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Originally Posted by NoCalHail

Well what I am saying is that our personnel in 2015 is dictating the running woes moreso than the plan on how we are going to be built.

The running game looked a lot different before Lavauo and the other starter went down. That drastically changed the ability of this line to run block. The offense early in the season was much more run-heavy.

Just because injuries have dictated an immediate deviation doesn't mean the bigger picture which will take 2-3 offseasons to see through, is not still the goal.

I see it very differently. There is no doubt that injuries have played a roll. But lets be clear we are running the ball at an historically bad level for this franchise. I would understand the run game dipping some due to injury...but for me losing average level players should cause the run game to drop off a cliff. And most importantly there haven't been changes to the scheme based on loses in personnel or the dip in production. Jay/staff do the same thing every week most of the times its tough sledding then every once in awhile we play a defense that sucks against the run and we have success.

I lean more towards scheme then personnel when it comes to the run game issues. Jay/staff have shown some tendencies in the run game that have been consistent and the decent defenses exploit them. Even Cooley has started to point out some of these issues. Then there is how the personnel is being used i.e. not scheming DY into the offense as a blocker vs using TEs that are known to be inferior blockers to him. Rotation of backs Etc.

And to be clear I don't care how we produce offense/score points and win. If Jay wants to and gets it done via the passing game I'm all for it. But, imo Jay's focus on the passing game is partly responsible for our run game struggles. Those teams you mentioned run the hell out of the ball in attempts and that is one of clear differences with this offense...the attempts its the attempts (ask Mike Shanahan) which is directly related to the focus of the offense.


Maybe, its 50-50 personnel vs coaching..... but imo scheme is a factor that is limiting the run game.

But back to the larger point. I think Scott will support whatever type of offense the HC wants to run. But just because a team is pass focused doesn't mean they can't be the physically dominating team that Scott wants to build. A lot of that comes from the defense. I think our offense will end up close to the Bengals offense when Jay was there except more pass focus all we need is to find that elusive......#1 WR.