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Great Post!!
The adults have finally arrived .
Kids been running around overreacting trying to burn the house down because there is a leak in the roof...
I really think this is what was happening.I wondered how much we were getting humped by NO being prepared to quickly change their play when Dak audibled. They seemed very fast on the draw with their changes. Almost as if they *baited* us into the change, and had planned the other formation all along.
Coaching matters. They seemed one step ahead. That's the obvious response to our changes at the line.
That's not on Dak. That's on the Oline and our Oline Coach.So, Dak should of audible more is what Jeff is inferring in the first tweet.
That's not on Dak. That's on the Oline and our Oline Coach.
Because they played a lot of cover 2 which took away the deep ball.
You won't make much money betting on a Jason Garrett team almost always passing on second down following a first down incompletion.
Cover 2 takes away the sidelines but leaves the deep middle available. The long pass to Jarwin was up the seam which the Cowboys should have tried to attack regularly the way the linebackers were playing up at the line of scrimmage.
When I say middle, I meant in the pass game. A few good examples are the catches Witten made in the middle (including the one where he eventually fumbled). But the great examples are the PI that Pollard drew where the LB was caught peaking in the backfield and if he hadn’t grabbed Pollard it’s 6 points. Then the catch Jarwin made to get it down to the goaline; the backer bit hard on the play fake and Jarwin got away from him. So even when the boxes were more favorable, the backers were crashing so hard that there wasn’t much there. That’s why you loosen them up with your backs and TEs in the passing game.
Not when they drop the LBs to the middle and use what is called clog coverage Jarwin caught one and then Witten fumbled.
crowd noise could play a big factor here as well
That's why you use play action to make the linebacker play up. Then you can throw over the top. The Cowboys were 6/7 on play action. They didn't use nearly enough play action.
They didn't use it more because the Saints stop biting on it as we wasn't effective in the run game, they dared us to run vs 5 and 6 man boxes and we couldn't. Why would they continue to bite when we weren't effective with it.
….No!!!!.….we should be blaming Zeke....Right???So, Dak should of audible more is what Jeff is inferring in the first tweet.
…..then Dak should be allowed to audible into the right calls.....in his 4th year......Right?Very Interesting stuff. It looks like the offensive coaches has some additional work to do.
Run to what, for what? I mean, yeah, you can get 3 yards on 1st if it's blocked well but what you want is to be in 2nd and 5 rather then 2nd and 7 or 8. Make them do what they don't want to do. Make them defend what they are not good at or not suited to, personnel wise. That's the way to beat a good defense.
Travis had a bad nightZeke and the OL usually feast against boxes like that.
Strange game that the OL struggled as much as they did. It’s very unlike them.
They didn't use it more because the Saints stop biting on it as we wasn't effective in the run game, they dared us to run vs 5 and 6 man boxes and we couldn't. Why would they continue to bite when we weren't effective with it.
We would have done better throwing than 2 yards a carry with Zeke.