Would we ever?

Well, I asked because I would fully expect Gibbs, the way things are going, to do 3 runs up this middle with Portis and punt when Denver was throwing the ball and mixing in some good runs. They were able to burn tons of time off the clock which is extremely important, in my opinion. I hate seeing us put a tired defense into the game (who had already been on the field forever) to try to hold onto the game, we lost 3 games that way last year because we couldn't convert a first down to kill the clock. I think our end of game playcalling, especially with a lead, needs to really go for the throat.

Well, I asked because I would fully expect Gibbs, the way things are going, to do 3 runs up this middle with Portis and punt when Denver was throwing the ball and mixing in some good runs. They were able to burn tons of time off the clock which is extremely important, in my opinion. I hate seeing us put a tired defense into the game (who had already been on the field forever) to try to hold onto the game, we lost 3 games that way last year because we couldn't convert a first down to kill the clock. I think our end of game playcalling, especially with a lead, needs to really go for the throat.

I could not agree more, mixing up plays with pass and run is the way to go. The Portis 50 Gut is just not cutting it. I can see if the team is out of timeouts, but teams are stopping the clock with their timeouts and getting the ball back because we just are not converting due to conservative play calling. Grinding out the clock means you run effectively, convert 1st downs. All we are doing is grinding out 6 yards and about twenty seconds off the clock.

How many seconds did we take off the clock against Dallas running the ball?

You get the point though, any team can put together even if the offense is not that effective to overcome a 14 or 21 point lead. Look at us 14 points in 3 1/2 minutes and I would not call our offense yet the most stellar. So a Kansas City who is known for putting up some points could do exactly that and this week for us the Seahawks can put some drives together hope we do not go conservative with a 3 or 7 point lead in the 4th Qtr. 14 I think would be hard with our D, but Special teams play could pose an issue they scare me sometimes.

indy or maybe the rams have the chance to score fast... KC is dependent on an OLine and running, so they score a lot, but it takes them more time since they tend to dink and dunk more. But i agree that becoming predictable and playing not to lose has lost us games before and i'd hate to see it happen again and again and again...