The season began with Moore being pass-happy. McCarthy did go public with “we must be more balanced.” For awhile, we were running the ball much more, and play-action helped the receivers and Dak have great success with less volume. But Moore gradually stopped running the ball, and crickets.
I’ve said repeatedly, we all want a successful, well-designed run game, but even if you are only getting 3 yards a carry, you still have to run regularly, make the defense tackle the guy and not just pin their ears back on pass rush, not have LBs bailing into passing lanes. No matter how successful your run game is or isn’t, the RB doesn’t tackle himself. Someone has to come forward and plug the holes and make the tackles. That helps your passing game.