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jimnabby
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I'm happy to see Linehan gone, but this thing about "guessing what was coming next on offense" just doesn't hold up, especially the whole, "you knew Zeke was getting the ball on first down." On first downs last year in the 1st and 3rd quarters (to get rid of all-pass end-of-half and late-game drives), we ran 98 passing plays and 99 RB rushing plays (and another 5 runs by Cooper/Austin). There were serious problems with the offense and I don't doubt that the plays were easy to diagnose once they started, but no, you couldn't guess the next play (and from living through people predicting plays on chat, I'm sure I'm right about that).Of course, all this optimism is predicated on yesterday not being a fluke. If it was just Dak having a good game in Linehans offense, i'd be more hesitant. But, Moore has really opened up the offense and given it some creative wrinkles. How many times last year were we able to guess what was coming next on offense? Practically all season you knew Zeke was getting the ball on first down. Garret's offensive philosophy is essentially that if everyone does their job, it won't matter what the defense is doing.....ala the early 90's team. Linehan was just calling plays from the Garret playbook. Moore has turned the playbook upside down and re-written it. Will it be as effective against every team , probably not. Much like Garret in 2007, teams didn't know what was coming but eventually had enough tape to adapt. I'm just enjoying the ride right now and hoping Moore is smarter than Garret.
I attribute yesterday's offensive success to 1 part Moore, 2 parts talent (Dak improving touch, Gallup and Jarwin more experienced, Fred back, Cooper with an offseason, Cobb), and 2 parts Giants (man, they are terrible).