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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy
Coaching helps and so does a dominant defense and running game that a lot of teams don't have.
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I know I am in the minority, but the fact that Reid has pretty much ignored the running game has me worried. We have run the ball 52 times this season and passed it 70 times this season. So, it looks like a close distribution of play calling.
But Charles only has 32 rushes, 16 each game. And Smith has 12 of the 52 rushes, and almost all of those are scrambles. Take these facts into consideration, and it is a much larger disparity.
In either game this season Reid has not made a conscious effort to establish the run early. This keeps the offensive line from getting into a rhythm and it effectively make the play-action passing game null and void, and in doing so drastically reduces the best weapon on this team from a rocket launcher to a .38 special.
I believe that if we do not make establishing the run early a priority, this team will not win very many games, because no matter how much of an improvement Alex Smith is over Casshole or Quinn, or how much he is improving himself, he is not a QB that can carry an offense with his passing ability.
And on Thursday, no matter how good our defense is, they need the offense to posses the ball for long periods of time, limiting the opportunities of the Eagle's offense.