Without the 61-yard reverse by Chambers:
Denver game: 32 carries for 90 yards
Jets game: 18 carries for 66 yards
Yes that's 3.05 yards per carry. The problem with this team is still the same problem we've had the last two seasons -- poor run blocking. And that includes Ricky's last season before he quit. He averaged under 3.5 YPC that year. We had the same problem this preseason too.
But I guess that's what happens when you draft the Jamar Fletchers and Eddie Moores of the world without spending anything higher than a 3rd on an O lineman in 5 years (before Carey). And the worst part is that the O linemen we drafted in the 3rd (Wade Smith and Taylor Whitley) are nowhere to be found.
Good job Wannstedt. You tried to replicate what you had in Dallas, and you couldn't even realize that the strengths of those teams were their offensive lines. Brilliant....
Denver game: 32 carries for 90 yards
Jets game: 18 carries for 66 yards
Yes that's 3.05 yards per carry. The problem with this team is still the same problem we've had the last two seasons -- poor run blocking. And that includes Ricky's last season before he quit. He averaged under 3.5 YPC that year. We had the same problem this preseason too.
But I guess that's what happens when you draft the Jamar Fletchers and Eddie Moores of the world without spending anything higher than a 3rd on an O lineman in 5 years (before Carey). And the worst part is that the O linemen we drafted in the 3rd (Wade Smith and Taylor Whitley) are nowhere to be found.
Good job Wannstedt. You tried to replicate what you had in Dallas, and you couldn't even realize that the strengths of those teams were their offensive lines. Brilliant....