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Originally Posted by Mattyk72
I don't think we did anything radically different today.
We ran the ball and had a short, controlled passing game. That's what we've been trying to do all year, the difference is when your QB is 19/22, your backs combine for over 200 yards and the WR's catch the ball, all of a sudden the playcalling looks a heck of a lot better.
When you're executing, moving the chains and have the time of possession edge, it allows you to open things up a bit and get more creative. When your going 3 and out it's tough to dig deep in to the playbook when you can't even execute the basics.
Playcalling and execution go hand in hand. You can't have one without the other.
Just my 2 cents.
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I'd say on the surface we didn't do too much different today but our running game certainly was not the same type of attack we had been implementing. Interesting to note we went to more modern plays that Portis seems to excel with. We didn't run too many counters and the shifting and motion was toned down some. Basically they let Portis just do his thing rather than making him wait for holes. I think Thomas made a huge differnece today since he is our most athletic lineman. Anytime they pulled a guard it was him and it was alway left. Think about it Samules seals inside while dockery pushes downfield. At the same time Thomas whips around the outside and lays into whoever is in the way. That's two pro bowlers on the left side at that point with a real good run blcoker in Dockery. We should have been running this type of stuff all year in hindsight. They play calling was slightly different though than in the past weeks.