A Look at The Dallas Offensive Philosophy, and the Double Slots Formations of the Future

[gimmesix]

The double slot formations shown in the article has Jason Witten sitting on the sidelines. How likely is this to happen?

Remains to be seen. But in the past, Witten has been extremely reluctant to leave the field.

Well, we drafted Switzer in the fourth round, so of course we're planning to sit our future Hall-of-Famer some in order to get him on the field just like we changed the offense for Skyler Green when we made him a fourth-round pick years ago.

 

[Scotman]

Well, we drafted Switzer in the fourth round, so of course we're planning to sit our future Hall-of-Famer some in order to get him on the field just like we changed the offense for Skyler Green when we made him a fourth-round pick years ago.

THIS isn't the same team that drafted Skyler Green. Switzer looks like a much better for the team than Green ever did.

 

[T-RO]

Well, we drafted Switzer in the fourth round, so of course we're planning to sit our future Hall-of-Famer some in order to get him on the field just like we changed the offense for Skyler Green when we made him a fourth-round pick years ago.

Witten is at the tail end of his career. I read an article recently where a NFL GM was said, "Teams don't fear Witten anymore."

He's still a good player, but not what he once was. We need to transition forward and that will involve some plays where Witten isn't on the field.

Besides all that, the Cowboys can go empty backfield to employ double slot and give Zeke a blow on the sidelines. So you have double slot plus Witten. Dallas did this in 2016.

 

[Deep_Freeze]

Witten is at the tail end of his career. I read an article recently where a NFL GM was said, "Teams don't fear Witten anymore."

He's still a good player, but not what he once was. We need to transition forward and that will involve some plays where Witten isn't on the field.

Besides all that, the Cowboys can go empty backfield to employ double slot and give Zeke a blow on the sidelines. So you have double slot plus Witten. Dallas did this in 2016.

Yeah I think we have alot of inside the box ol' school thinking here. To be honest, this article points out to me what I've been wanting on the outside, a bigger threat than TWill. In this formation, if they go one safety on top, this article says they don't want to do that with Dez and TWill. I believe they can with TWill, shade over on Dez, and make TWill win his battle.

Its a creative approach to football, something basketball does more rapidly.....everyone wants to be spaced out in basketball now like GS, but when you mention that in football it falls on dead ears. The key word is spacing, Pats are killing people with it, yet we just wanna be ol' school line up and DESTROY THEM.....lol, the game changes.

Our staff needs to be more creative, if they actually do this instead of thinking this is '92 and just line up and destroy, well they need to get their mind out the 90s. The game is about matchups, and we need to take advantage of them more on the outside.

Make no mistake, Zeke should have the ball alot (main one screaming about it in the playoffs), and he can in these formations especially if we force them to go with a bunch of DBs.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

jason

Jason Witten is 137 years old. he will be taking some breaks.

He was 136 last year and took almost no breaks.

 

[casmith07]

Reluctant?

I've never seen him throwing fits on the bench or arguing with the coaches, a la Dez.

He's a team player; he'll follow orders 100%.

Don't invoke Dez Bryant's name as if he was upset about playing time. Sloppy work.

 

[Doc50]

Don't invoke Dez Bryant's name as if he was upset about playing time. Sloppy work.

The post was clearly not about Dez's playing time.

 

[erod]

Not really. Lots of college teams play spread and Dak did so in college. At the snap he can easily see the mis-matches and act accordingly.

In college, virtually every defensive back you face is terrible, even in the SEC, and the coverage schemes are rudimentary compared to the pros. Night and day.

Notice how the vast majority of these hotshot college quarterbacks, and those high school schemes, die a short career in the NFL.