It seemed like we ran a ton of play action

[Wolf2k5]

Now I am by NO means an offensive mastermind, but did it seem like we ran a ton of play action? The reason I ask is because we ran the ball less than ten times total so who's going to fall for it?
I'm not sure about our effectiveness on these plays or if I was seeing as a frustrated fan but it didn't seem very useful.

 

[texbumthelife]

Now I am by NO means an offensive mastermind, but did it seem like we ran a ton of play action? The reason I ask is because we ran the ball less than ten times total so who's going to fall for it?
I'm not sure about our effectiveness on these plays or if I was seeing as a frustrated fan but it didn't seem very useful.

Hilarious. I thought the exact thing. By my count, at least two of Romo's sacks came off of playaction. So not only did the defensive backfield not bite on it, but in holding the OL in place to sell the run, the defensive line actually had more time to get to Romo.

There are lots of reasons for head scratching this season. Just add this to the list.

 

[Idgit]

They had a couple of young injury replacements in the secondary, and they were trying to exploit the middle of the field behind the Mike that's the weakness in the cover two.

The touchdown to Witten was off of play action, btw.

 

[Roadtrip635]

Does anybody know how many PA passes we had today? It would be humorous to find out that we had more play action passes than actual running plays.

 

[Kingsham]

I heard a sports talk radio host say the other day that, regardless of whether you can run or not, a defense has to acknowledge the playaction, which makes sense, somewhat, but with us teams know we arent going to run...so its almost counter effective. We ran too much playaction today, well too much for us to NOT run the ball. Im convinced that Callahan is a moron. Plain and simple. I respect him, but his play calling is pretty pitiful.

 

[Wolf2k5]

They had a couple of young injury replacements in the secondary, and they were trying to exploit the middle of the field behind the Mike that's the weakness in the cover two.

The touchdown to Witten was off of play action, btw.

I haven't rewatched game so I didn't know that. I'm not saying I hated it cuz obviously a wins a win It just seemed like more than usual. I just noticed the sacks were due to nobody biting on it

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

In the 3rd quarter it seemed to open things up down field. But to do it with 1 minute left and two timeouts in the 2nd quarter was some of the dumbest playcalling i've seen.

 

[ConstantReboot]

The Dallas playcaller is nuts. In the Detroit game we run the ball almost exclusively on 1st down when the play their safeties up on the line. Yet we don't call any play action at all the entire game. Now when we play the Vikes, they hardly run the ball and use play action quite a bit. It seems that the coaches are adjusting to last weeks game in this week's games. One game too late ain't gonna fool anyone.

 

[Jenky]

Playaction on 3rd down is the best call ever.

 

[Crown Royal]

I think playaction was less to do with teh secondary and more to do with freezing the DL slightly. The vikings were twisting and stunting nearly every play, play action might have been there to slow that down.

 

[rpntex]

I heard a sports talk radio host say the other day that, regardless of whether you can run or not, a defense has to acknowledge the playaction, which makes sense, somewhat, but with us teams know we arent going to run...so its almost counter effective. We ran too much playaction today, well too much for us to NOT run the ball. Im convinced that Callahan is a moron. Plain and simple. I respect him, but his play calling is pretty pitiful.

Very true. Players are taught to react, and whether you think it will "fool" someone or not, defenders will hesitate, even if it's ever-so-slightly.

Another big reason for the play action has to do with the timing on the play. Leaving out the fake would disrupt the timing of the pass. It is strictly mnemonic in those instances, but important nonetheless.

Yesterday people were asking "why even call the play?". My response was to turn the tables on them---why narrow your playbook? You're looking for the end result---what types of routes work against what the defense is running. If the best fit against a certain defense is a play that INCLUDES play action, then run it.

And I agree---Callahan is a moron, but not because he ran too much play action.

 

[Idgit]

I haven't rewatched game so I didn't know that. I'm not saying I hated it cuz obviously a wins a win It just seemed like more than usual. I just noticed the sacks were due to nobody biting on it

We were definitely using it a lot. I'm not really advocating for it, one way or another, but it did work nicely on that td to Witten. Conversely, a dumb play action on third and long resulted in a critical sack, too, so I suppose it boils down to when you actually use it.

 

[Crown Royal]

Is there some sort of a read-option where Romo can either hand it off or keep it and throw the ball?

 

[perrykemp]

We were definitely using it a lot. I'm not really advocating for it, one way or another, but it did work nicely on that td to Witten.

IMHO, there isn't anything as enjoyable to watch in terms of offensive football as good, well set-up, play action.

 

[khiladi]

Play-action from shot-gun all day, when we were pretty much clearly passing..

 

[perrykemp]

Play-action from shot-gun all day, when we were pretty much clearly passing..

Play-action from shot-gun is the lowest form of play-action IMHO.

 

[EPL0c0]

Now I am by NO means an offensive mastermind, but did it seem like we ran a ton of play action? The reason I ask is because we ran the ball less than ten times total so who's going to fall for it?
I'm not sure about our effectiveness on these plays or if I was seeing as a frustrated fan but it didn't seem very useful.

Playaction works best when you have a run game that's a legitimate threat.

Dallas' run game is not a threat of any kind. I saw the Vikings just coming at Romo regardless of fake handoff or not and being effective with that pass rush.

 

[Tobal]

You really don't even need to have been successful. Minny can play action if AP hasn't run for much. It's about fear, Lesean McCoy and Peterson are feared so even if they only have 20 yrds rushing by the 4th quarter safeties and linebackers will react to play action.

 

[Wolf2k5]

You really don't even need to have been successful. Minny can play action if AP hasn't run for much. It's about fear, Lesean McCoy and Peterson are feared so even if they only have 20 yrds rushing by the 4th quarter safeties and linebackers will react to play action.

Possibly the 27 yarder Murray busted helped

 

[crashintonickdm]

i couldn't believe when the vikes bit on play action. shows how bad they are.