ickythump1225
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You see "pedestrian" I see all of those swing passes and screens as just extended hand offs. If we're getting the ball to our RBs why does it matter if it was handed directly from the QB or it traveled 6 feet in the air to get there?You don't have to "just pound it up the middle for 2 yards". One of the ways that you neutralize numbers in the box is with misdirection; get the defense thinking that you are going outside, and get them flowing that way, then cut back into the middle. No one is advocating 3 yards and a cloud of dust. But our running game has been pretty pedestrian, so far. And pedestrian against the teams that we have been playing is likely to translate into non-existent against the better teams on our schedule.
If the defense is sitting back to defend the pass we can eat them up with shorter passes to keep them honest. It accomplishes the idea of balance just as well as handing the ball directly from QB to RB.
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