A simple improvement

[Direwolf63]

Here’s a very simple, yet specific reason the offense showed improvement Sunday- snapping the ball on time.

Prior to the Lions game, the Cowboys were consistently snapping the ball with less than 5 seconds left on the snap clock, even drawing two delay of game penalties, and burning two timeouts to avoid other delay penalties. In short, this offense was struggling to get ready to snap the dang ball.

The good news is on average, the Cowboys offense was about 2-3 seconds quicker per snap against the Lions than against the Seahawks. Dallas had snapped the ball with fewer than 5 seconds left on the play clock 15 times against Seattle, which shows they were often unprepared and unorganized. They only did that 5 times against Detroit.

Sometimes, it’s little things like snapping the ball that creates major performance improvement.

They should be varying the tempo of the offense throughout the game.

Going no huddle at times. Other times huddle with quick snaps. Slowing down other times.

Keep the defenses guessing. Tempo of the offense should always be changing.

 

[xwalker]

Check & Check. I would send you the video but there was an ...... accident. Unfortunately, my phone got broken while employees were giving ...... their feedback.

 

[Bobhaze]

Bullet, was that because DET doesn't have a great defense or something the Cowboys offense is consciously doing? It will be interesting to see how they handle the HOU D with their pass rush and better D overall than the Lions.

Great point CC. The Texan front 4 may be the best we see all year. Connor Williams is gonna need some help or Dak may need an ambulance.

Another reason this O should be running high tempo no huddle again Sun.

 

[kskboys]

Great point CC. The Texan front 4 may be the best we see all year. Connor Williams is gonna need some help or Dak may need an ambulance.

Another reason this O should be running high tempo no huddle again Sun.

Dak does better w/ the quick hitting O anyway. Looked to me as if we strayed away from that, then went back to it for the DET game. Offhand, it looked like yet another situation of them trying to fit the player into what they want instead of working w/ what that player is.

 

[Bobhaze]

Dak does better w/ the quick hitting O anyway. Looked to me as if we strayed away from that, then went back to it for the DET game. Offhand, it looked like yet another situation of them trying to fit the player into what they want instead of working w/ what that player is.

It appears to me that it has taken Garrett 3 years to understand that Dak is not ever going to be Tony Romo. Hopefully he continues to build game plans around what Dak does well, not just the “Romo friendly” offense of 2014.

 

[Brax]

This was one of the things that drove me nuts with our offense when Romo was there. They were always winding the clock down. I love a fast tempo offense that keeps the defense on their heels. How many times have you seen that used against us? In the past, our success on D was based on rotation so teams upped the tempo to stop that.

At that time it was clock management to give the opposing offenses as little time on the field as possible due to the poor D that dallas fielded year in and year out. I would love to see the K gun type offense with Dak just do not think it's JG's thing though.

 

[foofighters]

Dak does better w/ the quick hitting O anyway. Looked to me as if we strayed away from that, then went back to it for the DET game. Offhand, it looked like yet another situation of them trying to fit the player into what they want instead of working w/ what that player is.

That's Jason's scheme and the leadership model that I can't stand. How often does this work? I don't know, maybe that Ivy League degree means he knows a lot more than I do...

 

[MyFairLady]

100% agree. Things looked much much better when we played with some pace and purpose. Would like to see that continue. I have always hated lining up for the first series of the game in that stupid jumbo formation to run Zeke up the middle with 1 second left on the play clock like we are trying to finish off the game.

 

[MyFairLady]

Dak does better w/ the quick hitting O anyway. Looked to me as if we strayed away from that, then went back to it for the DET game. Offhand, it looked like yet another situation of them trying to fit the player into what they want instead of working w/ what that player is.

+1
Coaching staff has definitely not shown an ability to be flexible and work with what they have.

 

[Bobhaze]

+1
Coaching staff has definitely not shown an ability to be flexible and work with what they have.

Agreed. And not just this year. Garrett’s style hasn’t changed that much since 2010. At the very least, he’s slow to change. He watched his QB get killed for 3 1/2 qtrs last year in Atlanta before taking Chaz Green out. Almost no adjustments. Some have argued it damaged Dak’s confidence in a big way.

 

[CCBoy]

I'm all for controlling the tempo for an opponent and even forcing him to meet packages you have on the field by quick snapping and attacking what is on the field.

 

[CCBoy]

Bullet, was that because DET doesn't have a great defense or something the Cowboys offense is consciously doing? It will be interesting to see how they handle the HOU D with their pass rush and better D overall than the Lions.

The Lions had been seen as a pass defensively strong team. They had handled New England, who doesn't have a valid running game.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Here’s a very simple, yet specific reason the offense showed improvement Sunday- snapping the ball on time.

We had a similar issue years ago with Romo. The problem wasn't so much with when we snapped the ball, but when the team got lined up at the LOS. Because Tony like to run the clock down playing games against the defense anyway.

I can't remember when, but we were behind the clock too often getting to the line, then straightened that out, and performance jumped.

Under Garrett, we apparently have to relearn that every few years.

 

[buybuydandavis]

I'm all for controlling the tempo for an opponent and even forcing him to meet packages you have on the field by quick snapping and attacking what is on the field.

You don't have to snap quickly, you just have to get to the LOS quickly. Then you can hold them there until you snap the ball.

 

[CCBoy]

You don't have to snap quickly, you just have to get to the LOS quickly. Then you can hold them there until you snap the ball.

That is just another way to control tempo. Having their defense adjusting as the play is chosen and executed has quite a bit going for it, although.

 

[Ranching]

Here’s a very simple, yet specific reason the offense showed improvement Sunday- snapping the ball on time.

Prior to the Lions game, the Cowboys were consistently snapping the ball with less than 5 seconds left on the snap clock, even drawing two delay of game penalties, and burning two timeouts to avoid other delay penalties. In short, this offense was struggling to get ready to snap the dang ball.

The good news is on average, the Cowboys offense was about 2-3 seconds quicker per snap against the Lions than against the Seahawks. Dallas had snapped the ball with fewer than 5 seconds left on the play clock 15 times against Seattle, which shows they were often unprepared and unorganized. They only did that 5 times against Detroit.

Sometimes, it’s little things like snapping the ball that creates major performance improvement.

Sometimes it's as simple as getting the ball to Zeke.