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Hold off on judging Garrett
I know folks are curious to see what caliber of play-caller Jason Garrett is, but you won't be able to tell after tonight.
You never get a decent idea of play-calling style from a preseason opener. Coaches don't want to show a whole lot of their cards in a meaningless game. And they're more worried about evaluating personnel than scoring points.
"It's still more of an individual game than a team game at this point," Wade Phillips said.
Even if this game counted, it still wouldn't be a good gauge of Garrett's play-calling style. The two starting tackles standing on the sideline -- matching up backups with premier speed rushers -- ought to severely limit the vertical passing game with Tony Romo.
If Garrett does call a lot of seven-step drop stuff with Romo in there, it is OK to jump to conclusions about the rookie offensive coordinator's sanity.
Posted by Tim MacMahon http://www.***BANNED-URL***/sharedcontent/dws/img/standing/icons/email.gif at 9:54 AM (E-mail this entry) | Comments (0)
I know folks are curious to see what caliber of play-caller Jason Garrett is, but you won't be able to tell after tonight.
You never get a decent idea of play-calling style from a preseason opener. Coaches don't want to show a whole lot of their cards in a meaningless game. And they're more worried about evaluating personnel than scoring points.
"It's still more of an individual game than a team game at this point," Wade Phillips said.
Even if this game counted, it still wouldn't be a good gauge of Garrett's play-calling style. The two starting tackles standing on the sideline -- matching up backups with premier speed rushers -- ought to severely limit the vertical passing game with Tony Romo.
If Garrett does call a lot of seven-step drop stuff with Romo in there, it is OK to jump to conclusions about the rookie offensive coordinator's sanity.
Posted by Tim MacMahon http://www.***BANNED-URL***/sharedcontent/dws/img/standing/icons/email.gif at 9:54 AM (E-mail this entry) | Comments (0)
