Personally, I thought we wasted Foster most of the season except in Week 1 and the week in Oakland. We'd run Foster on first down and maybe on second and, even when it worked, we couldn't wait to start throwing the ball around even on days that Schaub sucked when we should have been giving the rock to Foster and Ward until the other team figured out how to stop it and *then* after they had cheated up to stop it, burned then with play action. Instead, we'd let Foster run on the obvious first down and might even do it two plays in a row but, after he'd get a first down or two, they'd go away from it and then be forced to punt.
Running the ball is easier than passing the ball. If you establish that you can run, good coaches will force you to stop it. Only against Indy did we keep running it down their throats. A smart coach knows that you tire a defense by keeping it on the field all day so they have nothing left by the 4th quarter and, with all these defenses being built to stop the pass, a strong running game is the best weapon to wear the opposition down and keep your own defense from being exposed for the chumps that they are.
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12-20-2010, 02:36 AM
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