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<blockquote data-quote="eetech" data-source="post: 466446" data-attributes="member: 1924"><p>Our offense used to not be one dimensional even without a passing attack. The need for the passing attack was to stretch the defense vertically. Our offense used to be able to do that with regular run plays that went 30-40 yards (I remember the ESPN commentators calling our offense 30 yards and a cloud of dust in the 2008 Miami game). Our ability to get those huge yardage plays every 5 or 6 plays kept defenses honest.</p><p></p><p>For whatever reason, we've lost that. It could be rule changes preventing our players from blocking downfield, it could be defenses adapting and allowing us the 3-4 yards, knowing that if we have to run 20 plays to score every time then the odds we would be unable to do so by either turning the ball over, or having a drive killing penalty is high, it could be a lack of playmakers on the outside, or even on the OL, who are able to take out their corresponding lineman and someone else downfield, or a combination of all. But it appears from the eye test that our run game is unable to stretch the field vertically, which is forcing us to pass far more than we were comfortable.</p><p></p><p>There was a time where 3rd and 10 was a more than 50% chance we would run the ball. Now it's almost certainly a pass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eetech, post: 466446, member: 1924"] Our offense used to not be one dimensional even without a passing attack. The need for the passing attack was to stretch the defense vertically. Our offense used to be able to do that with regular run plays that went 30-40 yards (I remember the ESPN commentators calling our offense 30 yards and a cloud of dust in the 2008 Miami game). Our ability to get those huge yardage plays every 5 or 6 plays kept defenses honest. For whatever reason, we've lost that. It could be rule changes preventing our players from blocking downfield, it could be defenses adapting and allowing us the 3-4 yards, knowing that if we have to run 20 plays to score every time then the odds we would be unable to do so by either turning the ball over, or having a drive killing penalty is high, it could be a lack of playmakers on the outside, or even on the OL, who are able to take out their corresponding lineman and someone else downfield, or a combination of all. But it appears from the eye test that our run game is unable to stretch the field vertically, which is forcing us to pass far more than we were comfortable. There was a time where 3rd and 10 was a more than 50% chance we would run the ball. Now it's almost certainly a pass. [/QUOTE]
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