LittleBoyBlue
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Even if you lie, plant evidence and get sworn testimony ... You STILL cannot tie Kobe and Romo together.
Agree to disagree. Our defense was not stopping their offense whether fresh or exhausted. We dominated TOP in first half and we're lucky to be down only 8. You had to out throw 18 yesterday because of how efficient their offense was and Tony almost pulled it out.
IMHO, saying X number of running plays per game leads to wins is misdiagnosing football. Sometimes you run to win. Sometimes you run because you're winning.
Philadelphia leads the league in rushing, but their record is 2-3 too. This doesn't mean that running the ball successfully can't be a key part of winning football. But it does prove that 1) there's more to winning in the NFL than running the ball a magic number of times, and 2) statistics don't tell everything.
We dominated TOP in the 1st qtr only. After that we had 9 offensive possessions and 5 were less than 1:30, one that got to 1:59, another to only 2:18 and one barely over 3 min. And this after a 17-7 lead, the perfect time to kill some clock. but we passed our way to 35-20 halftime deficit, forcing ourselves to pass more to NOW play catch. The only thing that accomplished was exposing our defense to 3 qtrs of Manning dictating the game, something that he's quite brilliant at!
We can agree to disagree but not about this teams failures as a perceived pass first squad!
That's cool but they have an entirely diff offense and surrounding factors to their failures.
Our failure directly stem from too many passes called!
I don't care what other teams do with different varying factors, my eyes tell me we are better suited to run to set up the pass and not the opposite.
That identity is what I'm speaking of because we def aren't a successful pass first squad.
Some teams have a pass first philosophy, some have a run first! I don't know that I've set a number, just a minimal standard that stats show we WIN more when we reach that mark.
Make no mistake: Chip Kelly's offense is a running offense.
Based on what? I assume you have a spreadsheet or something that proves this direct correlation.
What did your eyes see last night that lead you to this conclusion? The pass seemed fairly well set up to me.
Uhm, ok.
I think a smart coach tailors his playbook to the weakness of the defense he's playing and takes advantage of the favorable matchups his offensive personnel present. In my opinion, the Dallas offensive line is much better in pass protection than run blocking, and with weapons like Bryant, Witten, Williams, Harris, Beasley, Escobar, Austin (when he's healthy) and Murray out of the backfield, well, it just seems obvious to me.