Official Site of the Cowboys · Dec 8, 2015
Mailbag: Should The Defense Keep Blitzing? Early Return For Romo?
ROB CAGLEY
SHREVEPORT, LA
So, I'm sure you'll get many of these questions today...why not blitz more often!? It seemed to work great against Cousins, and I'm not saying to ALWAYS do that, but it surely caught the Redskins off guard.
David: I think part of the reason it caught the Redskins off guard is because it’s not something Rod Marinelli likes to do. He deviated a good bit from his tendency to just rush four, and it worked out. You’d like to think, given the encouraging results, that the defense incorporates more blitzes down the stretch. But this isn’t suddenly going to become a blitz-happy scheme. That’s just not the way Marinelli does things – for better or for worse.
