Without Dez Bryant, the Dallas Cowboys' offense has been crippled
In hopes to improve an offense that’s struggling, the Dallas Cowboys, who’ve been snake bitten with injuries, have made a change at quarterback. Without quarterback Tony Romo, their four-time Pro Bowler and all-time franchise leading passer, the Cowboys were forced to roll with the arm of backup Brandon Weeden, after Romo fractured his left clavicle against the Eagles in Week 2. In three starts, Weeden completed 71 of 98 attempts, completing 72.4 percent of his passes. That looks sexy on paper, but with Weeden under center, Dallas’ passing game didn’t generate plays beyond intermediate distances to stretch opposing defenses for big plays. The ground game produced 131 rushing …show more content…
22. Cassel does have a couple of solid seasons on his resume. As a member of the Patriots in ‘08, Cassel stepped in for Tom Brady, who was injured for the season and threw 21 touchdown passes, winning 11 games. Cassel had two dynamic weapons to work with that season in slot specialist Wes Welker and arguably the most dangerous vertical threat to ever play the game in Randy Moss. The Weapons Cassel had around him were able to gain chunks of yards after the catch (mostly Welker, who caught 111 passes) while the threat of Moss on the perimeter forced defenses to play with a safety over the top to bracket the deep ball. The threat of Moss helped the Patriots’ offense produce over 2,000 team rushing yards and open up looks for Cassel on intermediate concepts with defenses playing with less loaded …show more content…
He’s arguably the best in the game on using his physicality and radius on fades in the endzone. He’s also capable of burning a corner man-to-man, which is why defenses roll an extra defensive back where he’s lined up. If defenses are going to bring their safeties up, it will put them in a risky situation to get torched by the deep ball. Without Bryant’s presence, defenses have been loading up the box with 8 to 9 defenders, outnumbering Dallas’ offensive line to mitigate running lanes for running backs Joseph Randle, Darren McFadden and Christine Michael, who’s now part of the committee with Lance Dunbar (ACL, MCL) done for the
In hopes to improve an offense that’s struggling, the Dallas Cowboys, who’ve been snake bitten with injuries, have made a change at quarterback. Without quarterback Tony Romo, their four-time Pro Bowler and all-time franchise leading passer, the Cowboys were forced to roll with the arm of backup Brandon Weeden, after Romo fractured his left clavicle against the Eagles in Week 2. In three starts, Weeden completed 71 of 98 attempts, completing 72.4 percent of his passes. That looks sexy on paper, but with Weeden under center, Dallas’ passing game didn’t generate plays beyond intermediate distances to stretch opposing defenses for big plays. The ground game produced 131 rushing …show more content…
22. Cassel does have a couple of solid seasons on his resume. As a member of the Patriots in ‘08, Cassel stepped in for Tom Brady, who was injured for the season and threw 21 touchdown passes, winning 11 games. Cassel had two dynamic weapons to work with that season in slot specialist Wes Welker and arguably the most dangerous vertical threat to ever play the game in Randy Moss. The Weapons Cassel had around him were able to gain chunks of yards after the catch (mostly Welker, who caught 111 passes) while the threat of Moss on the perimeter forced defenses to play with a safety over the top to bracket the deep ball. The threat of Moss helped the Patriots’ offense produce over 2,000 team rushing yards and open up looks for Cassel on intermediate concepts with defenses playing with less loaded …show more content…
He’s arguably the best in the game on using his physicality and radius on fades in the endzone. He’s also capable of burning a corner man-to-man, which is why defenses roll an extra defensive back where he’s lined up. If defenses are going to bring their safeties up, it will put them in a risky situation to get torched by the deep ball. Without Bryant’s presence, defenses have been loading up the box with 8 to 9 defenders, outnumbering Dallas’ offensive line to mitigate running lanes for running backs Joseph Randle, Darren McFadden and Christine Michael, who’s now part of the committee with Lance Dunbar (ACL, MCL) done for the