If you see the graphic of all of daks passes for the year, he's the epitome of a dink and dunk passer.
No shit 80% are within 10 yards. Hardly any over the middle of the field.
I can't understand the argument here. If it's not broken, why insist on or introduce something that has been broke for almost the entire Garrett era: the distance routes. Romo running around avoiding rushes while players get downfield or go "stay alive" is not a play (except for at Baylor under Briles). In order for this scheme to have success you need speed. Again, when was the last time that this scheme won the Super Bowl in the last 20 years? The Warner Rams and the Manning Colts. And the slowest WR in the top 3 WRs on each team ran a 4.40/40.
But that aside, the team is winning using yards after the catch. It's a strength. It's a strength that the Patriots used against the Seahawks in the Super Bowl and in Brady's first year winning the Super Bowl. The WCO is designed to "get the ball as quickly as possible into the skill position players hands" (Bill Walsh). TWilly needs high percentage throws or he can't catch. Dez and Witten are both not fast but can both physically outplay close coverage on short and intermediate routes. Butler is fast but they won't play him over TWilly. And if Beasley is "always open", gets first downs and has been leading the team in receptions, why would you change that and send him long where he can't even be seen.
When Romo got punished and injured in previous years and when Dak has played the drop back and wait role, the offense not only slows but it becomes out of its own league. I understand if things have been 8-8 and only seem to work well when they throw the distance pass. But being 13-3 and being disabled only by their own attempts to engage in a trackmeet offense means that you stay away from what doesn't work and keep what does.
Again, Linehans offense is supposed to be quick out of the QBs hands from the snap. The QB who has the fastest snap to release is Tom Brady. Apparently it's a strength.
