wasting 4 plays on a formation that exposes your QB to press coverage is 4 to
many. Again i'll state, just wait until the opposing team sees romo out in the
slot lining up as a WR rather than a QB where the foo foo protecting the QB
rules no longer apply.

here's a thought, how about they simply have romo hand the ball off to felix?
that seemed to be working fairly effectively the 3 or 4 times a game they tried
it last season.

--- In dallascowboyfanclub@yahoogroups.com, "cowbyz70" <cowbyz70@...> wrote:
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> relax man the story said they only ran 4 plays in practice that day... besides
i think 1 or 2 plays a game out of that formation would be another good way to
get feilix jones the ball... and you KNOW they are working on the other stuff
you mentioned...
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> --- In dallascowboyfanclub@yahoogroups.com, ccw_1982 <no_reply@> wrote:
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> > *shudders at the thought*
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> > i hate this offensive scheme....i know it's "effective", but to me when you
hear Crayton and incompletion you think dropped ball, not erratic pass. Watch
him throw one 5 feet over the WR's head in a big game and see how effective this
offensive scheme is!
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> > Or better yet wait until the opposing team pops romo right in the mouth with
one of their biggest LB's just for the sake of getting a chance to hit him out
in the open without the fear of a roughing the passer penalty...and besides,
honestly are they even going to waste there time covering him? you would simply
use that LB to semi-shadow romo while focusing in on felix.
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> > this is such a waste of time....i would much rather them be working on
timing, accuracy, focus, ect. with Romo and the WR's than working on some
gimmick scheme.
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> > --- In dallascowboyfanclub@yahoogroups.com, "William" <wcoleman31@> wrote:
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> > > The trendy Single Wing-inspired formation is known around the NFL as the
> > > Wildcat. The Cowboys are calling it the Razorback.
> > > We got our first glimpse of it during today's OTA workout. Felix Jones,
who
> > > torched the SEC alongside Darren McFadden in a similar formation for the
> > > Arkansas Razorbacks, believes it was the beginning of something big.
> > >
> > > "Man, it was great," said Jones, the featured attraction in the formation
> > > that could create many open-field opportunities for the big-play back. "It
> > > brought back old memories.
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> > > "It's just the first day. I believe we can get a lot better at it. You'll
> > > see a lot more of it, I'm hoping, when the time comes."
> > > The Cowboys can come up with all sorts of wrinkles for the formation.
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> > > what we saw today: With Tony Romo split wide left and Roy Williams in the
> > > slot, Crayton took shotgun snaps with Jones motioning across the backfield
> > > from wide right. Marc Colombo lined up outside of LT Flozell Adams,
creating
> > > an unbalanced line effect Jason Witten lined up as an eligible receiver
> > > outside of RG Leonard Davis, and Martellus Bennett was off the line of
> > > scrimmage to the right.
> > >
> > > The Cowboys ran four plays out of the Razorback today. Jones got the ball
on
> > > a speed sweep once and was used as a play-action decoy on the other three:
a
> > > run to the right by Crayton and two incompletions by the ex-Northwestern
> > > Oklahoma State QB. Crayton threw low and behind Bennett on an out and
threw
> > > the other pass away when there was good coverage downfield.
> > > "We just put it in," Crayton said. "Hopefully we'll get more and more
plays
> > > out of it. We can expand that."
> > >
> > > Wade Phillips played dumb for a moment when asked about the formation.
Then
> > > he downplayed it, pointing out that the defense needed some work against
the
> > > Wildcat, but he acknowledged that it could be a weapon for the Cowboys
> > > during the regular season.
> > > "We're looking at it a little bit," Phillips said. We'll see if it goes
any
> > > further than that. It depends on what we can do, certainly."
> > > Jerry Jones has said that the reason the Cowboys will tinker with the
> > > Wildcat -- or Razorback, if you prefer -- is because they want to figure
out
> > > ways to take advantage of Felix Jones' explosiveness.
> > >
> > > Felix, you think this formation could be effective? "Absolutely," he said
> > > with a huge grin.
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