(10-07-2022, 10:52 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(10-07-2022, 10:22 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Agreed. They have the worst run defense in the AFC. Second to only Chicago at the moment in the NFL. I would line the damn football up and run it until they can prove that they're capable of stopping it. 

I swear to God, man, if Doug comes out in that spread formation [BLEEP] and they go three and out? Somebody needs to hijack the play calling from him. He's a great coach, makes great adjustments, but, I feel like this team gets off to a slow start and I really feel like a lot of that boils down to overthinking it. 

At least script the first drive to be run, pass, run. If the first run is a 1st down? Go play action, bootleg, roll out left to Arnold or Engram. Those plays are there for the taking when they get the run game going. 

You have two competent and explosive runningbacks just itching to take over this offense. So let them do it and let Lawrence start operating what he's best at which is moving around, getting out of the pocket and making plays on the run with his arm.

If Doug can get the run game going early the Safeties and that defense will start cheating up and then we can start hitting them with the PA like you said.  We have to get the run game established early though and don't get away from it if we get stopped a few times early

Pederson likes to pass to set up the run, and not the other way around

If he was unwilling to adjust that strategy on a rainy day in Philadelphia, you can bet your [BLEEP] he's not going to do it at home versus the tinhorns

You can still run the ball quite a lot and quite effectively the way he does it, but it won't work if you don't complete passes at a high percentage early on.

That said - I hope he goes against his own philosophy and runs first this week

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