Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Redskins vs. Dolphins)

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

I agree with SmootSmack. Moss and Davis were the focal points of our passing game. We ran to the left because Trent and Lich blocked well for us.Now Helu, they should be featuring more. Other than that, what do we really have? Our right side of the OL is just passable in both run blocking and pass pro. Rex is inconsistent and Beck is a scrub.

Also, the ZBS does take some time to settle in. Houston used to have a completely awful running game before 2010. Now they are tops in the league with almost the exact same OL.

We should've been more balanced L vs. R, early on Chester and Brown were solid run blocking.

The ZBS needs to actually be run to settle in. HOU is tops in rushing because of a committment to run. In each game they've won, they've run more than passed, in their wins they average 40 att. In their losses to the Ravens, Raiders, Saints they had only 25 rush attempts. I didn't see any of those games or review a play-by-play breakdown, but I'll assume the running game was struggling vs. those teams and they needed to throw. With the committment to run, play action can be part of the gameplan. With us we don't run, who needs to prepare for PA, we're not fooling anyone there.