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irish · 11-27-2006, 10:24 AM

I dont think they expected to come out gunning like the Colts (they dont have the horses for that), and I certainly dont think they need to apologize for running the ball because it was working great. I think as the game progressed and it was apparent that JC could not hit the side of a barn and the run was working it was best to pound the ball with the run. In addition, the score was low and close so they could keep running, had they been down by 10 or 15 they would not have been able to run quite as much as they did as its hard to play comeback from a big defecit with a running game.

To me the reason the redskins had not been playing redskin football (besides the fact they brought in an offensive coordinator to implement a high flying offense with a 700 page playbook) is that they were often behind in games and had to pass the ball a lot in an effort to get back in the game. Yesterday they didnt have to do that so they could run.

11-27-2006, 10:24 AM	#15
irish Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,575	Re: Czaban Back on the Air I dont think they expected to come out gunning like the Colts (they dont have the horses for that), and I certainly dont think they need to apologize for running the ball because it was working great. I think as the game progressed and it was apparent that JC could not hit the side of a barn and the run was working it was best to pound the ball with the run. In addition, the score was low and close so they could keep running, had they been down by 10 or 15 they would not have been able to run quite as much as they did as its hard to play comeback from a big defecit with a running game. To me the reason the redskins had not been playing redskin football (besides the fact they brought in an offensive coordinator to implement a high flying offense with a 700 page playbook) is that they were often behind in games and had to pass the ball a lot in an effort to get back in the game. Yesterday they didnt have to do that so they could run.