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Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33
Giving up 5 yds per run is what poor defenses do. It matters if a team is smart enough to keep doing it all the way down the field. What makes you think that if the D can't stop the run all the way down the field it will magically do so inside the 10? Plus running the ball keeps the ToP up for the O and keeps the D on the field, wearing them down.
Since the 2005 season there have been 23 teams that allowed over 4.5 yds/att. Only 5 of them finished over .500 (21.7%). Of those 5, one had Peyton Manning and led the league in Passing Yards, another the same year had Drew Brees and was 2nd in the NFL in Passing Yds.
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Exactly.
Football 101 on defense:
Rule # 1 stop the run.
Not to many Sb winning teams that were weak against the run. Just a fact.
Back to my point, we did not give 5 yards a carry last night because we wanted to. We were not weak against the run all in preseason and now in game 1 because of scheme or coaching decisions. We are not good against the run because some of our DL and LB's are not playing well yet.