CFZ Can they successfully run the football again?

[DandyDon52]

Dallas will need a change on OC if they want to be a running team again.... KM does not have it in him as far as this kind of offense

cowboy roy says that is completely false!!

 

[DandyDon52]

Dak is one of the best pocket passers in the NFL. LOL

Your going back 3 years in troll time with that comment.

I guess you missed what Dak did last year? Leading the NFL in yards, breaking the Cowboys all time passing TD record. All with a hurt calf and staying in the pocket.

when it comes to stats, dak is a champion ! wins the SB in that category most years.
hence the name "Stats Prescott"

 

[atlantacowboy]

Sure, we just let our best run blocking OL, La El Collins, walk. All signs point to improvement.

 

[Cowboyny]

Only pressure on McCarthy if he is allowed to step in and have a suggestive presence to help fix the offense.. it's assumed the Jones does not
want any interference with Kellen Moore.

I heard that Jerry want MM to be more involved this yr.

 

[quickccc]

I heard that Jerry want MM to be more involved this yr.

Right ... instead of it being the HC's call and direction ... it's the meddling owner and GM that barks the orders ?

 

[quickccc]

dont interfere with kellen, but at same time HELP him out !!!

- So when we need to turn right, we're gonna turn left ...??
you have rhythm time based offense vs packers west coast offense, they may see a run game, and pass game entirely different .

- An offensive HC that has to serve and bow to the OC that he did not hand picked and force to let him be 100% play caller ?

- This is the leading reason what makes me eager to have Sean Payton as HC, as it will be HIS offense, not part time house maid.

 

[Bullflop]

The OL might prosper if MM saw fit to part with his old pal, Packer OL Coach Joe Philbin, and get Marc Columbo to accept that job.

 

[cowboybish]

The FO should be willing to procure better backup RBs to augment our running game. Their refusal to do so confounds me.

A lingering question persists, in that, Ezekiel Elliott has displayed a tendency to diminish in his ability to avoid late-season injuries.

Waiting until 2023 to correct that situation doesn't instill a great deal of confidence in this team's chances of post-season success.

Actually with over 20 million in cap room we should be adding at a minimum of one Veteran offensive lineman if not two.

 

[charron]

What makes our run game look stronger?

Tyler Smith. Should allow Biadez to become the 2nd level blocker and be more effective than the combo ow CW and Biadez. That's how it looks on paper imho, but the field will tell all.

 

[Ranched]

Dallas will need a change on OC if they want to be a running team again.... KM does not have it in him as far as this kind of offense. And we need big uglies up front who just love to attack and hit people. Legally of course.

How about it. How many more times does Kellen need to be exposed? I had read MM got him a new coach to help on calling plays. Why doesn't MM step in?

Surprised Jerry allowed this. Get a new OC. Let Moore walk!

 

[glimmerman]

We have to get back to the 12 personnel. And be healthy on O-Line. But the problem I see is MM style and the way Moore ran the ball was sad. The O-Line coach looks to be running zone blocking when we were a power run team. Line up and run with power is more what we used to do. Moore didn’t like running off tackle. Especially after Jarwin got injured. Pollards big run he injured himself on was off tackle. But after that we didn’t see a lot of it. We were injured last year from the O-Line to both RBs. This year will be a fresh start but we need the plays called and I don’t like philibin as our O-Line coach.

 

[CowboyRoy]

This play is exactly why Zeke is needed. Pollard played well running the ball but he simply doesn't get the job done as a blocker. His technique is unacceptably poor at times (certainly in this play) and whereas Zeke is almost the polar opposite, he's the best blocking RB in the NFL.

https://www.azcardinals.com/video/baker-wrestles-down-prescott-for-third-down-sack

You have to be joking. Pollard stops him initially and gives the QB enough time. Thats the RB's job. That is Budda Baker a top 3 safety and Zeke has problems blocking him for more than 2 seconds.

The myth has been busted. I've seen Zeke completely whiff in blocks worse than that.

RB's run and catch first. IM sure we could use Zeke at FB.

 

[CowboyRoy]

The Cowboys have their most success on the ground. Always have. Cowboys only are successful in the air when their ground game is a threat.
Running is the key .

Depends on what kind of team you have. Right now the passing game is the strength. Zeke and the run game are a weakness.

 

[CowboyRoy]

when it comes to stats, dak is a champion ! wins the SB in that category most years.
hence the name "Stats Prescott"

NO actually there are some QB's that routinely put up better stats. Typically the elite ones. Its all a QB can do.

Never heard of "stats Dak" but it doesnt like an average QB now does it?

 

[CowboyRoy]

The bold kinda seems more like a lie to me, or maybe you dont understand how the run game works either lol.

If you cant understand what you see, educate yourself. This will help you.

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...-mid-season-2021-despite-declining-efficiency

At the most basic level, rushing frequency did not change. Moore did not try to “establish the run” in the first half of the season and then stray away from that philosophy in the back half. Before the bye, in neutral situations (when the win percentage is between 30% to 70%) the Cowboys were passing on 55% of plays. Compare this to the back half of the year where they passed 56% of the time in neutral situations.

The neutral pass rate is nearly identical. When it seemed like Moore was passing more in the back half, it was because he had to, not because he was changing the offense. When the Cowboys were in a competitive game, Moore was running the ball just as much in the first half of the year as the second.

But the passing and running game took a nosedive in the second half of the year. So did something change with the play-calling?

Well, in terms of rushing, the answer is no. The primary complaint about Moore in weeks eight through 18 was that he was continually running the ball up the middle instead of bouncing it outside. Unfortunately, this was not the case. Before the bye, 58% of Dallas’ rushes were between the guards. After the bye, that number dropped to 53%. So, Moore was actually calling more outside runs post-bye. Once again, the rushing efficiency plummeted. But it is not because Moore was adamantly running it up the gut.

However, there is a lot more to dissect to determine if his passing game play-calling was different.

Let’s start at the most basic level, Moore was dialing up just as many deep passes over the second half of the year compared to the first. For one, Dak Prescott’s average depth of target actually increased by .2 after the bye. In weeks one through six, 15% of Prescott’s targets were deemed “deep,” but that number jumped to 19% after week seven. There is little to no evidence to suggest that Moore was employing a “dink and dunk” offense after the bye. He maintained, and actually increased, his aggression on passing play calls.

 

[Hardline]

Depends on what kind of team you have. Right now the passing game is the strength. Zeke and the run game are a weakness.

And that's the problem. We need to reverse that.

 

[CowboyRoy]

And that's the problem. We need to reverse that.

Fix the Oline problems and it will solve that. Use Pollard more and it will further help that.

 

[xwalker]

The OL might prosper if MM saw fit to part with his old pal, Packer OL Coach Joe Philbin, and get Marc Columbo to accept that job.

Columbo was a complete fail the last time.

 

[Bullflop]

Columbo was a complete fail the last time.

He was fired for insubordination by Joe Judge with the Giants, if that's what you're referring to. I felt he fared quite well with the Cowboys, though.
I just believe he'd fit the current version of the Cowboys offensive line far better than Joe Philbin.

 

[xwalker]

He was fired for insubordination by Joe Judge with the Giants, if that's what you're referring to. I felt he fared quite well with the Cowboys, though.
I just believe he'd fit the current version of the Cowboys offensive line far better than Joe Philbin.

No, I'm referring to his time as the Cowboys OL coach. He is not a good scheme guy...only individual technique.

Bill Callahan is the man. I would spend a lot of Jerry's money to get him back.