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Dallas Cowboys: 5 Burning questions entering 2019 training camp

By Randy Gurzi

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 12: Amari Cooper #19 of the Dallas Cowboys celebrates with teammates after scoring a 29 yard touchdown in the first quarter against the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Divisional Playoff game at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 12, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 12: Amari Cooper #19 of the Dallas Cowboys celebrates with teammates after scoring a 29 yard touchdown in the first quarter against the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Divisional Playoff game at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 12, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /
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ARLINGTON, TEXAS – JANUARY 05: Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys dives but falls short of the end zone against the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth quarter during the Wild Card Round at AT&T Stadium on January 05, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

2. What will Kellen Moore’s offense look like?

For the past four seasons, Scott Linehan has been the offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys and while he had some success in 2016, the majority of his tenure felt as though he was trying to force a square peg into a round hole. Linehan clearly prefers pocket quarterbacks and to the team’s defense, they did have that in Tony Romo when he arrived in 2015.

Linehan never got the chance to work with Romo for long as he was injured for the majority of the 2015 season and started out 2016 on the sideline as well. That was when Dak Prescott came onto the scene and took the job away for good.

As good as things were in 2016, the following two years were hard to watch. Linehan continued to struggle with using the mobile Prescott. He would often forget he could utilize Dak’s legs and also had the most predictable play calling of all-time.

Not only that, but Linehan was terrible about listening to the criticism. Once someone said he wasn’t creative, he tried to prove them wrong the following week by throwing passes with Cole Beasley (which wasn’t creative, but rather reckless). When the headlines said Prescott didn’t run enough, he would get four carries on an opening drive the final week.

Finally, after suffering through this bad fit between Linehan and Prescott for the past three seasons, fans were relieved to see the “mutual parting” this offseason. Then after dreaming about who could take over, Jason Garrett promoted a Linehan protege in Kellen Moore.

A former star at Boise State, Moore has often been called a football genius. The worry though is that he spent s much time with Linehan. That was his play-caller both in Detroit and Dallas. He was also the coordinator in Moore‘s one season as an assistant coach.

Camp and the preseason will be our first chance to see how Moore does. Will he know how to better use his weapons? Can he get the most out of Prescott? Or will he be just like one of the only mentors he’s ever had in the NFL?

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