AMA: Post-Cowboy's Game

While the plays themselves are not exotic, I do think people are not appreciating the way that Kubiak uses plays early to set up for plays later. We give so many different looks on purpose, then when we give the same look, we do something different next time. A great example is when we had presnap motion with Shaheed and faked a jet sweep right and then handed Karama the ball off tackle right. He got a chunk on that play early, I think for a first down. Then in the third quarter (I think) they have the same look, but faked the handoff to kamara and rolled Carr out on a naked play action bootleg, back to the sided of the field where Shaheed went into motion and went back to him.

Kubiak may be using "simple" plays, and I agree this offense isn't a "gimmick" offense, but KK is absolutely still playing 3d chess with his play calling. We are not scoring 40+ ppg based on sheer "execution."

Scheme matters.