Zeke and Freeman at running back make us more physical. This will be asked first time running behind d two pro bowl guards. Berber at center suits zekes style. Same hasn't had two good guards since Leary left. Also San Fran was more physical in our losses. I think this line gets us ready to finally beat San Fran since zekes rookie year.
Wasn't just SF. That young GB team bullied us too.
We have to get tougher for any playoff run.
I wished the team had Zeke last year as he is just a clear cut better short yardage back than we had. He has vision and runs hard.
He is slow and no longer slippery but he still pushed piles and falls forward which were pretty basic traits we missed last year.
All that said you can't run Zeke 20+ times.
Not fair to his body at this point.
And the run calls would be pretty easy to diagnose as he isn't getting around any corners.
Defensively, I absolutely think the Zim hire was about us getting chumped 2 years in a row in the playoffs.
Team just pushed ball down our throats and wore out our Ferrari defense by running it directly at them.
Time to play with some discipline and stop the run again.