Sturm: Decoding Callahan - Week 3 - All Tests Passed With Ease Versus Rams

[WoodysGirl]

BOB STURM |
Published: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 10:27am

What do you say when the Cowboys offensive game-plan goes directly as they had hoped? In this study, these Tuesdays don't come around very often - so you enjoy it while you can. It is certainly no easy task in the NFL to write a game-plan on Tuesday and then to look back the following Sunday night and agree that just about everything you tried went as you wanted.

But, on this occasion, against this opponent - a very talented defense from St Louis that was demoralizing offensive lines and causing discomfort for opposing QBs, the Cowboys used their decision making to mesh idealistic and realistic together.

The idea was to run the ball with commitment and conviction. And then your play-action game can fall into place. Now, before some of you slap your forehead and call for Garrett's firing because you have wanted them to do this for years, understand that somewhere in the "commitment to running" conversation has to be the idea that if you start the game with three straight "3 and outs", then your commitment was a bad idea, your defense is getting worn down, and your crowd is getting restless.

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[bayeslife]

"understand that somewhere in the "commitment to running" conversation has to be the idea that if you start the game with three straight "3 and outs", then your commitment was a bad idea, your defense is getting worn down, and your crowd is getting restless."

Exactly. Don't commit to something that isn't working.

 

[Doomsday101]

when you get good blocking up front pretty easy to run what you want to run.

 

[visionary]

"understand that somewhere in the "commitment to running" conversation has to be the idea that if you start the game with three straight "3 and outs", then your commitment was a bad idea, your defense is getting worn down, and your crowd is getting restless."

Exactly. Don't commit to something that isn't working.

in life, there are 2 ways to approach something that isnt working

1. give up
2. figure out why and fix it

which should we do?
hmmmmm.....

 

[bayeslife]

in life, there are 2 ways to approach something that isnt working

1. give up
2. figure out why and fix it

which should we do?
hmmmmm.....

Hey, if you think this team is gonna find success running Murray into 2 yards a carry over and over again, more power to you.

 

[Denim Chicken]

Hey, if you think this team is gonna find success running Murray into 2 yards a carry over and over again, more power to you.

And if you think we'll be successful playing one dimensional--well, I think we know how that ends up...

 

[big dog cowboy]

The idea was to run the ball with commitment and conviction.

The question is if this will continue or not.

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

The thing I liked most about this game was that it seemed like Dallas was passing from running sets and running from passing sets far more often than I recall them doing. It seems like the predictability of what the will run from a given set is one of the biggest issues they've faced. If they can start changing that up and giving their opponents something to think about, it could open things up in both the pass/run game.