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February 2008
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Movers and Shakers Pre-season Texas Stadium dallasnews.com
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The Catholic church won't cause a delay this week, like it did on Christmas, with our staples this week. We're coming at you from here for the next few hours. So let's get started. Here’s how the Cowboys deployed personnel on their 45 offensive snaps on Sunday: 1 RB/1 TE/3 WR (‘11’ personnel): 15 of 45 snaps (5 first half/10 second half) WHAT IT MEANT: Primarily, a closer look at the numbers tells you that protecting Tony Romo against a Redskins defense hellbent on getting pressure was paramount. Romo was on the field for 26 snaps. On only five of them were there three receivers on the field. And despite not making one trip inside the Redskin 10 with Romo at the helm, the team was in ‘22’ almost as much as it was in ‘11’. For obvious reasons, this held back a passing game that was already playing without Terrell Owens, and didn’t get much out of its tight ends or backs, who were staying into protect more often. I don’t think you can totally discount Romo’s struggles – we’ll get more into that later – but it was clear he wasn’t playing with a full deck. |
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