What to do about this terrible running game...

[redbuddha]

It amazes me how players can switch teams and bloom, Peterson to the Saints he sucks, Peterson to the Cardinals wow, yet the Saints still produce over 100 yards with Ingram. I would love to see our line and rbs with a new OC

[Snake]

5 minutes ago, redbuddha said:

It amazes me how players can switch teams and bloom, Peterson to the Saints he sucks, Peterson to the Cardinals wow, yet the Saints still produce over 100 yards with Ingram. I would love to see our line and rbs with a new OC

Systems make a huge difference. Here's the stupidity of Rivera, Shula, and our run game. Rivera wants to run the ball, Shula has done what Rivera has wanted since he has been here. How did he do that? By using Cam Newton as a battering ram. This year they want to protect Cam but instead of changing the system Shula runs the same exact system. I will let you figure out why it's not working. 

[imminent rogaine]

Cam would set the league on fire out of play action.

I have wet dreams thinking about Cam taking the snap from center, faking a hand-off and bootlegging around to the right... he's got an option deep, a guy crossing over the middle and CMC as an outlet... he has all day to read the field for holes... oh and if everyone is covered, he takes off untouched for an 8 yard gain. 

Oh well... sweeps to stewart out of shotgun will have to do.

[NAS]

Even in 2015, our run scheme sucked and we depended too much on Cam.  Stewart didn't even reach 1,000 yards that year.  But Thursday night was a new low and something has to change. They are running a zone scheme that has become easy to shut down.  We need to go back to more power running. Hopefully if we get Kalil back at center it may stabilize the o line. 

[iamhubby1]

7 hours ago, ludwig51 said:

Scheme is terrible and lineman are overrated includIng turner and norwell they are average 

 

    Quick, everyone duck. It's a drive by snarking.

[Daddy_Uncle]

we telegraph every run we do. It's so obvious. Then the defense crash to that spot and we have no holes to run through. We have no creativity in the run game

[Carolina Cajun]

at this point, just simplify the run game.  Hat on a hat, hit em in the mouth.  This may not be a strength for some of our linemen, but it's better than what we're doing right now that depends on all of them performing perfectly every single play for us to look even remotely decent.

[Ace_Aladdin]

8 hours ago, imminent rogaine said:

Cam would set the league on fire out of play action.

I have wet dreams thinking about Cam taking the snap from center, faking a hand-off and bootlegging around to the right... he's got an option deep, a guy crossing over the middle and CMC as an outlet... he has all day to read the field for holes... oh and if everyone is covered, he takes off untouched for an 8 yard gain. 

Oh well... sweeps to stewart out of shotgun will have to do.

Exactly , we need to variation on the same downs! I wish Cam would audible more and stop going with the script, he is  a Veteran now & should be able to exploit defensive scheme  after seeing the play few times.

 

[Khyber53]

Honestly, Stewart always worked better as the second half of a running back tandem. His skill set works best to come in and physically punish a defense after they've had to chase around a shiftier back (like Williams was or CMC could be). Also, shotgun handoffs and sweeps rob him of the ability to get a head of steam up running down hill. 

That being said, I think we've spent so much energy of developing pass blocking for our O-line after last year's pinball-fest for Cam, that they just don't have that ooomph they need to exert their will in the running game. 

And let's use that fullback.