Cowboys discuss bringing in Scott Linehan for playcalling

[cowboyjoe]

mike fisher ‏@fishsports


Source tells me Linehan is a Garrett idea, NOT a Jerry idea. Which is good for usually dysfunctional #cowboys org flow
mike fisher ‏@fishsports



Garrett worked as QB coach under OC Linehan w #dolphins - under HC Saban. There's ur #cowboys coaching tree connection

 

[cowboyjoe]

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   Birddog26 ‏@Birddog26 2m
   @fishsports Scott was also a cowboy under Landry at one time Briefly though
   
   
   
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   mike fisher ‏@fishsports 2m
   “@Birddog26: @fishsports Scott was also a cowboy under Landry at one time Briefly though” / ha really?
   
   

• 1. mike fisher ‏@fishsports 11m
     As always re Callahan: #cowboys don't want to push him off ledge. Happy to elevate Frank Pollard as OL coach if Bill jumps
     

 

[cowboyjoe]

Jon Machota ‏@jonmachota 2m
Scott Linehan calling plays wouldn't guarantee Cowboys will run more. Over last 3 years, Dallas averaged 22.8 rushes per game, Detroit 24.8.

 

[Next Years Champ]

seriously? He ran the LIONS into an ice berg and was a big part in the whole staff being fired. That offense was notorious for costly turnovers and penalties...LOTS of procedure penalties mainly. Clearly they were poorly coached and he was the man responsible for it.

Yeah..

so he's only being considered to call the plays..

..not do all the pre-game planning, scouting and butt wiping.

Lighten up.

The Lions have constantly had a very good offense without a roster of All Pros.

I'd definitely look deeply into bringing him in to see if hes a fit.

And I don't think this demotes Callahan.

It should help him if he could concentrate on developing the OL.

Something that has 2 #1 draft picks in it and still needs LOTS of attention.

 

[cowboyjoe]

Not selected in the 1987 NFL Draft , Linehan signed a rookie free agent contract with the Dallas Cowboys in 1987 , but a shoulder injury quickly ended his playing career when he was cut at the start of his rookie training camp.[1]

 

[Next Years Champ]

Balty interviewed him as well three days ago I saw. Linehan said he credits Dennis Ericson for his offensive attacking style on Wikipedia.

Do we run the same offense? Don't even know. I'm for anybody outside of JG calling plays.

Detroit was a much more vertical passing game than ours. Has been for several years.

I like their offense against us.

I don't think we've beaten Detroit any year we played them since he was there.

 

[Alexander]

Do you even know anything about the detroit lions offense? they ran the ball 443 times for 1792 yrds and 15 tds last yr.

That whopping average of two extra rushing attempts should really help.

 

[jobberone]

@AdamSchefter: Cowboys are discussing hiring former Lions OC Scott Linehan as their play caller, per @Edwerderespn and @mortreport.

Like this idea.

We might throw every down now. That sounds so nice.

That's funny because I was sitting here thinking the same thing. Good coach and all these guys will work together to come up with a game plan. Linehan has the rep of having a great grasp of the offense.

 

[theebs]

That whopping average of two extra rushing attempts should really help.

The difference is linehan is really aggressive.

The passing game will look different if he really does call plays. With Bryant, Williams, Escobar, witten and Harris that would be a good thing.

I think we should have been in a vertically aggressive passing scheme all along.

 

[jblaze2004]

people seem to miss the point. Atleast he knows how to get his playmakers the ball.

 

[links18]

There getting people to believe again.......rearranging some chairs and stuff....

 

[LatinMind]

That whopping average of two extra rushing attempts should really help.

they had 119 more rushing attempts then Dallas in 2013 thats 7.5 more carries a game.thats middle of the pack in the nfl as opposed to be 2nd to last in the nfl in rushing.

 

[Idgit]

Lol. This thread is amazing.

ly bad. Like the Linehan idea, though, if they can fit all the cooks in the kitchen. He's an experienced guy who's worked with Jason previously. Not sure what there is to complain about, other than, you know, the team making any move at all.

 

[big dog cowboy]

This is supposed to be a upgrade?

 

[FLCowboyFan]

Maybe he will be our run game coordinator

 

[LatinMind]

A guy who likes the vertical passing game, and likes then screens to his RBs. Like using TE's down the field instead of strictly keeping them in the flats. How dare this team look at trying to get back to a vertical game.

 

[LatinMind]

This is supposed to be a upgrade?

Its supposed to open up a bad offense.

 

[TheRomoSexual]

His playcalling style is perfect for this offense. I'm in.

 

[Deep_South]

What I'm hearing - according to Jerry - is we have both a head coach and an offensive coordinator who are incapable of calling the plays to his satisfaction, yet we are keeping both of them and will bring in another person to do it. It sounds like nonsense to me.

 

[LatinMind]

What I'm hearing - according to Jerry - is we have both a head coach and an offensive coordinator who are incapable of calling the plays to his satisfaction, yet we are keeping both of them and will bring in another person to do it. It sounds like nonsense to me.

They are saying this is a JG move not a Jerry move