Would we ever?

[skins052bgr8]

Originally Posted by Daseal

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.