I Hate Alex Barron
by kseandoyle on Sep 13, 2010 11:21 AM EDT
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PrintLet's clear one thing up right away. Cowboys fans should not be mad at Alex Barron for the last play of the game last night. Get mad at him for all of his other mistakes through the game if you will. He was dominated by Orakpo all night and got called twice for holding. But in response to that last play, everyone in Dallas should be thanking Barron for doing exactly what an offensive lineman is supposed to do.
Don't believe me? Here, I'll break it down for you. Alex Barron got beaten by Orakpo nearly every time the two went head-to-head last night. The only way he could ever stop Orakpo from getting into the backfield was to hold him. But the Cowboys' coaching staff deemed it unnecessary to try to find a way to get some help over to the right side of the line. I mean, they took a timeout before the play! Wasn't the purpose of that to make sure that they had planned the play perfectly, to see that no proverbial stone was left unturned? Did they forget that Brian Freaking Orakpo was lining up across from their backup right tackle?
So Alex Barron got beaten. Big surprise there. And in that split-second, he made the decision that every competent offensive lineman in the NFL should make. Let's look at the options he had:
1. Play legally and let Orakpo by once he's beaten you. Orakpo gets the sack and ends the game. [Skins fans, are you starting to see why I hate Barron so much?] Alex Barron is the goat because he blew his block.
2. Don't let Orakpo by. Do anything and everything necessary to keep him away from your QB. If you get caught, you're the goat, but at least you saved your QB from an embarrassing sack. If you don't get caught, Tony Romo has a chance to win the game in its closing seconds.
We all know that offensive lineman get blamed when things go wrong and ignored when things go right. The last play of the Cowboys-Redskins game last night gave us the perfect example of it.
But I'm not a Cowboys fan. I'm a Redskins fan. I'm a Brian Orakpo fan. And being what I am, I hate Alex F'ing Barron. We were going to win that game as soon as Orakpo shoved Barron to the side and fixed his eyes on Tony Romo. The game was over whether Barron held Orakpo or not. But he kept Brian Orakpo, the best player on our team and possibly the best young pass rusher in the league, from getting what should have been the greatest sack of his young career. That play would have gone down in Redskins' history: "In the closing seconds of a close game, with the Cowboys eyeing the endzone, Brian Orakpo rushed into the backfield and pancaked Tony Romo, ending the game on one of the most defensive plays Redskins fans had seen in years." That's what it should say right now. Instead, the entire world is talking about how the Redskins escaped the Cowboys' comeback on a technicality.
I hate you Alex Barron and I hope you start the next game against the Redskins. I hope Brian Orakpo sacks you.
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hahaha
I hope Brian Orakpo sacks you.
"By far the worst performers on the team are in the front office." – Sally Jenkins
Very true
I know Haslett’s been telling the defense that backfield holding calls are as good as a sack, but the stat line ultimately fails to reflect how good he’s been in any given game if he keeps getting held.
A holding call is almost as good as a sack. Normally a holding call is going to move the ball back 10 yards, but the offensive
team does not lose the down. On the other hand a sack results in both loss of yardage and the down. Some quarterbacks manage to convert a third and long situation, like third and 20, into a first down frequently (Peyton Manning).
by Jefferson1935 on Sep 14, 2010 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Holding penalties don't lead to turnovers
Sacks from the blind side are known to do that…
by sofutomygaha on Sep 16, 2010 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
On the other hand...
A player being held does not necessarily prevent a sack. On that last play if Orakpo wasn’t held he would have been in position to make a heroic sack…however, Romo could have evaded and thrown his heroic TD.
A holding penalty is excellent because it is only plus side for the defense: -10 yards, replay the down (not super plus but if it was a touchdown or a huge gain…), if a sack, lost yards or turnover took place despite the hold you can decline the penalty. Additionally you get the 10 second run off at the end of the game and if the hold took place in the end zone you get 2 points and the ball.
Holding call is a win except on the stat line, and I doubt it will be forgotten come pro-bowl voting time.
Suspend Colin Campbell!
I'm going for a sickle
I have to agree that it would have been great to end the game with an Orakpo > Romo sack!
Nice post
It was pretty obvious right out of the gate that Orakpo was too strong and explosive for Barron. Even with all of the bear hugs holding, Romo was lucky to escape that game without multiple sacks.
It’s also encouraging to see Rak play so effectively without Haynesworth on the line most of the game.
Well that was just strange...
Barron for Carpenter always makes me chuckle though. Like I can’t imagine those trade negotiations.
Ring Ring
Jerry Jones: “This is Jurrah”
STL GM (Whoever that is): Hey Jerry you want to make a trade"
JJ: “Sure want Bobby Carpenter”
STL: “Absolutely, you want Alex Barron?”
JJ: “Yes sir send him over”
Then they both hung up the phone giggling and saying “what a dumbass, I can’t believe he fell for that”
I was chuckling the whole time
when everyone was talking about how the Cowboys had improved their o-line over the offseason and cited the Barron trade.
Barron was studly in college
he just never has adjusted to the speed of the NFL. Sad, really, that this has probably ended his effective NFL career. But Washington has a habit of making Dallas Cowboys retire early :)
“effective NFL career”? Are we talking about the same Alex Barron??
I assume you meant “effectively ended his NFL career”?
Mr. Science Boy
by DbacksSkins on Sep 14, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
“effective NFL career”? Are we talking about the same Alex Barron??
I assume you meant “effectively ended his NFL career”?
Mr. Science Boy
by DbacksSkins on Sep 14, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm always
edjumicatin’
Mr. Science Boy
by DbacksSkins on Sep 22, 2010 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
“effective NFL career”? Are we talking about the same Alex Barron??
I assume you meant “effectively ended his NFL career”?
Mr. Science Boy
by DbacksSkins on Sep 14, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I was just thinking about this today
I’m glad that Barron is crappy and is playing for DallASS, but it would have been sooooo much better if Barron hadn’t held Osackpo and he got the sack to end the game.
Don't Worry About It
Small things in life aren’t worth the worry. Just take the W and give Orakpo his due.
When teams nominate players for the pro bowl, the dallas players will remember that last play and so will fans.
i hate barron
because now all the dallas fans use him as an excuse, and say that they would have won had barron not been called for holding. did they not see orakpo rushing romo like a madman? he would have NEVER gotten that throw off if orakpo wasn’t held
by Nayeem JohnWall Chowdhury on Sep 13, 2010 9:27 PM EDT reply actions
Nice!
I’d like to thank God, my mother for always supporting me, and, of course, Alex Barron, my muse. Your tireless efforts at being unlikeable have truly inspired me.
by kseandoyle on Sep 14, 2010 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
matt terl retweeted and this got picked up on extremeskins
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by Kevin Ewoldt on Sep 15, 2010 1:50 AM EDT up reply actions
This FanPost
is a good call. Rec’d.
Alex Barron can’t help the fact that he sucks. Holding Orakpo was the only thing he could do to keep Romo from getting his head squashed.
It’s lame that Rak didn’t get the glory, but it was a game on national TV. The entire country knows what’s up.
Mr. Science Boy
Soo true. I almost feel bad for the guy.
Actually I don’t, he is cowgirl and I hope that he is on the field the next time that the redskins go up against the the Boy’s. He will get destroyed because the Redskins defense will be more improved as the season goes along.
PS. LaRon was a beast. He was all over the field making plays.
Nobody is mentioning it but Orakpo lifted Free up off the turf on one power rush for about a two yard trip in the air. He is some kind
of strong.
by Jefferson1935 on Sep 14, 2010 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember seeing that play
It made me think of the time he did the same move against a Steelers player last year in the preseason.
no chip from the RB
hate to say it, but Dallas had a running back (not sure which one) in position to help Barron, but for some reason the back just ran past without getting a chip on Orakpo. He almost bumped into Barron on the way past. A chip on Orakpo might have won Dallas the game. One has to wonder why the coaches didn’t remind their RB to get a chip on Rak during that timeout before the play.
It was Barber
He was too focused on the potential glory of catching that winning touchdown. But that’s one of Dallas’ problems: no discipline. They might have just sent Barber out and told him he needed to skip the chip. They probably felt like they needed as many targets out there as possible.
Actually....
Barber was NOT supposed to be helping Barron. Here’s a link to an article that supports that argument and you can see the video of it here (watch at 1:18, Barber is looking inside as the play starts). For whatever reason, Barber’s assignment seems to have been to leave Barron on his own and help out against our linemen. Cowboys fans can go ahead and blame their coaches for this stupid sequence.
"But that’s one of Dallas’ problems: no discipline"
they got lots of “swagger” though……loaded with talent, with no solid foundation they could have been winning superbowls instead losing playoff games…..They have been embraced by the “brightlights” so they will always attract talent, but they are not a threat to the elite teams in the NFL
not entirely true
they have the talent to win any one game, at anytime……but as an organization they pretty much suck, and I have no idea why they are always so touted…..oh yeah….bright lights=money
I called Rak sacking him on the last play too
which made it even more frustrating. But hey, a win’s a win.
Bored and broke.
I have a counter point to all this...
A sack would of been awesome and the place would’ve rocked, but think about from the other side. Think of all the correctional facilities across America and how crazy everyone was going when Roy scored that TD, I bet it was nuts, Jerry Jone pissed himself, Kim Kardashian got naked, and they were about to have a parade in Big D. Then they notice a little yellow hanky on the field…flip…GAME OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's true
Seeing DallAss jump up for joy, only to crash back down to earth made the fact that Orakpo didn’t get the sack a little more enjoyable.
Then Jerruh Jones
shit himself and Kim Kardashian didn’t put her clothes back on. She figured “hell, I’m already naked. Might as well go ahead and make a sex tape so my mom can get our reality show extended for another season”
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