Additional Seahawks/Cowboys Play Breakdown

[Roadtrip635]

There are tons of breakdowns out there. I was checking these out today and this guy does a pretty good job of not focusing on any one thing or area. Dak makes or doesn't make some throws, questionable playcalling and OL play. It was particularly revealing about our TE play, but I'm sure people will focus on what they want to. There just seems to be too many questions and mistakes across the whole offense.

 

[Roadtrip635]

 

[beware_d-ware]

Great links. Thanks for sharing!

Some of my thoughts on them:

-Why the hell is Swaim playing 90% of the snaps.

-If Alfred Morris takes any of the handoffs in that video, he's getting dropped for a 1 or 2 yard loss. Zeke makes a LOT happen on his own.

-6 blockers vs 7 in the box, why is Dak not killing that play. He's got to know that either the Mike or the Will is going to be running free.

 

[gmoney112]

Great links. Thanks for sharing!

Some of my thoughts on them:

-Why the hell is Swaim playing 90% of the snaps.

-If Alfred Morris takes any of the handoffs in that video, he's getting dropped for a 1 or 2 yard loss. Zeke makes a LOT happen on his own.

-6 blockers vs 7 in the box, why is Dak not killing that play. He's got to know that either the Mike or the Will is going to be running free.

You can't kill every play they put defenders in the box. Or they'll just put defenders in the box and peel them off every single snap.

It's coaching. Coaching should *expect* this, that's why they're paid millions. What are they going to show the majority of the time? Extra defenders. What are we going to do about it? That's the logical line of reasoning.

In preparation, there should be options for times like these. That should be the main gameplan. Running into it here and there is fine, but my god, we are one of the worst attacking teams in the league against teams with a little bit of talent that actually prepare for us. It's terrible.

 

[CyberB0b]

Great links. Thanks for sharing!

Some of my thoughts on them:

-Why the hell is Swaim playing 90% of the snaps.

-If Alfred Morris takes any of the handoffs in that video, he's getting dropped for a 1 or 2 yard loss. Zeke makes a LOT happen on his own.

-6 blockers vs 7 in the box, why is Dak not killing that play. He's got to know that either the Mike or the Will is going to be running free.

1. Blake Jarwin is the number 2.

 

[black label]

Great links. Thanks for sharing!

Some of my thoughts on them:

-Why the hell is Swaim playing 90% of the snaps.

-If Alfred Morris takes any of the handoffs in that video, he's getting dropped for a 1 or 2 yard loss. Zeke makes a LOT happen on his own.

-6 blockers vs 7 in the box, why is Dak not killing that play. He's got to know that either the Mike or the Will is going to be running free.

Dak is killing the play

 

[beware_d-ware]

You can't kill every play they put defenders in the box. Or they'll just put defenders in the box and peel them off every single snap.

It's coaching. Coaching should *expect* this, that's why they're paid millions. What are they going to show the majority of the time? Extra defenders. What are we going to do about it? That's the logical line of reasoning.

In preparation, there should be options for times like these. That should be the main gameplan. Running into it here and there is fine, but my god, we are one of the worst attacking teams in the league against teams with a little bit of talent that actually prepare for us. It's terrible.

LOL, that's exactly what they did to Romo.

I'd agree with you that this shouldn't be the normal play call. But I think the plan here is that if you're running out of single-back 3 wide with 10 yards to go (that's what the sticks look like), you're hoping to trick the defense almost like a draw play. If that trick isn't there (and leaving either KJ Wright or Bobby Wagner unblocked - it's not there), you need to kill it.

 

[gmoney112]

LOL, that's exactly what happened to Romo.

I'd agree with you that this shouldn't be the normal play call. But I think the plan here is that if you're running out of single-back 3 wide with 10 yards to go (that's what the sticks look like), you're hoping to trick the defense almost like a draw play. If that trick isn't there (and leaving either KJ Wright or Bobby Wagner unblocked - it's not there), you need to kill it.

Gotcha. I can agree with that. Wagner being the player definitely skews it a bit too, against a lesser defender I may hope that he misses a tackle or gets caught in traffic or something and a big play happens.

LOL i can still hear Tony yelling "KILL KILL KILL".

 

[Aven8]

I feel like I just went into a time machine watching all those plays......1990 is back!!!

 

[Roadtrip635]

1. Blake Jarwin is the number 2.

Watching Swaim out there and he's supposed to be a much better blocker than Rico is very frightening. How bad is Rico's blocking if he's worse than Swaim.

 

[beware_d-ware]

Gotcha. I can agree with that. Wagner being the player definitely skews it a bit too, against a lesser defender I may hope that he misses a tackle or gets caught in traffic or something and a big play happens.

LOL i can still hear Tony yelling "KILL KILL KILL".

And running that play clock down to zero... every single time.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Great links. Thanks for sharing!

Some of my thoughts on them:

-Why the hell is Swaim playing 90% of the snaps.

-If Alfred Morris takes any of the handoffs in that video, he's getting dropped for a 1 or 2 yard loss. Zeke makes a LOT happen on his own.

-6 blockers vs 7 in the box, why is Dak not killing that play. He's got to know that either the Mike or the Will is going to be running free.

This is a TE based, TE heavy offense. And of course it doesnt matter that our TE's suck they go with the next man up BS. They should change the offense to more of a spread offense with no TE. Get them in nickel and then run.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Gotcha. I can agree with that. Wagner being the player definitely skews it a bit too, against a lesser defender I may hope that he misses a tackle or gets caught in traffic or something and a big play happens.

LOL i can still hear Tony yelling "KILL KILL KILL".

Perfectly thrown ball. IF Zeke hauls that in he either gets the corner, stiff arms him, or stops and lets him go on by. Either way he gets the first down.

 

[Praxit]

.>I guess you can say Dallas had another bad game. Everyone fooked up. On the other hand Sea played it like a playoff game, they were ready. They caught linehan, in the outback house counting the leaves.

 

[charron]

LOL, that's exactly what they did to Romo.

I'd agree with you that this shouldn't be the normal play call. But I think the plan here is that if you're running out of single-back 3 wide with 10 yards to go (that's what the sticks look like), you're hoping to trick the defense almost like a draw play. If that trick isn't there (and leaving either KJ Wright or Bobby Wagner unblocked - it's not there), you need to kill it.

Isn't that why we all were told Dak would have more RPO's? Show run, identify what the defense is doing and throw to the guy in single coverage?

 

[Roadtrip635]

Isn't that why we all were told Dak would have more RPO's? Show run, identify what the defense is doing and throw to the guy in single coverage?

Except not all plays are RPOs, that one was a set run from the shotgun. The offense failed to account for their best LB. Some of it failure of scheme or missed blocking assignments.

 

[charron]

Except not all plays are RPOs, that one was a set run from the shotgun. The offense failed to account for their best LB. Some of it failure of scheme or missed blocking assignments.

Agreed. He mentioned 3wide and a rb so I missed the shotgun formation part.

 

[Thomas82]

This is good stuff!!

 

[beware_d-ware]

Also, with that Collins pulling video - watch Zeke's acceleration. He waits till Martin's on his guy, waits for Collins to lock on, plants upfield and then pewwwmm. He goes 0-60 and gets 15 yards in an instant, then trucks Thomas for a bunch more.

I've heard a bunch of people say "Zeke's not the same guy as his rookie year", "Zeke's out of shape, stuff like that. It's true that Zeke wasn't mentally very focused on Sunday, but that explosion is usually the first thing to go as a running back ages, gets out of shape, declines, etc, and his looks to be 100% there.

 

[Roadtrip635]

Also, with that Collins pulling video - watch Zeke's acceleration. He waits till Martin's on his guy, waits for Collins to lock on, plants upfield and then pewwwmm. He goes 0-60 and gets 15 yards in an instant, then trucks Thomas for a bunch more.

There were some good plays and some good moments. There could have been a few more good chunk yards if it weren't for a missed block here and there. This is a winnable game, if you eliminate the 3-4 big mistakes and make those blocks. Zeke easily could have had around 200 total yards on Sunday.