It's DALLASS WEEK 2013 (Part 1)!!!

[GridIron26]

Ah I guess I should have checked out the stats before I posted. For some reason I thought we actually went 3 and out on first drive. Regardless, my belief stays same. We should run first.

[calia]

Originally Posted by GridIron26

Ah I guess I should have checked out the stats before I posted. For some reason I thought we actually went 3 and out on first drive. Regardless, my belief stays same. We should run first.

I cannot say I agree, nor does the recent history suggest it would be wise to just try to pound the ball our of the gate. Remember, teams still believe, and with reason, that RGIII isn't going to take off running, so they have been focusing on stopping Alfmo at the line. Unless RGIII is going to start taking off on designed runs, which I still doubt, even though he's healthier, we can probably expect teams to continue to try to do this. Which is why softening up folks with high percentage passes early (not exclusively, but enough to show we can hurt them with it) makes sense to me. Having said that, nothing would make me happier than seeing Alfmo run right through the Dallas D on his first carry, like Portis did on his first carry as a Redskin.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by calia

I cannot say I agree, nor does the recent history suggest it would be wise to just try to pound the ball our of the gate. Remember, teams still believe, and with reason, that RGIII isn't going to take off running, so they have been focusing on stopping Alfmo at the line. Unless RGIII is going to start taking off on designed runs, which I still doubt, even though he's healthier, we can probably expect teams to continue to try to do this. Which is why softening up folks with high percentage passes early (not exclusively, but enough to show we can hurt them with it) makes sense to me. Having said that, nothing would make me happier than seeing Alfmo run right through the Dallas D on his first carry, like Portis did on his first carry as a Redskin.

I agree with what you said except for the bolded part. I think we see a renewed Gryphon after the bye, including more designed runs. Not a ton of runs, mind you, but enough to make the defense think about that reality.

[calia]

Originally Posted by Lotus

I agree with what you said except for the bolded part. I think we see a renewed Gryphon after the bye, including more designed runs. Not a ton of runs, mind you, but enough to make the defense think about that reality.

Don't get me wrong, I am not saying I don't want to see more designed runs -- I think it would be great and would really keep defenses guessing as was the case last year. I also agree that we wouldn't want to see too many of them either. I am hoping that Romo will follow his 500 yard, 5 TD game with a turd of a performance -- more along the lines of 5 INTs like we also know he's capable of.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by GridIron26

Ah I guess I should have checked out the stats before I posted. For some reason I thought we actually went 3 and out on first drive. Regardless, my belief stays same. We should run first.

I posted that, because I was wrong too, I thought our first play in each game was a run that was stopped. But our first down passes were fairly successful.