers recovered than the Cowboys, the Cowboys offense was ranked twenty-two places higher. Garrett might be thinking if the Cowboys defense could not only stop opponents from potentially scoring, they could give the offense more potential opportunities to score. Given the disparity in the two offense rankings he may be right.

By: maurysline

maurysline — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:44:22 +0000

Yeah…it was the Defensive Coordinator, the guy who is making the calls on the sideline, who kept them from creating turnovers……lol…..because players off course don’t go for an interception, or try to strip the ball unless the DC tells them too within that call…….

By: RoofDude

RoofDude — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:42:52 +0000

As opposed to the offense TURNING the ball over…?

Garrett will be turned over by this time next year…..

By: cowboysallday

cowboysallday — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:40:50 +0000

So why not hire lovie smith

By: deltaoracle

deltaoracle — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:38:21 +0000

Sorta wish McCarthy would switch the Packers back to a 4-3.

By: bucrightoff

bucrightoff — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:35:54 +0000

Any guesses which college program Garrett will be coaching in 2014?

By: robertocfg

robertocfg — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:33:13 +0000

You could also ask Tony Romo not to turn the ball over 22 times…

By: bcdc26

bcdc26 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:29:37 +0000

By the way my favorite part was ‘Ok, you want to do that’. The way it sounds makes it look like getting the ball away from the other team was not part of their game plans last year but now it should. Tell you what Jason, I’ll spend an afternoon with you and fill you in on a few more things. Make sure you bring a pen, notepad and some ibuprofen because you’re going to get a migraine when I try to cover the tricky subject of how you want to score more points than the other team at the end of the game

By: thesmedman

thesmedman — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:28:36 +0000

Not sure I would have even commented on the release of Ryan, if I was Garrett, given his seeming precarious position (seeing as he’s not calling plays anymore). And just the same, you could argue that Romo’s failure is on Garrett the way they are suggesting about Ryan.

I’m no fan of Rob Ryan, mind you, and actually think the Cowboys should release Garrett and get an experienced HC (and an experienced OC)…

By: kh221

kh221 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:26:41 +0000

I think it more likely comes from a lack of wins.

By: bcdc26

bcdc26 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:24:46 +0000

So they’re aspiring to be like a team that didn’t make the playoffs? I’m pretty sure they have that pretty well covered already