The run game aint gittin no better this week

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The Ravens run D is giving up less than THREE YARD PER CARRY!! 2.7 to be exact. Yikes! So win or lose I expect the complaints about the running game will still be around next week. On the flip side they are dead last in the league in pass defense. So this thing will come down to Dak and his receivers to win it. Hopefully if we do win the whiners won't inundate the board with "trade for a stud RB!" posts.. on the heels of "you don't need a stud RB" posts for 4-5 years straight.
 
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They are also averaging 5.7 yards per carry against a Cowboys defense that struggles to stop the run. This could be a relatively low scoring game only because the Cowboys offense is sad in the red zone, and the Raven may just run at Dallas all day eating clock while gobbling up yards.
 
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Creeper said:
They are also averaging 5.7 yards per carry against a Cowboys defense that struggles to stop the run. This could be a relatively low scoring game only because the Cowboys offense is sad in the red zone, and the Raven may just run at Dallas all day eating clock while gobbling up yards.
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This is mostly on scrambles. Their RBs are averaging like 4.5
 
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Mr_437 said:
Cowboys are a passing team anyways they don't value the run game, it's just lip service. The lack of attention to the RB position tells you everything. Dak should be attempting 40 passes a game.
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Every season "we're going to run the ball, we're going to have balance, we're going to run run run run!" lol
 
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Mac_MaloneV1 said:
The Ravens don't have any passrushers except Madabuike and, theoretically, Dallas' All Pro guards should be fine.

If Steele and Guyton get worked by these guys, then this offense is in a lot of trouble.
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They don't need big names, small names always kill this team
 
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Mac_MaloneV1 said:
The Ravens don't have any passrushers except Madabuike and, theoretically, Dallas' All Pro guards should be fine.

If Steele and Guyton get worked by these guys, then this offense is in a lot of trouble.
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Don't sleep on Oweh, his pressure rates were very good a year ago and they have translated to sacks early on this year. Power rusher with long arms that could give Guyton fits if he can't stop reaching.
 
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thunderpimp91 said:
Don't sleep on Oweh, his pressure rates were very good a year ago and they have translated to sacks early on this year. Power rusher with long arms that could give Guyton fits if he can't stop reaching.
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Yea, he's good but not spectacular. Clowney and Van Noy were both better in that regard last year - Oweh was less than 18%.
 
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Mr_437 said:
Cowboys are a passing team anyways they don't value the run game, it's just lip service. The lack of attention to the RB position tells you everything. Dak should be attempting 40 passes a game.
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McCarthy is a pass heavy coach. Nobody ever should have bought his "we're going to commit to the run" declaration. That said I have to admit I was fooled when he said he was going run in situations when we NEEDED to be able to run it. So far our redzone play calling does not reflect that. The Cowboys ran 10 plays inside the Saints 20 yard line on Sunday. 7 were called pass plays.. 5 attempts and two sacks. There was one run with Zeke, one with Vaughan and one with Cooks. I'm sorry but that's sheer lunacy. I suppose we could blame some of that on Dak changing the play but Dak is not the one who sent Deuce Vaughan in at RB on two of their three trips into the red zone. Early on was the perfect time to set the tone and let the biguns up front eat. Line Zeke up in deep and hammer away at the D. Instead we run the 175 pound guy and then a jet sweep then a sack.. It was pretty much game over from there because the Saints continued to carve up our defense and made it 21-6 the next time they got the ball.
 
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Mr_437 said:
Most of the teams that advanced on the Playoffs last season were running the ball well. Good offenses aren't void of a running game like Dallas even if they choose to pass mostly.
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The Cowboys will not run the ball well if they refuse to commit to it. McCarthy and Co. need to tell Dak that we need to establish the running game so let's not audible out of them in certain situations. If you DO see you're in a bad play audible to ANOTHER better running play if anything.
 
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RonnieT24 said:
The Ravens run D is giving up less than THREE YARD PER CARRY!! 2.7 to be exact. Yikes! So win or lose I expect the complaints about the running game will still be around next week. On the flip side they are dead last in the league in pass defense. So this thing will come down to Dak and his receivers to win it. Hopefully if we do win the whiners won't inundate the board with "trade for a stud RB!" posts.. on the heels of "you don't need a stud RB" posts for 4-5 years straight.
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The Raiders had absolutely no running game and beat them with Menshew.
 
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