Sturm - Decoding Linehan - Green Bay

[rational1]

Scoring drives
32 passes, 14 runs

Non-scoring drives
8 passes, 10 runs

That said, it makes no sense not to take advantage of the league's best run-blocking OL in short yardage.

Problem is that the coaches keep outsmarting themselves and they let GB off the hook. Garret and linehan should sit down and replay all of the old 90s cowboys games this offseason and take notes.

 

[percyhoward]

Problem is that the coaches keep outsmarting themselves and they let GB off the hook. Garret and linehan should sit down and replay all of the old 90s cowboys games this offseason and take notes.

Or hell, even this season.

any down, 2 yards to go
reg. season: 23 runs, 15 passes
playoff game: 1 run, 4 passes

any down, 1 yard to go
reg. season: 54 runs, 8 passes
playoff game: 1 run, 1 pass

 

[perrykemp]

I think Green Bay having so many DBs hurt and out actually is an advantage for them.
Because of their injuries, opposing teams' eyes get big, thinking of all of the passing yards that they can accumulate throwing at their weakened secondary.

Great observation.

 

[LatinMind]

That was film study and preparation by the GB coaches. Hyde guessed right, the WR screen is coming and if Dak throws it, I'm gonna be able to jump it. And boy did it work. You watch the replay in slow motion, as soon as the ball is snapped, he goes straight to where the ball will be because he's watched the film.

what ur not saying is Dez was lazy on that play and Hyde went right past him. Dez was the blocking WR. NO way should Hyde have been able to get there if Dez didnt take the play off.

 

[Aven8]

what ur not saying is Dez was lazy on that play and Hyde went right past him. Dez was the blocking WR. NO way should Hyde have been able to get there if Dez didnt take the play off.

Correct. That Int was a lot on Dez. Very lazy play by him!

 

[Wolfpack]

Dak very rarely plays out of the traditional 3-5 to 7 step drop.. Linehan used that very rarely..

Oh I know, i just hate it. They were killing it with the FB in there all day too. I'd even been on board with some S11, at least you have to respect the run then.

With a 3rd and 2 or 2nd and 2, you have the entire playbook open to you and the defense has no idea what is coming. The empty set tips your hand and to what you want to do, seems so basic to me.

 

[Wolfpack]

Or hell, even this season.

any down, 2 yards to go
reg. season: 23 runs, 15 passes
playoff game: 1 run, 4 passes

any down, 1 yard to go
reg. season: 54 runs, 8 passes
playoff game: 1 run, 1 pass

Its crazy when you are well over 5 ypc all day

 

[wormser]

what ur not saying is Dez was lazy on that play and Hyde went right past him. Dez was the blocking WR. NO way should Hyde have been able to get there if Dez didnt take the play off.

Please watch the replay again. Dez does his job. It's a poorly thrown ball. If the throw was to Beasley he's standing at the 22 the ball is intercepted at the 20. If the correct throw is made Dez can pin his man to the inside and take him out of the play. Then all Beasley has to do is beat his man one on one. The CB jumped the play but he jumped to the inside and the ball should have been past him. This is on Dak. And also on Linehan for not shoving the ball down their throat with Zeke.

 

[robbieruff]

They just didn't need to run it there. 2nd and 2. Just run Zeke for another 5-6 yards, get another first down.

Having said that, it was an incredible play by Hyde.

I don't give Hyde that much credit. We ran the exact same play with the same personnel, formation and even position on the field as our week six match up. The play was completely telegraphed!

A smart thing to do there would have been to fake the screen and run a draw, forcing the D to react and overcommit. Or perhaps fake the screen and go deep to Dez. I was floored that they ran the same play as before in that sequence and kudos to GB for taking advantage. But it was monumentally dumb and predictable on our part.

 

[ryanbabs]

On the Hyde interception, why isn't that a run read? There are 4 DL, 2 LBs and 2 DBs in the box.

Probably a rookie error. Learning point.

 

[unionjack8]

Heard on radio today that we had NINE downs of 3 or less and ran it ONCE

 

[LatinMind]

Please watch the replay again. Dez does his job. It's a poorly thrown ball. If the throw was to Beasley he's standing at the 22 the ball is intercepted at the 20. If the correct throw is made Dez can pin his man to the inside and take him out of the play. Then all Beasley has to do is beat his man one on one. The CB jumped the play but he jumped to the inside and the ball should have been past him. This is on Dak. And also on Linehan for not shoving the ball down their throat with Zeke.

lol no you rewatch the play. Hyde is lined u right over Dez. Hyde sees the play as most CBs do, but thats why the offense sets a player inside to pick him up. Dez makes a lazy attempt to reach Hyde but he;s past him. Hyde made a great play while Dez got lazy there.

 

[Staubacher]

After remembering those 90s teams with Emmitt, I was sure that they would attempt to run it with Elliot in that scenario. I still remember how they would run to place the kick closer and to a favorable location (hash mark) for the kick in those days. It's surprising how they keep taking their best weapon out of the game when the old cowboys teams would rely on a heavy dose of Emmitt.

They ran it in a very similar situation this year vs Pittsburgh and Zeke took it to the house for the win.

Zeke was treated like an afterthought on this game. Inexcusable

 

[sean10mm]

I generally don't like second-guessing every offensive snap and burying the play calling whenever it doesn't work... but holy crap, the under-use of Zeke was dumb. They threw way too often on short-yardage looks against a team that had no answer to the run.

Everybody hates hearing the Patriots comparisons... but when the Patriots play teams with bad run D they aren't afraid to use far less talented backs than Zeke to go run heavy, even with Brady under center. In 2 games against the Colts in 2013 the Patriots gave their running backs 73 friggin' carries, because they saw a mismatch and kept punching it over and over until the Colts died.

Zeke was getting 5.6 yards per carry - give him the ball 35 times at that rate and the opposing defense will fall over and die.

 

[MagicMan]

Linehan did seem too pass happy in this game thinking he wanted to attack the weak secondary------he got away from what has worked for Dallas all year on 3rd and short-----give it to Zeke behind that offensive line. GB should give a big thanks to Linehan since they couldn't deal with Zeke all day.

 

[Zman5]

Going pass happy with Zeke on our team is equivalent to GB going run heavy with A. Rogers on their team.
Just utterly ridiculous.

 

[ROUSH8692]

That was film study and preparation by the GB coaches. Hyde guessed right, the WR screen is coming and if Dak throws it, I'm gonna be able to jump it. And boy did it work. You watch the replay in slow motion, as soon as the ball is snapped, he goes straight to where the ball will be because he's watched the film.

No he didnt watch film... its an obvious pre screen read... He has a CB behind him and a safety up top in case he is wrong on his read.... Furthermore, the outside LB comes in to cover a possible slant.... This is not film study it is a designed defense around nothing but common sense and a stupid QB

 

[SlimBig]

Heard on radio today that we had NINE downs of 3 or less and ran it ONCE

I heard that too on BaD radio and that is absolutely DISGRACEFUL.
And what I hate is when they do run on 3rd and short, they shout to the whole stadium that they're running by using the jumbo, goaline set formation.

This theme that Garrett wants to mimic the 90s Cowboys is a joke.

 

[drawandstrike]

Heard on radio today that we had NINE downs of 3 or less and ran it ONCE

I have to rewatch the game, but I'm sure I saw them actually take Zeke off the field for most of those plays or lined him up in the slot, making it obvious a pass was coming.

 

[Tenkamenin]

This article is exactly right. Some posters here don't want to hear it, but Zeke is the engine for the offense. They got away from that and were rusty early on, so they ended up in a 21-3 hole that was too big to overcome.

We overcame the deficit and the boneheaded play calling when we tied the game 31-31.