We've also learnt what i suspected last week... This running game is not fixed. Last week against the Vikings was an aberration based on the defence missing Michael Pierce and keeping corners deep. The only other game we've been able to run in was against the Chargers who literally invite everyone to run on them.
What's super frustrating though is that the Dolphins pass defence is not good - they played really well tonight but if we'd got in rhythm on early downs they wouldnt even have had the chance to tee off on 3rd and longs with those 6 and 7 man blitzes all night
even on bad drives we were frequently getting a 1st down off 1st down off play-action but then went back to a running game that was actively self-sabotaging the offence
What's super frustrating though is that the Dolphins pass defence is not good - they played really well tonight but if we'd got in rhythm on early downs they wouldnt even have had the chance to tee off on 3rd and longs with those 6 and 7 man blitzes all night
even on bad drives we were frequently getting a 1st down off 1st down off play-action but then went back to a running game that was actively self-sabotaging the offence