I do find it funny that for this entire century fans have been screaming to run the ball. Now they are, and very successfully, and now fans scream why doesn't Hurts have big passing numbers? People be crazy.
Fans are stupid. Guys that get paid to write about the game aren’t much better. It’s really the ex-players that know what is up. Not even the coaches in the broadcast booth. They’re awful and make me wonder how much the networks dumb them down or if they’re just that bad. So fans that know really haven’t been screaming to run the ball. I haven’t been screaming to run the ball. It’s only since Fangio figured out how to slow down Mahomes by putting a million defensive backs on the field that teams stopped throwing as much, or they would continue to throw. Defenses play base nickel now and run dime at a serious rate. So, other teams run on it (more this year because it took a few years for these troglos to figure out basic schematics) and the running teams have been successful this year.
But wait until running it down other team’s throat becomes in vogue. Then DCs are just going to substitute a run thumper at off-ball linebacker and have a 220-5 lb. tweener play third linebacker instead of that aforementioned nickel or dime they were just in. You’ll see how important throwing the ball is then. Or you can wait a week until you visit Detroit. They’ll show you. Glll peas.
eta* Hell, McVay is smart. If he’s that smart, he’ll play a base 3-4 or 4-3, whatever it calls for and leave only four DBs on the field. I doubt he’ll do that and you’ll likely seen the tweener Kinchens a lot, but he sure could go with 3 LBs against the Eagles. It’s not like the Eagles have a slot receiver to make them pay for that or anything.
eta2* The more I look at this game, the closer (yes, closer) I think it’s going to be. Everything is adding up against the Rams besides their talent. I hate if it snows for them, but Stafford can handle it. It’s whether the west coast and southern guys can.