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Taking a deep dive into the Air Coryell scheme the Cowboys have traditionally used
https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/201...heme-don-norv-turner-mike-martz-jason-garrett
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When the Cowboys officially made the decision to move on from Scott Linehan and find a new offensive coordinator, a lot of fans were hopeful that it would be someone from outside the organization that could bring in an offensive system similar to the prolific offenses of the Rams, Chiefs, and Saints.
In the end, the Cowboys stayed in-house and promoted quarterbacks coach Kellen Moore to offensive coordinator, which seems to strongly suggest that Dallas believes it has the correct offensive scheme in place, but they just want a new play-caller to mix in some creativity and unpredictability. That means that the Cowboys won’t be overhauling their scheme, which has its roots in what’s known as Air Coryell. In order to first understand what Moore might bring to this offense, there must be an understanding of Air Coryell.
It has often been said by many that there are three basic offensive schemes: the West Coast offense, the Erhardt-Perkins offense, and the Air Coryell offense. The reality is that in today’s NFL, every offense has elements of these three schemes incorporated into their playbooks, but there are distinct differences in verbiage and philosophy between the three. The Air Coryell is named so because of Don Coryell, who became the first head coach to ever win over 100 games at both the college and professional level...
https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/201...heme-don-norv-turner-mike-martz-jason-garrett
*(worth the read)
When the Cowboys officially made the decision to move on from Scott Linehan and find a new offensive coordinator, a lot of fans were hopeful that it would be someone from outside the organization that could bring in an offensive system similar to the prolific offenses of the Rams, Chiefs, and Saints.
In the end, the Cowboys stayed in-house and promoted quarterbacks coach Kellen Moore to offensive coordinator, which seems to strongly suggest that Dallas believes it has the correct offensive scheme in place, but they just want a new play-caller to mix in some creativity and unpredictability. That means that the Cowboys won’t be overhauling their scheme, which has its roots in what’s known as Air Coryell. In order to first understand what Moore might bring to this offense, there must be an understanding of Air Coryell.
It has often been said by many that there are three basic offensive schemes: the West Coast offense, the Erhardt-Perkins offense, and the Air Coryell offense. The reality is that in today’s NFL, every offense has elements of these three schemes incorporated into their playbooks, but there are distinct differences in verbiage and philosophy between the three. The Air Coryell is named so because of Don Coryell, who became the first head coach to ever win over 100 games at both the college and professional level...