Twitter: Jeff Cavanaugh on OL and run game vs Saints

Bob-Lillys-War · Oct 1, 2019

what run game ?

Dre11 · Oct 1, 2019

khiladi said:
For all the complaints about the OL, particularly pass blocking, Dak was sacked ONCE.

And Zeke was targeted SEVEN times and caught six passes, meaning Dak was going underneath to his safety valve.

Because they played a lot of cover 2 which took away the deep ball.

Dre11 · Oct 1, 2019

khiladi said:
Plus, there were plenty of Cowboys fans in the arena and Dak also audibled multiple times.

My cousin was at the game and although it was a lot of cowboys fan, it was still heavily favored Saints fans.

ClintDagger · Oct 1, 2019

Dre11 said:
Because they played a lot of cover 2 which took away the deep ball.

I agree with that. It seemed like intermediate middle was where they needed to attack. I saw a lot of runs where they were outnumbered in the box and a lot of routes going deep against cover 2 where Dak checked down. Then when it was straight man nobody was open and Dak was forcing it instead of using legs. I think Jarwin across the middle and Dak taking off was where they could have really loosened things up.

Dre11 · Oct 1, 2019

EGTuna said:
Not sure what game Harrison was watching, but on 3rd and long, NO went with 3-man rush and dropped 8 in coverage (often referred to as clog and cover). Hard to take deep shots when both safeties are not letting anyone get 1on1 deep and the extra DBs and LBs are clogging the middle. Dak beat this twice - once with Jarwin (lead to a TD), and once to Witten (fumble). Lattimore shut Cooper down knowing he had S help deep, and Cobb and Smith had little success getting open on anything beyond 0-5 yards..

It didn't help that Dallas couldn't run vs. 7 and 6 man boxes (2nd 1 on 2nd to last drive of the game was a 6 man box, and Zeke lost a yard thanks to Travis and Zach getting worked).

Saints had 36 TOP advantage so their DL (and the rest of the D) was fresh.

Sometimes the other team whips your "you know what".

This man knows football. Puts all these other couch jocks to shame

Dre11 · Oct 1, 2019

ClintDagger said:
I agree with that. It seemed like intermediate middle was where they needed to attack. I saw a lot of runs where they were outnumbered in the box and a lot of routes going deep against cover 2 where Dak checked down. Then when it was straight man nobody was open and Dak was forcing it instead of using legs. I think Jarwin across the middle and Dak taking off was where they could have really loosened things up.

They usually clogged the middle as well. They dared the cowboys to run vs favorable boxes and we couldnt.

renny · Oct 1, 2019

Whyjerry said:
Yeah right it is Dak’s fault. Maybe the offensive genius including the HC should have seen the stacked box and tried to get the ball to Zeke in the flat rather than pounding it between the tackles every run. Very Linehan.

Not one screen play was called.

ClintDagger · Oct 1, 2019

Dre11 said:
They usually clogged the middle as well. They dared the cowboys to run vs favorable boxes and we couldnt.

When I say middle, I meant in the pass game. A few good examples are the catches Witten made in the middle (including the one where he eventually fumbled). But the great examples are the PI that Pollard drew where the LB was caught peaking in the backfield and if he hadn’t grabbed Pollard it’s 6 points. Then the catch Jarwin made to get it down to the goaline; the backer bit hard on the play fake and Jarwin got away from him. So even when the boxes were more favorable, the backers were crashing so hard that there wasn’t much there. That’s why you loosen them up with your backs and TEs in the passing game.

wick · Oct 1, 2019

Dre11 said:
So if you throw incomplete on 1st down you get no yards and facing 2 and 10, which you're almost always passing, then your forced to pass on 3rd when everyone in the building knows your passing

You won't make much money betting on a Jason Garrett team almost always passing on second down following a first down incompletion.

Mannix · Oct 1, 2019

What's a Jeff Cavanaugh? Ahhhh.....the guy with the fake radio voice. Moving on.....

GORICO · Oct 1, 2019

John813 said:
So, Dak should of audible more is what Jeff is inferring in the first tweet.

John i take it in profile pic..kitty dont dig broccoli ?

GORICO · Oct 1, 2019

WoodysGirl said:

we got to come back being ferocious against the Pack

Wezsh0T · Oct 1, 2019

John813 said:
The coach (Usually OC) loses the mic to the QB with 15 seconds left in the play clock.
Not sure how the Cowboys run the audibles and how much leeway Dak gets.

The OC can talk to Dak for 25 seconds so if he noticed the defense lining up heavy I hope he would allow some type of audible to take advantage of that lineup.

I saw Dak audible into the run at least 5-6 times. They were pretty much all stuffed.

Wezsh0T · Oct 2, 2019

I really think NO was playing with us. They were intentionally showing us looks in which they knew we would audible out of pass and into the run and after we'd audible, they would switch their defense. I think there must be some tendency or formation they noticed and keyed on that. They knew what was coming every time.

buybuydandavis · Oct 2, 2019

WoodysGirl said:

7 defenders. 6 blockers. => 2 runners on 1 blocker if you go read option.

Too bad we didn't.

buybuydandavis · Oct 2, 2019

WoodysGirl said:

Implies getting the ball to the guy in motion will work.

Where were the jet sweeps?

buybuydandavis · Oct 2, 2019

WoodysGirl said:

All this matching up on blockers is nice, but the other side of the pancake was the real story. Throws on 1st and 10 worked relentlessly. Pay attention and do what works until they force you to stop.

Not rocket science.

buybuydandavis · Oct 2, 2019

Wezsh0T said:
I saw Dak audible into the run at least 5-6 times. They were pretty much all stuffed.

I wondered how much we were getting humped by NO being prepared to quickly change their play when Dak audibled. They seemed very fast on the draw with their changes. Almost as if they *baited* us into the change, and had planned the other formation all along.

Coaching matters. They seemed one step ahead. That's the obvious response to our changes at the line.

Pokefan1 · Oct 2, 2019

Silly said:
Where was Kitna? It looked like he had on a headset sitting in the booth. Was anybody on the sideline coaching Dak and helping him breakdown the D? All I saw was shots of Drew on the sideline.

I got extremely tired of seeing Drew Brees’s mug. Granted he is a great player but the patronage was way over the line unless the viewer happened to be a Saints fan. Just added to the home cookin’ as did those referees, who were the worst that I can recall in my 52 years as a Cowboys fan.

Qcard · Oct 2, 2019

Wezsh0T said:
I really think NO was playing with us. They were intentionally showing us looks in which they knew we would audible out of pass and into the run and after we'd audible, they would switch their defense. I think there must be some tendency or formation they noticed and keyed on that. They knew what was coming every time.

There it is folks...the Saints took the same game plan Belichick used against Rams in the Superbowl against Goff & McVay.

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