(11-16-2021, 11:14 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(11-15-2021, 11:26 AM)Upper Wrote: You don't think starting 4 out of our 5 first half drives (not counting the one we got with 36 seconds left in the half) with a run isn't trying to establish the run?

Running on first down isn't attempting to establish the run. Here's our first 6 drives:

1) Penalty, 1-15; Hyde run 5 (2-10); Viska 1 run (leaving 3rd and 9)
2) JRob run 2 (2-8); TLaw pass Jrob 0 (3-8)
3) TLaw inc deep (2-10); JRob run 0 (3-10)
4) TLaw inc deep (2-10) JRob run 3 (3-7)
5) Agnew run 5 (2-5); JRob run 0, holding (2-15); TLaw run 12 (3-3)
6) TLaw run 4 (2-6); Viska run 5 (3-1); Hyde run -1 (4-2)

We are not getting to attainable 3rd down yardage; the best runs we had were by non-RB; we have to rely on gimmick plays and QB scrambles to get yardage on the ground.

attempting to establish run is handing it off to the RB and punching it down the D's throat until they choke. You could say on the first series the 2nd and 10 might have been better suited for a short pass, get it under 3rd and 5. Getting off the stat sheet and looking at the actual game, I can't help but feel that we try a run, get a yard or two, and panic into a 2nd down pass or gimmicky run, get little to nothing from that, and are left with third and long.

It's no wonder TLaw's comp % is in the terlet and Logan Cooke is overworked. We are not setting ourselves up for success with our play calls. I don't know if they just don't trust Hyde, Ogbunwale or anyone else at RB, but we are putting a lot of the run game's burden on our QB and WR. That's not going to work for the long haul.