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Another Look at the Tape: A Little Power and a Lot of Finesse
Posted by Rafael at Tuesday, October 25, 2011
This morning we looked at a foiled attempt at running power, one of Dallas' base runs. Now, we're going to look at an effective power wrinkle Jason Garrett installed for DeMarco Murray on Sunday:
Second play of the 2nd half. Dallas is in 2nd-and-4 on its own 26. It has run a successful toss right on first down. Now, the Cowboys stay in the heavy 22 set and put both tight ends on the right side. They're in jack right, with Tony Fiammetta also offset to the right. The formation offers maximum power to the right. (Keep in mind that this is the formation that Tashard Choice gets on the next play, and that call was actually power to that strong side.)
Before the snap, H-back Jason Witten motions to the left side. This gives the formation more balance, but it's still a heavy power set to the right.
Here's the look just after the snap. Dallas is selling power right. Martellus is blocking down on the right end. Tyron Smith and Kyle Kosier are double teamming the right-side DT. Phil Costa is blocking down on the other DT, to let LG Montrae Holland pull.
Tony Fiammetta is running to the right edge to join Holland at the apparent point of attack. And Tony Romo is executing a great fake. He's making the reverse pivot, suggesting he's going to lead Murray to the right edge. Murray has thrown his shoulders open to his right, and pointed his left knee there. This looks like a power counter, and all three linebackers are buying the fake:
They've all committed themselves to their left. But Murray has pushed off to his left, away from them. The strong side and middle linebacker have run themselves out of the play and Doug Free has a clean angle to seal off the weak side 'backer (57).
Murray gets effective blocks from Jason Witten and Miles Austin and it's clear sailing until he reaches the free safety. It's a big play that builds off of running a base play. It caught the Rams completely off guard, and will work against linebacker corps which overpursue -- assuming the Cowboys can run the base power play effectively to make them chase that play hard.
Posted by Rafael at Tuesday, October 25, 2011
This morning we looked at a foiled attempt at running power, one of Dallas' base runs. Now, we're going to look at an effective power wrinkle Jason Garrett installed for DeMarco Murray on Sunday:
Second play of the 2nd half. Dallas is in 2nd-and-4 on its own 26. It has run a successful toss right on first down. Now, the Cowboys stay in the heavy 22 set and put both tight ends on the right side. They're in jack right, with Tony Fiammetta also offset to the right. The formation offers maximum power to the right. (Keep in mind that this is the formation that Tashard Choice gets on the next play, and that call was actually power to that strong side.)
Before the snap, H-back Jason Witten motions to the left side. This gives the formation more balance, but it's still a heavy power set to the right.
Here's the look just after the snap. Dallas is selling power right. Martellus is blocking down on the right end. Tyron Smith and Kyle Kosier are double teamming the right-side DT. Phil Costa is blocking down on the other DT, to let LG Montrae Holland pull.
Tony Fiammetta is running to the right edge to join Holland at the apparent point of attack. And Tony Romo is executing a great fake. He's making the reverse pivot, suggesting he's going to lead Murray to the right edge. Murray has thrown his shoulders open to his right, and pointed his left knee there. This looks like a power counter, and all three linebackers are buying the fake:
They've all committed themselves to their left. But Murray has pushed off to his left, away from them. The strong side and middle linebacker have run themselves out of the play and Doug Free has a clean angle to seal off the weak side 'backer (57).
Murray gets effective blocks from Jason Witten and Miles Austin and it's clear sailing until he reaches the free safety. It's a big play that builds off of running a base play. It caught the Rams completely off guard, and will work against linebacker corps which overpursue -- assuming the Cowboys can run the base power play effectively to make them chase that play hard.