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The improved rushing game also looks to have some serious benefits for quarterbackTony Romo, who may be throwing fewer passes, but who is getting markedly more efficient as the games go on - and as his heavily scrutinized and analyzed back gets better. His performance in the recent win over the New Orleans Saints was positively Aikman-esque. In a totally good way.
In that game, Dallas looked very different than it did last year. For the entire season, the running game has been much more of a factor, and at the quarter mark, the team is within a very few plays of having a 50/50 balance between run and pass. Beyond any statistics, the team just looks different. The play action pass is suddenly a deadly weapon for the Cowboys. The run blocking is opening up some huge holes. For once, the team has made good on their promise to run the ball.
And the only real change was that the Cowboys hired Scott Linehan and made him the offensive play caller, which makes him the de facto offensive coordinator on game day.
Clearly, Linehan is doing a much better job of utilizing the offensive talent than Bill Callahan did last season. Most notably, he has shown an ability to stick to the running game, even when the team has fallen far behind. The comeback win against the St. Louis Rams was the perfect example. Despite being behind by three touchdowns, Linehan did not throw out his game plan and put it all on Romo's arm, the way it would likely have gone the previous season.
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2014...arco-murray-tony-romo-jason-witten-dez-bryant
In that game, Dallas looked very different than it did last year. For the entire season, the running game has been much more of a factor, and at the quarter mark, the team is within a very few plays of having a 50/50 balance between run and pass. Beyond any statistics, the team just looks different. The play action pass is suddenly a deadly weapon for the Cowboys. The run blocking is opening up some huge holes. For once, the team has made good on their promise to run the ball.
And the only real change was that the Cowboys hired Scott Linehan and made him the offensive play caller, which makes him the de facto offensive coordinator on game day.
Clearly, Linehan is doing a much better job of utilizing the offensive talent than Bill Callahan did last season. Most notably, he has shown an ability to stick to the running game, even when the team has fallen far behind. The comeback win against the St. Louis Rams was the perfect example. Despite being behind by three touchdowns, Linehan did not throw out his game plan and put it all on Romo's arm, the way it would likely have gone the previous season.
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2014...arco-murray-tony-romo-jason-witten-dez-bryant
