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I have been ready to throw Linehan under the bus all season. But, I will say if he's still here next season, and our O-line stays healthy and becomes dominant again, he may start to look a lot smarter. Just saying, a dominant O-line can make an OC look like a genius. :)
 

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Dak under center = run play 95% of the time (with refusal to run any play action)

Dak in shotgun = pass play 95% oo the time

I think everyone in the world knows this. We should be doing play action passes several times a game under center, but Linehan refuses to do so .
 
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Lol, we have a saying in construction, if you have two lazy guys on your job put them together to work. One is going to step up and do the job because they both can’t hide or just stand around. Fire the other one and let the one that does the work know this is how you want to see them all the time.

Now apply that to two bad OC’s, he still called a suspect game, or maybe it’s just his style of offense but he’s still not much better. Someone had to step up and win.
 

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My ongoing complaint is the same for last night's game as it has been from game 2 this season. Every game we find something that works we go away from it the next game. Last week we threw seam routes and overloaded zones and even a few pick plays. This week none of the above. Dak runs like a second running back one week on RP options, then doesn't have a QB run for the next two weeks. I am going to say Linehan gets a little too cute thinking the next opponent is basing their whole defensive game plan on our last game film and adjusts accordingly. We are also way too predictable on first/second downs with the running plays, and our formations are dead giveaways most of the time. He also needs to explain to Dak that on third and 2 while you're grinding down the opponent's defense, a 30 yard pass attempt is ill-advised. Get the freaking 1st down and try for a the big one on 2nd and short if you have it. I think this week Dak and Zeke willed us to a win and Linehan was just more of the same.
 
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Not sure I agree. He didn’t call a single RPO until Seattle starting killing us with it. Then it was like he suddenly remembered that was in the playbook
 
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BTW, Seattle fans and articles are absolutely trashing Schottenheimer. Russell Wilson was averaging 8 plus YPC in the first half passing on his throws and this guy kept running his RB into holes and didn’t change anything up.

It’s amazing that Cowboys fans sit here and criticize Linehan as a play caller while watching what Schottenheimer was doing.

Linehan has done a good job playing to this teams skill set.
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Wilson is a very experienced and Super Bowl QB and at any time he could have changed plays and audibled at the LOS. Why didn't he do that if Schotty's playcalling was so bad? Afterall, you like many Dak detractors say the QB should be able to do that and Wilson has more than twice the experience and triple the playoff experience than Dak does. Why isn't Wilson getting hammered for sitting there and taking it and not taking the offense in his own hands, he surely has the trust of the coaches by now to do that?
 
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Roadtrip635 said:
Wilson is a very experienced and Super Bowl QB and at any time he could have changed plays and audibled at the LOS. Why didn't he do that if Schotty's playcalling was so bad? Afterall, you like many Dak detractors say the QB should be able to do that and Wilson has more than twice the experience and triple the playoff experience than Dak does. Why isn't Wilson getting hammered for sitting there and taking it and not taking the offense in his own hands, he surely has the trust of the coaches by now to do that?
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You call plays based upon a set they give you. You don’t call plays out the blue. That’s what game planning meetings are for.

“But let me make a stupid argument and say, why doesn’t Wilson just come out with a brand new play-book in the middle of the game to make myself sound smart, but in reality sound stupid.”

Wilson has over an 8 YPC passing and had a QBR of 105, which apparently proves how great Dak is even when he scrubs against mediocre defenses per you homers..
 
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First half, scripted plays, they worked. Other play calling was horrible

Second half, it seemed to me the team moved when they were in hurry up mode so linehan doesn’t have as much input as Dak.

There were some good play calls but in general, linehan almost cost them the game
 
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You call plays based upon a set they give you. You don’t call plays out the blue. That’s what game planning meetings are for.

“But let me make a stupid argument and say, why doesn’t Wilson just come out with a brand new play-book in the middle of the game to make myself sound smart, but in reality sound stupid.”

Wilson has over an 8 YPC passing and had a QBR of 105, which apparently proves how great Dak is even when he scrubs against mediocre defenses per you homers..
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Wilson doesn't have to pull out a new playbook, typical with people like you, you want to over exaggerate to make your own flaccid opinions to fit your own narrative. Wilson surely has many options he can call with the personnel and or formations on any given play, he also has the experience to be able to do so and more importantly he has the juice within the organization to step up and say they need to try different tactics based on the looks, formations, production they are getting. 8 YPC and QB rating are meaningless when you're losing, if it's successful then he should have been making those adjustments, being the great QB he is. He isn't an inexperienced young QB and shouldn't have to be told when to make adjustments and take control of his offense. Wilson didn't adjust his reads, adjust plays and chose to stick with what wasn't working. Regardless of what the OC was calling, Wilson made the conscious choice to stick with what wasn't working, until it was too late. Maybe he needs a more "Wilson Friendly" offense to help him out.
 
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Roadtrip635 said:
Wilson is a very experienced and Super Bowl QB and at any time he could have changed plays and audibled at the LOS. Why didn't he do that if Schotty's playcalling was so bad? Afterall, you like many Dak detractors say the QB should be able to do that and Wilson has more than twice the experience and triple the playoff experience than Dak does. Why isn't Wilson getting hammered for sitting there and taking it and not taking the offense in his own hands, he surely has the trust of the coaches by now to do that?
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Well he isn’t our quarterback so I’m glad he didn’t, if he was I’d be asking that question like wa all do now.
 
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Roadtrip635 said:
Wilson doesn't have to pull out a new playbook, typical with people like you, you want to over exaggerate to make your own flaccid opinions to fit your own narrative. Wilson surely has many options he can call with the personnel and or formations on any given play, he also has the experience to be able to do so and more importantly he has the juice within the organization to step up and say they need to try different tactics based on the looks, formations, production they are getting. 8 YPC and QB rating are meaningless when you're losing, if it's successful then he should have been making those adjustments, being the great QB he is. He isn't an inexperienced young QB and shouldn't have to be told when to make adjustments and take control of his offense. Wilson didn't adjust his reads, adjust plays and chose to stick with what wasn't working. Regardless of what the OC was calling, Wilson made the conscious choice to stick with what wasn't working, until it was too late. Maybe he needs a more "Wilson Friendly" offense to help him out.
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So basically you are saying he needs to pull out a new playbook. Just start calling random plays out of like a series of twenty plays on the fly and expect his team to be on the same page.

Cute..
 
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slomoxn said:
Well he isn’t our quarterback so I’m glad he didn’t, if he was I’d be asking that question like wa all do now.
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I'm glad he didn't either, I'm happy Wilson was content on our defense dictating the flow. Hawks fans may be rightfully questioning the playcalling, but why aren't they questioning Wilson as well?
 
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This teams qb coach is Kellen Moore
Linehan is running an double running back offense

This team has 11 wins
Are you kidding me?

Linehan is magnificent
 
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khiladi said:
So basically you are saying he needs to pull out a new playbook. Just start calling random plays out of like a series of twenty plays on the fly and expect his team to be on the same page.

Cute..
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Again there was nothing about a new playbook, just you trying to over exaggerate an indefensible argument. You expect Dak to be able to make those adjustments and audibles, so why can't a QB with more than twice the time as a starter in the NFL be expected to be able to do the same? Nothing random about the plays he could change too, he could change based on the looks and experience he has within their offense, nothing random about it. It's only random to you, because you were too busy trying to belittle Dak.

Any success this team has with Dak as QB is like a dagger to your tiny heart. Don't worry at some point, the team will lose, this season or next and you can feel vindicated in being "right", just like a stopped clock is right once in awhile too. I'm sure you already have posts pre-written just waiting and biding your time to spew your bile.
 
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Roadtrip635 said:
Again there was nothing about a new playbook, just you trying to over exaggerate an indefensible argument. You expect Dak to be able to make those adjustments and audibles, so why can't a QB with more than twice the time as a starter in the NFL be expected to be able to do the same? Nothing random about the plays he could change too, he could change based on the looks and experience he has within their offense, nothing random about it. It's only random to you, because you were too busy trying to belittle Dak.

Any success this team has with Dak as QB is like a dagger to your tiny heart. Don't worry at some point, the team will lose, this season or next and you can feel vindicated in being "right", just like a stopped clock is right once in awhile too. I'm sure you already have posts pre-written just waiting and biding your time to spew your bile.
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No, you expect RW to throw in a new playbook on the fly to ‘defend’ Dak..
 
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Linehan did make a terrible play call at the end - the decision to throw the ball rather than run it, as the two-minute warning neared. Seattle was almost out of timeouts and running the ball would have bled the clock all the way down to the two-minute warning. It was remarkably similar to the 2006 playoff game; Dallas could have basically bled Seattle of all time left. Instead, Linehan chose to throw. That incomplete pass led to the 3rd-and-14 situation.

Now, Dak did in that moment end up bailing Linehan out by surprisingly running for 16 yards on the quarterback draw; however, that was simply lucky for Linehan and doesn't excuse his bad decision to pass. If Dak had been stopped short (as usually would be the case in this situation), it would have been 4th down, Dallas would have had to kick a field goal, then led only 20-14, and we may well have seen Russell Wilson drive Seattle all the way downfield for a game-winning TD in the end.
 
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