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Raiders are 30th in pass defense and We have to run it down their throats.
Key to the game No Doubt.
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Key to the game No Doubt.
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davidb257;3099881 said:Garret will most likely force 100 passes at whatever reciever is being covered by Nmadi.
Mega dittos!!. The key also entails a game plan that attacks the Raiders weaknesses. If they are poor against the run, run the ball more often and use the pass as a change of pace...DragonCowboy;3099885 said:Key to the game: Balanced offense.
romoakatruebeast;3099869 said:Raiders are 30th in pass defense and We have to run it down their throats.
Key to the game No Doubt.
:starspin
DragonCowboy;3099885 said:Key to the game: Balanced offense.
SaltwaterServr;3099905 said:I'm not 100% sure that there pass defense is worth a plugged nickel. It's kind of like Indy in 2006. They had the 32nd rush defense, but the #1 passing defense. It wasn't their secondary was any good, it's that you could run on them all day long so there was no need to pass against them. Same thing applies here.
They allow 4.4 yards per run on the ground. That comes with playing 5 games against teams that rank 30th, 31st, and 32nd in rushing yards per attempt.
The teams they played that don't have horrible running games?
Dallas averages more yards per attempt than any team on that bulleted list. Only the Jets run for more yards per game than we do by any significant margin.
- Broncos - 215 yards rushing
Giants - 220 yards rushing
Philly - 67 yards despite getting 4.8 yards per attempt
Jets - 316 yards rushing
Bengals- 177 yards
You can run, run, run all day long on these fools. No reason to go pass heavy. Line up in our power 22 formation and cram it down their throat.
We have a very good chance at putting up numbers like we did against New York earlier this year.
Givincer;3099960 said:Honestly, I don't get anyone who says "just run" or "just pass." Clearly there has to be some kind of balance in between 60-40 and 40-60.
DragonCowboy;3099885 said:Key to the game: Balanced offense.
FuzzyLumpkins;3099871 said:It would be nice if we could run play action worth a damn.
Stautner;3100152 said:Who knows, maybe we can. We have to give it a try. After establishing a successful running game last week and forcing the Skins to dig in and try to stop the run we had the ideal situation set up to run some play action, and we didn't. Very strange.
Doomsday101;3100159 said:I like to see us give Tony some high precentage throws early on maybe some roll out passes to get him going early in the game then start pounding on the raiders with the runs and of course mixing it up with the pass.
Stautner;3100211 said:I would like to see things mixed up. A rollout here and there would be nice, especially given that our pass blocking has been less than stellar recently.
I still like the idea of establishing the run to set up the pass. We did a great job of establishing the run Sunday, and had set things up perfectly for the skins to bite on a good play action fake, but we never took advantage of it.
Of course with the Raider's pass defense being so weak we should have a little more emphasis on throwing this week, but like you say, it would be good to get a rythem and some confidence going before starting to sling it all over the field.
I just hope that if we start having success throwing Garrett doesn't get so enamored with it that the run only becomes a token part of the offense. Garrett has that tendency.