Tetsujin Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 I wonder if we start to see the rise of true run-centric offenses so they're not held hostage by franchise QB salary demands. Find a competent QB (who also migh be a scrambling threat), a legit threat at WR and TE to prevent teams stacking the line too much, use a lot of heavy formations and try for 60%+ rushing attempts. Since 2016, only 3 times has a team had higher than 50% rushing attempts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elky Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 The game of football has always been about winning the air war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsujin Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 44 minutes ago, Elky said: The game of football has always been about winning the air war. Not always. And what does it mean to “win” the air war? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDTimes Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 The rules now are most advantageous to the passing game. There will always be a requirement to run the ball effectively to control the defense physically, but a “run-centric” offense will be in the minority 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuvious Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Patrick Mahomes just won the conference championship over the Titans and then the superbowl over the 49ers. No. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 No. The short pass is the new running game and OC love it for some bizarre reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackywabbit Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Jakuvious said: Patrick Mahomes just won the conference championship over the Titans and then the superbowl over the 49ers. No. The Chiefs beat the 49ers by executing a play or two more. Implying that a narrow victory makes a clear statement about a style of team being wrong is silly. The 49ers certainly have a team that can win a SB. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuvious Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 minute ago, wackywabbit said: The Chiefs beat the 49ers by executing a play or two more. Implying that a narrow victory makes a clear statement about a style of team being wrong is silly. The 49ers certainly have a team that can win a SB. Never said they didn't. But teams try to copy what's at the top, and after a lot of chatter going into the postseason of how the run was starting to take over, that's not what won in the end, and that's going to dictate a lot of roster building decisions, because the NFL is dumb about that kind of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGame316 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 As more and more teams stockpile small corners and small fast linebackers to curb the passing games, there will be teams that go the route of the Titans and simply run these guys over. It's cyclical.... Teams will start having success running over small defenses, then those defenses will bulk up and then get taken advantage of by quick/shifty passing game WR's 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patriotsheatyan Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 The Titans, 49ers, Saints, Vikings, Texans, Ravens, and Seahawks all had very productive or dominant running games even when removing some of their mobile QBs. Running the ball is underrated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabbs4u Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 12 minutes ago, patriotsheatyan said: The Titans, 49ers, Saints, Vikings, Texans, Ravens, and Seahawks all had very productive or dominant running games even when removing some of their mobile QBs. Running the ball is underrated. The NFL runs in cycles. It will revert back to a Balance or Run heavy attack at some point. People can get enamored all they want by the Pass but more Teams win SB's by playing Great Defense and Or having a Balaced and above average rushing Attack then just chucking it up 60x a game! Does that mean you can win without adequate QB play, of course not! However this idea Running doesn't matter, that these QB's can do it all because they're just that "gifted", is absurd. Just ask Aaron Rodgers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtait93 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Unless you have an elite QB at the helm, the best approach is to build up a great defense and a balanced offense led by a strong running attack. I think we'll see this shift now that some of the best QB's to ever do it are out of the league or are at the tail end of their careers: Manning, Brady, Brees, Rodgers, Roethlisberger, and Rivers. The first 4 guys are arguably top 5 QB's of all time and won 6 of the last 14 Super Bowls, and when you include Roethlisberger, 7 of the last 14. With that level of QB play leaving the game I think we'll see the great defenses and balanced offenses start to become prevalent again. When will we ever see 4 of greatest QB's of all time play in one era again? It's definitely not this one coming up. It's Mahomes and everyone else right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexGreen#20 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 No, it's simply WAY more efficient to throw the ball. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfNewYork Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 15 hours ago, Tetsujin said: I wonder if we start to see the rise of true run-centric offenses so they're not held hostage by franchise QB salary demands. Find a competent QB (who also migh be a scrambling threat), a legit threat at WR and TE to prevent teams stacking the line too much, use a lot of heavy formations and try for 60%+ rushing attempts. Since 2016, only 3 times has a team had higher than 50% rushing attempts. Maybe. You saw it with the Titans, 49ers and Ravens tho in the playoffs where their Quarterbacks couldn't complete passes when they needed to. Balance is always the way to go so you arent dependent on the run(see Titans, Ravens, 49ers again) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoleINGout Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 BoB sure thinks so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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