Elephant in the room - run game

[BengalChris]

(08-26-2018, 10:11 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: We had a total of 68 yards on 27 carries in the game for a 2.5 YPC average. But in the first half our starters had like 10 yards on 9 carries or something against the Bills 1st string.

I'm very concerned to put it mildly ! I don't pretend to have an answer but there's no way we're going to have a successful season averaging 2 yards a carry or something. Like Shake said in the game day thread we can survive with an ok run game but we're gonna get killed with a crappy one.

And right now we stink !

i saw the same thing and have the same concerns. There was little push at the line of scrimmage and defenders in the back field on most running plays. i wasn't sure if the offense was telegraphing the run plays.

But whatever the cause, the run blocking needs to improve. You have to be able to run the ball to win consistently and in big games.