That's true... but a big difference is that Bruce and Hakim aren't
260 lbs :-)

--- In dallascowboysofamerica@yahoogroups.com, "lewisblkman"
<shawnf.lewis@...> wrote:
>
> The problem I have is if it's that's simple you would think people
> would be drafting that way and in a way that's what St Louis did
when
> they had I. Bruce, T. Holt, M. Faulk, and A Hakim. I thought the
Rams
> were unstoppable. But good teams with good defenses found a way to
> slow them down. I love the roster (I hate myself for saying that
> because I feel like I've soldout just to have T.O. just to win a
> championship) but I'm curious to see how the blockers holdup.
>
> Shawn
>
> --- In dallascowboysofamerica@yahoogroups.com, "touch7nt"
> <touch7nt@> wrote:
> >
> > Posted this on Dallascowboys.com forum this morning. Thought it
was
> > kind of neat (I came up with it trying to explain why I liked our
> > speed at RB).
> >
> > <snip>
> > try this on for size:
> >
> > 3rd and 5. They come out with Fasano and Owens on the Left side,
> > Witten and Glenn on the right. Owens runs a deep post, Glenn runs
a
> > go, Witten a deep outside curl underneath Glenn, and Fasano runs
a
> > crossing pattern... where are your safeties and 2 of your
> > linebackers? Deep, to the right and heading/looking away from the
> > left flat where Jones (or Thompson, maybe, with his speed?) has
> > chipped the Right Defensive end (or OLB in a 3-4) and is headed
for
> > a little dump pass where his speed and moves give him all the
> > advantage in the world over the poor ILB/MLB that is trying to
play
> > catch-up.
> >
> > All this assuming the defenders bring 4. If they Blitz, chunk it
> > deep... one of the three deep routes should be open for 6. If
they go
> > nickel, audible to a draw play and use the double TEs to pound
the
> > hell out of the 6 in the box. I'll grant you Bledsoe has to read
the
> > D right for this to work, but he ought to be able to-- that's his
job.
> >
> > If a little fan like me can come up with that in a few minutes
> > thought one morning, imagine what professional coaches getting
paid
> > to do this will come up with! Yes, I know, defensive coaches
getting
> > paid to stop this will be crafty in coming up with schemes to do
so,
> > but the thing is, defenses *have* to respect all the threats
here,
> > because any one of the guys can hurt them BADLY on this play.
> > </snip>
> >
> > any thoughts?
> >
>