How Scott Linehan has created one of the NFL’s most lethal offenses in Dallas

[Alexander]

It sure didn't.

I'm not sure, but it looked to me like the Falcons went to the league about the Packers' linemen holding and forced them to play a different game. Atlanta's defenders were all over Rodgers the following week, and Green Bay's line looked like a different bunch of guys.

The Falcons were simply aggressive from the beginning. The blitzing they did played off what Marinelli eventually resorted to late in the game. The Falcons simply got ahead and continued bringing the heat. Dallas' offense sputtered and got behind. That was the major difference.

 

[Stash]

The Falcons were simply aggressive from the beginning. The blitzing they did played off what Marinelli eventually resorted to late in the game. The Falcons simply got ahead and continued bringing the heat. Dallas' offense sputtered and got behind. That was the major difference.

I thought Linehan called a terrible game myself. I was calling for him to be replaced. I'd love to see what Norv Turner could do with this amount of talent - along with an actual commitment to the running game. Unlike the two offensive minds we have, he's never found the run game 'boring' and gotten away from it when it was working.

But I'm sure not going to give a coach credit for doing well with more talent than anyone else has.

 

[Alexander]

I thought Linehan called a terrible game myself. I was calling for him to be replaced. I'd love to see what Norv Turner could do with this amount of talent - along with an actual commitment to the running game. Unlike the two offensive minds we have, he's never found the run game 'boring' and gotten away from it when it was working.

But I'm sure not going to give a coach credit for doing well with more talent than anyone else has.

Linehan suffers from the same disease Garrett did when he called plays. Reliance on simplicity the majority of the time and then when the stakes are at their highest, trying to do things out of character in a vain attempt to be clever and tricky.