(09-19-2017, 09:40 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(09-19-2017, 09:32 AM)Etdavis2006 Wrote: When they hand the ball off on first down, 4net would make it 2nd and 6. When they start trying to mix passing with running to be balanced is when we start seeing the issues. We won't be able to have a balanced offense. It has to be run heavy if we plan on winning any games

I'm mystified how you don't see that they are already doing this. They only deviated from it when they were backed up for 1st and 20 or down by multiple scores. Because throwing the ball is the only way to dig your team out of those holes. 

They are already doing exactly what you are asking.

If any coach went out there and ran it every play - even on third and long - like you suggested earlier  - the coaching staff would be fired the following Monday.

Heck -- they even tried running a screen (basically a run play) twice in those situations and once on 1st and 20 I think they tried a draw up the middle.  It would be tough for a team to be more blatantly "run heavy" than this team has been thus far in two games.

Unfortunately in our current situation going three and out and punting the ball is actually a win compared to the guaranteed interception/fumble that will occur. That is all we have when you have a qb who cannot throw the ball and turns it over at a high rate. My number one concern is mitigating the turnovers. That means we have to take the ball out of Bortles hands. If you look at the play by play they did not do that in the titans game. They tried to be more balanced and the whooping we caught is the result of that. 

Screens and draws work when you can actually have the threat of passing. Run heavy is just that run heavy. At this point we need to be bringing in extra linemen and tight ends cause the passing game is non-existent until the 4th quarter and we're down 27

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