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If we just, run the ball more... sincerely keep to the running game, then we would have won today and in Indy. Joe is awesome, but Joe and the receiving core can't be our primary motif. Let our running game do the big work. Tone down on Deep throws
We only abandoned the run today when we had to. In fact I could argue we stuck with it at one point when we should have been trying to make a first down & keep the ball away from Cincy. We had the 2 bombs on 2nd&2 followed by 3rd&2 where I think we should have ran. Other than that - we did not abandon the run today and at the end should have to get the first down.
We definitely didn't abandon the run. However, I feel like we relied more on the passing game when we should just try to commit more to the run game. Look at our past games. When we have a healthy balance between running the ball and passing, we win. We lose when we break that balance.
We threw it 34 times and ran it 26 times. The balance wasn't the issue.