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2010 NFL Preview, Dallas Cowboys: Playing For A Home Super Bowl
By Dave Halprin, Blogging The Boys
But there are puzzling parts of the offense, too. Even though the Cowboys gain yards in bunches, they have trouble in the redzone. Too often they have to settle for FGs when they should be putting up six. Part of the problem is the running game which stalls in the redzone even with such talented backs. Some of the blame has to go to the offensive line. The Cowboys have a huge offensive line but strangely enough they struggle in short-yardage situations, something that causes them problems at the goal line and on 3rd-and-short plays. There’s also speculation that OC Jason Garrett won’t stick with the running game long enough to establish it, he too quickly abandons it to utilize Dallas’ strong passing game. For an offense with so many weapons that gains so many yards, they really should be putting more points up on the scoreboard.
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