John Beck Era Begins

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Originally Posted by Beemnseven

I'm not sure 'pounding the rock' regardless of the circumstances is the right strategy. We ran it well in the first half, but Carolina made some adjustments and then we fell behind.

People seem to think we have the capacity to jam the ball down the throats of our opponent and there's nothing that can stop us if Kyle would just try it. Why do people think this? They can't just run the ball 55 times a game and hope everything falls into place. These are not The Hogs, and this isn't 1982. If Kyle adopted that mentality, defenses would simply focus on in it and stuff it out. Then we'd all be bitching about how bone-headedly conservative he is. You've got to have the right mix of running and passing. I think we have that. What we lack are the playmakers.

I totally agree. This team has an O line that is barely servicable and with Hightower out no real threat at RB. There was an interesting artice in today's WP where Carolina's D was saying they pretty much knew what plays the Redskins were going to run (and calling them out at the line) because they saw on film how limited the Skins are in what they can do on O. I think Kyle's system works fine as he showed in Houston but unfortunately he doesnt have nearly enough talent to run the system how he wants.