it's a bit of all 3

for all the hate i've seen gerhart miss one opportunity to run the ball for a big gain, no doubt it was a big one but in general he runs, there is nothing there and he is either knocked down from behind or ploughs forward pushes the pile for a yard or two

 

 Why he missed the big gap against washington I don't know and I don't deny it was a bad miss however i personally think he is much better than everyone gives him credit for and I don't really believe any rb could function under these conditions, see mjd last year

 

What really annoys me is why did we pick him when he evidentally doesn't fit what we want in an rb. We are running to the outside to try set up the bootleg, fair enough, but you need speed for those plays and that's robinson so why sign gerhart ... i can only assume given the amount we tried to pass the ball that gerhart is superior in pass protection and robinson has struggled in practice picking up the blitz.

 

I have to say gerhart is very good in pass pro, against washington I saw him a couple of times identify the blitzer and stop a free runner in his tracks.

 

Which leads me to fisch, if your sole rb struggles running to the outside don't keep doing it, it's not working, however you if your interior line is caving in regularly then you can't run inside and if you can't keep henne in the pocket, you need the outside runs to set up the bootleg. For fisch it's a fairly impossible situation but still he has a responsibility to try new things till he finds something that works. From what I have seen it feels like he has very little in his locker right now

 

As for the line, I think bowanko will be an improvement over mclendon even just having experience playing centre, pasztor coming back will be a massive boon for linder as will playing the colts with very little in terms of pass rush should hopefully help them gain confidence by keeping the pocket clean and if we can pass, that should open up the run, which can then open up the pass

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