Lenihan was given the job to develop a offense based on short horizontal routes and which Romo could operate well not endangering his back.
It worked flawlessly Dez was running crossing routes along with everybody else killing defenses underneath and then RAC was amazing.
Romo and Dez continued developing the offense by working on back shoulder throws endlessly after practice and Dez developed his deep jump ball, it was Unstoppable.
The defenses finally adjusted and began moving people up taking away the short stuff and doubling Dez
In 2015 defenses had totally adjusted and those short routes ended up being tackled on the spot for a three or four yard gain.
This is both Garretts and linehans base offense it can be effective but you must have receivers that can get open early which we are lacking at the moment.
If we're going to keep the same receiving Corps we have to go back to 2016 and create Miss Direction, play action, and using the entire field combined with play calling that keeps defenses guessing like it did in 2016.
The question is can Garrett and Linehan swallow their pride and use an offense that isn't there original philosophy
Drafting Ridley wouldn't hurt either
stay tuned we'll find out.