Murray and the halfback pass

[Verdict]

I hope that we have put a halfback pass option in the play book and that Murray is capable of running it. Sooner or later teams will start stacking the box on Murray even more than they are now, and daring us to throw the ball. I realize that puts the db's in one on one situations with our receivers which gives us favorable matchups in the passing game, but the threat of the halfback pass would slow down defenders at flowing to Murray giving him an additional advantage running the ball.

The Chargers did it with LT to perfection. If used in a surprise manner in a game altering situation (successfully executed of course) it could catch a defense off guard. If we run it early on, the threat of it makes the defender "think" instead of just reacting. Either way it is a win-win situation. The only way it shouldn't run it is if we can't run it very well and unnecessarily risks a turnover.

 

[DFWJC]

Harris is the most likely candidate to throw the long ball. Next would be Dez.
Both guys can throw it a mile and are fairly accurate.
T-Will would be the main target, I'd assume.

 

[jday]

I hope that we have put a halfback pass option in the play book and that Murray is capable of running it. Sooner or later teams will start stacking the box on Murray even more than they are now, and daring us to throw the ball. I realize that puts the db's in one on one situations with our receivers which gives us favorable matchups in the passing game, but the threat of the halfback pass would slow down defenders at flowing to Murray giving him an additional advantage running the ball.

The Chargers did it with LT to perfection. If used in a surprise manner in a game altering situation (successfully executed of course) it could catch a defense off guard. If we run it early on, the threat of it makes the defender "think" instead of just reacting. Either way it is a win-win situation. The only way it shouldn't run it is if we can't run it very well and unnecessarily risks a turnover.

I would like to see a scenario where Romo runs play action to the strong side with Murray and have Dunbar leak out to the weak side for a screen pass. I'd bet that would do some damage late in a game, if we have been running it with any degree of success.

 

[JD_KaPow]

I hope that we have put a halfback pass option in the play book and that Murray is capable of running it. Sooner or later teams will start stacking the box on Murray even more than they are now, and daring us to throw the ball. I realize that puts the db's in one on one situations with our receivers which gives us favorable matchups in the passing game, but the threat of the halfback pass would slow down defenders at flowing to Murray giving him an additional advantage running the ball.

The Chargers did it with LT to perfection. If used in a surprise manner in a game altering situation (successfully executed of course) it could catch a defense off guard. If we run it early on, the threat of it makes the defender "think" instead of just reacting. Either way it is a win-win situation. The only way it shouldn't run it is if we can't run it very well and unnecessarily risks a turnover.

Yes, we should run things we can do well and not run things we can't do well. The Chargers ran that play with LT because they could do it well. Almost nobody else runs that play.