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Originally Posted by Buehler445
I'm with you on Smith, but Smith is the right guy to win with the team. He doesn't turn the ball over and spreads it around accurately. We aren't asking Smith to win games. He's asked to get the ball to guys that win games. It should be enough to win playoff games.
As far as running back, this will seem weird, because I am a giant Charles homer, but runningback doesn't really matter. Last year, we got tremendous production out of 2 guys off the street. New England does it every year with ****all. Jonas Gray or whatever the **** that guys name was put up 200 yard games after bagging groceries and went right back to bagging groceries after he didn't play the Belichick game. Green Bay is gaining rush yards with a WR(?!). Charles is amazing and made a world class career out of ****ing NOTHING, but you don't have to have that dynamic a talent to win in the league.
So in my mind, it comes down to execution. Again.
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Generally, I'm of the thought that a great offensive line is more important to a running game than the running back himself - but having a guy like Elliot, David Johnson, or healthy Charles back there is invaluable as well. Combine the two and it's the basis of an offensive juggernaut. If you're going to run with a QB like Smith, you absolutely MUST give him an offensive line/dangerous RB. He's not talented enough to stretch the field without the run opening up holes and getting the defense to question itself.
We have neither of those. Ware is decent and the offensive line is average at best. I don't think it's about execution when it comes to those two facets.
When it comes to the receivers, I agree. There's no doubt the dropped balls were a simple lack of execution.