To me, our offensive strategy is very questionable sometimes.   So often, an incomplete pass on 1st and 10 is followed by a running play, as if there's some rule against calling 2 pass plays in a row.    Yesterday, we ran the ball on 1st and 20!   We have to stop setting up 3rd down.   A running play on 2nd and long sets up 3rd down.   If you have enough 3rd downs, eventually you will fail to convert and punt yet again.   We run our offense as if we are trying to set up a 3rd down play!    It's as if on 2nd down we don't want to make a 1st down! 

 

I remember a game a few years ago, the Patriots vs someone else, not us, and the Patriots came out and threw the ball 20 straight times!  And in another game, the Pats went down the field with all running plays; they never threw it!   Forcing the game plan is stupid.  Good teams don't force the game plan.   They line up and take what the defense is giving!   They don't slam it in there for 2 yards a carry over and over.  

 

I just wish that, when it's 2nd down, we would go for a 1st down instead of just trying to get part of it and set up 3rd down.   We are not a grind it out offense, we are an explosive offense.   3rd down is not our forte'.   We should try harder to avoid 3rd down.

 

Balance is nice.   But trying to enforce offensive balance when the game is on the line is very aggravating to watch. 

 

The reason we finally won that game yesterday was that we finally abandoned the run.  Thank God.   Damn, we have all these weapons at WR and TE and we insist on running the ball for 2 yards a carry.   That is incredibly aggravating. 

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