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Originally Posted by The Goat
We don't really have an oline built to overpower a dline going "toe to toe" though right? I guess my thinking was that's part of the reason we see the idiotic pitches or even gadget plays when we run the ball on short yardage downs. Not that we have to limit the playbook to pitches/gadget plays, but "we" haven't figured that out yet.
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We've run some dives and and power runs on short yardage too though.
Sometimes you have to go against your tendencies. Or perhaps there was something on film the coaches thought they could exploit. I know, it's easier to just blast a play in hindsight when it doesn't work.