RB by Committee - 200 yards from scrimmage

[hornitosmonster]

Man we miss Murray....Not. What was his stat line again?

 

[Rockport]

While we did not run that well, our trio of RB's had over 200 yards from scrimmage. Dunbar looked very good and that is what I thought he could do since we got him. Randle was great on pass receiving as well. Mcfadden left the LB in the dust on his little crossing route. Those 3 will help the passing game with Dez out.

They did run the ball well. The circumstances of the game negated the need for alot of carries.

 

[Zman5]

If Randle's avg carried over, and he had run the ball just 23 times, he would have busted the century mark. Are you telling me if we weren't down two scores, he wouldn't have gotten six more carries. If he'd hit 100 yards no one one be chirping.



No, I have just been around long enough to know better than to overreact about a player who never got a shot, in his first game as a starter.

Who's overreacting? So if someone disagrees with you, they are all overreacting?

If anyone is overreacting, it's people who are happy with mediocre results against a bad team. Yeh Giants do play us tough. Every year. Yet we didn't have problems last year running against them.

 

[Zman5]

Man we miss Murray....Not. What was his stat line again?

Last time I checked he plays for the EaGirls.

Besides, saying our run game is not up to par doesn't mean we need Murray.

 

[hornitosmonster]

Last time I checked he plays for the EaGirls.

Besides, saying our run game is not up to par doesn't mean we need Murray.

we don't need that bum

 

[Zman5]

If Randle's avg carried over, and he had run the ball just 23 times, he would have busted the century mark. Are you telling me if we weren't down two scores, he wouldn't have gotten six more carries. If he'd hit 100 yards no one one be chirping.



No, I have just been around long enough to know better than to overreact about a player who never got a shot, in his first game as a starter.

Oh this what if game again. No one knows what he would have done had he carried the ball 23 times. He could have fumbled 6 times or had 300 yards.

 

[Zman5]

we don't need that bum

He's gone. He plays for the EaGirls. There is no need to talk about him but I do want a runner that can do what he did behind our line last year.

The formula we used last year worked and it will work come December and January when we have to play in cold weather.

 

[texbumthelife]

Who's overreacting? So if someone disagrees with you, they are all overreacting?

If anyone is overreacting, it's people who are happy with mediocre results against a bad team. Yeh Giants do play us tough. Every year. Yet we didn't have problems last year running against them.

Being happy with a win and understanding the game of football is a living organism that changes fluidly, is not overreacting. It's understanding the game. Continuing an unsubstantiated argument for 6 pages is overreacting. It has nothing to do with agreeing or disagreeing with me, it has to do with what you are saying.

I think everyone including myself would like more production out of the running game. I haven't seen anyone argue against that. Most of us simply aren't making the vague, broad speculative comments that you're making while ignoring the actual physical evidence.

I'm through. You're clearly arguing just to argue.

 

[Zman5]

Being happy with a win and understanding the game of football is a living organism that changes fluidly, is not overreacting. It's understanding the game. Continuing an unsubstantiated argument for 6 pages is overreacting. It has nothing to do with agreeing or disagreeing with me, it has to do with what you are saying.

I think everyone including myself would like more production out of the running game. I have seen anyone argue against that. Most of us simply aren't making the vague, broad speculative comments that you're making while ignoring the actual physical evidence.

I'm through. You're clearly arguing just to argue.

And all you are doing is stating what ifs and making assumption. I never said I was not happy about the win. I'm just not satisfied with our running game.

Anyone who watched the game with an open mind can't say we had a good run game last night. If you are happy with mediocrity. Fine. Don't expect everyone to be like you.

I've stated facts based on what actually happened in the game. All you have done is state "what ifs".

 

[casmith07]

Think about this. IF and its a big IF, if Michael shows he can add something to this team who is active on game day? Do you dress 4 RBs? Do you sit DMC? Theres no chance Randle or Dunbar sit. Maybe you sit Clutts??

You dress 4 and Dunbar is your UTIL guy.

 

[Kaiser]

My main point in this whole convo is effectiveness of our running game will dictate how our games will be called and just looking at his 4.1 ypc don't tell a whole story.

I agree, I can live with Randle but I think we need better. There is a big difference between a back that gets you 4 or 5 yards every time (DeMarco, Emmitt) and a guy like Randle that gives you 2 and 3 yard gains but mixed in a 15 yard and 11 yard gain with them. IMO Randle is not a move the chains guy. I like him as a 3rd down back but I just don't see him as a bellcow guy - and this team needs one.

 

[Biggems]

Last night someone was commenting on Romo throwing too many passes, I believe it was Marshall or Deion.....however, neither mentioned the multiple passes to the RBs, which is basically a run play.

 

[Idgit]

Last night someone was commenting on Romo throwing too many passes, I believe it was Marshall or Deion.....however, neither mentioned the multiple passes to the RBs, which is basically a run play.

12 for 12. That's pretty good production. And, yeah, when you catch 'em all, it's basically running it.

 

[Zman5]

Last night someone was commenting on Romo throwing too many passes, I believe it was Marshall or Deion.....however, neither mentioned the multiple passes to the RBs, which is basically a run play.

I somewhat agree but it's not the same. When we play in bad weather, it's going to be harder to pass. Even short dump passes.

Also, when you run the ball, the OLine is attacking the defense and wears them down. When you are pass protecting, the OLine is getting attacked. Running the ball will wear out the defense where offense will reap the benefits late in the game.

We have the best run blocking Oline in the NFL. It would be a wasted of an advantage if we don't use it as much as we can.

 

[Hoofbite]

They did run the ball well. The circumstances of the game negated the need for alot of carries.

What circumstances?

 

[DallasCowboys2080]

What circumstances?

3 turnovers netting 17pts to the opponent?

 

[Hoofbite]

3 turnovers netting 17pts to the opponent?

The team was in the lead or tied for nearly the entire first half and they were still at a 2:1 ratio in favor of the pass through 2 quarters. Literally, 29 minutes of the first half the team was tied or in the lead.

 

[DallasCowboys2080]

The team was in the lead or tied for nearly the entire first half and they were still at a 2:1 ratio in favor of the pass through 2 quarters. Literally, 29 minutes of the first half the team was tied or in the lead.

it seems the Offense played with what the Defense was giving them. Giants D wanted to negate the big long game and gambled with accepting to have the Cowboys play more under. This was perfect for slot receivers and RBs getting more passes thrown to them. Maybe that combined with these 3 turnovers made this a high pass game? It's true we don't have a bruiser back that would control the time of possession. But the time of possession was decent-good despite that. It worked for the most part. Its just our 3 TOs really put us behind the 8 ball when trying to want to maybe balance out with more running.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

Let's just say a pass to a RB is a designed run. That means we had 34 run plays (22 runs + 12 passes to RBs). Romo threw the ball 45 times but let's take away the 12 passes to RBs (if they're designed runs). That's 33. He had a scramble so I'm assuming that was a designed pass. So 34 runs to 34 passes. That's if you're going by the mantra that our running game is hand offs and short passes to RBs. I don't really agree with that, but if that's your stance then we had a 50/50 run/pass ratio.

 

[Kaiser]

I think we are going to find out what the RB committee is made of in the coming weeks. With Dez out our opponents are going to bring their DBs up and stack the line against the run. I think Street will play better than most here expect, but you have to expect DC's to take TWill out with a doubleteam and then put a lot of guys up front against our RBs.