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The reason we are losing

BlueHose

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is that we're getting whipped on both lines of scrimmage. Its not surprising for the DL given the injuries and lack of depth. But the OL...poor pass protection...inability to consistently run the ball...is surprising. It could be that since the OL goes against the DL in practice that they are playing down to their level and then getting a rude awakening on game day.

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is that we're getting whipped on both lines of scrimmage. Its not surprising for the DL given the injuries and lack of depth. But the OL...poor pass protection...inability to consistently run the ball...is surprising. It could be that since the OL goes against the DL in practice that they are playing down to their level and then getting a rude awakening on game day.

It looked like the offensive line did a fine job in pass protection to me. However, the Cowboys were killing the run, but that's mostly because of playcalling, as you can see from the successful runs.

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You can't only run the ball 15 times on a running based team and say the OL isn't run blocking well. You keep at it and either of our backs will hit a big run.

That's exactly right. I think the coaching staff freaks out the first time one of our backs gets stuffed, and then they decide to air it out. DeAngelo and Stewart have both shown that if you keep feeding them the ball, they will break a big one eventually (which will then open up the passing game).

We should have run the ball much more, especially in the second half against a tired defense.

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Hard to run when teams know you're going to run

We ran for 144 yards against ATL, and still lost. Its MANY reasons not mainly one

Every team in the league knew we were going to run last year. We faced the (then) league's best run defense in Tampa Bay and embarassed them. The run game was our bread and butter last season, albeit against weaker defenses. That doesn't change that we have backs that WILL make something happen if given enough chances. Hell, even if we run the ball and go three and out, is it that much worse than these incomplete passes?

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