Phillips, Capers Agree: Abandoning The Run Is Bad

By Scott CrispYesterday, we may have harped on the fact that, during the Cowboys 17-7 loss to Green Bay on Sunday, Dallas ran the ball a total of 11 times. In a screed against a one-dimensional offense we decried the fact that, after running the ball four times for 27 yards in the first quarter, Marion Barber ran only once the rest of the way, compiling a meager 37 all-purpose yards.It was justified, we felt, considering that Green Bay's corners blanketed the Dallas receivers completely, while Tony Romo was beaten down like Rocky Balboa in the early rounds of any of his six career fights (five sanctioned, one, against Tommy Gunn, street).As of today, our thoughts on this exceedingly frustrating aspect of the loss were corroborated from both sides.First, Dom Capers, Green Bay's defensive coordinator said yesterday, "We were able to pressure more because it became a one-dimensional game," alluding to the utter lack of a running game after the first quarter and, indir...