4 WR sets should be the norm

Mobinvans said:
Thats what alot of teams are doing now..its a passing league...wish we had a passing QB
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We have a running QB and a running oline and a running RB. We should probably be trying to do what we do well instead of what we don't do well.

4 wide may be best for us, and let Dak and Zeke run.

Since the draft, I've been thinking 3 wide with Beasley and Olawale at FB. Beasley is our best WR, and should be on the field. If teams want to man cover Beasley, throw to him until they stop you or give up on man coverage. Olawale as another run threat for misdirection from Zeke would help.
 
Teams are figuring out that rather than use a TE to block a guy in the box, you can use a WR split out to pull that defender out of the box. In a league where teams pass 60% of the time, a 3 WR package is always going to be a credible threat.

The Rams are really interesting in that they run 95% of their plays out of 3 wide. Not 4 wide, not 5 wide, they literally run 11 personnel on virtually every play. This both keeps Gurley in favorable situations running against nickel fronts (are you really going to go to base defense against the Rams?) and disguises their intentions on every snap. Kyle Shanahan likes to do the same thing - he's one of the few guys left who still like FBs and 2 tight end sets, but he's literally run entire drives out of one repetitive formation to avoid tipping his hand.

That's one of the biggest problems with Dallas IMO is that we telegraph our intentions way too easily. If there's two tight ends on the field, pack up the box, the Cowboys are running. If a WR's motioning inside, pack up the box and keep an eye out for the sweep. When we're running for power, we tend to look like we're running for power and we make it way too easy on the defense.
 
Doomsday said:
While every team in the league is moving away from the TE, we won't even pull our scrub TEs off the field on 3rd and 9. Makes no sense not to bring in some one with more speed who can actually get yards after the catch.

Of course this is the same staff who keeps taking Gallup off the field when it is obvious to the rest of #cowboyszone that he is our best WR and it isn't close.

Hopefully Cooper, Gallup and Beasley get most of the snaps after the bye.
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Garrett likes to alternate from two TE sets to a two receiver set of Hurns and TWill. That's a gimme after a catch from Gallup.
 
People acting like it's the 99 st Louis rams.

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That's 3 more than Dak will see going through his reads. I hope Cooper is good at running scramble drills.
 
Parcells4Life said:
The Patriots, Rams and Saints say differently.

Gronk is basically a WR. The others take an RB out to go 4 WR 1 TE personnel
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We don't have the quarterback the Patriots and Saints have. Dak is uncomfortable throwing with 7 guys in coverage. He stands there and waits for a guy to break open.

Don't include the Rams in that. They run a lot of 11 formations from under center with 3 WRs, a RB and a TE. All Goff has to do is play action to Gurley and moments after he's at the end of his drop the ball is out. He held 7 men in the box and now it's 3 WRs against 4 DB's momentarily. I think Dak would do better under that scenario over waiting for someone to break wide open.
 
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