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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule
The Cowboys played him twice late in the season, and in the second game didn't he rush for 200 yds? or 2 times against the Giants for 120 yds?
Yes teams will have film on him, but unlike Griffin, Morris' film isn't going to show you much. He finds a hole, cuts, and goes. If enough guys hold onto him, he goes down. Now, if you say they are going to game plan to stop him, then our game plan changes too. If they are putting eight in the box to stop Morris' threat, than that means someone else is going to be exposed.
The 2 Cowboy's games really showed the danger of the Skins current attack. If you go in thinking you aren't going to let the run beat you(like the 1st Cowboy's game), we do have weapons that can get behind you, and score. If you go in focusing on stopping the medium to long passing game, Morris can put a 130-200 yd game on tape.
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Yes, use the 2 Cowboy games as an example. In the first game Morris had a great game by any RB's standards (24-113-1TD). But it was Griffin that killed them with 4TD passes. The next time around I guess the Cowboys were so focused on stopping Griffin that Morris touches them for 200 yards. The bottom line for me is that the Read/Option and then Play Action stuff really was killing a lot of teams. You can watch film on Morris and I guess "game plan" for him, but the best game plan to me is to just tackle that sucka! Everytime I watch him run he is breaking tackles. There is no game plan for that, you just have to be a good tackling team.
If you are a running team you are a physical team. Everyone wants to finesse their way down the field these days, but the Skins sort of pound you into submission, then throw it over your head, when you least expect it. That's another reason why I think the Read/Option is not going away, because it is a supped-up Play Action play that can result in 11 guys remaining active through the whole play.