Time to bench Brunell? (Mega Man Merge)

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Originally Posted by 12thMan

I don't think you can put Brunell's inefficiency on Portis missing in the backfield. No doubt, Portis is a huge part of our offense - huge! However, Brunell couldn't get the ball to his receivers, that's not a function of Portis not lining up behind you. Brunell floated the ball and never took it deep, that's not a function of Portis not lining up behind you. He often scrambled into the pass rush or his release was either late or too early, nothing to do with Portis behind the QB.

I will say this : When teams purposely take the deep passing game from teams, which minnesota and Dallas both did, we have to be able to run the ball. Running the ball effectively brings a safety or two towards the line of scrimmage, which in turn opens more plays down the field. If a team can sit in a 2 deep coverage the entire game you will NOT be able to throw down field. and the one time he did, what happened, it was picked, BY THE SAFETY. No one thinks Betts can run the ball. If a team can control the running attack with the front 6 or 7, the deep passing game will not exist. Betts couldn't run, the line couldn't run block, what ever happened, it goes hand and hand.