WoodysGirl
11-24-2010, 01:42 PM
Garrett's commitment to ground game has coincided with back-to-back victories
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ESPNDallas.com
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If there is one criticism of Dallas Cowboys interim coach Jason Garrett's abilities as an offensive playcaller, it's how he uses the running game.
In theory, the Cowboys start Marion Barber then take him out after a handful of snaps and insert Felix Jones.
On short-yardage situations, Barber checks in.
"We want to be able to be balanced throughout the football game," Garrett said. "To get to that point and then hopefully we've worn the opposing defense down enough where you can kind of end it that way. That's what happened a couple of weeks ago when we played the Giants."
Read more about the running game: http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/columns/story?columnist=watkins_calvin&id=5841164
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ESPNDallas.com
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If there is one criticism of Dallas Cowboys interim coach Jason Garrett's abilities as an offensive playcaller, it's how he uses the running game.
In theory, the Cowboys start Marion Barber then take him out after a handful of snaps and insert Felix Jones.
On short-yardage situations, Barber checks in.
"We want to be able to be balanced throughout the football game," Garrett said. "To get to that point and then hopefully we've worn the opposing defense down enough where you can kind of end it that way. That's what happened a couple of weeks ago when we played the Giants."
Read more about the running game: http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/columns/story?columnist=watkins_calvin&id=5841164