A pass 1st offense weekly lament

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by 30gut

I feel like the running game will always be a concern with Kyle as the playcaller.
As much as some of us would like he's not Mike Shanahan, this is not a run first team (as the sports media likes to claim).
We're a passing team.

I hope that Kyle will change but he seems to struggle sticking to the run.
Like many pass 1st coaches they can't stomach runs that don't gain X yards early in the game.

The run game was working early and some of the runs were just a nose hair away from hitting.
But, without more attempts the OL and the backs won't gain the rhythm required to hit the 'big' runs.
Without attempts the run game stays vanilla; gone were the inside trap runs (Helu) that worked well against the Cards.

What's more is that a lot of the success in the passing game comes from our playaction.
(I was surprised we didn't boot more because Ware was crashing hard down the line.)

I hope this changes, as the season progresses but I doubt it.
This team should go as the running games goes but I fear it will go as Rex goes.

Really. We ran the ball I think 10 times in the first half and had only 25 yards so i'd say the running game was not working.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Really. We ran the ball I think 10 times in the first half and had only 25 yards so i'd say the running game was not working.

We averaged only three yards per carry, a paltry sum for an OC like KS who loves to throw the ball off play action. Unless he's willing to show a total commitment to the running game, play action is of limited value because there's no running game of substance for the defense to concern itself with.

Our oline is not strong enough to drop back forty times a game in pass protection, the running game has to become a staple for this offense to run smoothly and effectively.

[30gut]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Really. We ran the ball I think 10 times in the first half and had only 25 yards so i'd say the running game was not working.

This was the passing game in the 1st half:
R.Grossman 19 attempts/11 comp 127 yards 1/6 sack 1 INT 56.2 RTG