Are defenses playing us differently?

[Gary Cooper]

Originally Posted by oldman

Chris made a good point, they didn't have to blitz much in the traditional way. They had plenty of guys in our backfield with just Bosa and Mack. Take one of them out of the equation and it's a different story.

So how do you stop that? You run the ball. How do you stop the deep coverage? You run the ball. A little taste of Martyball goes a long way when the opposing D's on the field for 2 or 3 12-15 play TD drives.

I don't know that Andy will ever embrace running the ball. Also, the OL and RB play needs to improve if they're going to run more; epecially in short yardage.