Towards the end of the game, Dak did what he should have been doing all season. He threw it deep with some arc to give Amari the opportunity to adjust his route and run under the ball. Earlier in the year, Dak would quickly come off of that look and settle for the check downs or the come backs. I'm not sure what got into him late in that game, but I am glad it did. Dallas runs routes that have different time reads: come back, quick out, quick slant, check down 2 seconds, slugo, go route, deep post 3.5 seconds. Having a mixture of the timing routes is discombobulating to Dak. A better method would be for the OC to put the quick routes to the right and the deeper routes to the left or visa versa, this would make the reads a bit easier for Dak. Dak misses Gallop a lot because the lack of timing between the two. Amari is more polished and has 4 different gears (speed) at his disposal. A smart OC would have Dak throw quick slants and outs early to Gallop to develop the timing between the two, ditto for whomever is playing TE for the day. Another thing we need to do going forward is to flip our script. We seem to live in the world of 2nd and 8 or 9 yards to go. Throw on 1st down and run on 2nd downs. This would increase our offensive efficiency quite a bit if we make high percentage passes. Zeke up the middle on first down is not as successful as the past. Teams load up for him. The unnecessary hits and 1 or 2 yard gains are punishment for nothing. Zeke needs touches but they need to be QUALITY touches. Zeke running up the middle on 1st and 2nd down will put him on the sidelines for 3rd down. Rod Smith looked a lot better this game but he is a huge drop off in talent when he comes in the game.
