Quote:I don't know whose decision it was, but I give them credit for abandoning the run and letting Blake throw it every play.   That's what got us back in the game.  

 

But I give NO credit to whomever made the decision to keep trying to run the ball for most of the game.   All that accomplished was leaving us with constant 3rd downs.   Blake operates best when he throws a lot.  He operates worst when we keep leaving him in 3rd and long because we insist on running the ball. 

 

I hope that in the future we throw the ball on first down more often, and if it's incomplete, please stop running the ball on second and long!   That's the most predictable thing of this season: an incomplete pass on first down almost always leads to a running play on 2nd and 10.  Heck, we even ran the ball on 1st and 20 today!   

 

Please, for God's sake, if it ain't working, give up!  

 

I think we can run the ball but it's how we try to do it that is the problem. When we came out in goal line and power formations we were physically gashing them and Ivory was letting loose. We try to run out of our passing set up the middle and its an easy 1 yard loss someone is tackling the ball carrier the moment he takes the handoff and can't even move and build any momentum.

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