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Kellen Moore and disguising plays

Joey in VA : 9/10/2021 3:28 pm
One of the things besides the horrible officiating, Collinsworth giving Dak a 3.5 hour mouthie, and how oddly red Bruce Arians is, was the Cowboys' ability to disguise their intentions. Generally speaking a defense can have a solid idea of a run or pass based on the OL. Hand placement, horizontal and vertical spacing and body lean usually indicate what a play may be. It's something DL and LBs who study a ton of film (think Antonio Pierce) and make adjustments pre snap. If the guards and tackles are already staggered to form a pocket, it's a pretty good bet it's a pass. If they are at the same depth, in a forward leaning three point stance, usually a run.

I noticed several plays where the pocket was formed pre snap and the Cowboys ran, albeit poorly but the disguise worked. It didn't pan out because of the speed at LB and sheer mass of the DL the Bucs have, but it was noticeable. I also alignments where the RT and RG were in run stances and the left side was in two point passing stances. I saw it several times and the play was never the same, or to the same side. One of the traditional ways to slow the blitz is to make a defense think. Draws, screens delays are usually the standard trick, but we didn't see much of that. The OL games that Moore played did and outstanding job of slowing down a ferocious pass rush (the holding helped) and I don't know that I've ever seen such oddball fronts as I did last night. It was pretty impressive.
I thought that Moore called a great game.  
BigBlueNH : 9/10/2021 3:33 pm : link
He and Dak and the turnovers were the reasons the game was close.
This is interesting stuff to watch for down..  
Racer : 9/10/2021 3:41 pm : link
...the road, and not just for Dallas. I always look for changes in OL splits, but this adds more to the library. Thanks for sharing.
He threw 58 passes  
Josh in the City : 9/10/2021 3:50 pm : link
compared to 18 runs. Now Dallas was down most of the game but I thought he called a great game too b/c he wasn't so worried about "slowing down Brady" by running the ball the way so many coaches in the league would be. He went toe to toe with the Bucs and realized that to score points in today's NFL you need to throw the damn ball...a lot.
Interesting observation  
Lines of Scrimmage : 9/10/2021 4:12 pm : link
With Martin out and the defense not the most talented with a new DC I think they realized they would have to score a lot of points. TB also has one if not the best Run D's.
That's a good take  
JerseyCityJoe : 9/11/2021 1:29 pm : link
interesting observation.
RE: He threw 58 passes  
Zeke's Alibi : 9/11/2021 1:30 pm : link
In comment 15358759 Josh in the City said:
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compared to 18 runs. Now Dallas was down most of the game but I thought he called a great game too b/c he wasn't so worried about "slowing down Brady" by running the ball the way so many coaches in the league would be. He went toe to toe with the Bucs and realized that to score points in today's NFL you need to throw the damn ball...a lot.


Why run the ball when the chance for success is low, that front 7 snuffs the run. Especially missing Martin, throwing the ball as much as they did was a no brainer with the mismatch they had on the outside.
Vea and Suh are a handful to deal with in the run game. And not  
NYGgolfer : 9/11/2021 1:47 pm : link
having Martin available inside to help handle them, Moore went with a lot of quick throws with Dak. And since he showed early on that his timing on the quick outs was good, he kept riding with the pass.

Dak Prescott looked good but throwing motion was odd. Still must be dealing with shoulder injury.
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