Albeit against a weaker opponent, give the running game more than just a token glance and your QB stays clean, upright, is sacked and hurried less. Give the OL several chances to throw the first punch and their pass protection improves. What's not to like? Question is, did HCDS and OCPS learn anything? Will we go back to the run / pass percentage we saw against NDS and NEB or make Saturday night the game plan each and every week? Frankly, after watching the end of the first half and the final two minutes of the game, I have my doubts about the latter. With 2 minutes to go, we should not have thrown even 1 pass let alone 5 or 6. Whether Shurmur called them or SS checked to them it was total BS. Learn how to close out a game with the run so you can do it in a tight game. I guarantee that's what the OL wanted to do.
