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The scenario: The Cowboys are down 7-0 after giving up a quick touchdown to the 49ers defense. Giving Cowboys fans hope is the fact that the offense has driven the ball right down the field against the 49ers vaunted defense. Dallas gets down to the San Fran two-yard line, it's 2nd and 1. You now have two chances (three if you choose to go on 4th down) to pick up one yard. One yard gets you four more downs to get one more yard. Then you've tied it 7-7 and it's game on. To make matters even more <a href=http://www.cicviseu.net/page.php?sale=Jimmy-Choo-Lizzy>Jimmy Choo Lizzy</a>  obvious, on the drive Dallas had gained 33 yards on 5 running plays (including a penalty play). That's over six yards a pop.
 
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Yes, you'd guess the Cowboys would run the ball. Two shots at a yard, give it to Murray and let's go. That's what the Cowboys were also thinking on the play. Look at the lineup they had out on the field initially on the play, before they called timeout with the play-clock running down.
 
  
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That, my friends, is the jumbo set. Extra left tackle? Check (red arrow: Jeremy Parnell). Two tight ends? Check (yellow arrow: Witten, Hanna). Fullback? Check (green arrow: ). The Cowboys are going to run the ball, (unless they were going to be tricky and pass out of that formation which is definitely possible!) It looks like they're going to pound it down the 49ers throats. But the play clock runs down and the Cowboys are forced to call a timeout.
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Can anyone doubt that Los Angeles Kings defenseman Alec Martinez earned his Day with the Cup? After all, he scored the game winning goal both in the Conference Finals and the actual Stanley Cup Finals both in overtime, by the way.
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As Romo, Scott Linehan and Jason Garrett confer on the sidelines, the personnel changes and we get this.
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Let s start by reliving those two goals.
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Alec Martinez s Game Winners
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Now we're in 11 personnel, three-wide. You can still run from this formation and initially Romo goes up under center, but he immediately changes the play, backing out to the shotgun (red arrow). Maybe it was a fake audible and they were planning to pass all along, but that seems doubtful as both  and  signal the same audible motion out to the wide guys (yellow arrows). You could still run the draw from this formation, but instead this play is clearly for  (even though he's double covered). Why Romo checks out of a 7-man box that is not tightly packed is beyond me (green box). The two linebackers in the middle are a couple of yards back in the endzone, and one of them is still milling around as <a href=http://architectscanterbury.co.uk/page.php?sale=Kate-Spade-Nylon-Handbag>Kate Spade London</a>  the play starts. Romo has already said he didn't like the look of the defense against the run on this play, but I'm sorry, I just don't see why he wouldn't run it. Even so, you tell me you don't have any confidence that Murray can win a battle for one yard? Come on, that's a high percentage play. So now you have gone from a jumbo set initially, down to a possible run set that eventually turns into a pass set. How did we get so far from the obvious, high percentage play?
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For (yet another) <a href=http://www.radiorcs.com/page.php?sale=Jimmy-Choo-Clue-Shoes>Jimmy Choo Clue Shoes</a>  Game 7, the LA Kings faced the defending Stanley Cup champs, the Chicago Blackhawks. Not only was it the Kings third Game 7 of the playoffs, the game went into overtime.
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Now the play actually starts, and it's bad choices/execution all around.
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The score was 4-4. Even though Los Angeles are puck-possession, well, kings, these were the reigning champs. Play went back and forth. Then, a quarter of the way through overtime, play entered the Blackhawks zone. The puck came to Martinez, and he lobbed it toward Chicago goalie Corey Crawford.
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It went in. It bounced off defenseman Nick Leddy and careened past Crawford. Crawford slumped. The crowd in Chicago s United Center growled in disappointment. No matter, third-line defenseman Alec Martinez had .
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Romo is locked in on Dez from the start (red arrow). Why? He's is the only player double covered. The 49ers are playing the slant on the inside, and the fade/fade-stop on the outside. Across the field Terrance Williams has a one-on-one, but if you watch the play all the receivers are slow getting off the ball (look at all the action in the middle, then look at the three receivers?) and the Williams/Beasely combo barely run routes on the entire play. The Cowboys have bet the house on a double covered Dez. Romo doesn't throw the ball, which is smart, but  has inexplicably blown his block on Justin Smith (yellow circle). He pops forward at the snap, perhaps selling the play-action part of the play, but absolutely whiffs on Smith. Even if he thought he was run blocking he still missed the man totally.
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Surely it was a fluke, right? This was no superstar Drew Doughty. This was Alec Martinez, a player with some of the lowest minutes on the team.
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Romo gets sacked, and look at the Cowboys crazy blocking scheme on this play.
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It was no fluke. The Kings didn t take it to seven games with the New York Rangers at a certain point even the Energizer Bunny Kings get weary. They solved the Rangers in five.
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And Alec Martinez , future Hall of Famer Henrik Lundqvist.
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Two Cowboys linemen are three yards downfield blocking (red circle), two of them are at the line of scrimmage (yellow circle), and poor  is running back in desperation to save Romo (green circle). I'm not sure everybody along the line was on the same page. Regardless, the play is a disaster, Romo gets sacked, the Cowboys kick a FG and <a href=http://www.cicviseu.net/page.php?sale=Jimmy-Choo-Wedges>Jimmy Choo Wedges</a>  the beatdown is on.
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To Lundqvist s credit, he was a superb goalie that night. He made 48 saves 32 of them from the third period on. No, you can t lay the blame at Lundqvist s feet.
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Maybe it's reading too much into one play, a reasonable charge. But this sequence just seems to symbolize the Cowboys recent seasons. They take what should be a simple and easy decision, they have the right instinct initially, then decide what the hell...let's make this as hard as possible.
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You can lay it at Martinez s feet, though. The game didn t just go into overtime, it went into double overtime.
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Late in the second overtime, Kings goalie Jonathan Quick made a key save. Play moved up the ice, a 3-on-2, and Martinez was part of the action. Kings forward Tyler Toffoli he of the Whoo-hoo to his father on live TV shot the puck. Lundqvist made the save, but the rebound came <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Tory-Burch-Amanda-Satchel>Tory Burch Amanda Satchel</a>  right to Martinez s stick.聽 Lundqvist was on the far side of the net, leaving wide open space for Martinez.
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And he buried it in. The crowd at the LA Staples Center went delirious. Martinez went delirious he lost a few seconds:
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I blacked out. I tossed my gear, the guys jumped in, and I couldn鈥檛 breathe for a while. It鈥檚 a surreal moment.
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Surreal or not, thanks to Alec Martinez s overtime goal, the Kings had won the Stanley Cup.
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Alec Martinez s Day With the Cup
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Alec Martinez is the last amongst players and coaches to receive his Day with the Cup. No reason why everyone else got to go before him maybe they saved the best for last. Indeed, the Cup will visit vice president and Kings legend Luc Robitaille absolute last.
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In any case, Martinez received the Stanley Cup around 10:30 am on Monday, August 25, at his home in Allen, Texas. According to and the player s own tweets, he and a group of family and friends had lunch at a nearby driving range NHL players do love their golf in the off-season. Later he held a Stanley Cup party at his newly-purchased home, then everyone went out for dinner at an area restaurant. At some point in all the festivities Martinez filled the Cup with Fruit Loops. And that was Martinez s chill Day with the Cup.
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One question going into the 2014-15 season is how big a role Martinez will take <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=True-Religion-Warehouse>True Religion Jeans Sale</a>  on with the Kings. Even before his playoff heroics, he had started becoming a valuable asset on the LA blueline. Come training camp time, Alec Martinez could very well prove worthy of top-4 playing time. And that will give the LA Kings a formidable defensive corps indeed.
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Regardless, will always be remembered as the quiet defenseman who proved to be the clutchiest of all clutch players.
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Can anyone doubt that Los Angeles Kings defenseman Alec Martinez earned his Day with the Cup? After all, he scored the game winning goal both in the Conference Finals and the actual Stanley Cup Finals both in overtime, by the way. Let s start by reliving those two goals. Alec Martinez s Game Winners For (yet another) <a href=http://www.radiorcs.com/page.php?sale=Jimmy-Choo-Clue-Shoes>Jimmy Choo Clue Shoes</a> Game 7, the LA Kings faced the defending Stanley Cup champs, the Chicago Blackhawks. Not only was it the Kings third Game 7 of the playoffs, the game went into overtime. The score was 4-4. Even though Los Angeles are puck-possession, well, kings, these were the reigning champs. Play went back and forth. Then, a quarter of the way through overtime, play entered the Blackhawks zone. The puck came to Martinez, and he lobbed it toward Chicago goalie Corey Crawford. It went in. It bounced off defenseman Nick Leddy and careened past Crawford. Crawford slumped. The crowd in Chicago s United Center growled in disappointment. No matter, third-line defenseman Alec Martinez had . Surely it was a fluke, right? This was no superstar Drew Doughty. This was Alec Martinez, a player with some of the lowest minutes on the team. It was no fluke. The Kings didn t take it to seven games with the New York Rangers at a certain point even the Energizer Bunny Kings get weary. They solved the Rangers in five. And Alec Martinez , future Hall of Famer Henrik Lundqvist. To Lundqvist s credit, he was a superb goalie that night. He made 48 saves 32 of them from the third period on. No, you can t lay the blame at Lundqvist s feet. You can lay it at Martinez s feet, though. The game didn t just go into overtime, it went into double overtime. Late in the second overtime, Kings goalie Jonathan Quick made a key save. Play moved up the ice, a 3-on-2, and Martinez was part of the action. Kings forward Tyler Toffoli he of the Whoo-hoo to his father on live TV shot the puck. Lundqvist made the save, but the rebound came <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Tory-Burch-Amanda-Satchel>Tory Burch Amanda Satchel</a> right to Martinez s stick.聽 Lundqvist was on the far side of the net, leaving wide open space for Martinez. And he buried it in. The crowd at the LA Staples Center went delirious. Martinez went delirious he lost a few seconds: 

I blacked out. I tossed my gear, the guys jumped in, and I couldn鈥檛 breathe for a while. It鈥檚 a surreal moment.

Surreal or not, thanks to Alec Martinez s overtime goal, the Kings had won the Stanley Cup. Alec Martinez s Day With the Cup Alec Martinez is the last amongst players and coaches to receive his Day with the Cup. No reason why everyone else got to go before him maybe they saved the best for last. Indeed, the Cup will visit vice president and Kings legend Luc Robitaille absolute last. In any case, Martinez received the Stanley Cup around 10:30 am on Monday, August 25, at his home in Allen, Texas. According to and the player s own tweets, he and a group of family and friends had lunch at a nearby driving range NHL players do love their golf in the off-season. Later he held a Stanley Cup party at his newly-purchased home, then everyone went out for dinner at an area restaurant. At some point in all the festivities Martinez filled the Cup with Fruit Loops. And that was Martinez s chill Day with the Cup.   One question going into the 2014-15 season is how big a role Martinez will take <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=True-Religion-Warehouse>True Religion Jeans Sale</a> on with the Kings. Even before his playoff heroics, he had started becoming a valuable asset on the LA blueline. Come training camp time, Alec Martinez could very well prove worthy of top-4 playing time. And that will give the LA Kings a formidable defensive corps indeed. Regardless, will always be remembered as the quiet defenseman who proved to be the clutchiest of all clutch players.   Photo credit:   The following two tabs change content below.

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