I have been totally on board with how this front office and coaching staff are handling the Brian Waters situation. The first week was about getting him ready to practice and once they were able to accomplish that, then they moved on to the game. Waters is a powerful man and on the plays that he was in the game on Sunday, he showed that in his pass protection. He is what you dream about when you want your guard to set the front of the pocket. There is a great deal of nastiness as a protector. Where Waters is going to need work is in the running game when it comes to second level blocking. There were some limited looks that when they did run the ball, he was a tick slow in securing that block. He was used as puller and he appeared fine with that but through practice, he will get a better feel of working with Travis Frederick and Doug Freeand that will pay off. For the first time out in 18 months, you saw flashes of what he is capable of.
During our time in Oxnard, I witnessed Jason Garrett and Bill Callahan using creative ways to run the ball not just the simple zone scheme types but sweeps and traps out of different formations. On these plays there was movement with the tight ends and line that took advantage of what these backs can do. In the first quarter, Callahan put three wide receivers on the field with Murray as the pistol back. At the snap, Romo hands the ball to Murray running left.
