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Like Dan Quinn’s unit in Dallas, Robert Saleh’s Jets defense runs frequent rotations of personnel on and off the field throughout the game. They lean on their line depth to keep players fresh but also to put specialists in optimal position to succeed. It gives the Jets an advantage over opposing offenses because they can roll deep into their roster with limited overall drop-off.
Dallas has a similarly dominant defense at their disposal. While schemes and personnel differ between the two, they share familiar traits in their overall depth and dominance. Dallas logged 10 players with 17 or more snaps in Week 1. So, it stands to reason, if anyone knows how to limit the effectiveness of a rotational line, it’s Dallas.
(Mike McCarthy is up on watching this kind of rotation as he has trained in it the entire off season. Advantage McCarthy.)
The Cowboys know firsthand the best way to stop a rotation is to prevent substitutions in between plays. Opponents have done it to Dallas occasionally over the years and it’s forced the Cowboys to keep tired personnel on the field for longer than they would have liked. If offenses stay on the field and line up instead of huddling, they will prevent the defense from swapping in fresh players. If the Cowboys can catch New York with a mismatch of personnel, they could gain an advantage by sticking with it for an up-tempo drive.
With a veteran quarterback like Dak Prescott under center, they can easily make their play calls at the line of scrimmage. And at home, Prescott can clearly communicate from under center since crowd noise will be in his favor. Once they’re at the line they can use the play-clock to its fullest. The point is they will prevent the Jets from substituting.
https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/2023/09/16/cowboys-jets-offensive-gameplan-week-2/
Dallas has a similarly dominant defense at their disposal. While schemes and personnel differ between the two, they share familiar traits in their overall depth and dominance. Dallas logged 10 players with 17 or more snaps in Week 1. So, it stands to reason, if anyone knows how to limit the effectiveness of a rotational line, it’s Dallas.
(Mike McCarthy is up on watching this kind of rotation as he has trained in it the entire off season. Advantage McCarthy.)
The Cowboys know firsthand the best way to stop a rotation is to prevent substitutions in between plays. Opponents have done it to Dallas occasionally over the years and it’s forced the Cowboys to keep tired personnel on the field for longer than they would have liked. If offenses stay on the field and line up instead of huddling, they will prevent the defense from swapping in fresh players. If the Cowboys can catch New York with a mismatch of personnel, they could gain an advantage by sticking with it for an up-tempo drive.
With a veteran quarterback like Dak Prescott under center, they can easily make their play calls at the line of scrimmage. And at home, Prescott can clearly communicate from under center since crowd noise will be in his favor. Once they’re at the line they can use the play-clock to its fullest. The point is they will prevent the Jets from substituting.
https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/2023/09/16/cowboys-jets-offensive-gameplan-week-2/
