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Personnel breakdown
Here’s the breakdown of formations by offensive personnel from Sunday’s games, with the three kneeldowns to end it excluded, and one play where yardage was counted (though the play was not) included:
2 RB/2 TE/1 WR (‘22’ personnel): 20 of 55 snaps (9 first half/11 second half)
1 RB/2 TE/2 WR (‘12’ personnel): 16 of 55 snaps (9/7)
1 RB/1 TE/3 WR (‘11’ personnel): 11 of 55 snaps (8/3)
2 RB/1 TE/2 WR (‘21’ personnel): 7 of 55 snaps (5/2)
2 RB/3 TE/0 WR (‘23’ personnel): 1 of 55 snaps (1/0)
WHAT IT MEANT: The Eagles’ exotic and extensive blitz packages were clearly a focus of the Cowboys this week, and by playing with two tight ends on 36 of 55 snaps, they rarely left a defender uncovered on the line of scrimmage. This didn’t necessarily mean a tight end wouldn’t release, or a back would exclusively protect in passing situations. It simply seemed to signal to the Eagles that they could do it and, in turn, it got the Eagles to back off a bit. One thing the Cowboys did do was move Jason Witten around, as they usually do, sticking him in the slot, split out and in the backfield. But by simply having him in the huddle, along with groupmate Anthony Fasano, the Eagles were calling their defensive personnel and, probably in some cases, their front seven packages based on the fact that it would be difficult to get pressure against the Cowboys personnel. The Eagles didn’t register a sack, so it seemed to work out.
Posted by Albert Breer at 2:21 PM
http://cowboys.beloblog.com/
Here’s the breakdown of formations by offensive personnel from Sunday’s games, with the three kneeldowns to end it excluded, and one play where yardage was counted (though the play was not) included:
2 RB/2 TE/1 WR (‘22’ personnel): 20 of 55 snaps (9 first half/11 second half)
1 RB/2 TE/2 WR (‘12’ personnel): 16 of 55 snaps (9/7)
1 RB/1 TE/3 WR (‘11’ personnel): 11 of 55 snaps (8/3)
2 RB/1 TE/2 WR (‘21’ personnel): 7 of 55 snaps (5/2)
2 RB/3 TE/0 WR (‘23’ personnel): 1 of 55 snaps (1/0)
WHAT IT MEANT: The Eagles’ exotic and extensive blitz packages were clearly a focus of the Cowboys this week, and by playing with two tight ends on 36 of 55 snaps, they rarely left a defender uncovered on the line of scrimmage. This didn’t necessarily mean a tight end wouldn’t release, or a back would exclusively protect in passing situations. It simply seemed to signal to the Eagles that they could do it and, in turn, it got the Eagles to back off a bit. One thing the Cowboys did do was move Jason Witten around, as they usually do, sticking him in the slot, split out and in the backfield. But by simply having him in the huddle, along with groupmate Anthony Fasano, the Eagles were calling their defensive personnel and, probably in some cases, their front seven packages based on the fact that it would be difficult to get pressure against the Cowboys personnel. The Eagles didn’t register a sack, so it seemed to work out.
Posted by Albert Breer at 2:21 PM
http://cowboys.beloblog.com/
