I don't think Dak is up to last year's standard, but then again, I don't think Brees or Brady could play up to their standards running this high school offense. Defenses have only to defend from the numbers to the sidelines on passing downs, and not worry about the middle of the field. It has gotten worse this year. The offense has changed quite a bit since Linehan came in. When Romo had Austin and Crayton, they played the slot and were terrors in the middle of the field, running slants and crossing patterns. When Linehan came in, and Beasely came on board, the middle of the field has just about disappeared from the offense. No more Witten up the seams. This offense is so predictable. I would love to see Dak and Zeke in an offense with quick passes, crossing patterns, pick plays, but keeping the same running game. This offense needs more speed on the outside, with good pattern runners. People complain about Dak not throwing the deep pass.... To who?
I heard Babe on the radio last week, he was talking about his conversation with Linehan and Marrinelli. He said both of them told him that this is their offense/defense and they will not change it. They told him it is simple and basic and their philosophy is the simplify things and keep perfecting the execution of those few plays, and eventually get it the team to perfectly execute the system which will beat the other team. They said that they don't spend the bye week designing different plays, they work on perfecting the execution of their system. Contrast that to Reid and McVay who have said that they spend a lot of time designing new plays. Andy says he watches a lot of college football and steals their plays. Our coaches think their outdated systems are perfect and don't need tweaking.
