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We did not run enough in the game period. I thought Ronnie had his way most of the game but for some reason we just kept trying pass the ball. Then we kept trying to pass on run downs like 2nd and 2 and we would get a false start which put us right back to 2 and 7 and then we would try to run straight up the gut. I swear on one play they had 9 or 10 in the box
 
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We did not run enough in the game period. I thought Ronnie had his way most of the game but for some reason we just kept trying pass the ball. Then we kept trying to pass on run downs like 2nd and 2 and we would get a false start which put us right back to 2 and 7 and then we would try to run straight up the gut. I swear on one play they had 9 or 10 in the box
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Appreciate your analysis...but 2nd and 2 is more of a passing down. Glad to help.
 
Seeing all the horrible play calling we have seen in Buffalo this year with passing when you should be running, I could not believe that Miami kept trying to force the pass when that was our strongest point. We have been ran on like a race track the last 3 weeks and the phins coaches didnt try it that much. I felt your pain. But I was happy that they kept wanting to throw.
 
Loved the call on 2nd and 1 though -- 2 TEs and we throw a 52-yarder to Booker. Nice. Totally looked like run before the snap.
 
I agreed with the playcalling. When the Bills know theyre suceptible to the run, theyre going to stack the box. And they did. We werent running against only 7 on the front line. We were getting stacked against 8-9 defenders. Hard to run under those circumstances. If Frerotte didnt underthrow those two deep balls we would be talking about a different game. He just needs to continue working on the timing with his WRs. But Ronnie did a hell of a job with the limited holes, and the number of blue jerseys around him.
 
I thought they did a good job of getting what we could. At first we lost yrd running because they have 8-9 in the box. It was the penalties and mistakes that changed the game plan - not the lack of running vs passing
 
Brad528 said:
We did not run enough in the game period. I thought Ronnie had his way most of the game but for some reason we just kept trying pass the ball. Then we kept trying to pass on run downs like 2nd and 2 and we would get a false start which put us right back to 2 and 7 and then we would try to run straight up the gut. I swear on one play they had 9 or 10 in the box
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if you want to run every play we may as well bring back wanny....I am very happy with the play callling.
 
Attempting to comeback from a 17-0 lead in the 2nd half isn't a great scenario to run the ball...I was fine with the play-calling. It is the stupid-a$$ penalties & turnovers that I'd be angry about if I were you.
 
did you watch the game? they showed numerous times 8 and 9 guys in the box. that means they were daring us to pass.
 
Brad528 said:
We did not run enough in the game period. I thought Ronnie had his way most of the game but for some reason we just kept trying pass the ball. Then we kept trying to pass on run downs like 2nd and 2 and we would get a false start which put us right back to 2 and 7 and then we would try to run straight up the gut. I swear on one play they had 9 or 10 in the box
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NEED BALANCE DANIEL-SON... WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY...

And on a day when Ronnie was running through people and carrying them on his back!! He even carried Sam Adams a couple yards on one play!!! :eek:
 
You are right, we did not run enough in the first half. Yes, at times they were stacking the box but there were plenty of running downs that we tried to fool the defense by passing, and ended up with a stupid penalty or a just poor execution. Late in the first quarter Ronnie had negative six yards on mabey three or four carries, he ended up with just under one hundred, mostly picked up in the second half. If we had tried to pound the defense the same way in the first half, it may not have come down to losing a "fumble" one the eighteen with one minute and thirty seconds left on the clock. Yes, ballance is good, but I question why we only had fifteen carries against the worst run defense in the league
 
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