McCarthy has finally opened up the offense

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He opened up the offense weeks ago after the SF disaster. The passing game has looked much better since, but there is a huge run game issue and OL issue to solve.
 

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It was always going to take a few games for the offense to get going. With a new offense, including a new coordinator, play caller and OL system, the team needed live reps to get things sharper.

Add in that the OL has been in disarray starting with game one, and it should surprise no one that the offense was a little disjointed for the first 6 or 7 games.

Dak and company are starting to show now what they’ll be by the time the post-season rolls around. They’re finally getting used to all the changes and getting the starting OL playing together.

The west coast offense clearly suits Prescott more than the Coryell system. It is the timing in conjunction with his footwork. One of Dak’s issues has been his propensity to hold on the the ball too long. The west coast (hit your last step and get the ball out) has improved that greatly.

Things should continue to improve from here…
 

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Man to man coverage vs. zone cover 2 helps out a lot.
NFL has been put on notice. :muttley:
 

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IF ANYONE BELIEVES THIS YOU'RE SETTING YOURSELF UP TO BE LET DOWN, though it looked good, why now? Let's see it against a stronger opponent, these blowout wins mean nothing!!
I agree with you but less fervently. We all know that beating up the NYG is no more than doing what we do and repeating that against genuine contenders is our achilles heal but the point the OP makes is about how we went about this win rather than the merit of the win.
 

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Regardless of who they played remind me, did they win or lose? I can’t believe people on here are so miserable, they just can’t accept a win without a yeah but…
You are the jumped the shark Fonz
sure we all love the win but it was against a weak team which is fine.The next few games will give us a better picture .
 

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That's the offense Dallas needs moving forward. No more nine and dunk. Dink and dunk gets you beat. Who's all for this improving offense?

Well with our offensive line's inability to block, dink and dunk is necessary when Dak only has 2 seconds to throw.
 

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I get the whole argument of "it was only NY" and while there is some truth to that it's also lazy analysis. We continue to see for a good month now that teams simply cannot match up with the Cowboys playing in man coverage. Now we've seen some issues with drops, Dak missing Cooks on a perfect man beater at the goal line against Philly, etc that have made this offense more of a B than an A, but overall the game plan within the pass game has worked beautifully and the mistakes are fixable. This means upcoming Cowboy opponents have to make a decision. They can let the Cowboys offense dictate to them to play heavy zone coverages or risk mixing in more man as we saw against the Giants, and I think only a handful of teams really have the depth at DB to play man against this team. The good news is as we see more soft coverage we should in theory see more favorable fronts to run the football. I hate to agree with Jerry Jones, but last week he told the media the Cowboys need to establish the pass game to help out the run, and that's exactly what we are seeing them do now. Teams are going to start to adjust to how they play the Cowboys offense and the real test IMO will be can they adjust to new schemes more so than can they beat a team with a winning record. The next couple of games may look like easy Ws, and I think they will be but these teams both have some talent on defense and quality defensive minds coming up with game plans.
 

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I agree with you but less fervently. We all know that beating up the NYG is no more than doing what we do and repeating that against genuine contenders is our achilles heal but the point the OP makes is about how we went about this win rather than the merit of the win.
yes because at times we struggle against teams who we should possibly beat up on, i'm just burning for a BIG win against an opponent that we need to make a statement against!!!
 

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Yep.... the same NYG who held Josh Allen and the Bills to 14 total points, my friend.

And we doubled that twice....
Sun shines on a dog's *** some days. Overall their pass defense has been bad, which is why they rank at the bottom of the league. Same as Chargers and Eagles.
 

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I'm an eternal optimist so I choose to see this as a huge step in the right direction since getting their ***** beat by the 49ers. It's taken longer than any of us would've liked for McCarthy to find his way as a play caller, but he's finally unleashing this offense. I'd rather have a team trending up in the second half of the season rather than start hot and tank.
 

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He opened up the offense weeks ago after the SF disaster. The passing game has looked much better since, but there is a huge run game issue and OL issue to solve.
The way you fix the run game is . . . passing the ball.

What we did in San Fran was run, run, pass, run run pass. It's too predictable. And today's NFL defenders are all over that. We're a passing team.
 

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I'm an eternal optimist so I choose to see this as a huge step in the right direction since getting their ***** beat by the 49ers. It's taken longer than any of us would've liked for McCarthy to find his way as a play caller, but he's finally unleashing this offense. I'd rather have a team trending up in the second half of the season rather than start hot and tank.
Precisely.
 

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The way you fix the run game is . . . passing the ball.

What we did in San Fran was run, run, pass, run run pass. It's too predictable. And today's NFL defenders are all over that. We're a passing team.
Agreed but not just pass the ball. Have to go downfield and they started doing more of that. Leading up to and including the SF game the majority of passes were within 10 yards. That's barely LB depth and so much easier for defenses to defend. Now they are back to testing those safeties and dak is taking advantage of the 1 on 1 matchups and or how his guys are getting open down field. Much smoother offense now.
 

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The biggest change (if it holds) is moving from Gallup to Cooks as a secondary option. Garbage time and pulling starters makes numbers a little wonky, but snaps against NYG:

Tolbert: 62%
Cooks: 53%
Gallup: 47%

Compared to the 49ers game:

Gallup: 82%
Cooks: 65%
Tolbert: 45%

Eagles:

Cooks: 77%
Gallup: 48%
Tolbert: 41%

Gallup I think can still serve a role (i.e. the two contested catches against NYG) but McCarthy has made a fundamental change in how he's using his personnel. Gallup's inability to win on routes was crippling the offense as a #2 option.
 

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While I agree with you, he has opened the offense up little by little game by game. But dink and dunk won Tom Brady quite a few rings.
Not little by little. There was a massive change right after the SF game. Many fewer snaps under center, much more passing, more motion, more play-action, more 11 personnel, deeper passing, you name it, it completely changed. They completely scrapped their early-season approach and switched on a dime to what we're seeing now. Will it work against the big boys? It did against the Eagles, we'll have to see.
 

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That's the offense Dallas needs moving forward. No more nine and dunk. Dink and dunk gets you beat. Who's all for this improving offense?
I'm not sure it was ever supposed to be dink and dunk. The Packers' offense under McCarthy wasn't. I just think we were working through some things in learning the differences in this scheme and our previous one. Should have installed it when McCarthy was hired instead of sticking to the Garrett scheme as run by Moore and we'd have it mastered by now.
 
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