How Long does Moore get a free ride?

[MWH1967]

Sunday was fun. It was a long time coming. My main question is how much film does teams need to slow it down? Does our Cowboys have enough talent to keep changing and keep teams off balance or are we watching a one trick pony? I need some film guys for this one.

 

[jazzcat22]

As long as the players execute the plays, KM will not be executed on here.

 

[superonyx]

The nice thing about what our offense is doing is that we are using the threat of Zeke to freeze the defense and open up the passing lanes.
If teams want to sit on the pass then Zeke will abuse them. With the exceptions of a team completely over powering our O Line and shutting down Zeke a with base defensive fronts and sitting on the pass I don't know if shutting us down is all that possible.

Having a balanced threat is huge.

We watched the Rams send our defense into paralysis in the playoffs with all the motion and play action threats.
We have the talent to apply even greater pressure on defenses if we execute.

 

[MWH1967]

As long as the players execute the plays, KM will not be executed on here.

I really hope so, praying for this guy.

 

[Sydla]

I think it would be wise to assume there will be some hiccups here along the way. It's inevitable when you have a first time coordinator and teams start adjusting to what you are doing.

 

[Pass2Run]

He's going to be hard to game plan for.

His whole strategy is about being unpredictable and confusing players.

 

[jazzcat22]

I think it would be wise to assume there will be some hiccups here along the way. It's inevitable when you have a first time coordinator and teams start adjusting to what you are doing.

Yes there will be hiccups, probably a game where there is some upchucking as well.

 

[AsthmaField]

The nice thing about what our offense is doing is that we are using the threat of Zeke to freeze the defense and open up the passing lanes.
If teams want to sit on the pass then Zeke will abuse them. With the exceptions of a team completely over powering our O Line and shutting down Zeke a with base defensive fronts and sitting on the pass I don't know if shutting us down is all that possible.

Having a balanced threat is huge.

We watched the Rams send our defense into paralysis in the playoffs with all the motion and play action threats.
We have the talent to apply even greater pressure on defenses if we execute.

You’re right. The increased amount of play action was huge. I promise you that defenses absolutely hate it.

With a back like Elliott and the O line they have, it makes play action very rough on the defense. Add in a good stable of WR’s and it won’t be easy even after having more film on this offense.

 

[silvrNblue]

I look at it this way, KM has a BIG ole player bag to pull from, he can change the look, simply by swapping out a player here or there, and misleading a D to think they have seen it before. Man I am STOKED for this season! And to add, think about it like this, he really had no useable film to study their D formations, and would they be different under the new HC, and yet he STILL kept them wondering wth we were doing all game. Imagine once he can look at a defense and scheme against THAT!

 

[DanA]

Opposition coaches are going to have to do a better job disguising their defense and have the defensive play call change the play at the LOS when he thinks it's been sniffed out. I remember watching Luke Kuechly do that when Romo was making adjustments in his return game against the Panthers. And it had a devastating effect. That's not easy to do though because not every team has a Luke Kuechly, and I think Kellen will watch for predictable tendencies "The big hit" style with a play buster, buster.

 

[glimmerman]

The players have to execute. A lot of moving around and the players have to pay attention. I kept waiting for plays to get called back or presnap penalties for too many men in motion or not lined up correctly.

 

[atlantacowboy]

The genius of Moore's offense is in the unpredictability of the play calling. He adapts the offense to what the defense is doing which is something we haven't seen in a long time.

 

[gimmesix]

Sunday was fun. It was a long time coming. My main question is how much film does teams need to slow it down? Does our Cowboys have enough talent to keep changing and keep teams off balance or are we watching a one trick pony? I need some film guys for this one.

Movement is difficult to completely game plan against because you have to line up against what you see. But if we show tendencies, defenses will start playing games with it to try to get us to think they are doing one thing while they are actually doing another, having recognized what is coming. The Giants tipped their hand a lot based on the motion and Dak's hard count. Other defenses will study what our motion usually means.

The key, though, is that you can run a variety of plays off the same formation, so it's always somewhat of a guessing game. As long as Moore doesn't show that a certain formation means that we're specifically going to do one thing, we should be good. Also, the read may differ based on what the defense is doing. For example, when we motioned to trips on one side and set up the isolation for Cooper on the TD throw that was only the read because of what the defense showed. If the safety had been shaded toward Cooper instead of the trips side, we likely would have thrown over the middle.

My hope is that Moore specifically game-plans to attack the other team's weaknesses. In this game, the Giants' pass defense was their weakness and we did a great job of running the ball just enough and using play-action to exploit that weakness.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Remember this just the first but they ran with mid-season execution. Other words, while teams are figuring us out we're also getting better. Also a defensive a coor may know exactly what it takes to stop him but may not have all the right personnel or tools/players to stop him, slow him down maybe but not stop him. Look, when you see 3 WRs, HOF TE, league's rushing leaders playing behind top 5 OL with a QB known for running OC plays with precision.........that's a hell for any defensive coor to defend/worry about. Frankly ( I know it's early ) I don't think there's D out there can totally stop this offense w/o help of turnovers and/or penalties. Slowed it down, yes, but not stop it.......too many weapons.

 

[TruBluSince1982]

He's going to be hard to game plan for.

His whole strategy is about being unpredictable and confusing players.

Exactly. Predictable is very easy to game plan for. Unpredictable is not.

If Kellen suddenly falls off a cliff, it most likely is because Kellen becomes predictable. Doubt that happens based on things he has stated along with his debut.

Also we were and have been very good offense for awhile "even being excruciatingly predictable". Speaks to the talent level.
Hard for me to see or envision where this goes wrong. All I see are positives here. There is a lot of talent around to keep things changing and everyone on their toes.

 

[jsb357]

His whole strategy is about being unpredictable and confusing players.

If it was that easy everybody would do it...

 

[Pokeness]

As long as they're winning. After the first loss, there will be some that say, "I knew that Boise St. offense wouldn't work in the NFL."

 

[JayFord]

Aslong as he doesn’t run the same offense without adjusting

When he starts saying things like “just out execute your man” free ride is over

 

[Direwolf63]

Facing Belichek will become the ultimate test. It could get ugly. Just ask the Rams.

But overall, I like what I'm seeing. Defenses should soften up if the passing game continues to move the ball. That's when you start pounding Zeke. Then you really have defenses off balance.

I agree with the poster who said the offense should morph every week attacking the weaknesses of the defense. The identity of the offense should be that it has no identity.

 

[Diehardblues]

Sunday was fun. It was a long time coming. My main question is how much film does teams need to slow it down? Does our Cowboys have enough talent to keep changing and keep teams off balance or are we watching a one trick pony? I need some film guys for this one.

It was fun. One of the most impressive performances on opening day in years.

We’ll have some bigger test coming up in October. Our easiest part of schedule in September.