The Obvious?

[bklab]

Surely it can't be this simple but since the beginning of the 2017 - when we rolled out this "Dak friendly" offense, I've been asking myself... why?

I mean I understand the thinking in wanting to take advantage of his size, and running ability, but am I the only one who thinks he played MUCH better in the offense designed for Romo during his rookie season?

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Surely it can't be this simple but since the beginning of the 2017 - when we rolled out this "Dak friendly" offense, I've been asking myself... why?

I mean I understand the thinking in wanting to take advantage of his size, and running ability, but am I the only one who thinks he played MUCH better in the offense designed for Romo during his rookie season?

Aww! You're nuts!

 

[Tabascocat]

Dak plays better when they actually utilize his running ability.........which isn't very much lately

 

[FTWayne]

He plays much better when zeke gets 8 yards a carry and he can throw 3-5 yard bombs.

 

[Idgit]

Turns out QBs play better when you protect them and they have someone to throw it to.

 

[FTWayne]

how much is protection and how much is bad pocket awareness and fear? Did he mention in an interview he was seeing ghosts since the Atlanta game. I could be wrong, I remember someone posting that on here before.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Surely it can't be this simple but since the beginning of the 2017 - when we rolled out this "Dak friendly" offense, I've been asking myself... why?

I mean I understand the thinking in wanting to take advantage of his size, and running ability, but am I the only one who thinks he played MUCH better in the offense designed for Romo during his rookie season?

I think you're mistaken.

I don't think Dak got the offense designed for Romo. He got the emergency rookie offense. Much like the Kitna offense. A lot more getting the ball out of his hands early than they ever did for Romo.

It's actually Garrett's best offense. He fails to notice. He only breaks it out in dire straights. Tends to go back to his preference of deep read first once the emergency seems done.

 

[plymkr]

I think you're mistaken.

I don't think Dak got the offense designed for Romo. He got the emergency rookie offense. Much like the Kitna offense. A lot more getting the ball out of his hands early than they ever did for Romo.

It's actually Garrett's best offense. He fails to notice. He only breaks it out in dire straights. Tends to go back to his preference of deep read first once the emergency seems done.

I agree, so now the question turns to why don't they use the same offense that Dak was very successful in?

 

[Clove]

Turns out QBs play better when you protect them and they have someone to throw it to.

I'll say it again. Quarterbacks need protection. Ask Tom Brady... Ask Troy Aikman when his line diminished. Ask any QB in the world. Dak's rookie year, he had great protection. I don't know if you need 3 pro bowlers on your line, but you have to draft "pass protecting" linemen, and not necessarily run-blocking linemen.
The line we have now are a big old run-blocking line, but struggle in pass-protection.

But if you want to be a run oriented team, this is what you get. So don't complain when there's no time to throw it.

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

He plays much better when zeke gets 8 yards a carry and he can throw 3-5 yard bombs.

LLLOOLLL, stop Ftwayne! Just stop. LLLOOLLL

 

[Roadtrip635]

Most offenses are tailored around not just the QB but the other personnel. The Pats offense is Brady friendly, the Saints offense is Brees friendly etc. OCs need to adjust to the personnel or find the personnel to fit. It's not a big coincidence that the Saints went 7-9 3 straight years until they found their Bush/Sproles replacement in Kamara. The Pats are designed around a short passing game because of Brady's lack of scrambling ability, that's why Welker then Edelman work well in their system. Brady would get killed trying to run the scheme used in Green bay which is based on Rodgers scrambling and deep passing. The Seahawks offense is based around Wilson and personnel , heavy number of rushes(most in the league) and PA passes. They tried more passing and have Russell carry more of the load, it had mixed results at best, wasn't working all that well. They went back to run first, run often and got back to their groove. He's only thrown for 300 yards once all year. After Wentz got injured last season, they adjusted their offense to Foles, it became Foles Friendly.

Linehan struggles to adjust his system. Not just adjusting to Dak but adjusting to our WRs/TEs, he was calling plays like we still had Dez/Witten, big bodies that won battles with size and experience. That was a disadvantage for guys like Beasley, Tavon, Thompson, Gallup. Those stop and comeback routes had them at disadvantages, where we should have been using more motion based offense, slants, drags, crosses, stacks, bunches to let them use their speed and quickness

Trying to use the term "Dak Friendly" as a slur is simply a cop out, all offenses should be friendly to their QBs, only in Dallas is that a negative thing.

 

[Aviano90]

I think you're mistaken.

I don't think Dak got the offense designed for Romo. He got the emergency rookie offense. Much like the Kitna offense. A lot more getting the ball out of his hands early than they ever did for Romo.

It's actually Garrett's best offense. He fails to notice. He only breaks it out in dire straights. Tends to go back to his preference of deep read first once the emergency seems done.

And it was the Romo 3014 bad back offense that was so effective. QB dinks and dunks and we run the ball.

 

[noshame]

All Linehan did was spend the whole off season cramming Dak into his base offense. They force him to stand, eyes down field waiting for Scott's slow developing plays to open up, sadly we no longer have the OL to do that.
All they had to do was expand on the 2014 offense they developed for Dak.
Dak should be always moving, hell he was more accurate on the run.
What you see on the field today is Scott's ego offense. As stated above, he only tweaks it for a game if he has to.
Jerk.

 

[DuncanIso]

Surely it can't be this simple but since the beginning of the 2017 - when we rolled out this "Dak friendly" offense, I've been asking myself... why?

I mean I understand the thinking in wanting to take advantage of his size, and running ability, but am I the only one who thinks he played MUCH better in the offense designed for Romo during his rookie season?

Dallas has a very limited passing attack.

Zeke is our leading WR.

Dallas has to take a serious look at the QB job in the offseason.

 

[Bleu Star]

Surely it can't be this simple but since the beginning of the 2017 - when we rolled out this "Dak friendly" offense, I've been asking myself... why?

I mean I understand the thinking in wanting to take advantage of his size, and running ability, but am I the only one who thinks he played MUCH better in the offense designed for Romo during his rookie season?

Great point man. They're not letting him run and it's pissing many of us off. What the heck happened to the RPO???

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I agree, so now the question turns to why don't they use the same offense that Dak was very successful in?

Because of the useless coaches

 

[ItzKelz]

With young QB's they often get figured out especially if the play caller is the same and doesn't grow as a play caller. You see this happening with Wince and Goff now. Wince was a MVP level player just a year ago; Goff was a MVP level player 4 weeks ago and they both got figured out and neither look very confident now.

Wince is out for the season so we will not know how the play caller changes things up until next season. I expect McVay to look in the mirror and change a few things going into these last 2 games to help Goff. In the case of the Cowboys and Linehan things will not change because he is what he is. As a fan I may not like it but I do understand it. He has been moderately successful running his offense so he is going to go down doing it his way. I respect that but it is not helping Dak and therefore it is not helping the team. Especially when you have 3 starters out and may have to depend on the pass more than the run.

 

[Fastpitch Dad]

He plays much better when zeke gets 8 yards a carry and he can throw 3-5 yard bombs.

I laughed when I read this.

 

[Roadtrip635]

Great point man. They're not letting him run and it's pissing many of us off. What the heck happened to the RPO???

Stephen happened, he doesn't want Dak running. Maybe Dak wants to prove he can be a pocket passer? There needs to be a couple designed runs for him every game, give something else for the defense to worry about. Need to use every tool in the tool box.

 

[Romo_To_Dez]

Some ask why Dak doesn't run when he has the chance to and if Linehan and the coaching staff drilled it into his head not to run, it's like he doesn't want to displease or anger them. Or he wants to please them with proof that he can play in the offense they strictly want him to play and stick to. Now Linehan has impacted Dak mentality like if Dak sees an opening to run he thinks "Better not do it, because they told me not to."

We have the most clueless coaching staff in the NFL, who can't see that Dak's best and most productive games are when he uses his legs. If a QB is struggling to be consistent and is trying to improve on his play, then wouldn't it make sense to use his best abilities in the playcalling.