Since arriving in Dallas, Mike McCarthy has made a habit of using his final preseason game to give a position coach the opportunity to call plays and get experience in hopes of earning a promotion in the future. It’s not an uncommon thing, but it is a nice gesture. In years past, with Kellen Moore calling plays regularly, it was quarterbacks coach Doug Nussmeier who got the call.
Now that Moore is off to Los Angeles with the Chargers, and Nussmeier followed him there, McCarthy is the playcaller. He wisely used the first two preseason games to get back into a rhythm doing the thing he did regularly in Green Bay, something the head coach has likened to riding a bike.