Big coaching advantage for Dallas

[pansophy]

Two items not being discussed enough....

Scott Lineman knows exactly how to attack the Lions defense and he knows the weaknesses of Stafford and the Lions offensive players to pass along.

And Rod Marinelli has had faced Detroit twice a year for a long, long time.

That will matter Sunday.

Maybe a familiarity advantage. It's hard to gauge how important that will be. We may be able to put them in more uncomfortable positions.

 

[Wood]

Does Red give us anything in the advantage dept?

judging by 12-4 record when rest of world predicted 6-10 would make me say yes.

 

[ringmaster]

It is Garret's offense with some little wrinkles added by Linehan the only difference is they're running the ball more as we both know.

The thing that irks me the most is that some fans actually believe Garret had no part in the team's commitment to running the ball it's all Linehan's doing and those same fans right after "passy happy" Linehan was hired complained that Garrett was bringing in another "pass happy" coach and they were not serious running the ball and now all of the sudden Murray has 1845 yds rushing now it's Garrett couldn't run offense because he didn't committ to running the ball enough.

We all were told for those of us who were paying attention when Linehan was hired as the defacto OC, Garrett told him that this team was going to run the ball and he was serious about it as we now know as when Garrett was calling the plays he wasn't as confident running the ball due to the personel he had at that time on the o-line and he did something about it and drafted three studs on the o-line who he now trust to run the ball more at will against any team.

As for Linehan he too is really a big part of what is going on due to him running a similar scheme to Garrett, it's all about adapting to the personel when he was OC at Detroit he really didn't have much of a choice but pass the ball because he didn't have a bell cow at RB like he had at St. Louis in Steven Jackson, and now in DeMarco Murray in which now the offense can be balance no disrespect to Bush,and Bell but nrither guy is a bell cow type of back.

Some fans here think just because Linehan was at Detroit and that defense know his tendencies on offense think Detroit will come in and pull a Sean Payton in 2006 at the end of the day it doesn't matter if they know his tendencies or not if the same Cowboys team show up from December in the postseason then they can guess what he has for breakfast it won't even matter may the best team win

Are we really running the Linehan offense? I thought it was Garrett's offense being called by Linehan.

 

[ConstantReboot]

Does Red give us anything in the advantage dept?

Possibly you can make a claim last year that Red needed to go. But this year he's been one hell of a head coach. Thats coming from one of his worst critiques on this board. So yes Red does give us a tremendous coaching advantage. I think he deserves coach of year and I would take Red over their entire staff any day of the week. In fact, I consider their coaching staff amateurs for laying that egg against Green Bay. That was one of the worst coaching I've seen done during an important game.

 

[pansophy]

Linehan does seem to adjust well and find ways to get his best players the ball. Dez doesn't really seem to get shutdown this year unless there are other guys like Beasley and Williams having big games.

 

[Fletch]

Two items not being discussed enough....

Scott Lineman knows exactly how to attack the Lions defense and he knows the weaknesses of Stafford and the Lions offensive players to pass along.

And Rod Marinelli has had faced Detroit twice a year for a long, long time.

That will matter Sunday.

We have no excuse losing this game. This is a Callahan vs. Gruden game all over again, minus the Super Bowl.

 

[LandryFan]

What a sad little existence you lead.

If nobody responded to him, he would go away. He just enjoys antagonizing those who let him.

 

[BAZ]

If nobody responded to him, he would go away. He just enjoys antagonizing those who let him.

Yep, posting here this time of the year makes that clear.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Does Red give us anything in the advantage dept?

Red has this team's respect and is a great motivator and a quality organizer. As another poster put it, this team played their butts off for him.

How about them knowing Linehan offense? Look at how the texans defense embarassed Kubiak's offense this season

I see your point, but Linehan really doesn't employ the same offense that he did before. He was pass happy before. In fact, that was what made many of us Cowboy fans groan when he was hired because we knew this team was built to be a run-based ball control one. Fortunately, he (and the coaching staff) was smart enough to go with that and it's paid off. I think the Lions are going to have trouble stopping this offense. We're going to be able to run, despite that despicable dirty player not being suspended like he deserves to be.

 

[AsthmaField]

If nobody responded to him, he would go away. He just enjoys antagonizing those who let him.

yep.

 

[TrailBlazer]

It is Garret's offense with some little wrinkles added by Linehan the only difference is they're running the ball more as we both know.

The thing that irks me the most is that some fans actually believe Garret had no part in the team's commitment to running the ball it's all Linehan's doing and those same fans right after "passy happy" Linehan was hired complained that Garrett was bringing in another "pass happy" coach and they were not serious running the ball and now all of the sudden Murray has 1845 yds rushing now it's Garrett couldn't run offense because he didn't committ to running the ball enough.

We all were told for those of us who were paying attention when Linehan was hired as the defacto OC, Garrett told him that this team was going to run the ball and he was serious about it as we now know as when Garrett was calling the plays he wasn't as confident running the ball due to the personel he had at that time on the o-line and he did something about it and drafted three studs on the o-line who he now trust to run the ball more at will against any team.

As for Linehan he too is really a big part of what is going on due to him running a similar scheme to Garrett, it's all about adapting to the personel when he was OC at Detroit he really didn't have much of a choice but pass the ball because he didn't have a bell cow at RB like he had at St. Louis in Steven Jackson, and now in DeMarco Murray in which now the offense can be balance no disrespect to Bush,and Bell but nrither guy is a bell cow type of back.

Some fans here think just because Linehan was at Detroit and that defense know his tendencies on offense think Detroit will come in and pull a Sean Payton in 2006 at the end of the day it doesn't matter if they know his tendencies or not if the same Cowboys team show up from December in the postseason then they can guess what he has for breakfast it won't even matter may the best team win

This is linehan' s offense. When JG ran the offense, it wasn't pretty. Never moved dez around, never utilized the middle of the field, never moved the pocket with bootlegs, no screens, never put guys in motion,the list goes on and on. No coincidence this offense is rolling when linehan gets here and JG takes a step back.

 

[Eddie]

I think we've run the ball more because Romo has cut back on the KILL KILL KILL audibles.

He's been walking up to a stacked line, and just running it up the gut. The last KILL KILL KILL that I remember was week 1 against the 49ers. We were 2nd and goal, and Romo took the sack because of it. I think it woke him up.

 

[erod]

Really?

He knows this how? Unless Linehan was in Baltimore with Teryl Austin last year, then he really has no idea about that defense.

Geez, Erod a little research or something dude.

He knows the strengths and weaknesses of much of the personnel. Didn't know I had to spell out the elementary stuff.

 

[AbeBeta]

He knows the strengths and weaknesses of much of the personnel. Didn't know I had to spell out the elementary stuff.

He knows nothing about either the O or D systems. Basically, he knows what anyone can see on film.

Just admit you started a dumb thread and move on

 

[AsthmaField]

Actually, the Lions beat writer thinks it is an advantage for Detroit:

Video: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12104939

 

[erod]

He knows nothing about either the O or D systems. Basically, he knows what anyone can see on film.

Just admit you started a dumb thread and move on

Ok, and I'll tell Troy Aikman, too, for you. He made much the same point.

 

[TheDoctor]

I was listening to 105.3 this morning and it was stated that Stafford is 1-4 against Marinelli's defenses with a QB rating of 75.

 

[jrumann59]

Linehan may not know the defense but he probably knows most of the defensive players and what they are good at defending and what they are not so good at defending.

 

[Fredd]

I was listening to 105.3 this morning and it was stated that Stafford is 1-4 against Marinelli's defenses with a QB rating of 75.

here's to 1-5

 

[darthseinfeld]

Does Red give us anything in the advantage dept?

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