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[halloween 65]

3rd and long killed us against good teams this year. I truely believe in a good run game, it gives you the option on 3rd and short,you can run or pass but a 3rd and 10 everyone in the nation knew what we were going to do, most of the time on 3rd and 1 we used the pass. That is no trust in an O-line at all. Sure was a lot of 3 and out with no one stepping up to be the man. All I can say is we have next season and hope for better results. Still not a bad year, at least we got into the dance.

[W. Kovacs]

Originally Posted by halloween 65

3rd and long killed us against good teams this year. I truely believe in a good run game, it gives you the option on 3rd and short,you can run or pass but a 3rd and 10 everyone in the nation knew what we were going to do, most of the time on 3rd and 1 we used the pass. That is no trust in an O-line at all. Sure was a lot of 3 and out with no one stepping up to be the man. All I can say is we have next season and hope for better results. Still not a bad year, at least we got into the dance.

I was screaming a shorter, more expletive-filled version of this at my TV yesterday.

I don't understand why we completely abandoned the run at key moments; especially in the fourth quarter.

The reason Peyton had such success tonight was the fact that the Chargers couldn't just drop everyone into coverage, sit on routes and screw up the passing game for the Broncos. I can't count how many times defenses did that to our offense this year and the 'Hawks did the same thing yesterday once we stopped running.

The biggest hope I have for next year is that the coaching staff has faith in the run game and we find some balance. Maybe Drew will be able to break 5,000 yards on 1/2 as many passes and actually be able to play a few more years.