Cowboys helping Dak with RPO offense changeup

[sbark]

Dak Prescott just keeps on turning heads - Hugh Kellenberger, The Clarion-Ledger (via BTB)
Kellenberger explains how the Cowboys have been using the RPO offense to help Prescott.

The biggest external factor is that Mississippi State prepared him for the next step — Prescott said exactly that postgame Friday, that coach Dan Mullen’s offense was every bit a NFL offense — and that the Cowboys are playing to Prescott’s strengths.

They’ve used some run-pass options (RPOs) with Prescott so far, Chris Brown from SmartFootball.com pointed out after the first preseason game. RPOs are essentially when a quarterback is reading a second-level defender (either a linebacker or safety, usually) to determine whether to hand the ball off or throw it into the space the defender created.

It’s not a brand new offensive concept in college, where it was created to add another wrinkle to the run-read option defenses had begun to figure out. But it is something that we have not previously seen at the NFL level, and that makes it both a foreign concept to defenses and a familiar one to Prescott.

That’s how you make your offense work for the personnel, and not the other way around.
*****
Helping him immensely from his college spread offense to a pro-set look........good coaching, good adaptation. give Garrett/Linehan credit.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

Yes, seems like Garrett and them are throwing different plays out there then the same regular thing. Let's hope it continues in the regular season

 

[VACowboy]

Who thinks we go 1-11 sans Romo with Prescott at QB?

 

[TwoDeep3]

It's not closer than it should be, as the fan of the author suggested.

 

[Reality]

This is what a lot of teams have done to help quarterbacks transition to the NFL. The problem is that almost every team that did this the first year, tried to turn them into a traditional/old school quarterback in their second season and that's why you've had so many sophomore slumps.

It's the same for many rookie running backs. In their first season, they simplify everything and tell them to hit their gaps and trust the holes will be there. For their second season, they want them to start "being patient" which leads to a lot of hesitation even when the holes are there.

Good coaches adapt to their players, not the other way around. Old school coaches have a harder time with this because they believe in their system and have fine-tuned it over the years. However, the smart coaches realize that while their system may be the core of their scheme, there's absolutely nothing wrong with adapting it to meet the abilities and/or limitations of the players they have on the field.

 

[DFWJC]

Who thinks we go 1-11 sans Romo with Prescott at QB?

I don't think they'd go 1-11 this year without Romo even with last years QBs.
The offense is just better and healthier all around.

 

[VACowboy]

I don't think they'd go 1-11 this year without Romo even with last years QBs.
The offense is just better and healthier all around.

Who thinks we go 1-11 in 2015 with Prescott at QB?

 

[sbark]

This is what a lot of teams have done to help quarterbacks transition to the NFL. The problem is that almost every team that did this the first year, tried to turn them into a traditional/old school quarterback in their second season and that's why you've had so many sophomore slumps.

It's the same for many rookie running backs. In their first season, they simplify everything and tell them to hit their gaps and trust the holes will be there. For their second season, they want them to start "being patient" which leads to a lot of hesitation even when the holes are there.

Good coaches adapt to their players, not the other way around. Old school coaches have a harder time with this because they believe in their system and have fine-tuned it over the years. However, the smart coaches realize that while their system may be the core of their scheme, there's absolutely nothing wrong with adapting it to meet the abilities and/or limitations of the players they have on the field.

Helps that we will have a strong running game with our OLine and either Zeke or Morris .......which forces the defense to actually make a safety show run support early, or risk not getting there. Helps the rookie "see" the same thing that the vet Wr's already see I'd presume. Will get harder into the regular season---that is what now sets Romo apart from many NFL Qb's

 

[dragon_mikal]

Who thinks we go 1-11 in 2015 with Prescott at QB?

The quarterbacks were only part of the problem last year. The coaching staff was completely lost when Romo went down.

 

[sbark]

The quarterbacks were only part of the problem last year. The coaching staff was completely lost when Romo went down.

Makes one wonder if this would've actually helped Weeden/Cassel .........or maybe they did, and it didn't

 

[Beast_from_East]

Well considering the coaching staff did absolutely nothing to help any of the QBs last season, this is a nice change of pace to read.

(Cassel said he tried to get some extra help and nobody was around after practice, they all went home....LOL).

 

[VACowboy]

The quarterbacks were only part of the problem last year. The coaching staff was completely lost when Romo went down.

Does that mean you think we go 1-11 with last year's team and Dak at the helm?

 

[CowboyChris]

I'm seeing slants to beasley, back shoulder throws to Dez, effective RB screens, deep balls to TWill and Butler, infact ive been commenting that where did this playcalling come from? just keep going with it.

 

[dragon_mikal]

I'm seeing slants to beasley, back shoulder throws to Dez, effective RB screens, deep balls to TWill and Butler, infact ive been commenting that where did this playcalling come from? just keep going with it.

Maybe they updated Garrett's software?

 

[Sportsbabe]

Dak Prescott just keeps on turning heads - Hugh Kellenberger, The Clarion-Ledger (via BTB)
Kellenberger explains how the Cowboys have been using the RPO offense to help Prescott.

The biggest external factor is that Mississippi State prepared him for the next step — Prescott said exactly that postgame Friday, that coach Dan Mullen’s offense was every bit a NFL offense — and that the Cowboys are playing to Prescott’s strengths.

They’ve used some run-pass options (RPOs) with Prescott so far, Chris Brown from SmartFootball.com pointed out after the first preseason game. RPOs are essentially when a quarterback is reading a second-level defender (either a linebacker or safety, usually) to determine whether to hand the ball off or throw it into the space the defender created.

It’s not a brand new offensive concept in college, where it was created to add another wrinkle to the run-read option defenses had begun to figure out. But it is something that we have not previously seen at the NFL level, and that makes it both a foreign concept to defenses and a familiar one to Prescott.

That’s how you make your offense work for the personnel, and not the other way around.
*****
Helping him immensely from his college spread offense to a pro-set look........good coaching, good adaptation. give Garrett/Linehan credit.

Running...tackling...and passing. Fundamentals. Redball 101.

 

[Blake]

Maybe they updated Garrett's software?

The new IT guy, hands down, is their greatest offseason acquisition. A detrimental bug has been eliminated.

 

[Clove]

I'm seeing slants to beasley, back shoulder throws to Dez, effective RB screens, deep balls to TWill and Butler, infact ive been commenting that where did this playcalling come from? just keep going with it.

Yeah, this is what I saw. And honestly, I slightly disagree with the original posters post somewhat. I do agree that they did a lot of what the op suggested, but I also saw where Dak just flat out reads the defense and throws to the open man.

I used to wonder how guys of other teams get so wide open and now I get it. It's the QB. The way Dak was looking off safeties yesterday was just incredible. Case in point... The throw where Dak backed up looked right, to the middle, and then slung a slant pass to Butler. This type of play has nothing to do with the RPO, it's a guy who's smart and just has it.

 

[Sportsbabe]

I'm seeing slants to beasley, back shoulder throws to Dez, effective RB screens, deep balls to TWill and Butler, infact ive been commenting that where did this playcalling come from? just keep going with it.

Ain't nothing changed but the dates on the calendar. As we know...accept it or not..."it's a process."

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Well considering the coaching staff did absolutely nothing to help any of the QBs last season, this is a nice change of pace to read.

(Cassel said he tried to get some extra help and nobody was around after practice, they all went home....LOL).

Do you really believe that?

I think it's bunk.

The offense looked much more like an "NFL" offense with Moore behind center... And he had never thrown a pass during a real NFL game and wasn't with the team in training camp.

I think it had more to do with the fact Cassel could no longer throw ("Brad Johnson disease"– Many folks that watched the Bills in preseason said Cassel's arm was shot) and that Weeden was dimwitted.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Yeah, this is what I saw. And honestly, I slightly disagree with the original posters post somewhat. I do agree that they did a lot of what the op suggested, but I also saw where Dak just flat out reads the defense and throws to the open man.

I used to wonder how guys of other teams get so wide open and now I get it. It's the QB. The way Dak was looking off safeties yesterday was just incredible. Case in point... The throw where Dak backed up looked right, to the middle, and then slung a slant pass to Butler. This type of play has nothing to do with the RPO, it's a guy who's smart and just has it.

Agree, I do think the Cowboys are limiting his "reads" which is understandable for a rookie and so instead of focusing on 4 guys or 5, he's focusing on 2 or 3 and one of those guys is consistently shaking free.