ok the title is 2 things, but there is more that I want to put out there will post some pics.
The thing is I was watching that last play and I noticed that the other players, seemed to think it was a pass
play.
if they knew dak was going to run shouldnt they be blocking down field ??
To me it is like dak saw it open up and just took off.
Now running it is actually a good idea, BUT ONLY IF YOU DO IT RIGHT!
SF is in that umbrella coverage which is great to run on. but you have to have wr and in this case pollard
go block the 2 first guys on the left side or top on tv screen.
SF had 3 guys, but one was back to goal line.
So dallas only had to block those 2 guys on the left and dak could have ran 15 yards, and gone out of bounds
with 7-8 seconds left, which would have given two more shots, and no need to spike the ball.
if your going to run there it has to be out of bounds, so you can stop the clock with plenty of time left.
Now dak, when he passed the los, he started back inside, and the 1st def turned his hips,to go inside.
at that point dak could have cut back to sideline and got out of bounds.
There would be the one other db who maybe could bring him down, but since dak is bigger, I think he could have run thru him enough to get out.
And if it was planned properly, with pollard and noah blocking those two guys, dak could get out of bounds
easily after 10-15 yd run.
After that SF might not use the umbrella again and if they do run it again lol but out of bounds with blocking.
now some pics.
1. this shows the umbrella coverage and it is the top 2 that needed to be blocked.
only 3 DL dak will run thru top 2. this is actually before a timeout was called by SF.
But they line up the same after TO
noah and pollard will be wide at top.
And I have to say I dont get anything pollard does on this play, which isnt much lol.