(10-09-2022, 07:45 PM)Caldrac Wrote: "Throw to score. Run to win." Those are Pederson's words and philosophy. I was pushing for the running game in this one.

However, as NYC pointed out. Doug's unrelenting in his beliefs. He was correct again today.

However, if Lawrence scores there instead of throwing the interception? The next drive is probably opened up with run, run, pass [run again if it's 3rd and short] and thus it changes the rest of the game.

I think Pederson HAS to change his approach now. Adapt or die. Lawrence has officially killed you twice in a row with the turnovers. Time to adapt towards running it until Lawrence can mentally get out of his funk.

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Their next possession after the INT started with a -2 yard run with Robinson. Not a good way to start a drive. Ended up going 53 yards on 10 plays and turned it over on downs with that shotgun run with JRob on 4th and 1. Never a fan of running the ball in shotgun in that situation. 3 carries by JRob on that drive and 1 Lawrence scramble.

Doug didn't go pass happy until the 2nd possession after the INT. It was a pretty even 30 passes vs 26 rushes split. Got the ball back with 10:20 left in the 4th, 6-6 ball game and that's when they went pass happy. Went 3 and out, 3 straight passes. Texans scored on their next possession due to the Walker penalty and they threw it 14 more straight times on the final 2 possessions to finish out the game.

They had 10 possessions total. 6 of them they ran it on 1st down. They threw it 4 times on 1st down, 3 of which were the final 3 possessions of the game. They went 3 and out on their first possession, then had 6 straight drives of 6-10 plays 50+ yards. The plan was working and Doug went away from it when he shouldn't have.

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