Kaiser
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I thought about making this post just an animated gif of Kellen Moore dancing on Linehan’s grave. Unfortunately I don’t have the photoshop skills.
Linehan’s philosophy was to execute and make the opponent stop you. That became way too predictable. What we saw yesterday was Kellen Moore playing chess with a lot of talented pieces. Fans miss the subtle things like presnap movement and the play calling mix, but this was like we have been watching beer league softball for a couple of years and suddenly Bruce Lee walked out on the diamond and killed everyone with Ninja Stars.
Another big factor is that Dallas doesn’t play its starters in preseason so the execution by both lines really wasn’t there. And even then, we dominated a Giants team that isn’t good but is still much improved over last year. Half the threads after the game have been nitpicking something that will improve as the season goes on, remember how awful this team looked in its opener last year in Carolina. The problem fixed itself with reps last year, a lot of these little things will this year too.
Kris Richard played contain the entire game and then went to Prevent early, but we still saw glimpses of a new weapon on defense – the LB blitzes. Jaylon and LVE are Pro Bowl level players and when all of the DL are healthy, those LB blitzes are going to be a big factor.
Randall Cobb is a better player than Cole Beasley, he is also a much better fit for Kellen Moore’s scheme. The issue has always been health, cross your fingers he stays healthy.
Dak has more weapons now but he has also improved. Fixing the OL solved most of the issues he had last year but look for him to go to a new level this year. And BTW, when is the last time you saw a QB run, look for contact and stiff arm a defender?
LVE and Jaylon Smith will both go to the Pro Bowl. LVE is clearly more comfortable in his assignments this year, its crazy that a quiet game from the guy is 10 tackles, a half sack, a PD and two QB hits.
Rookie 3rd down back Tony Pollard had a good blitz pickup yesterday. That doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it is.
Linehan’s philosophy was to execute and make the opponent stop you. That became way too predictable. What we saw yesterday was Kellen Moore playing chess with a lot of talented pieces. Fans miss the subtle things like presnap movement and the play calling mix, but this was like we have been watching beer league softball for a couple of years and suddenly Bruce Lee walked out on the diamond and killed everyone with Ninja Stars.
Another big factor is that Dallas doesn’t play its starters in preseason so the execution by both lines really wasn’t there. And even then, we dominated a Giants team that isn’t good but is still much improved over last year. Half the threads after the game have been nitpicking something that will improve as the season goes on, remember how awful this team looked in its opener last year in Carolina. The problem fixed itself with reps last year, a lot of these little things will this year too.
Kris Richard played contain the entire game and then went to Prevent early, but we still saw glimpses of a new weapon on defense – the LB blitzes. Jaylon and LVE are Pro Bowl level players and when all of the DL are healthy, those LB blitzes are going to be a big factor.
Randall Cobb is a better player than Cole Beasley, he is also a much better fit for Kellen Moore’s scheme. The issue has always been health, cross your fingers he stays healthy.
Dak has more weapons now but he has also improved. Fixing the OL solved most of the issues he had last year but look for him to go to a new level this year. And BTW, when is the last time you saw a QB run, look for contact and stiff arm a defender?
LVE and Jaylon Smith will both go to the Pro Bowl. LVE is clearly more comfortable in his assignments this year, its crazy that a quiet game from the guy is 10 tackles, a half sack, a PD and two QB hits.
Rookie 3rd down back Tony Pollard had a good blitz pickup yesterday. That doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it is.