Running to the SB

[Doomsday101]

I found this to be an intersting fact, all the remaining playoff teams all have 1 thing in common which is they all have ran the ball more than passed the ball during the reg season

Pitt: 549 rushes and 379 passes
Den: 542 rushes and 465 passes
Sea: 519 rushes and 474 passes
Car: 487 rushes and 449 passes.

 

[DragonCowboy]

nice find. Too bad we run the football all the time, but still can't seem to get any yards out of it...

 

[Sasquatch]

But I thought you had to "open up" the offense to be successful in this league?

 

[StanleySpadowski]

Denver and Pittsburgh are both running oriented offenses and have been for years, but Seattle's numbers are a bit misleading.

Hasselback threw 70 more passes in the first half than the second. They had a lead in a lot of games and sat on the ball, riding Alexander for all he's worth.

 

[Doomsday101]

nice find. Too bad we run the football all the time, but still can't seem to get any yards out of it...

True 3.6 yards a carry which is what we averaged is not going to cut it. Dallas ran the ball 521 times and passes it 500 times this season

 

[Doomsday101]

Denver and Pittsburgh are both running oriented offenses and have been for years, but Seattle's numbers are a bit misleading.

Hasselback threw 70 more passes in the first half than the second. They had a lead in a lot of games and sat on the ball, riding Alexander for all he's worth.

These stats though are also showing themselfs in post season

Pit: 45 passes 76 rushes
Den: 26 passes 32 rushes (2nd seed bye)
Car: 55 passes 76 rushes
Sea: 26 passes 33 rushes (1st see bye)

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Denver and Pittsburgh are both running oriented offenses and have been for years, but Seattle's numbers are a bit misleading.

Hasselback threw 70 more passes in the first half than the second. They had a lead in a lot of games and sat on the ball, riding Alexander for all he's worth.

Sounds kinda familiar don't it?

 

[StanleySpadowski]

Sounds kinda familiar don't it?

Yea it does.

 

[gbrittain]

But I thought you had to "open up" the offense to be successful in this league?

You dont have to open it up to be successful. When "closing down" the offense is not working so great, some might think to try something different.

 

[StanleySpadowski]

These stats though are also showing themselfs in post season

Pit: 45 passes 76 rushes
Den: 26 passes 32 rushes (2nd seed bye)
Car: 55 passes 76 rushes
Sea: 26 passes 33 rushes (1st see bye)

And again, these teams jumped to early leads then ran the ball for the most part.

Statistically, Indianapolis has one of the best running attacks in the NFL. They fell in a hole early against Pittsburgh and only gave the ball to James a dozen times or so.

 

[Doomsday101]

And again, these teams jumped to early leads then ran the ball for the most part.

Statistically, Indianapolis has one of the best running attacks in the NFL. They fell in a hole early against Pittsburgh and only gave the ball to James a dozen times or so.

I'm just pointing out the importance of the running attack. Everyone talks about QB all the time but the running game even into today’s football is critical in having success. Also in the indy game james did not touch the ball much from the get go, it was not until the colts drive in the 2nd qrt in whiched they scored their 1st points did they even bother to involve James into the game. Prior to that is was 98 percent pass so Pitt teed off on almost every snap.

 

[StanleySpadowski]

I'm just pointing out the importance of the running attack. Everyone talks about QB all the time but the running game even into today’s football is critical in having success.

I agree that running the ball and stopping the run are the two biggest factors but Dallas had a better rushing attack than Carolina.

The difference is that Delhomme can bail Carolina out when he needs to.

 

[Doomsday101]

I agree that running the ball and stopping the run are the two biggest factors but Dallas had a better rushing attack than Carolina.

The difference is that Delhomme can bail Carolina out when he needs to.

Delhomme numbers were really no better than Bledsoe. Drew threw for 23 TD and 17 ints hitting 60.1% while Delhomme threw 24 TD and 16 ints 60.2%

 

[maxsports]

Bledsoe showed he could bail us out at times too. The difference between us and those teams is OFFENSIVE LINE!!!!! With OLine help, we will have a superior running attack.

 

[mr.jameswoods]

A. Fans on this site who wanted Parcells to vary his playcalling and open up the offense believe all of the following

1. They fail to grasp the value of the running game
2. They feel teams should pass the ball more than they should run
3. They are unaware of the fact that past Superbowl winners had strong running games



Are there any other assumptions we can make on their behalf?

 

[StanleySpadowski]

Delhomme numbers were really no better than Bledsoe. Drew threw for 23 TD and 17 ints hitting 60.1% while Delhomme threw 24 TD and 16 ints 60.2%

Numbers are almost meaningless. Some players come up big, some come up small consistently when most needed.

 

[mr.jameswoods]

Numbers are almost meaningless. Some players come up big, some come up small consistently when most needed.

Great point!

Troy Aikman didn't throw many passes but without his accuracy and ability to read defenses, we wouldn't have won 3 Superbowls regardless of our running game. There is a reason why Aikman will be voted into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot despite having average numbers.

 

[wileedog]

Numbers are almost meaningless. Some players come up big, some come up small consistently when most needed.

I would take Delhomme over Bledsoe in a minute, but give Drew Steve Smith and a line that can buy him at least another second or two and I think that would do wonders for Bledsoe "coming up big when most needed."

 

[Doomsday101]

Great point!

Troy Aikman didn't throw many passes but without his accuracy and ability to read defenses, we wouldn't have won 3 Superbowls regardless of our running game. There is a reason why Aikman will be voted into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot despite having average numbers.

True but having a RB who was leading in rushing for 4 years straight helped out quite a bit because it does not place the entire burden of the offense success or failure on the QB.

 

[mr.jameswoods]

I would take Delhomme over Bledsoe in a minute, but give Drew Steve Smith and a line that can buy him at least another second or two and I think that would do wonders for Bledsoe "coming up big when most needed."

or perhaps a better set of hands! David Carr was sacked 19 times more than Bledsoe and he had 6 less fumbles. Did our offensive line cause him to fumble the ball 9 times this season as well