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Originally Posted by riggoraider
First, I would like to applaud you on your diction and the way you are able to carry on a, very, respectable debate as you have presented at the young age of 19. Your parents should be congratulated.
BUT...
"Redskins football" is about establishing the lead with ball control offense which includes utilizing all of their resources. Monk, Clark and Didier was just as big of contributors, if not more, than our "power runners".
AFTER we got the lead ,Riggins and other power runners were more of a importance.
edit: Name one power runner, besides Riggins, who had, stellar, careers in our Superbowl years. Even Riggins did not average a lot of yards for us but he did seal the game.
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Thank you for your kind words.
I think we have the resources with Moss, Cooley, and Randle El to convert 3rd downs and score a good percentage of the time with the passing game. If we want to achieve balance in that short yardage game, I believe we will have to shore up some up front run blocking issues. I believe most if not all of our offensive issues--of which there aren't all that many--are blocking related.
I think if we want our offense to improve beyond the natural progression of Campbell, we have our work cut out for us over the next few months. To clarify, I don't think we need any runner besides Betts or Portis to improve this. I feel they are adequate. I would start by bringing in some skilled blocking TEs and if that doesn't work, then start looking at the interior of our offensive line as being inadequate.
I don't see a great improvement in our short yardage offense in the cards for next season, to be completely honest.