The Dallas Cowboys’ latest stumble, a 33-30 loss to the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday, has kept the spotlight fixed squarely on Brian Schottenheimer and an offense that keeps coming up short when it matters.
Dan Orlovsky didn’t soften the message on ESPN’s “NFL Live.” While plenty of the conversation around Dallas has centered on the defense, Orlovsky pushed back hard on the idea that the Cowboys should still be described as a strong offensive unit.
“stop saying this is a good offense”
That was the line he drew, and he backed it up by laying out why he believes Dallas doesn’t fit the mold of a modern top-tier attack, even with “good individual, talented players.”
“One, good offenses are great against the blitz. They’re terrible against the blitz, in all facets,” Orlovsky said.
He kept going from there, pointing to the way the Cowboys line up and move before the snap as another problem. Dallas, he said, isn’t doing nearly enough of the things that define successful offenses right now.
“Number two, we’ve talked a ton about getting into strong splits, shrinking your formation, stacks, bunches. They do it the least in the NFL,” Orlovsky continued.
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“The third thing is motion, pre-snap motion, at-the-snap motion. They’re the third-lowest in the NFL, and so for an organization and for people covering the NFL that continue to say, ‘We got a Super Bowl caliber offense.’
No, you don’t. You got a bunch of really talented players, but you are not a good offense, and you don’t do the things that good offenses in this era of the NFL do.”
Dallas still has the kind of names that usually make an offense dangerous, with Dak Prescott at quarterback and CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens and Javonte Williams among the key pieces. But after the Cardinals loss, the Cowboys are heading into Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts looking for a response and a return to the win column.
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