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Originally Posted by 30gut
So we have a better OL, improved TE blocking, and supposedly improved RB but they all suck and that's why don't run the ball better.
Lol, we can play this game all day or we can actually talk football.
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Maybe. They are on paper but that doesn't mean anything.
Before Jones was hurt, that's the first time all units have been clicking in the run game since the Rams game last year.
We remained committed to the run last year even when we shouldn't:
2015 NFL Team Rushing Stats - National Football League - ESPN
We ran the ball 44% of all plays.
That's with a bad defense and playing from behind.
Our downfield big yardage plays are based off play action and we are good at it:
FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | 2015 Play-Action Offense
Can't do that without the run.
Speaking in general assertions that Jay is a passing coach and that's what makes the team bad on the running plays is a cop out and it's easier to fit into a narrative.
On individual running plays, all can look at the film and see where it broke down:
1. QB should have checked out
2. OLine missed a block or got bull dozed
3. TE didn't hold a block
4. RB stutter stepped or missed a read.
For example, the first running play against Atlanta, Niles lost his block and Long was blown up when the defender got his hands inside. Maybe they didn't understand how much Jay really wanted them to not screw that play up.
Blaming philosophy, an obtuse ideal you can't point to on film, rather than execution, both play calling and play, is the same vague line you were pushing from last year.
THIS TEAM IS SERIOUS ABOUT RUNNING THE FOOTBALL EFFECTIVELY.
Welcome back it's been a long summer.