Tical21":cvhc7ytp said:I kind of want to have my cake and eat it too. I want the best and most efficient Wilson possible, but I think the single biggest reason we were subpar last season is because we didn't run as often or as well as previous seasons. Some teams were able to beat us in our phone booth, and when that happens, if your entire persona is built on the platform of being tougher than the other team, you're going to lose both games and confidence. It is great to know Russell can light it up if we need him to, but if he only throws the ball 16 times in a game, we probably won that game big, and physically beat the crap out of the other team in the process, which gives our particular team a lot more swagger than we would get by throwing the ball around the yard.MizzouHawkGal":cvhc7ytp said:I didn't like a thing from last year except the leash being loosened on Wilson. Other than that it was a bad year. Possibly classicically in some definitions. Continue letting Wilson be the face of this team. It will pay off big time.
Dangit, I was kinda hoping that wasn't going to be the case. Really kinda hurts my argument.McGruff":282dtiof said:Tical21":282dtiof said:I kind of want to have my cake and eat it too. I want the best and most efficient Wilson possible, but I think the single biggest reason we were subpar last season is because we didn't run as often or as well as previous seasons. Some teams were able to beat us in our phone booth, and when that happens, if your entire persona is built on the platform of being tougher than the other team, you're going to lose both games and confidence. It is great to know Russell can light it up if we need him to, but if he only throws the ball 16 times in a game, we probably won that game big, and physically beat the crap out of the other team in the process, which gives our particular team a lot more swagger than we would get by throwing the ball around the yard.MizzouHawkGal":282dtiof said:I didn't like a thing from last year except the leash being loosened on Wilson. Other than that it was a bad year. Possibly classicically in some definitions. Continue letting Wilson be the face of this team. It will pay off big time.
Just as a point of information we ran the ball 2 times less per games in 2015 then we did in our season high in 2012.
2 less carries a game. That's it.
Oh, and we still ran the ball more than we passed it. So much for flinging it around.
Laloosh":2prd25mo said:Curious to hear about something that you saw from the team in 2015 that you hope to see carry over into 2016. You can only pick ONE thing. If you pick more than one thing, you're a terrible human being.
I am going to go with how to make teams pay when they blitz. Some defenses really teed off on us last year until we found the short passing game.
You?
McGruff":1o7wigsg said:Laloosh":1o7wigsg said:You can only pick ONE thing. If you pick more than one thing, you're a terrible human being.
Just thought I'd highlight this portion of the OP.
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Tical21":1ojf42dk said:Dangit, I was kinda hoping that wasn't going to be the case. Really kinda hurts my argument.McGruff":1ojf42dk said:Tical21":1ojf42dk said:I kind of want to have my cake and eat it too. I want the best and most efficient Wilson possible, but I think the single biggest reason we were subpar last season is because we didn't run as often or as well as previous seasons. Some teams were able to beat us in our phone booth, and when that happens, if your entire persona is built on the platform of being tougher than the other team, you're going to lose both games and confidence. It is great to know Russell can light it up if we need him to, but if he only throws the ball 16 times in a game, we probably won that game big, and physically beat the crap out of the other team in the process, which gives our particular team a lot more swagger than we would get by throwing the ball around the yard.MizzouHawkGal":1ojf42dk said:I didn't like a thing from last year except the leash being loosened on Wilson. Other than that it was a bad year. Possibly classicically in some definitions. Continue letting Wilson be the face of this team. It will pay off big time.
Just as a point of information we ran the ball 2 times less per games in 2015 then we did in our season high in 2012.
2 less carries a game. That's it.
Oh, and we still ran the ball more than we passed it. So much for flinging it around.
MizzouHawkGal":3s40dvu6 said:I didn't like a thing from last year except the leash being loosened on Wilson. Other than that it was a bad year. Possibly classicically in some definitions. Continue letting Wilson be the face of this team. It will pay off big time.