![]() ![]() It’s one thing to learn the play and the intricacies of the play, but I think when you can continue to anticipate when and where it’s going to be called, I think that’s the stronger communication and connection that the quarterback and playcaller has to have.” We have this thing we call, PCP, just really the purpose of the playcall. ‘How did you see this play? This is how I see it. ![]() It’s just more the collaboration of calling the game. “The everyday football part as far as the drills, scheme. “I’m not really worried about the football part of it,” McCarthy said. McCarthy and Prescott won’t have the same hands-on experience in 2023, and McCarthy understands time is a luxury. While much was made of how it ended between McCarthy and Rodgers in Green Bay, they had seven seasons with at least 10 wins, won five NFC North titles, made it to three NFC Championships Games and won a Super Bowl. The quarterback knew what McCarthy liked. He knew what the quarterback liked, mostly. The last time McCarthy called plays, he had banked 11 years of experience with Aaron Rodgers. Let’s master what we’re great at.’ Just having that clear communication, being able to work with him day in and day out, it’s new. If it’s something you’re a little iffy about, let’s get it out. “ he said, ‘You know what, go look at everything we put in and make sure we’re running the things you like and the things we’re good at. It has to be that constant communication,” Prescott said. “Just being able to understand, being in the same wavelength and understanding why he’s calling a play, what’s the purpose of the play, what he expects out of that, and making sure we’re on the same accord there. The hours are limited due to offseason rules, but Prescott says he understands the importance of knowing McCarthy’s philosophy as much as he did Moore’s. This offseason has been about delving into the "whys" and "hows" of the changes to the scheme. In McCarthy’s first three years, he and Prescott spent plenty of time together, but not nearly the same time as a quarterback and playcaller meet. “Just really the techniques and fundamentals within the schemes.” “Are you reading it the same as you did before? Are you emphasizing things differently?” McCarthy said. Or Prescott might have been asked to make a certain read high to low now it is low to high. ![]() The subtleties of how a play is run might be different, based on the change where an out-breaking route that was once strictly performed at a precise angle might now be rounded off. “We’re still in Dak’s language,” McCarthy said. Just as McCarthy did in 2020, when he took over as head coach and left the offense in place, McCarthy has adapted the phraseology of his West Coast scheme to what Prescott has known since his rookie year, 2016. The Cowboys finished fourth in scoring and 11th in yards per game, although Moore, quarterbacks coach Doug Nussmeier, offensive line coach Joe Philbin and running backs coach Skip Peete were not retained. Schottenheimer said the offense was not broken. McCarthy and new offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer spent the offseason retooling the Cowboys' offense. “Driving in the car, I'm thinking of plays.” I'm calling the final drive of the Super Bowl again,” McCarthy said earlier in the offseason. ![]() He had not done it since his head-coaching tenure ended with the Green Bay Packers late in the 2018 season. Pittsburgh accent aside, McCarthy has had to adjust to calling plays again. “He called one out there, and I looked back, and I go, ‘Was it the right one?’ ‘Yeah, it was.’ It’s just that his accent was tough to hear.” I’ll tell you, you hear that accent a little bit more when he’s calling these plays,” Prescott said of McCarthy's delivery. Prescott went from the cadence of Moore, who is from Washington state, to McCarthy’s Pittsburgh lilt. Moore is now the offensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Chargers, and coach Mike McCarthy is the Cowboys’ playcaller. That has to add up to more than 5,000 times Moore yapped into Prescott’s ears since 2019. Add in some preseason series, as well as all of the practices over those four years, from organized team activities to minicamp to training camp and then the regular season. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserĪccent aside, Cowboys' Mike McCarthy, Dak Prescott learning to talk same talkįRISCO, Texas - For four seasons, the same voice rang out in the ears of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.įor roughly 65 plays a game over 65 regular-season games and three playoff contests, Kellen Moore called plays into Prescott's helmet as the offensive coordinator. ![]()
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