Brooksey
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Please keep in mind this is coming from a former O-Lineman 
The running game is to gimmicky, too many Screens and Draws!. What JG earns out of draws and screens he loses in the battle for the line of scrimmage. The Dallas O-Line is big and physical. We can move people off the ball. When you run a draw the O-line does not fire forward off the ball, they are on their heels SELLING PASS. When you run a screen, it's the same thing hold 2 mississippi and release. This may fool them from time to time but he is missing the point, how do you pound the other team with that style? You don't. Anybody here remember Emmitt Smith between the Guard and Center? Man he could hit that 2 hole with the Moose lead blocking on the LB. Felix Jones and Choice can hit that hole but their opportunity has been limited to gimmicky screens and shotgun draws, wildcat and at best maybe a few sweeps. What a night mare for our O-line. I know its not pretty or fancy but line up the I-Formation with a good fullback and pound it 30 times a game between the guards and off tackle with those 3 backs. Don't try to fool the defense with a BS shotgun draw for 5 yds, let them know your coming and pound it down their throat. When they start coming up to the line with 8 in the box, run some play action and take some shots down the field. JG is trying to disguise everything. Its foolish with the O-Line that we have. I can see Felix Jones and Choice hitting these holes and I know we have something special that is not being used right and with MB closing it down near the goal line and in the 4th quarter? Unstoppable. Our plays and personnel are wrong. JG's offense is based on the pass even when we run! He may look good on some weeks but we will struggle against better defenses, especially ones that can disguise the blitz.
The running game is to gimmicky, too many Screens and Draws!. What JG earns out of draws and screens he loses in the battle for the line of scrimmage. The Dallas O-Line is big and physical. We can move people off the ball. When you run a draw the O-line does not fire forward off the ball, they are on their heels SELLING PASS. When you run a screen, it's the same thing hold 2 mississippi and release. This may fool them from time to time but he is missing the point, how do you pound the other team with that style? You don't. Anybody here remember Emmitt Smith between the Guard and Center? Man he could hit that 2 hole with the Moose lead blocking on the LB. Felix Jones and Choice can hit that hole but their opportunity has been limited to gimmicky screens and shotgun draws, wildcat and at best maybe a few sweeps. What a night mare for our O-line. I know its not pretty or fancy but line up the I-Formation with a good fullback and pound it 30 times a game between the guards and off tackle with those 3 backs. Don't try to fool the defense with a BS shotgun draw for 5 yds, let them know your coming and pound it down their throat. When they start coming up to the line with 8 in the box, run some play action and take some shots down the field. JG is trying to disguise everything. Its foolish with the O-Line that we have. I can see Felix Jones and Choice hitting these holes and I know we have something special that is not being used right and with MB closing it down near the goal line and in the 4th quarter? Unstoppable. Our plays and personnel are wrong. JG's offense is based on the pass even when we run! He may look good on some weeks but we will struggle against better defenses, especially ones that can disguise the blitz.
