bryan broadus former cowboys scouts talks cowboys

[cowboyjoe]

safety play was horrible to me bryan says but he thinks sensabaugh will be better and help out

mike hamlin has learning curve, spot play and more on special teams type player and see sensabuagh have lion share of play

cbs, thinks this will be strenght of the team, and scandrick, really great, with jenkins more of a careful players style

hit on scandrick should hav been in pac10 school

brooking; added to be more physical at point of attack, and look at james williams whom fills in for burnett;

carpenter has been in system along time, trying to earn cowboys respect, he does have athletic ability to help cowboys;

when carpenter he first rushed as rusher when firstg came to cowboys, you see a soft player but if he takes bull by the horns has chance to help cowboys

romo friendly thought ; rbs and tes are going to have to make up for problem at wr, dont know if garrett is going to be a run all the time, felix has to stay healthy, barber wear you down and choice has shown he can play

think their is a situation like with barber, he brings toughness like choice, then need more of columbo, and more blocking from offensive line

tes; absolutely bennett really stood out in mini camp, he is amis match player to obig for safeties or linebackers in coverage

wildcat; situation if used right way, you can have success, have flexibility to have base offense and get wrs more involved, with razorback can be used to outscheme somebody or for first down or score

garrett; they have to with wrs, they have to develop a go to guy to go along with roy williams, till they do that they have to go with the tes

iwth wade calliong defense will help but this team must do a better job with turnovers;

you have to find a way to get your hand on the ball on defense and turn ball over to offense in red zone area

could start season nice, but mid way, um, then in december they have to find a way to get through in december and stay healty and move on into january;
thats it

 

[NextGenBoys]

safety play was horrible to me bryan says but he thinks sensabaugh will be better and help out

mike hamlin has learning curve, spot play and more on special teams type player and see sensabuagh have lion share of play

cbs, thinks this will be strenght of the team, and scandrick, really great, with jenkins more of a careful players style

hit on scandrick should hav been in pac10 school

brooking; added to be more physical at point of attack, and look at james williams whom fills in for burnett;

carpenter has been in system along time, trying to earn cowboys respect, he does have athletic ability to help cowboys;

when carpenter he first rushed as rusher when firstg came to cowboys, you see a soft player but if he takes bull by the horns has chance to help cowboys

romo friendly thought ; rbs and tes are going to have to make up for problem at wr, dont know if garrett is going to be a run all the time, felix has to stay healthy, barber wear you down and choice has shown he can play

think their is a situation like with barber, he brings toughness like choice, then need more of columbo, and more blocking from offensive line

tes; absolutely bennett really stood out in mini camp, he is amis match player to obig for safeties or linebackers in coverage

wildcat; situation if used right way, you can have success, have flexibility to have base offense and get wrs more involved, with razorback can be used to outscheme somebody or for first down or score

garrett; they have to with wrs, they have to develop a go to guy to go along with roy williams, till they do that they have to go with the tes

iwth wade calliong defense will help but this team must do a better job with turnovers;

you have to find a way to get your hand on the ball on defense and turn ball over to offense in red zone area

could start season nice, but mid way, um, then in december they have to find a way to get through in december and stay healty and move on into january;
thats it

I was going to write a feature on bleacherreport about this, on how I dont think we should be a running team, but I've gotten lazy and havent gotten around to it.

I'll just say with all the talk of us being a smashmouth power running team, I dont know if we should do that. I think we should continue to be a pass first team.

 

[Idgit]

I was going to write a feature on bleacherreport about this, on how I dont think we should be a running team, but I've gotten lazy and havent gotten around to it.

I'll just say with all the talk of us being a smashmouth power running team, I dont know if we should do that. I think we should continue to be a pass first team.

I do, too.
I haven't seen evidence from our OL that that unit can handle significantly more run blocking responsibilities to begin with.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

I was going to write a feature on bleacherreport about this, on how I dont think we should be a running team, but I've gotten lazy and havent gotten around to it.

I'll just say with all the talk of us being a smashmouth power running team, I dont know if we should do that. I think we should continue to be a pass first team.

Michael Irvin had some pretty interesting comments recently on his radio show, aboout the run-first appraoch that everyone is asking for. Irvin said that run-oriented teams tend to score less points, and so the approach only works when you have a defense capable of shutting down the run. But if you can't do that, then running the ball won't help your chances of winning, and Dallas showed signs of struggle stopping the run late last season. So Irvin's insinuation was that if Dallas does not improve as a run-stopping defense, then they shouldn't be so reliant on this run-first approach. In that case they should instead open up the offense with the pass in hopes of scoring more points, more quickly, to balance oupt the additional points their defense is bound to give up if it struggles to stop the run. I thought it was a real insightful perspective on offensive and defensive strategy.

 

[JeffInDC]

Michael Irvin had some pretty interesting comments recently on his radio show, aboout the run-first appraoch that everyone is asking for. Irvin said that run-oriented teams tend to score less points, and so the approach only works when you have a defense capable of shutting down the run. But if you can't do that, then running the ball won't help your chances of winning, and Dallas showed signs of struggle stopping the run late last season. So Irvin's insinuation was that if Dallas does not improve as a run-stopping defense, then they shouldn't be so reliant on this run-first approach. In that case they should instead open up the offense with the pass in hopes of scoring more points, more quickly, to balance oupt the additional points their defense is bound to give up if it struggles to stop the run. I thought it was a real insightful perspective on offensive and defensive strategy.

Very insightful stuff indeed. Becasue, if memory seves me right, that is EXACTLY how the '90's teams used to operate (under Turner and Zampese) - Pass to score in the first half, then pound Emmitt in the second half to close out the game.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I don't see how what Irvin says really makes sense. Sure, if you run the ball more, you're probably going to score fewer points, but that's because the clock runs more and there are fewer possessions per game. But that in itself helps your defense, which is a huge reason why Parcells did it.

But he's implying that passing automatically scores more points, and that's not necessarily true. You still have to get the ball in the hands of your best players, and if your backs are your best weapons, then passing just to pass isn't going to help you.

And then there's the fact that running more should reduce turnovers, which we all know loses games and has been a problem here.

But if you can't stop the run and your defense gets overrun like Irvin is suggesting, you're in big trouble anyway regardless of your offensive approach.

 

[THUMPER]

I don't see us becoming a running team or a run-first team but I do see us becoming more balanced on offense, and that's a good thing.

I don't get why people think it has to be one or the other.

 

[Alexander]

Michael Irvin had some pretty interesting comments recently on his radio show, aboout the run-first appraoch that everyone is asking for. Irvin said that run-oriented teams tend to score less points, and so the approach only works when you have a defense capable of shutting down the run. But if you can't do that, then running the ball won't help your chances of winning, and Dallas showed signs of struggle stopping the run late last season. So Irvin's insinuation was that if Dallas does not improve as a run-stopping defense, then they shouldn't be so reliant on this run-first approach. In that case they should instead open up the offense with the pass in hopes of scoring more points, more quickly, to balance oupt the additional points their defense is bound to give up if it struggles to stop the run. I thought it was a real insightful perspective on offensive and defensive strategy.

Perhaps, but we also shouldn't be a run-first team if we don't start run blocking better. I am sure it will depend on the results. If we experience early success, then it will continue.

But if anyone thinks for a second that Garrett is going to turn into Woody Hayes, they need to think again. He doesn't tick that way and above all else, we aren't built that way. The game should dictate the distribution. The old Cowboys were pass first, build a lead, then run. That was how we were in 2007. Get the lead, bring in the closer.

All anyone wants is more balance. A little more Felix Jones and Choice. We aren't talking a radical shift. What we saw under Coach Parcells was a run-first team, but we weren't three yards and a cloud of dust under Sparano's playcalling.

But one thing that will be a tell-tale sign of what kind of offense we want to do is how we behave on first downs. I think if you look at the numbers, we threw more on first down than most teams, certainly less than those who finished in the top 10 in rushing in the league.

 

[cowboyjoe]

Perhaps, but we also shouldn't be a run-first team if we don't start run blocking better. I am sure it will depend on the results. If we experience early success, then it will continue.

But if anyone thinks for a second that Garrett is going to turn into Woody Hayes, they need to think again. He doesn't tick that way and above all else, we aren't built that way. The game should dictate the distribution. The old Cowboys were pass first, build a lead, then run. That was how we were in 2007. Get the lead, bring in the closer.

All anyone wants is more balance. A little more Felix Jones and Choice. We aren't talking a radical shift. What we saw under Coach Parcells was a run-first team, but we weren't three yards and a cloud of dust under Sparano's playcalling.

But one thing that will be a tell-tale sign of what kind of offense we want to do is how we behave on first downs. I think if you look at the numbers, we threw more on first down than most teams, certainly less than those who finished in the top 10 in rushing in the league.

exactly alexander,
we need just alittle more mixture with the run,
its kinda like war; you find teams weaknesses and you attack that;

for example if they are weak on the run, you attack that, then bring them up in the box to stop the run, then you hit them with big play passes

never attack someones strength, but their vulnerability

and go with your strengths

i think the cowboys will use more of the double te offense this year, which will help out the run too, then hit the defenses with deep passes to roy and austin

then get a big lead on teams like you mentioned in 2007 and make teams pass on you

with our improvement on special teams, better kicking and punting, and alittle more emphasis on running with double te formation, i see better season for the cowboys, just dont know if its enough to catch up with the giants and eagles, they improved themselves in the draft more than we did this year;