Quinn has to figure out better answers defending the read-option

[Cowboyny]

Not just the Cowboys, but teams throughout the league struggled defending the read-option. Fields, Hurts, Jones even Driskel had major success running the read-option against our defense. DLaw looked totally lost at times defending it, both Wilson/Kearse had their struggles as well. 20 years ago, teams wouldn't dare run the read option as their QB's would get killed, but these new age QB's are coming into the league bigger/stronger and more athletic.

In the past, you give top DC's a year to figure it out, they will devise a scheme to counter. Will Quinn come up with the answers to defend this attack?

 

[noshame]

Will the NFL let you plant a QB?
A mobile QB is always a problem, look at 2016 Dak vs todays version.
Quinn will have this defense ripped they will make him pay, we have the weapons.

 

[TequilaCowboy]

Nowadays seems like you don't have an OLB backing up the DE so when he gets suckered in no one is left outside to hit the QB. With 4-2-5 alignments you can be run on .....unless you have a spy on the QB which is what DQ should have.

And then you have QB who can slide to prevent having his head bashed in. Easy pickings.

 

[dogberry]

I assume we do what the Iggles did to the 49ers.

 

[DFWJC]

Not just the Cowboys, but teams throughout the league struggled defending the read-option. Fields, Hurts, Jones even Driskel had major success running the read-option against our defense. DLaw looked totally lost at times defending it, both Wilson/Kearse had their struggles as well. 20 years ago, teams wouldn't dare run the read option as their QB's would get killed, but these new age QB's are coming into the league bigger/stronger and more athletic.

In the past, you give top DC's a year to figure it out, they will devise a scheme to counter. Will Quinn come up with the answers to defend this attack?

The whole league will do better against it this year.
That's how it's always been there is a twist from the norm. DCs catch up quickly.

Still a problem overall though b/c the Eagles have serious weapons all over the field

 

[Ranching]

Not just the Cowboys, but teams throughout the league struggled defending the read-option. Fields, Hurts, Jones even Driskel had major success running the read-option against our defense. DLaw looked totally lost at times defending it, both Wilson/Kearse had their struggles as well. 20 years ago, teams wouldn't dare run the read option as their QB's would get killed, but these new age QB's are coming into the league bigger/stronger and more athletic.

In the past, you give top DC's a year to figure it out, they will devise a scheme to counter. Will Quinn come up with the answers to defend this attack?

Read option is tough to stop, because the QB reads your defense and decides what to do....best way to stop it is play your secondary back, put a bit of pressure, send one guy and dare them to throw.
Keep your defense on the line, they won't know what to do.

 

[Carson]

Speed, Speed, Speed.

More Jabril Cox-Bland-Wilson-Kearse-Hooker on the field

 

[Tangle_Foot]

Coaches talked all offseason about something called the "scrape exchange," and this may be the first key to effectively taking away the read in the read-option.

In a traditional 4-3 or 3-4 defense, the defensive end has quarterback responsibility and the outside linebacker then takes the running back trailing the quarterback—which can be a blocker, a receiver or a pitch-back option as a runner. This is what you teach junior high school kids to do when defending the option.

Now, the scrape exchange flips that on its head without being obvious.

A defense running a scrape exchange switches responsibilities. In this scenario, the defensive end always has running back responsibility, while the outside linebacker always has quarterback duty. This flip-flop will give an unprepared quarterback nightmares as he tries to read a player—the defensive end—who isn't tasked with defending him.

There are holes to this theory, like the offense adjusting on the fly and reading the outside linebacker instead of the end, but schematically this is the best answer to taking away the outside run by the quarterback.

Switching up read responsibility seems to be a good way to get into the quarterback's head.

 

[817Gill]

Overshown!

Well at least for spying the QB which he’s amazing at. He’ll have a role.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

Defenses will have to find a way to do like in the "old days" (not going to date myself, you older folks like me can figure it out), dictate to the offense. No team is going to run the read option of they have half the other team's defense hanging out on the edge (not that they can do that, I'm just giving an silly example), with too many players to block, e.g.

Remember the Wildcat was very successful, but only for a short time, DC's figured out how to defend it, and you don't see the Wildcat much anymore.

 

[DUO_CORE]

Defenses will have to find a way to do like in the "old days" (not going to date myself, you older folks like me can figure it out), dictate to the offense. No team is going to run the read option of they have half the other team's defense hanging out on the edge (not that they can do that, I'm just giving an silly example), with too many players to block, e.g.

Remember the Wildcat was very successful, but only for a short time, DC's figured out how to defend it, and you don't see the Wildcat much anymore.

This^^
Defenses need to force the offense to decide very early in the play, essentially removing the option part.

 

[xwalker]

More Jabril Cox-Bland

More Jabril Cox...

He has not done jack squat.

 

[CCBoy]

Read option is tough to stop, because the QB reads your defense and decides what to do....best way to stop it is play your secondary back, put a bit of pressure, send one guy and dare them to throw.
Keep your defense on the line, they won't know what to do.

Size up the middle of the defensive line will help...as will the developing linebackers who could yet become very useful for just that.

 

[CCBoy]

Coaches talked all offseason about something called the "scrape exchange," and this may be the first key to effectively taking away the read in the read-option.

In a traditional 4-3 or 3-4 defense, the defensive end has quarterback responsibility and the outside linebacker then takes the running back trailing the quarterback—which can be a blocker, a receiver or a pitch-back option as a runner. This is what you teach junior high school kids to do when defending the option.

Now, the scrape exchange flips that on its head without being obvious.

A defense running a scrape exchange switches responsibilities. In this scenario, the defensive end always has running back responsibility, while the outside linebacker always has quarterback duty. This flip-flop will give an unprepared quarterback nightmares as he tries to read a player—the defensive end—who isn't tasked with defending him.

There are holes to this theory, like the offense adjusting on the fly and reading the outside linebacker instead of the end, but schematically this is the best answer to taking away the outside run by the quarterback.

Switching up read responsibility seems to be a good way to get into the quarterback's head.

Just one of the techniques of a growing Parsons. It will get even better with this defensive line.

 

[CCBoy]

More Jabril Cox...

He has not done jack squat.

Unstated...yet?

 

[CCBoy]

Not just the Cowboys, but teams throughout the league struggled defending the read-option. Fields, Hurts, Jones even Driskel had major success running the read-option against our defense. DLaw looked totally lost at times defending it, both Wilson/Kearse had their struggles as well. 20 years ago, teams wouldn't dare run the read option as their QB's would get killed, but these new age QB's are coming into the league bigger/stronger and more athletic.

In the past, you give top DC's a year to figure it out, they will devise a scheme to counter. Will Quinn come up with the answers to defend this attack?

Yep'ir...

 

[Nova]

Coaches talked all offseason about something called the "scrape exchange," and this may be the first key to effectively taking away the read in the read-option.

In a traditional 4-3 or 3-4 defense, the defensive end has quarterback responsibility and the outside linebacker then takes the running back trailing the quarterback—which can be a blocker, a receiver or a pitch-back option as a runner. This is what you teach junior high school kids to do when defending the option.

Now, the scrape exchange flips that on its head without being obvious.

A defense running a scrape exchange switches responsibilities. In this scenario, the defensive end always has running back responsibility, while the outside linebacker always has quarterback duty. This flip-flop will give an unprepared quarterback nightmares as he tries to read a player—the defensive end—who isn't tasked with defending him.

There are holes to this theory, like the offense adjusting on the fly and reading the outside linebacker instead of the end, but schematically this is the best answer to taking away the outside run by the quarterback.

Switching up read responsibility seems to be a good way to get into the quarterback's head.

This isn't something new in the NFL and it hasn't kept teams from running RO successfully

 

[LACowboysFan1]

This isn't something new in the NFL and it hasn't kept teams from running RO successfully

Mainly because players with the speed and moves of a Lamar Jackson, etc. were seldom quarterbacks but rather receivers or running backs.

Now you have a defensive end who runs a 4.5 chasing a quarterback who runs a 4.3, and who has moves, the defensive end has precious little time to get to the quarterback before he's cleared the edge. Defensive players have to be able to decipher the play almost instantly, and with all the motion, etc. in the West Coast offense that's not always possible.

Going to take some running quarterback like Jackson getting smashed by a defensive player more often to stop it...

 

[Nova]

Defenses will have to find a way to do like in the "old days" (not going to date myself, you older folks like me can figure it out), dictate to the offense. No team is going to run the read option of they have half the other team's defense hanging out on the edge (not that they can do that, I'm just giving an silly example), with too many players to block, e.g.

Remember the Wildcat was very successful, but only for a short time, DC's figured out how to defend it, and you don't see the Wildcat much anymore.

To be fair, the Wildcat was stupid.

RO is much tougher to defend because it's not smoke and mirrors. It actually creates a numbers advantage along the LOS for the offense by making the QB an active football player.

But yeah, to me the best way to defend it is to "win the war" and stop worrying about the battle.

Get a good clean run at the QB and bury him in the dirt every time early in the game. They'll get yards on the toss, but they'll probably reduce the frequency of RO.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Not just the Cowboys, but teams throughout the league struggled defending the read-option. Fields, Hurts, Jones even Driskel had major success running the read-option against our defense. DLaw looked totally lost at times defending it, both Wilson/Kearse had their struggles as well. 20 years ago, teams wouldn't dare run the read option as their QB's would get killed, but these new age QB's are coming into the league bigger/stronger and more athletic.

In the past, you give top DC's a year to figure it out, they will devise a scheme to counter. Will Quinn come up with the answers to defend this attack?

Better tackle play helps a lot. For the past 15 years the DT have been so bad you see all manner of LB and DE selling out trying to get to the ball carrier. Play action and read options are designed to make teams pay for selling out like that.

The key to beating both is gap and read discipline.