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The Oracle
O my, we decided to run the ball. Often, that is what it takes. A desire and the willpower to do it, to do the dirty work. To keep pounding when you are only getting 3 yards a carry in the 1st half. Do you want the answer to why our OL did not grade out really well? Look at our first half running the ball. We had a lot of 1, 2, and 3-yard runs.
We used the single back formation a lot and added a "move TE" or H-Back.
You have to understand the benefits of running the football. Here is one. Our defense has been averaging 76 plays per game. Against the Steelers, they only played 53 downs. A 23 down/play difference! But also look at Top Of Possession. We had the ball 36 minutes and 30 seconds. The Steeler only had the ball 23 minutes and 30 seconds. A difference of 13 minutes!
There are a few things about running the ball constantly that you have to understand. I'm not even talking about running it well, I'm just talking about running it period. One reason being that the more runs you attempt, the better your chances of breaking a couple and breaking down the defense. Not to mention a very important fact. Our QB was not sacked. He could have been 4 times but each time he got away from it and made a completed pass. Because there is a difference between being able to see the rush coming or "feeling" it and being hit within 1.4 seconds after the ball is snapped.
Oddly, this is the same QB that a lot of people seem to think cannot escape the pass rush. As I said last week, no one could escape getting hit as soon as he was being hit.
Here is some big things about running the ball and running from running formations. The defense does not know what you are going to do. If you are passing every down they will just come after you. And when we pass, our huge OL has to backpedal back, try to figure out who they are blocking and they get pounded by the defense. And the defense just pins it's ears back and come for the QB. But when you run the ball, the defense is not only not sure what is coming, they are getting pounded.
There is a semi-BS statement in football that some runners get stronger as the game goes along. This is not true and is really impossible. What happens in a combination of things. The defense is getting pounded by the OL. They are getting weaker and beaten up. The OL and the RB are at this point, also getting into a groove. They are playing well off of each other. The RBs start breaking runs because the defense has been beaten down. They are hurt and tired. We had Steelers throwing up during the game. Plus mentally, our OL and RBs "got stronger".
Another point is "blame". When the QB is passing well, the defenders think "well, it is that DB's fault". But when you run the ball, all the defenders know it is their fault.
We used the single back formation a lot and added a "move TE" or H-Back.
You have to understand the benefits of running the football. Here is one. Our defense has been averaging 76 plays per game. Against the Steelers, they only played 53 downs. A 23 down/play difference! But also look at Top Of Possession. We had the ball 36 minutes and 30 seconds. The Steeler only had the ball 23 minutes and 30 seconds. A difference of 13 minutes!
There are a few things about running the ball constantly that you have to understand. I'm not even talking about running it well, I'm just talking about running it period. One reason being that the more runs you attempt, the better your chances of breaking a couple and breaking down the defense. Not to mention a very important fact. Our QB was not sacked. He could have been 4 times but each time he got away from it and made a completed pass. Because there is a difference between being able to see the rush coming or "feeling" it and being hit within 1.4 seconds after the ball is snapped.
Oddly, this is the same QB that a lot of people seem to think cannot escape the pass rush. As I said last week, no one could escape getting hit as soon as he was being hit.
Here is some big things about running the ball and running from running formations. The defense does not know what you are going to do. If you are passing every down they will just come after you. And when we pass, our huge OL has to backpedal back, try to figure out who they are blocking and they get pounded by the defense. And the defense just pins it's ears back and come for the QB. But when you run the ball, the defense is not only not sure what is coming, they are getting pounded.
There is a semi-BS statement in football that some runners get stronger as the game goes along. This is not true and is really impossible. What happens in a combination of things. The defense is getting pounded by the OL. They are getting weaker and beaten up. The OL and the RB are at this point, also getting into a groove. They are playing well off of each other. The RBs start breaking runs because the defense has been beaten down. They are hurt and tired. We had Steelers throwing up during the game. Plus mentally, our OL and RBs "got stronger".
Another point is "blame". When the QB is passing well, the defenders think "well, it is that DB's fault". But when you run the ball, all the defenders know it is their fault.
