.... you let the defense punch the line in the mouth 50 times"
Listening to Nate on HWTB podcast and he echoed a lot of what I have been saying about our offense specifically with regard to the pass/run ratio and the blocking schemes. He reiterated that our guys are too good a players to keep looking this bad. Basically stating that the blocking schemes are too passive and gives the defensive front all the advantage even in the run game because we stand up and absorb the hit even on running plays for the most part. I get the theory behind it.. You try to make all the plays look the same so as not to tip things to the defense.. but guess what.. the goal of the defensive line is to stalemate the offensive line and find the ball. If you stand up and don't drive them they can go find the ball without exerting a lot of energy.. and when they see it's a pass they can go hunt your QB. When they see it's run, unless they are complete chumps they are already in position to make the tackle... or the backside guy who just threw your tight end out of the way will.
Even the toughest guy on the block will eventually get knocked out if you let the other guy punch him over and over without letting him punch back. This team needs to get back to punching the defense in the mouth.. Period..
THIS is why running the ball up the A gap out of S11 personnel simply won't work. These guys are basically pass blocking on those plays. You can see it on film. If you are going to run the ball, it's most effective with your quarterback under center with the back in the I.
This is the thing that really chaps my butt about all of this. It's like NOBODY in Dallas or the organization remembers how this team won 3 superbowls in 4 years. They ran the ball...A LOT...even when they were getting stoned early in the game. 21 personnel and play action off of it.
Their intent seems to be, come hell or high water, they are gonna make Prescott the next Aaron Rodgers. It's a bit of lunacy laced with delusions of grandeur.