Sturm: Decoding McCarthy - Getting into that bag

[boozeman]

I miss my "all curls" and "all goes" calls.

Those were swell.

I miss those long developing plays like that when they occurred without regard to down and distance so we got more chunk plays. Sometimes.

 

[Foobio]

 

[Cujo]

2Q - 5:20 - 1st and 10 - NYJ 38 - D.Prescott pass incomplete short right to C.Lamb

Now remember, the Cowboys have stayed in 10 personnel this entire drive. They do not want to sub, because the point is to try to hold your opponent hostage as they try to figure out how to matchup with a number of bad matchups. What makes this work is you show that you are willing to run out of 10 personnel which is where the big runs can happen. You are attempting to cause defensive chaos. But, that means your littles have to do things that are probably not fun. Like here, watch the Cowboys try the boot with Lamb coming across. If this works perfectly, it is Dak and Lamb versus one defender and you put him in a choice where he is wrong. But, part of this means Kavontae Turpin (9) needs to block big Michael Clemons of Texas A&M and Hard Knocks fame (72). It went about as well as you would imagine and Prescott actually does a very nice job almost connecting with Lamb again.

These are the kinds of strategies that I like.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Isn't this essentially what McCarthy was saying in the offseason. That he wants to control the game more with his offense and play complimentary football? That's just a more in depth way of saying situational football. You call the offense based on the entire flow of the game and not just running like it's a track meet the entire time.

 

[Simpleton]

This shit is hilarious to me.

Look at Mike Williams at about the 1:15-1:25 mark. It's 3rd and 10 in OT and your 2nd best WR is just meandering around about 2 yards past the LOS not really doing anything, what in the fuck is this supposed to be?

McCarthy/Schottenheimer aren't perfect, or even ideal, but they're miles better than this fucking gump Garrett disciple.