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Dallas Cowboys – Take penalties more seriously
Some NFL teams have bad practices, some rely on a single player, but when the entire team can’t stop a penalty routine… then we have a serious problem.
By Chuck Berkley
The Dallas Cowboys did it again: four consecutive turnovers on this past Sunday, October 19th, when they lost against the Rams 34-14. Turnovers can happen any given Sunday and they are quite popular on game time, but the Cowboys had serious turnovers on their past two losses.
If a team has 8 penalties in 56 game yards on a single, I will say they have some issues. Now, the Cowboys have had more than 7 penalties in 5 of the past matches of the season; plus, they keep repeating the same errors on a weekly basis, and it is what costs them the games.
Can we blame some of the penalties on ref error? Perhaps we could, but for those who witnessed Sunday’s game, it was really obvious more slips could have been called, but I guess the refs had some mercy on the Cowboys.
The Cowboys made out of the questions mistakes on the 3rd-and-1, also 4th-and-1; the Rams took great advantage on the slips-up and finished the disaster by the end of the 3rd quarter. Every single Cowboy player contributed at some extends with a flaw: receiver Patrick Crayton failed some catches; an illegal motion penalty was called on Jason Witten, while Tony Romo’s replacement Brad Johnson was sacked three times.
If a team is cursed with injuries like the Cowboys, the least you want to do is apply for a penalty PhD and to get a little personal and based on summer reviews. Dallas doesn’t seem to have the most gifted team that plays brilliantly, even though they have a bunch of good players, most likely because there is no purpose on having individual talent if games are won by TEAMS.
The Dallas Cowboys have gotten real hurt during this season: ‘Pacman’ Jones was suspended and Terence Newman is injured; but probably the biggest issue has been Tony Romo, whom we know injured his pinky finger a while back. Romo, who is master on improvisation, is the one able to bring mobility and quick release into the field and it is his solid arm and precision what the team is missing right now.
The Dallas Cowboys as I said before have very talented players, what makes it’s less easy to accept the 4-3 record on the current season’s table. The lack of obedience and control on the field can be corrected during weekly practices, but certainly that is something you are suppose to do on training camp, not during the season.
Coach Wade Phillips definitively is in need of some time alone to conclude whether or not he should wait until Romo be totally recovered or perhaps use him as soon as possible; or then again, stop waiting and simply change the game strategy to see if is possible avoid an already downhill season.
About the author
Chuck Berkley is a true fan and sports writer providing NFL reviews in the sports betting industry. Feel free to reprint this article in its whole on your site, make sure to leave all links in place and do not modify any of the content.
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