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either firing offensive coordinator Scott Linehan https://www.dallascowboysfanshop.com/Larry-Allen-Jersey , or at least demoting him from play-calling. There were reports on Sunday morning, pre-Eagles-beatdown, that either before the 2018 season began, or during the recent bye week, Jason Garrett was deciding whether to either fire or demote Scott Lienhan. Linehan certainly has his contingent of critics among the Cowboys faithful, so this news gave them hope that it could still happen in the near-future while simultaneously leaving them with a case of “what could have been” if the Cowboys would have just gone ahead and done it. After all, the Cowboys season was on its way to a crash landing. That was pre-Eagles. Now, there are still those that may want to fire some combination of head coach/offensive coordinator/entire Cowboys organization, but it looks like that is all on hold for a week. That’s what happens when you get a win and put yourself back on the outskirts of playoff possibilities. Hey, let’s get on a win streak and forget those pesky coaching questions. It’s a logical feeling, keep winning and things can change, that’s just life in the NFL.Anyway, back to those reports that the Cowboys discussed firing/demoting Scott Linehan over the bye week. Jerry Jones wants you to know that never happened.That’s what happens when you win. You can say you never even thought about changing coaches, or changing players, or changing anything. Jason Garrett always preaches staying the course and just focusing on doing what you do, and doing it better.On the other side of things, the Cowboys did shake things up during the bye when they traded for Amari Cooper and fired Paul Alexander. It’s hard to believe that a conversation about Scott Lienhan and his play-calling didn’t come up Bob Lilly Jersey , at least somewhat. Maybe it never rose to the level on thinking about making big changes to his duties, but please, tell me that top management at least discussed that particular issue on offense. And this comes from someone who doesn’t think Linehan is the major issue on offense, just a contributing factor. Everything on an offense has to work together, so it’s hard to separate out just one thing. In the Cowboys case, though, the major issue over the last 16 games or so is the play of the quarterback, although he seems to be improving again. All of that, of course, is in the eye of the beholder and some assert that Linehan is the one killing the offense. Back to the coaching rumors from Sunday morning. That other part of the report on Sunday morning, the one about the Jones father and son combination having an “affinity” for Lincoln Riley? Jerry says that is made up, too. Ah, winning. It’s all good. Of course, Jerry probably would have said pretty much the same thing if Dallas had lost. But maybe not with the same conviction. Jerry Jones is a human. When things are going wrong in a human’s life they generally think about all the ways they can fix it. He’s thought about life without Jason Garrett or Scott Linehan. He’s thought about Lincoln Riley coaching with a star on his visor. It would be criminal if he hadn’t.He’s not going to tell us that, though. And he shouldn’t. After all, the Cowboys are on a winning streak... the Cowboys are coming off a win, and they are still believing in the playoffs. Might as well play 2018 out until the end. Then we can talk about Lincoln Riley. The Dallas Cowboys have been an offensive mess this season Jay Novacek Color Rush Jersey , with the lone exception of a now inexplicable blowout of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Trying to sort out just why has brought up several culprits, with the two most frequently accused being offensive coordinator Scott Linehan and quarterback Dak Prescott. But which is the biggest factor in this failing season? Our Michael Strawn and Tom Ryle dive into that in their weekly Cowboys debate.Michael: It’s very possible that both are the problem. Dak Prescott may prove to never be more than a poor-to-average NFL starter. But we don’t know that he can’t be better than that because he’s handcuffed by this archaic offense and (until the addition of Amari Cooper) perhaps the least talented group of targets in the entire league. Obviously, Dak is never going to be a Brady, Brees, or Rodgers who can throw pinpoint passes to barely open receivers. But he does have skills and Linehan’s scheme fails to take advantage of them. The coaching staff stubbornly insists on trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Louis Riddick sums it up pretty well:Tom: Look, I am no Linehan lover, but watching Dak play this year makes it impossible to not question whether he is really able to be an effective NFL quarterback. He seems to lock in on his first read, doesn’t audible out of plays that the defense is completely ready to stop, and misses far too many passes for no apparent reason. I wonder sometimes if Linehan’s play-calls are meant to give Dak something simple to do, but then have him just fail to accomplish the task. And given some times when it certainly looks like he had a read option and just made the wrong decision, I’m not sure Linehan would be right to trust him with more running responsibility. Yes, he may be that square peg, but I think it was not unreasonable to expect more growth as a passer/decision maker than he has shown.Michael: Ugh. I thought I posted an unassailable opening and get obliterated on the retort. It’s impossible to argue with any of your conclusions regarding Dak. He’s guilty of everything you say and, worse, seems to be regressing in front of our eyes each week. The point still stands however: the current approach is a proven failure. When one strategy has been proven wrong it’s up to the coaches to adapt, evolve and develop a new one. There’s no guarantee of success, but there’s at least a chance https://www.dallascowboysfanshop.com/Bill-Bates-Jersey , whereas there’s no chance with the current approach. I mean, Dak’s single greatest attribute is his running skills and Linehan makes virtually no effort to leverage that skill. That’s criminal in today’s NFL.Tom: Well, there’s another way to look at Dak being the problem, and that is the coaching staff deciding he was the solution back when they made the now-infamous “hot hand” decision. It seems, in retrospect, that they were convinced they could make him a pocket passer. That seems to be integral to Linehan’s scheme, and now he simply doesn’t have someone who can fill the role. It may just be beyond Prescott’s ability to master. That is not really his fault, and it does put some of the onus back on Linehan - but it also spreads the blame to the rest of the staff, including Garrett and the personnel department. They all should have done a much better job evaluating what Dak was and what he was capable of becoming. It makes Dak the problem, not him as a person or player, but as a bad acquisition for a team that just wasn’t constructed for him. (Remember, Ezekiel Elliott was supposed to be help for Tony Romo.)Michael: I’ve been blaming Linehan but let’s face it, the real issue is the head coach. The offense being run is Jason Garrett’s. And if Garrett ordered Linehan to start employing the concept Riddick outlines in his tweet then Linehan would do it - or at least try. And you’re exactly right, the franchise as a whole, including Will McClay and Jerry and Stephen, all badly misjudged what they had in Dak. But I also can’t help but think Dak hasn’t been coached up very well. At a minimum, his footwork should be better. Anyone with a reasonable learning faculty can learn how to drop back Charles Haley Jersey , set their feet properly, and employ proper stances to deliver the ball. ANYONE. I seriously wonder what this staff spends their time on in all those organized activities and training camp sessions because Dak’s footwork is atrocious. So I’m back to Linehan and, I guess Kellen Moore, as people who just aren’t getting the job done.I get back to my original stance. All the criticism of Prescott is well deserved. Changing schemes or innovative play calls aren’t going to fix all his issues. But they might - might - allow him to make more plays than he is currently. But we don’t know that because the coaches simply won’t try. And that’s hard to understand.Tom: I’ve certainly got a bone or two to pick with the coaches, but one thing does keep coming back to me. That is the severe limitation the CBA places on how much time the staff has to work with the players. They are forced to spend most of it on installation of plays and game-planning, which leaves almost no time for drilling on things like footwork and reading the field. That is something that Prescott can do on his own with outside coaches, and either he hasn’t done enough, or it hasn’t taken. There is certainly plenty of blame to be assigned here, but I still think it comes down to the Cowboys having the wrong player at QB for their scheme. It still has a bit of the chicken or egg about it, because they don’t appear to have done much at all to adjust the scheme to fit their QB. This may be one that neither of us is all that far off, because both are clearly factors. So that leaves it in the eye of the beholder, I guess. For the readers, let us know how you see it in the comments.