I think the lack of running game is due to the bad run blocking of the OL.

 

Even yesterday Yeldon was hit too many times in the backfield or at the LOS, sometimes surrounded by 3-4 players like there was no blocking at all. Even with that he makes great effort and creates yards whenever possible. I really wish we will have a decent run blocking offense next year, Yeldon really be decisive with that.

It's a fact that once a RB that's not Yeldon gets on the field there's no gain at all or even a loss (DRob yesterday even almost fumbled). 

I wonder why when we get to the red zone Yeldon is often taken off the field, he was given only one try yesterday (when you think about the 4 consecutive tries that were handled to Gerhart that makes you think).

 

In addition to the lack of running game we really struggle to involve the TEs. I don't know why this is, sometimes it's poor pass protection that doesn't give Blake enough time, other times it's Bortles holding the ball too much or missing the TE wide open (like yesterday with Lewis). 

It's as if the TE and the rest of the team were off timing, even when they are wide open Bortles doesn't see them or we go another way. Julius Thomas being hurt and now out of shape-slow doesn't help.

 

And to think that in the offseason there was all the talk about us being a running team with lots of involvment by the TEs...and they are 2 of the things we struggle the most with right now.

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