Yeah, just stop trying to pretend the Dallas line of the 90s was a group of elite, highly sought after guys. They were not.dude...just stop
Yeah, just stop trying to pretend the Dallas line of the 90s was a group of elite, highly sought after guys. They were not.
Linehan was just quoted the past week or so in a couple of articles as saying Garrett told him that was what they wanted going forward (when he was hired)
I'm not disputing that.Allen and Big E were outstandng physical talents, how you could dispute that is pretty much beyond rationale.
There is no doubt the attack scheme and attitude made these guys better. As a unit. Which was the point.But there is no doubt Wise and then Houck made all our guys better, in addition to playing with 8 and 22
Reading between the lines why did he feel he had to say that? Compensating a bit for the truth, which is Jason Garrett has been ridiculously pass-heavy as a play-caller/director or whatever one wants to call it, and then suddenly not this year.
Not to belabor the point but it does bear repeating - Garrett did not suddenly wake up one day and change his whole philosophy. He woke up one day and realized his QB has back issues after major invasive disk surgery and needs more help. Running the ball alot more IS more help.
What he didn't realize - because he is a educated idiot - is running the ball helps the entire team, not just the QB. It helps the defense and also the passing game enormously.
Had Tony never hurt his back and never had surgery, how many here believe we would be running the ball more than we are passing?
We threw out the "check with me" stuff primarily because of Tony's back issues.
They were always really good at it. Just refused to keep after it. Over a 5 yd per carry average for Murray, always.I think thats some of it, but the fact that they are really good at it and can do it in key situations also helps...
It also helps that Murray has been healthy
They were "no names" because they were no names. SO highly regarded, they went in 2nd and 3rd rounds. They greatly OVER-achieved.
You're so smart, dbairAgree with most of this, but to me its still comical to read things like the bolded because the vast majority of people said adding Linehan would make the pass heavy playcalling WORSE, not better. (For the record, I was not one of those however)
Linehan was just quoted the past week or so in a couple of articles as saying Garrett told him that was what they wanted going forward (when he was hired)
This speaks more to my point. Garrett didn't suddenly wake up a changed man, philosophy-wise. He awoke one day to find out his QB had back surgery that 90% of people never really fully recover from.Garrett has also said he wanted a more balanced offense, a two TE base, etc in the past and never did it. Wanting something and actually committing to it are two different things.
Would we run this much if Garrett was calling plays? I really doubt it
Erik Williams... the only guy that could consistently shut down Reggie White... overachieved. Ok. Was in a car accident and arguably came back better than before. Overachieved.