(10-07-2022, 11:23 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

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

What a bad take.  I’m starting to think you know far less about football than you claim.  You certainly know far less about Pederson’s actual play calling than you claim.

The Philly game, the game that everyone is so sure Pederson was a pass happy manic in, was unarguably a ‘run first’ game. The game fell apart on passing downs.  This has already been analysed. https://www.duvalpride.com/showthread.ph...pid1490269

Of the 21 down sequences in the game, JAX started the sequence with a run 11 times, or 52% of the time.

If you discount the final three drives of the game where JAX had to take big chances to catch up so we’re passing nine of ten plays, then Pederson started down sequences with a run ten of fifteen times, or 67% of the time.  Pederson didn’t change his game plan until the passing game’s underperformance forced him to abandon the run.


To imply that Pederson is a stubborn pass first coach off the Philly contest is simple nonsense and shows an inclination to form opinions based on sentiment and not fact.  While great for flaming in Internet forums, it’s of little substantive value.

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