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What works (and could be dominating):
1.The WCO concept of short pass leading to YAC. Dez in a crossing pattern, Williams in crossing pattern, Beasley and Witten in quick hooks and by all means (a staple of the WCO): a rather swift check down to a RB. Nobody has time or opportunity to blitz from the back of the box when there is so much lateral motion and short area routes.
2.The draws and runs from the "21" formation are also dominating because there are less defenders to crowd the gaps. Murray's strength is to find a gap and accelerate, physically pound through clutter, and then change gears and accelerate again.
3. Romo only needing a 3 steps drop to find a target, or check down or run. He could have run for a first down last night various times and just threw the ball away or danced.
4. Using each play to eat the clock, and gain yards to the first down. Third down and short is the key to the season.
What is not working:
1. Distance patterns. Yes Dez had the TDs. Romo got beaten up because no one was open. The middle of the field is just not used and these Garrett 9 pass patterns are so well documented that 5 wide receivers are all covered. Dallas does not have enough speed for the distance patterns to develop. Dez was open on broken coverages or when he cut across the middle. His TDs were just his athleticism, two of them with coverage on him. For Romo to waste plays waiting and put himself at risk or stop the clock with incompletions etc, is just stupid with the amount of big and mighty players at WR on the team right now.
2. Narrowing the target player to just Murray or just Dez. When Beasley, Hanna, Escobar, and Harris are involved, the defense cannot possibly double Dez, Witten and Murray. Beasley, Hanna, Escobar and Murray are all very effective in the first seven yards off the LOS.
3. Carr.
4. Not building plays based on previous successes. Garrett is proud of the concept that the vanilla formation with the variable routes is able to run and pass equally. If there is a run that yields 10 yards, then 8 yards, etc, there is not guarantee that the ball will continue to go to the productive player or play. When Witten had four catches, suddenly they stopped throwing to him. It wasn't the coverage either. He still had Matthews on him. He was a mismatch but the offense is based on a theory and not the players. Which leads to #5:
5. Devin Streets. What a waste. It's all about knowing Jason's system and not having to be taught the routes. Most DBs in the league know the routes too. By the way, T Williams is quickly becoming not worth investing much more time as a #2.
1.The WCO concept of short pass leading to YAC. Dez in a crossing pattern, Williams in crossing pattern, Beasley and Witten in quick hooks and by all means (a staple of the WCO): a rather swift check down to a RB. Nobody has time or opportunity to blitz from the back of the box when there is so much lateral motion and short area routes.
2.The draws and runs from the "21" formation are also dominating because there are less defenders to crowd the gaps. Murray's strength is to find a gap and accelerate, physically pound through clutter, and then change gears and accelerate again.
3. Romo only needing a 3 steps drop to find a target, or check down or run. He could have run for a first down last night various times and just threw the ball away or danced.
4. Using each play to eat the clock, and gain yards to the first down. Third down and short is the key to the season.
What is not working:
1. Distance patterns. Yes Dez had the TDs. Romo got beaten up because no one was open. The middle of the field is just not used and these Garrett 9 pass patterns are so well documented that 5 wide receivers are all covered. Dallas does not have enough speed for the distance patterns to develop. Dez was open on broken coverages or when he cut across the middle. His TDs were just his athleticism, two of them with coverage on him. For Romo to waste plays waiting and put himself at risk or stop the clock with incompletions etc, is just stupid with the amount of big and mighty players at WR on the team right now.
2. Narrowing the target player to just Murray or just Dez. When Beasley, Hanna, Escobar, and Harris are involved, the defense cannot possibly double Dez, Witten and Murray. Beasley, Hanna, Escobar and Murray are all very effective in the first seven yards off the LOS.
3. Carr.
4. Not building plays based on previous successes. Garrett is proud of the concept that the vanilla formation with the variable routes is able to run and pass equally. If there is a run that yields 10 yards, then 8 yards, etc, there is not guarantee that the ball will continue to go to the productive player or play. When Witten had four catches, suddenly they stopped throwing to him. It wasn't the coverage either. He still had Matthews on him. He was a mismatch but the offense is based on a theory and not the players. Which leads to #5:
5. Devin Streets. What a waste. It's all about knowing Jason's system and not having to be taught the routes. Most DBs in the league know the routes too. By the way, T Williams is quickly becoming not worth investing much more time as a #2.