11-26-2023, 07:20 PM
(11-26-2023, 06:56 PM)TheCincinnatiKid Wrote: It says it all to me that you've got a week and a half to go into a divisional game... a must win to have any chance of salvaging a season...
You're doing it with a backup QB, who is quite bad by backup standards... You know the defence isn't shutdown enough to carry a game on their own...
And you run your #1 RB 8 times for 16 yards.
I appreciate you wouldn't just stick with a run game that manages 2 YPC.... but 8 attempts? That's not even trying to get the run game going. If it doesn't work then sack it off later in the game, not from the kickoff. Why are we not trying a different guy at RB either? If we have no faith Mixon will get yards... try somebody else?
We absolutely need to find better players to improve the run game... I don't believe our guys are good enough. But we had to at least TRY and get it going today, and we ran 8 plays. Atrocious planning for this game, and they had extra time to come up with this as well. What's the logic Zac?
I've been saying it really since Burrow got hurt. Zac refuses to make the run game a point of emphasis. Which is one thing with a healthy Burrow. But when he's basically immobile with a calf injury or a backup QB is playing its completely unacceptable.
