What Im jealous of, of playoff teams

[Crash]

Ben crushes his own success by not getting rid of the ball quicker. then he gets hurt, sacked, int or something.
But then again he makes those miraculous plays. but do you win 4 qtrs of football and a SB with a bunch of miraculous plays?


Play action and move the chains..

Agreed. But we don't do that. We force the predictable run game, which hurts our offensive line because every defender knows we run up the middle all day, and then we ask Ben to bail them out on 3rd down.

[JensK]

Agreed. But we don't do that. We force the predictable run game, which hurts our offensive line because every defender knows we run up the middle all day, and then we ask Ben to bail them out on 3rd down.

There is nothing wrong with a predictable run game if you have a good RB. Its a misconception that you have to be creative to run the ball well. That is not at all the case. Look at The Vikings. They are not trying to disguise what they are doing. Sure, they might run a couple of trap plays from time to time, but overall there is nothing fancy about their running game. They just have the line and RB to pull it off. We could potentially have the line if they stay healthy, but we sorely lack a difference maker at RB. If you have one of those, you can be as predictable as you like when running the ball - you'll get good yardage.

Another example is what the Texans do. Nothing fancy about that.

[Crash]

There is nothing wrong with a predictable run game if you have a good RB. Its a misconception that you have to be creative to run the ball well. That is not at all the case. Look at The Vikings. They are not trying to disguise what they are doing. Sure, they might run a couple of trap plays from time to time, but overall there is nothing fancy about their running game. They just have the line and RB to pull it off. We could potentially have the line if they stay healthy, but we sorely lack a difference maker at RB. If you have one of those, you can be as predictable as you like when running the ball - you'll get good yardage.

Another example is what the Texans do. Nothing fancy about that.

And you know what else they don't have?

Lombardi's.

How good is Foster? Is it him? Or is it the Kubiak/Shanahan system?

Those two have been getting late rounders to produce for YEARS.

[JensK]

And you know what else they don't have?

Lombardi's.

Your argument being what exactly? If anything, the last Lombardi trophy's is located at teams which were very ineffective running the ball during their campaign.

[Crash]

Where were the Giants ranked in rushing last season?

The 2008 Steelers?

[JensK]

Giants ranked dead last in rushing last season.

Steelers were 23rd in rushing in 2008.

[Get7With7]

There is nothing wrong with a predictable run game if you have a good RB. Its a misconception that you have to be creative to run the ball well. That is not at all the case. Look at The Vikings. They are not trying to disguise what they are doing. Sure, they might run a couple of trap plays from time to time, but overall there is nothing fancy about their running game. They just have the line and RB to pull it off. We could potentially have the line if they stay healthy, but we sorely lack a difference maker at RB. If you have one of those, you can be as predictable as you like when running the ball - you'll get good yardage.

Another example is what the Texans do. Nothing fancy about that.

It is a problem when you stubbornly run up the middle for nothing and refuse to change the play calling. Teams are allowed to pass on first down too.

As for the Vikings and the Texans, what have they won?

[Real Deal Steel]

Giants ranked dead last in rushing last season.

Steelers were 23rd in rushing in 2008.

But during the playoffs, the Giants ran the ball like champs.

[Crash]

But during the playoffs, the Giants ran the ball like champs.

And we didn't in 2005 minus one Parker run in SB XL.

[Real Deal Steel]

True.