09-16-2023, 11:12 AM
(09-16-2023, 10:51 AM)Essex Johnson Wrote: To establish the run, you have to be effective at running which last week we were not for a majority of our runs in 1st half.. so that also forced use to throw more in 2nd half, ive preached balance also under ZT and Burrow reign but it is also hard to take it out of Burrows hands too much with how he has performed in his NFL career.. the key to balance is less penalties, less sacks/pressures and 4 yards a carry on a majority of a teams runs.. we were 0-3 in those areas last week...
I actually don't think we were that bad at running the ball specifically in the 1st half. I actually think we would've had a decent chance at winning the game if we would've had more of a emphasis to make that a run heavy game. Then add in the weather i think it was what we really needed. Burrow was a lot closer to a record than I would've like with 31 attempts for 80 whatever yards. Not saying a run heavy approach is what we should do this week or even most weeks but when it's called for we need to be able stick with it. Even if it's ugly at times.
