Differences on offense today

[Cowboysfan1975]

Pretty much the O line. Dak had time and Zeke had holes.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Dak was significantly better get the ball out at the top of his drop. It’s been awhile since he’s delivered the ball on time. That’s why his protection looked better.

 

[CowboysExchange]

Swaim was pretty much the feature tightend.

I'd have to say this was Swaims best game. It's nice to see him make a play. It probably won't happen often enough to warrant full time involvement but it's nice to see him step up today. He was pretty much left uncovered and was wide open. I didn't see anything that flashed greatness it just looked more like Detroit got caught letting him run free.

We'll fall apart next week but we got a couple of plays from him that helped get the win today. I don't think he's gonna be consistent enough as a receiver to contribute every week but it's nice to see him finally put up some winning stats on paper this week. 1 out of 4 games that he's made a positive impact as a receiver so far so he's gonna have to step it up and improve from here on out

 

[Kaiser]

Swaim was pretty much the feature tightend.

 

[ak47kaehu]

1 huge difference....not a single false start or holding penalty by the OL. We didn’t stop our own drives, and we needed every FG to win.

Defense gave up consecutive 75 yard TD drives at end of game.

Dak killed the drive once though with that stupid Houdini romo spin and got sacked taking them out of fg range.

 

[CowboysExchange]

We ran some designed screens to Zeke today and his production was insane but the law of averages says that he can't put up these #s without having weeks like Seattle. We definitely need to get other players involved at running and passing besides Zeke. I wonder how Bo scarbrough is doing on the practice squad? He looked great on screens and scored which is vital when the team has a problem scoring.

I'd like to see Dak Zeke and Bo coming out of a triple threat backfield on occasion. Today we were lucky and beat the blitz but usually we're not so lucky.

I think we need 2 rbs running and passing behind these road graters. Our pass protection stinks but our oline is still good at run blocking.

 

[xwalker]

I didn't get to watch the game, what were the differences in offense that Linehan hinted at?

I don't care about analysis like, "Dak played good, Dak didnt suck, Zeke played good, they completed passes". I can tell that from the box score.

Did they switch up routes, get creative, what offensive packages did it look like they ran moreso, type of blocking, etc?

They used less receivers.

Minimal (maybe zero) snaps at WR for the 5th and 6th WRs (Thompson/Butler).

Only Swaim targeted at TE.

Run blocking less complex. Apparently Zack Martin insisted on simplifying the run blocking scheme.

After reviewing the Seahawks game, I noticed that some of their run plays were complex in regards to the blocking assignments. Run blocking play design is a tradeoff between trying to get everyone blocked for a long gain at the expense of making the blocking assignments too difficult vs making certain the blocks get executed but having some 2nd level defenders unblocked.

The pass protection seemed much better. I don't know if they changed anything or if they just played better.

When Dak is pressured less than 40%, his stats are great. He was great today. He made some incredible throws including a would-be TD into the hands of Austin that was dropped. There was another big drop and a play where the WR appeared to lose sight of the ball.

Dak dropped a deep pass into the hands of Zeke on the final drive that awesome.

 

[Chrispierce]

It wasn’t that they were doing any big changes other than getting Zeke more involved from what I noticed. Guys just played more discipline football,the line pass blocked better,and they ran the ball to open up some things.

 

[Verdict]

They didn't drop a lot of balls
They didn't have a lot of penalties.

This allowed them to feed Zeke more.

Dez was gone. That helped too.

 

[beware_d-ware]

From what I've seen just watching highlight clips, the biggest difference is that Dak was willing and able to hit throws deep and outside.

Once he started doing that, the box defenders backed off - I stopped and counted the number of box defenders before the snap on Zeke's highlight runs and it was usually even numbers between defenders and blockers, vs the overloads we've normally been seeing. Once they had to back off, the 32nd ranked rush defense didn't have a prayer against Zeke.

 

[buybuydandavis]

I didn't get to watch the game, what were the differences in offense that Linehan hinted at?
I don't care about analysis like, "Dak played good, Dak didnt suck, Zeke played good, they completed passes". I can tell that from the box score.

Did they switch up routes, get creative, what offensive packages did it look like they ran moreso, type of blocking, etc?

Difference in the last 2 weeks. More shots deep. More passes to Zeke *on the move*.

Difference week 3 to week 4: 3 to 0 turnovers, 16 to 25 runs for Zeke, fewer WR drops, Zeke doesn't step out of bounds.

 

[Bullflop]

Linehan claimed well before game time that Dak would be allowed to "sling the ball" around liberally today. He pretty much kept his promise. Elliott was utilized somewhat generously in both the run and passing game as well, which was really a welcome changeup from the norm. Dak was afforded some noticeably better protection in this matchup than he'd been granted in earlier games. The WRs appear to be improving as well in both their routes and their ability to hang onto the passes as they arrived on target. All in all, it was a good effort on both sides of the ball. Our pass rush was tenacious.

 

[dallasdave]

this was already a big step forward.
lots of no huddle changed the tempo a lot and made defense much less comfortable

One Giant step for ZEKE

 

[CowboyRoy]

I didn't get to watch the game, what were the differences in offense that Linehan hinted at?

I don't care about analysis like, "Dak played good, Dak didnt suck, Zeke played good, they completed passes". I can tell that from the box score.

Did they switch up routes, get creative, what offensive packages did it look like they ran moreso, type of blocking, etc?

The line blocked finally. It as that simple. And they were finally determined to get Zeke fully involved in the passing game.

 

[Stash]

I didn't get to watch the game, what were the differences in offense that Linehan hinted at?

I don't care about analysis like, "Dak played good, Dak didnt suck, Zeke played good, they completed passes". I can tell that from the box score.

Did they switch up routes, get creative, what offensive packages did it look like they ran moreso, type of blocking, etc?

I noticed a few things myself:

1. More of a concerted effort to run the ball. I hate Linehan's playcalling, but I thought against the Lions that he made the effort to use it more. Their first drive consisted of three straight runs as I recall. The 3rd down run play that was called was a poor one (like the week before), but I appreciated sticking with it anyway.
2. I think it was emphasized to Prescott to get the ball out with more timing. He was dropping back and getting the ball out at the end of his drops like he's supposed to. One-two-three, ball's out. Just like they drew it up. The way it's supposed to work. I think Dak had gotten away from that far too much and was much too indecisive. He trusted what he saw better and pulled the trigger and production improved as a result.

Hopefully, both of these things carry over going forward

 

[OmerV]

Broken play and we got lucky then...

It just dawned on me you may have been talking about the swing pass that went for a TD, and I was thinking of the downfield pass. The TD pass possibly could have been an audible - though easily may not have been either. Even if it was an audible that's not a slight at the team because that's what QBs are supposed to do when they go to the line of scrimmage and see the defensive alignment. It would actually a good sign that the team has coached Dak to recognize the situation. Regardless of which play you were talking about, there was no broken play.

 

[nate dizzle]

The biggest difference was the level of competition they faced from the defense. The running game was superb against the leagues worst rushing defense, and that opened up some stuff down the field. Other than that, it was pretty much the same offense, just executed better.

 

[jrumann59]

They used less receivers.

Minimal (maybe zero) snaps at WR for the 5th and 6th WRs (Thompson/Butler).

Only Swaim targeted at TE.

Run blocking less complex. Apparently Zack Martin insisted on simplifying the run blocking scheme.

After reviewing the Seahawks game, I noticed that some of their run plays were complex in regards to the blocking assignments. Run blocking play design is a tradeoff between trying to get everyone blocked for a long gain at the expense of making the blocking assignments too difficult vs making certain the blocks get executed but having some 2nd level defenders unblocked.

The pass protection seemed much better. I don't know if they changed anything or if they just played better.

When Dak is pressured less than 40%, his stats are great. He was great today. He made some incredible throws including a would-be TD into the hands of Austin that was dropped. There was another big drop and a play where the WR appeared to lose sight of the ball.

Dak dropped a deep pass into the hands of Zeke on the final drive that awesome.

The bolded surprises me. Run blocking should be simple, the first thing is to get eh 1st level guys blocked up first because they will stop the play, 2nd level you want to block but not by sacrificing 1st level. Man this coaching staff would fail at opening an envelope because they would need to make it a process. Coach do not make a government bureaucracy out of everything

 

[CF74]

It just dawned on me you may have been talking about the swing pass that went for a TD, and I was thinking of the downfield pass. The TD pass possibly could have been an audible - though easily may not have been either. Even if it was an audible that's not a slight at the team because that's what QBs are supposed to do when they go to the line of scrimmage and see the defensive alignment. It would actually a good sign that the team has coached Dak to recognize the situation. Regardless of which play you were talking about, there was no broken play.

Yeah the next poster stated they actually went over that play in practice.

 

[CowboysExchange]

Swaim made the catches this week and the other 3weeks he dropped them. Detroit let him run around freely. Zeke was overinvolved imo and won't be able to do this every week. We need more rb touches in some 2 back sets. Too bad this coaching staff is ignorant and is gonna target Zeke like he's gonna get 3 TDS a game. All of our targets to Zeke is only gonna get us 1td a game. Unless our defense or sts starts scoring we're gonna be 31st on offense and lose a lot of games. We need less te formations and more wr and rb involvement . We still have bottom Barrell tes who are playing every snap. The next 3 weeks the tes will turn back into a frogs. Prolly go 1-2 or 0-3 trying to turn Swaim into 82 in his prime when he can't even match the washed up version of Jw. Its pathetic and embarrassing. 8-8 Radioball at it's finest.

Let me know when we run more 2 rb and 4 wr sets. This offense is totally boring and stagnant .I don't think we'll avg more than 14 pts a game like this .