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Chalk Talk: Shanahan Prepping Offense For Houston


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Shanahan really understands the game and how to use weapons. And he believes in his system, mostly because the system covers so many different holes (provided you have other areas that aren't holes). The stuff about using DiMarco as a TE is a good example. If one part of the game is weak, we can improvise to improve it instead of just leaning on other areas.

When is the last time we could truly say that?

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I really can't wait for the running game to blossom so we can REALLY open up the playbook. Don't know if it'll be this year, though last week was a great sign, but eventually it will and we'll see all kinds of cool stuff.

Love that Shanahan sets up plays both in game and with games to go. Lining up Julio in the backfield was pure window-dressing in the Cowboys game - but it got it on film. And now teams are going to wonder about it. And, sometime in the future, I bet we do something with it. Shoot, you could have some pretty simple misdirection plays out of that that would scare defenses to death. Fake a little flare to Julio coming out of the backfield and then hand off to Coleman/Freeman on a draw, for example. Teams will have to respect that Julio is a threat on every single play and that frees up other opportunities.

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He's been literally around offensive scheming since birth. He's got the "lineage" that we always talk about with Jake Matthews. He understands offensive schemes like we understand the alphabet as it's been ingrained in us since we were toddlers.

Big reason why he's a successful OC at 35.

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Is there a video to accompany the article?

I thought there was, but the video that shows with the text is the Falconscast.

Nope, we don't film these interviews.

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Awesome to hear that guys like DiMarco and Williams are ready to step up when thwir number is called. That's what you need, because injuries are inevitable.

And on the other side of the ball, we had a guy like Stupar step up in a big way while Reed was injured.

Here's hoping Therezie can continue that trend at FS this Sunday.

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Shanahan really understands the game and how to use weapons. And he believes in his system, mostly because the system covers so many different holes (provided you have other areas that aren't holes). The stuff about using DiMarco as a TE is a good example. If one part of the game is weak, we can improvise to improve it instead of just leaning on other areas.

When is the last time we could truly say that?

I am still a bit amazed that Quinn basically found his offensive minded counterpart. We are pretty freaking unique on both sides of the ball and these two guys Quinn and Shanahan are so refreshing for lack of a better word.

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