> “That’s a conversation that we’re constantly having,” Adams said. “People, I’m not sure where it came from, but everybody’s got this term like ‘Oh, we’re going to run it back, or ‘we’re just going to roll it back out there,’ and to me, that’s the worst mindset you can possibly have, is ‘Alright, here’s some stuff that worked last year, let’s just try it again.’”
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> “Having said that, you’ve also got to understand what your core building blocks are and who you are as an offense, and that’s going to change a little bit every year as well. But in my opinion, if you just go back out there and you’re like, ‘here it is,’ there’s too many good football players in this league and too many good coaches in this league for that to work. So you’ve constantly got to be trying to seek the edge and find the sharper points of how you can get better.”
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> As the Cowboys have begun and continue their self-scouting process in the offseason, one of the places that Adams has used to draw inspiration for innovative tweaks to the offseason were Dallas’ interviews for their defensive coordinator position, which was filled by Christian Parker.
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> “Just hearing specifically how some of the teams that we were playing against are trying to defend us, and some of the things that concern them or worry them, is good for me to hear,” Adams said. “Because quite frankly, I’m not always thinking of it from that same perspective.”
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> “So just hearing some of the things that people are saying, ‘Hey, this is what kept me up at night,’ or ‘this is what we’re really worried that you guys were going to do.’ It just gives me thoughts and ideas on how we want to attack and use those guys going forward.”