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TOPIC: Scott Linehan no longer is the Cowboys’ offensive

Scott Linehan no longer is the Cowboys’ offensive 4 years 6 months ago #2315

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A big reason for his departure was the team’s failure to convert in the red zone last season.The Cowboys ranked only 29th in red-zone offense Will Grier Jersey , getting 24 touchdowns and 16 field goals in 50 chances inside the opponent’s 20-yard line.“Yeah, I mean it’s definitely a bigger focus,” quarterback Dak Prescott said. “We changed some things up for one, so we’re not going to sit here and beat our heads against the wall, worried about what we did last year. We know we’re going to be better all the way around. We’re going to have bigger plays from outside the red zone, and we’re going to score within the red zone.”The Cowboys began installing their red-zone plays this week.One of the biggest criticisms of Linehan was his failure to make running back Ezekiel Elliott a bigger part of the red-zone offense. That is expected to change with Kellen Moore now in charge of the play calling.“It’s simply execute,” the new offensive coordinator said. “Naturally http://www.pantherscheapshop.com/cheap-authentic-christian-miller-jersey , you’re going to look at it, and you’re going to say, ‘Hey, we like certain things we’ve done, but maybe we need to explore some other things.’ I think that’s just the start of it. . . .It gives you an opportunity to maybe put some stuff out there that maybe you haven’t done before. See what you like. See what you don’t like. Tweak things. “We’ve just got to get better down there. We’ve got to execute. We’ve got to run the football and take advantage of 21 [Elliott] and 4 [Prescott].” Thinking back on running back Leonard Fournette‘s 2018 season conjures up many reactions, but it’s hard to imagine too many people coming up with confidence builder.Fournette missed six games with a hamstring injury, one game with a foot injury and was suspended for another game after leaving the bench to join a scuffle during a game against the Bills. He averaged just 3.3 yards per carry in the eight games he did play and got ripped by executive vice president of football operations Tom Coughlin at the end of December.Coughlin had a more positive take on Fournette recently Jordan Scarlett Jersey , though. The Jaguars released Carlos Hyde this month, leaving Fournette as the clear No. 1 back and Coughlin said last year’s foibles have not dimmed the team’s confidence in the 2017 first-round pick.“With Leonard, a prepared Leonard coming into camp with a mindset that he discussed and we talked about … I have full confidence in him,” Coughlin said, via ESPN.com. “He does have some things he’s got to prove when he comes back about his preparation, but he’s a young, young player Jonah Williams Jersey , he loves football, had an outstanding year, had a very disappointing year, and I think he wants to — we want him to be a great player and I think he’s in the same mindset.”David Williams and Thomas Rawls are the other backs on the Jacksonville roster right now and the vote of confidence in Fournette will look even stronger if that remains the case heading into the season. Given the way last year played out in Jacksonville and the hope for a rebound in 2019, coming up with a Plan B in the event Fournette fizzles again still seems like a sensible course of action.
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