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Ag Natural said:

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Can someone explain to me how Mccarthy is so lowly regarded by NFL media? I heard at least 3 different outlets absolutely slautering him today AFTER A BIG WIN.

The narrative is this team is winning in spite of his bumbling and the Dak/Moore/Quinn combo is the true coaching staff. Mccarthy is basically a non contributor.

I dont get it. I never paid much attention to him but he has a great track record in particular with QB development. My perception is this team is playing hard and they seem well prepared. A lot of subs have come in and played well. That mindset and that sense of preparation is coaching in my book. I think too many focus on stuff like play calling and timeouts when that's such a small percentage of the job.

That being said, if he's bumbling I never saw it. What are these giant mistakes he's been making?

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He's made his share of mistakes with clock management at end of half/ games, none of which have cost them the game. Something every coach in the nfl has had their struggles with. And I agree he's criminally underrated as a HC. Has been his entire career. Any other coach leading the cowboys to a 5-1 start would be in coach of the year conversations.

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rsf0626 said:

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I dont think Kazee is a bad safety. Just had a bad game

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gigem1223 said:

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Ag Natural said:

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gigem1223 said:

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Ag Natural said:

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Can someone explain to me how Mccarthy is so lowly regarded by NFL media? I heard at least 3 different outlets absolutely slautering him today AFTER A BIG WIN.

The narrative is this team is winning in spite of his bumbling and the Dak/Moore/Quinn combo is the true coaching staff. Mccarthy is basically a non contributor.

I dont get it. I never paid much attention to him but he has a great track record in particular with QB development. My perception is this team is playing hard and they seem well prepared. A lot of subs have come in and played well. That mindset and that sense of preparation is coaching in my book. I think too many focus on stuff like play calling and timeouts when that's such a small percentage of the job.

That being said, if he's bumbling I never saw it. What are these giant mistakes he's been making?

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He's made his share of mistakes with clock management at end of half/ games, none of which have cost them the game. Something every coach in the nfl has had their struggles with. And I agree he's criminally underrated as a HC. Has been his entire career. Any other coach leading the cowboys to a 5-1 start would be in coach of the year conversations.

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Do you have an example? I know last year he got a little carried away with 4th downs and punt fakes. But this season I haven't had many complaints.

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Well this week with calling a time out with 22 seconds left in the half just to kick a field goal. At San Diego, settling for a 56 yard fg and not running another play with 30 seconds still on the clock.

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Ag Natural said:

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Can someone explain to me how Mccarthy is so lowly regarded by NFL media? I heard at least 3 different outlets absolutely slautering him today AFTER A BIG WIN.

The narrative is this team is winning in spite of his bumbling and the Dak/Moore/Quinn combo is the true coaching staff. Mccarthy is basically a non contributor.

I dont get it. I never paid much attention to him but he has a great track record in particular with QB development. My perception is this team is playing hard and they seem well prepared. A lot of subs have come in and played well. That mindset and that sense of preparation is coaching in my book. I think too many focus on stuff like play calling and timeouts when that's such a small percentage of the job.

That being said, if he's bumbling I never saw it. What are these giant mistakes he's been making?

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Ag Natural said:

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gigem1223 said:

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Ag Natural said:

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gigem1223 said:

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Ag Natural said:

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Can someone explain to me how Mccarthy is so lowly regarded by NFL media? I heard at least 3 different outlets absolutely slautering him today AFTER A BIG WIN.

The narrative is this team is winning in spite of his bumbling and the Dak/Moore/Quinn combo is the true coaching staff. Mccarthy is basically a non contributor.

I dont get it. I never paid much attention to him but he has a great track record in particular with QB development. My perception is this team is playing hard and they seem well prepared. A lot of subs have come in and played well. That mindset and that sense of preparation is coaching in my book. I think too many focus on stuff like play calling and timeouts when that's such a small percentage of the job.

That being said, if he's bumbling I never saw it. What are these giant mistakes he's been making?

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He's made his share of mistakes with clock management at end of half/ games, none of which have cost them the game. Something every coach in the nfl has had their struggles with. And I agree he's criminally underrated as a HC. Has been his entire career. Any other coach leading the cowboys to a 5-1 start would be in coach of the year conversations.

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Do you have an example? I know last year he got a little carried away with 4th downs and punt fakes. But this season I haven't had many complaints.

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Well this week with calling a time out with 22 seconds left in the half just to kick a field goal. At San Diego, settling for a 56 yard fg and not running another play with 30 seconds still on the clock.

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I hate defending coaches for this kind of stuff but it just feels petty to criticize over these little things when 99% of the job is done by then. I wonder if Patriot fans are killing Bilichik over punting on numerous 4th and shorts. They probably are and that is more justified IMO.

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98Ag99Grad said:

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I'll own up to be being critical of him during the games. I don't understand going for it on 4th on the first series deep in your own territory but not going for it late in the game and settling for a FG attempt. I thought he wasted too much time at the end of the SD game and took another risky FG attempt. Now, we've won those games so can't whine too much but those are still head scratchers. the offense seems to be all Moore, and of course the defense is Quinn, so stuff like that falls to him and shouldn't be missed IMO. I don;t think he's awful, but just feels they're winning in spite of him right now. Just my .02

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DannyDuberstein said:

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Thanks. And don't get me wrong, if given the choice between the super-conservative Jason Garrett vs. the gorilla-with-a-slide-rule McCarthy, I'd actually take the latter because I do like being aggressive. But again, his feel for when to push vs when to pull back is somewhat out of kilter. I do think overall it's been better this year vs last though

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DannyDuberstein said:

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Thanks. And don't get me wrong, if given the choice between the super-conservative Jason Garrett vs. the gorilla-with-a-slide-rule McCarthy, I'd actually take the latter because I do like being aggressive. But again, his feel for when to push vs when to pull back is somewhat out of kilter. I do think overall it's been better this year vs last though

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jtstanley4621 said:

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DannyDuberstein said:

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Thanks. And don't get me wrong, if given the choice between the super-conservative Jason Garrett vs. the gorilla-with-a-slide-rule McCarthy, I'd actually take the latter because I do like being aggressive. But again, his feel for when to push vs when to pull back is somewhat out of kilter. I do think overall it's been better this year vs last though

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He's for SURE an upgrade over Garrett. There have been some WTF moments this season, but none of them have cost us just yet. It seems like we will, barring injury disaster, win the division pretty handily. I'm dreading him facing big time decisions/clock management in the playoffs though

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DannyDuberstein said:

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I also don't fault him for leaving time on the clock before the tying kick. It was 4th and so short that I felt like it was not an immediate no brainer kick. There was a decision to be made vs immediately boxing yourself into a kick decision by letting it run. NE wasn't going to do anything whether it was 0 seconds or 20 seconds

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jteagle said:

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I saw several people criticize the fact that he went for 4th and 1 early in the game in his own end of the field and then later when the game was on the line he chose not to go for it on 4th down.

Of course one of the biggest and most vocal critics that I saw was Rex Ryan who was a terrible head coach and is pretty much jealous of anyone that still has a job in the NFL

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jtstanley4621 said:

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DannyDuberstein said:

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Thanks. And don't get me wrong, if given the choice between the super-conservative Jason Garrett vs. the gorilla-with-a-slide-rule McCarthy, I'd actually take the latter because I do like being aggressive. But again, his feel for when to push vs when to pull back is somewhat out of kilter. I do think overall it's been better this year vs last though

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He's for SURE an upgrade over Garrett. There have been some WTF moments this season, but none of them have cost us just yet. It seems like we will, barring injury disaster, win the division pretty handily. I'm dreading him facing big time decisions/clock management in the playoffs though

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jteagle said:

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I saw several people criticize the fact that he went for 4th and 1 early in the game in his own end of the field and then later when the game was on the line he chose not to go for it on 4th down.

Of course one of the biggest and most vocal critics that I saw was Rex Ryan who was a terrible head coach and is pretty much jealous of anyone that still has a job in the NFL

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DannyDuberstein said:

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Kazee with a DUI. Seemed like he was drinking during the game

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ramblin_ag02 said:

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I have a hard time arguing with a decision to try and get the lead late in the 4th quarter with a FG. You make those 2 yards and still need a FG to win. You don't make it and it's pretty much game over.

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Ag Natural said:

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gigem1223 said:

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Ag Natural said:

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gigem1223 said:

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Ag Natural said:

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Can someone explain to me how Mccarthy is so lowly regarded by NFL media? I heard at least 3 different outlets absolutely slautering him today AFTER A BIG WIN.

The narrative is this team is winning in spite of his bumbling and the Dak/Moore/Quinn combo is the true coaching staff. Mccarthy is basically a non contributor.

I dont get it. I never paid much attention to him but he has a great track record in particular with QB development. My perception is this team is playing hard and they seem well prepared. A lot of subs have come in and played well. That mindset and that sense of preparation is coaching in my book. I think too many focus on stuff like play calling and timeouts when that's such a small percentage of the job.

That being said, if he's bumbling I never saw it. What are these giant mistakes he's been making?

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He's made his share of mistakes with clock management at end of half/ games, none of which have cost them the game. Something every coach in the nfl has had their struggles with. And I agree he's criminally underrated as a HC. Has been his entire career. Any other coach leading the cowboys to a 5-1 start would be in coach of the year conversations.

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Do you have an example? I know last year he got a little carried away with 4th downs and punt fakes. But this season I haven't had many complaints.

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Well this week with calling a time out with 22 seconds left in the half just to kick a field goal. At San Diego, settling for a 56 yard fg and not running another play with 30 seconds still on the clock.

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Im assuming you mean the end of the game at NE kicking before running the clock down. Not exactly an aggregious error. Watching the game live I thought it was 3rd down. I assume Mccarthy did too. Im pretty sure the TV showed it was 2nd down before the play. As for the SD FG, Mccarthy said his view of the time clock went blank right at that moment. That sound like BS until you watch the next week the exact thing happened at the LA stadium.

I hate defending coaches for this kind of stuff but it just feels petty to criticize over these little things when 99% of the job is done by then. I wonder if Patriot fans are killing Bilichik over punting on numerous 4th and shorts. They probably are and that is more justified IMO.

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Kellso said:

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Ag Natural said:

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gigem1223 said:

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Ag Natural said:

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gigem1223 said:

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Ag Natural said:

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Can someone explain to me how Mccarthy is so lowly regarded by NFL media? I heard at least 3 different outlets absolutely slautering him today AFTER A BIG WIN.

The narrative is this team is winning in spite of his bumbling and the Dak/Moore/Quinn combo is the true coaching staff. Mccarthy is basically a non contributor.

I dont get it. I never paid much attention to him but he has a great track record in particular with QB development. My perception is this team is playing hard and they seem well prepared. A lot of subs have come in and played well. That mindset and that sense of preparation is coaching in my book. I think too many focus on stuff like play calling and timeouts when that's such a small percentage of the job.

That being said, if he's bumbling I never saw it. What are these giant mistakes he's been making?

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He's made his share of mistakes with clock management at end of half/ games, none of which have cost them the game. Something every coach in the nfl has had their struggles with. And I agree he's criminally underrated as a HC. Has been his entire career. Any other coach leading the cowboys to a 5-1 start would be in coach of the year conversations.

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Do you have an example? I know last year he got a little carried away with 4th downs and punt fakes. But this season I haven't had many complaints.

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Well this week with calling a time out with 22 seconds left in the half just to kick a field goal. At San Diego, settling for a 56 yard fg and not running another play with 30 seconds still on the clock.

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Im assuming you mean the end of the game at NE kicking before running the clock down. Not exactly an aggregious error. Watching the game live I thought it was 3rd down. I assume Mccarthy did too. Im pretty sure the TV showed it was 2nd down before the play. As for the SD FG, Mccarthy said his view of the time clock went blank right at that moment. That sound like BS until you watch the next week the exact thing happened at the LA stadium.

I hate defending coaches for this kind of stuff but it just feels petty to criticize over these little things when 99% of the job is done by then. I wonder if Patriot fans are killing Bilichik over punting on numerous 4th and shorts. They probably are and that is more justified IMO.

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I went to the Cowboys-Chargers game at SOFI Stadium.
The scoreboard clock DID go blank.

I had no clue what was going on....why the Cowboys were not running another play....or how much time was left in the game.

I think they wanted to run another play, but when the clock went blank it would have been too risky with only one timeout left.

Fortunately Zuerlien hit the kick and got McCarthy off the hook.

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jr15aggie said:

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I didn't realize we had the #1 offense in the league. I knew they were top 3, but #1???!!! And not just #1... we are almost 30 yards better than 2nd place and we are also #1 in points scored.

Credit to the defense for help with the points per game stat!

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MookieBlaylock said:

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What is the defense ranking has to be better than 33 from last year

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