RS12
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- The easy part of Ezekiel Elliott’s 60-yard touchdown run was the actual run. The play was well-executed -- from the trap block by Geoff Swaim, to the arc release by Jason Witten to take Vontaze Burfict and George IIoka out of the box. When Zack Martin and Doug Free secured their down blocks, there was a perfect lane for Elliott to hit and he did just that. What we all know about Elliott from his days at Ohio State is if you provide him a crease into the secondary -- he will find a way to finish the run.
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- I had been waiting for Dak Prescott to pull the ball on a read-option and score with it. This offense has had success handing the ball to these running backs and finishing drives -- so it was just a matter of time. Game planning for this opponent, you knew that Carlos Dunlap was going to fly down inside and attack the ball, which he did. It was a great sell by Doug Free stepping hard down to the inside to his left to draw Dunlap with him. You can see on the play that Prescott’s eyes are looking at Dunlap the entire time, and once he bit on the fake there was a natural gap for Prescott to just shoot forward into the end zone. Now that this play is on film, opponents know that they are going to have to prepare for it each week -- which could open up some other opportunities on the goal line.
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- You have to be impressed with the way Morris Claiborne has been playing these last few weeks. I thought his pass breakup of A.J. Green on a big 3rd-and-9 was a huge play in the game, because the next play saw the Bengals miss a 50-yard field goal. It would have been easy for Claiborne to drop the coverage once Andy Dalton broke outside the pocket, but he stuck with Green. Initially Green tried to run an out on him, but Claiborne was in position to cut the route off. When Dalton sent Green up the field, Claiborne just turned and sprinted up the field with him. What makes this play even more impressive was that Claiborne had no safety help over the top because J.J. Wilcox was sitting in the middle of the field holding his position. Like we saw in San Francisco, Claiborne was able to track the ball and at the last moment extend his left hand to knock the ball away.
