Taylor & Callahan Are Figuring It Out!

[WeezyBengal]

(10-18-2022, 10:47 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: Oh, of course. It doesn't hurt anything. I just wouldn't attribute the New Orleans game to it. Running has value, particularly in the red zone and short yardage situations. It really helps finish off drives. It just doesn't help your passing game much. It can make the defense play you differently, but not inherently worse. Just as the run game was good against Baltimore and Burrow stunk, the run game was good and Burrow was fantastic against New Orleans, and the run game stunk and Burrow was fantastic against New York/Miami. 

That's just Burrow and Co. making the plays we know they can. 

This is why the run game matters. It makes the defense play you differently - which is a huge deal when you have guys like Chase and Higgins who can absolutely feast on man coverage. This is the type of stuff that doesn't show up in analytics. 

The Chase TD at the end of the game essentially turned into man coverage. The safety on his side of the field played down and respected the run/short pass to the TE, the safety on the other side was late coming over.