Flacco4President

Joe is saying we need to run the ball based on what he is seeing. Why are we not doing it then? He is on the field and controlling the offense. Does he not have the ability to audible after 9 years? Do we really only go onto the field with only passing options available? We have an outstanding left tackle, a pro bowl full back and arguably the best guard in the game playing on the left side. Run left. I don't believe we can chalk all of this up to penalties and being out of position. We ran 4 times in the first half - there weren't so many penalties that we couldn't try more than 4 times.

I just don't understand why we don't run the ball. Flacco has 549 passing attempts and Dixon and West combined have 222. That's a 72:28 ratio. In 2014 (arguably our best offense) It was a 62:38 ratio. Moreover, we could pass that much because the run opened up play action. It's not like we're not running well either; Dixon is averaging 4.3 yards/attempt. To put that in perspective Ray rice averaged 4.4 yards/attempt in 2012 and went for over 1,000 yards. We have two of the fastest receivers in the league - why can't we spread the field and run play action anymore? The bigger concern is this has been addressed and was allegedly a large reason we fired Trestman. Nothing has changed. Crushing the dolphins might have been the worst thing for us; it gave validation to the coaches that Flacco can throw the ball 50 times and win a game handedly.