Phillips and Stewart's experience against Pats could come in handy
by Dave Halprin (Grizz)Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 01:17:19 PM EDT
Now this is an article after my own heart. Short on hyperbole and extraneous items like did Wade Phillips say something about Spygate or not, and heavy on X’s and O’s with a huge dose of comments from Cowboys defensive coordinator Brian Stewart. The thrust of the article is that both Wade Phillips and Brian Stewart have experience in coaching against the Patriots and have done a good job. I highly recommend you read the whole thing, but here are a few excerpts.
"And they're attacking you by your percentages," added [Brian] Stewart. "Meaning, when they're in a certain formation -- say they've got two tight ends in the game, but they've got one of them [split] so it looks like a receiver in slot on one side and a tight end in slot on the other side, so two-by-two. All they do is get in that formation and look at every single tape you have and what you do against that formation, then they play the percentages to beat what you like to do against that formation."
Stewart also says the Cowboys defensive players are still learning the Phillips 34 and un-learning the Parcells 2-gap scheme.
"There's always somebody for the running back, so if it's not you, go to the quarterback. We're not, 'OK, you're supposed to be inside the center, stay there, don't move.' That's how they played it before, strictly. They got [chewed out] if they didn't. You're looking at four years of doing it one way and three or four months, including the training camp and OTAs, of doing it another way. When they get worried, they revert back. We've just got to get them to know that, hey, we play football around here. We run to the ball."
Now this is an article after my own heart. Short on hyperbole and extraneous items like did Wade Phillips say something about Spygate or not, and heavy on X’s and O’s with a huge dose of comments from Cowboys defensive coordinator Brian Stewart. The thrust of the article is that both Wade Phillips and Brian Stewart have experience in coaching against the Patriots and have done a good job. I highly recommend you read the whole thing, but here are a few excerpts.
"And they're attacking you by your percentages," added [Brian] Stewart. "Meaning, when they're in a certain formation -- say they've got two tight ends in the game, but they've got one of them [split] so it looks like a receiver in slot on one side and a tight end in slot on the other side, so two-by-two. All they do is get in that formation and look at every single tape you have and what you do against that formation, then they play the percentages to beat what you like to do against that formation."
Stewart also says the Cowboys defensive players are still learning the Phillips 34 and un-learning the Parcells 2-gap scheme.
"There's always somebody for the running back, so if it's not you, go to the quarterback. We're not, 'OK, you're supposed to be inside the center, stay there, don't move.' That's how they played it before, strictly. They got [chewed out] if they didn't. You're looking at four years of doing it one way and three or four months, including the training camp and OTAs, of doing it another way. When they get worried, they revert back. We've just got to get them to know that, hey, we play football around here. We run to the ball."
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