IRVING – Jason Garrett agrees with the premise. The Cowboys were out of whack with their run-pass distribution in the loss to Green Bay. The offensive coordinator explains it wasn't by design. He believes the team has been balanced all season and went on to define its offensive identity. That identity was compromised once Dallas fell behind the Packers by 17 points in the fourth quarter. Garrett ended the game calling for a pass on 26 of the team's final 27 plays. The one run was by Tony Romo on a quarterback sneak. "Unfortunately, some game circumstances got us in a situation where we had to throw a ton at the end, and it gets us out of whack," Garrett said. "That's not what we're trying to do. "I think we've done a pretty good job of that [balance] over the course of the first nine games. It's not perfect. We've got a long way to go. We all know that. But sometimes, situations in games dictate you go one way or the other." The Cowboys ran 48.8 percent of the time in the first three games. Over the last six, that has dropped to 40.3 percent. There are 23 teams that have rushed the ball more than the Cowboys this season, but Garrett feels good about their ability to keep defenses off balance. "You don't want to be one-dimensional in anything you do," he said. "You don't want to be an inside running team. You don't want to be an outside running team. You don't want to be a drop back team. The more you can do, the harder it is on a defense. "At the same time, you need to have an identity. ... You don't want to be all things to all people. But you want to be good at a lot of different things." What is the team's offensive identity? "Hopefully, we're a team that plays with great tempo and urgency, and we're physical," Garrett said. "We can make little plays and big plays, and there's an aggressiveness and attacking style to our team, both in the run game and the pass game."
