Awesome breakdown. It honestly seems like this offense is terrible when we are in shotgun.
But early in the game dak missed some open guys.
Could it have something to do with what akoye said though about maybe dak being under center helping him get the ball and get rid of it quicker.
My thing is he's always been a shotgun QB. I talked about it during his rookie year. I still don't think I've seen a traditional 5 or 7 step drop from under center. When he's under center it's a run or playaction.
Dak staring down covered receivers while not seeing a wide open Shultz for three seconds running across the middle is not what a six year elite QB should ever do.
Philbin is in charge of teaching these O linemen up. Major failure from McCarthy's buddy not unlike his old D Co buddy from a season ago.That run where no LB was blocked was insane. (1:20 in the vid) Biadasz takes off after the OLB leaving the Mike untouched. Schultz is trying to get the other OLB who's playing inside. It's almost like they identified the wrong player for the Mike. Why would Biadasz chase that guy like that? Either the dumbest blocking assignment ever or there was serious confusion.
Wow, major Garrett flashbacks. This was the offense with Romo! Shotgun all day, whether it works or not. The only reason it ever worked with Romo was Romo. Dak is good at lots is stuff but he is not the same player as Romo.
So he keeps talking about the shotgun formation being an issue. I've always hated running out of shotgun, but it can be effective. Some backs suck at it though... or at least are better in a traditional look. Also, Dak doesn't go under center much. When he does, it's usually a run, playaction, or quick screen. He just doesn't take the 5 or 7 step drops from under center. Never has.
Some of those run blocking screw ups really have me on the, "Philbin is a problem," bus. They come down to knowing assignments presnap. They looked unprepared for stunts- having Martin cross Biadasz instead of passing off, for example.
I'll give Akoye props for calling out holding the ball too long and passing up opportunities. One thing I don't understand is the need to criticize a playcall while also acknowledging there are guys open. It either freed up guys or it didn't. That's all a scheme is supposed to do.
One of the things that stands out the most is that Prescott only threw the ball 30 times after dropping back from under center (he also attempted 90 play-action passes from that formation). A fair number of those 30 passes did not even require an actual drop back from center: some of them were quick screens thrown immediately after the snap.
A mere 17.7% of the passing plays called by Moore came when Prescott started under center (120 of 677), with 90 of those pass attempts coming off play-action.
Prescott attempted to execute a three-step, five-step, or seven-step drop on average of less than twice a game in 2019. That basic ratio has been true for every year that Prescott has been in the NFL.
I took a lot of criticism earlier in the year when I suggested Prescott’s inability to take a snap from under center and then drop back and deliver a well-timed and properly-placed pass was a limitation, but it is hard to avoid the fact he only attempted 30 passes all year when dropping back from under center.
After using the shotgun almost exclusively in high school and college, Prescott was very open as a rookie and sophomore about his ongoing effort to take get better at taking snaps from under center. He has improved dramatically.
Despite Dallas’s success using play-action passes, it is hard to conceive of an offensive coordinator who wouldn’t like the ability to call plays based on a traditional three-step, five-step or seven-step drop. It is also hard to believe Moore would only call 30 of these types of plays out of 677 passes if everyone was comfortable Prescott could effectively execute a traditional three, five, or seven-step drop.
Awesome breakdown. It honestly seems like this offense is terrible when we are in shotgun.
But early in the game dak missed some open guys.
Could it have something to do with what akoye said though about maybe dak being under center helping him get the ball and get rid of it quicker.
Good point.The most predictable thing about the cowboys is knowing what we do based on formation.
If you can not pass and run out of every set you too your hand.