Twitter: Texans HC DeMeco Ryans says Cowboys make it difficult to cover CeeDee Lamb

[TheDuke]

This is for all those who ask…”when was the last time our coaches out coached anyone”

 

[DuncanIso]

Wow.......

They played that soft zone.

Ridiculous defense.

 

[LouBrown]

I think we need to use nuance more when it comes to Shotty criticism. My gripe with him is in-game management, not scheme.

It’s obvious, especially from a passing standpoint, that Shotty’s scheme is a good one. We use a lot of motion and aren’t predictable schematically.

With both Garrett and McCarthy we had complaints about scheme and predictability. While Shotty may call a play or two you don’t like, the offensive scheme is really good.

Maybe he gets figured out in time, and they also need to get the run game back moving, but as of right here and now this offense can move the ball and Shotty deserves credit for that.

Great post. Schotty's offense, schematically, is excellent. The game management things are crazy to me, but the reality is that you can nitpick playcalls for every coach so that's not unique.

Unlike the previous two (more JG than MM, probably), the coaching staff consistently failed to find any answers to what a defense is doing. That's not true now.

Part of that is how good Dak is pre-snap, but certainly the scheme enables it.

 

[LouBrown]

John Owning has a great breakdown on how they were able to scheme up CD (like Baltimore did with Flowers the previous week) if you want to cough up your $5 a month.

 

[Dorsett99Yards]

Texans played quarters/cover 4 almost the entire game.

Lamb is a little light in the pants. If you have a Stingley why not let him/them go at it all game.

 

[817Gill]

Great post. Schotty's offense, schematically, is excellent. The game management things are crazy to me, but the reality is that you can nitpick playcalls for every coach so that's not unique.

Unlike the previous two (more JG than MM, probably), the coaching staff consistently failed to find any answers to what a defense is doing. That's not true now.

Part of that is how good Dak is pre-snap, but certainly the scheme enables it.

Yeah makes you feel like I wish we’d have had an expert game management and decision making HC with Shotty as OC.

Especially cause it didn’t seem like Shotty would ever get a HC gig meaning we don’t have to be afraid of him being poached.

I can see this going bad lol, but a part of me would be super interested in a Belicheck defense and culture/game management and Shotty as the Josh McDaniels run the whole offense guy.

Especially if Bill doesn’t get to do the GM duties this set-up intrigues me.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Waiting for the negativity brigade.

We get some props from one teams. And well deserved.

I don't believe many have an issue with CeeDee. Sounds like you'd LIKE there to be!

 

[jazzcat22]

I don't believe many have an issue with CeeDee. Sounds like you'd LIKE there to be!

Absolutely not. But you know how this place is.
Turn a positive into a negative.

 

[LouBrown]

Yeah makes you feel like I wish we’d have had an expert game management and decision making HC with Shotty as OC.

Especially cause it didn’t seem like Shotty would ever get a HC gig meaning we don’t have to be afraid of him being poached.

I can see this going bad lol, but a part of me would be super interested in a Belicheck defense and culture/game management and Shotty as the Josh McDaniels run the whole offense guy.

Especially if Bill doesn’t get to do the GM duties this set-up intrigues me.

Well I mean they're not going to just demote Schotty to hire BB lol. I do think Schotty is probably better in that McDaniels type role though.

I'd rather have the culture they currently have - this team does play hard - than whatever it was BB left behind in NE and the circus that would come with him. They just need someone in Schotty's ear about when to kick field goals and call timeouts. Could be an intern lol.

The reality is that lots of coaches make the same dumb decisions Schotty does. Tomlin did it, McDermott did it...

 

[ElGatoGrande]

Wow.......

Finally, somebody states the obvious. All these talking heads sound like teams are CHOOSING to double Pickens instead of Lamb because they perceive CeeDee to be a lesser threat. The truth is GP is reliably lined up on the left outside, so they can set their double coverage without all the complications of tracking CeeDee to God knows where he's going to line up.

 

[TNCowboy]

Texans D was awful. It’s all predicated on pass rush, and with Guyton stonewalling Hunter, they helped Steele enough to keep Anderson’s impact to a minimum. Without pressure and their lb hurt, the middle of their D was horrible. Betting the over should have been a given when Kenneth Murray was called up.

The final TD was just awful. Lamb is eating them alive, and they give him the middle. Bush league sort of thing we’re used to seeing from our D.

 

[gimmesix]

Wow.......

Nice to hear from another team that we're creating matchup problems. Although I'm past the days of blaming head coaches for our failures, one of my main problems with Garrett was his belief that it was all about execution over scheme, my guy beating your guy. There were definitely times in this game where we set it up to either clear out an area in the zone for Lamb or if the defense compensated for that, Pickens would be one-on-one deep.

I also liked that we switched it up some. Broadcasters pointed out how we hardly ever lined up Lamb and Pickens together on the same side of the field, preferring to put pressure on the defense by spreading them out. Then, in this game, we had them on the same side multiple times.

Whatever we think of No-Schott as a head coach, it's hard to say based on the last two seasons that his offensive scheme is not effective. Of course, like with any unit, a lot of it comes down to personnel and we have two of the top receivers in the league on the same team.

We all know that our weak links are the tackles, but at least Guyton seems to have found himself as a player if he can keep it up. That means we only have one true weak link, although the running game needs to perform better, which hopefully it will do when Smith returns to the lineup.

 

[blueblood70]

To be honest, Lamb has always been 'difficult to cover' coz he plays all three WR positions at a high level. Not sure why we don't see more games like Sunday from him. Coaching....Dak...playcalling .....whoever/whatever but they need to figure it out.

You know what's crazy is he's one of the rarities that get paid and actually keep playing at a high level We should salute him for doing that Prescott's another one I don't want to hear that he's overpaid at least he's still producing he hasn't got hurt and cut from the team without doing anything..

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

This is for all those who ask…”when was the last time our coaches out coached anyone”

Yeah I’ve never heard anyone say it publicly I’m really shocked.