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DAILY DEBATE: What needs to improve in the running game?

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The offensive line’s health.

We’re not winning the ACC with Markel Bell and Lou Cristobal playing starter’s reps. And I’d argue we need Rodriguez back too. He started game 1 for a reason. We have 3 starters hurt right now. When they’re all back, the running game will be better. When will they be back? We’d have better luck bringing a film crew into Area 51 than to get the answer to those questions, but they’re very important, regardless.
 
We’re so blatantly obvious running the ball. It’s like we have to shout “we’re running it!” Before handing the ball off. I’m not sure if some of these really slow mesh points are RPOs but it feels like a good two or more seconds from the time Cam catches the snap to the point where the ball carrier has secured the handoff. It’s really weird and overly deliberate.
 
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Once we start opening up the playbook and place teams with a pulse, we’ll start seeing consistency in the run game. It’s as simple as that. We know the talent we have in the RB and oline room
 
The "scheme", saving it is dumb which is what they must be doing. Having scrums up the middle every play just gets players hurt and won't help attract good running backs.

You're not surlirsing other teams when you unleash a counter or sweep play for ***** sake.
 
Injuries and lack of chemistry on the OL and with the RBs. With Arroyo and Lofton playing more, TEs also need to seal their man and block better. Still, I am confident that it will get a lot better as the season goes along. Also, Rivers, an All ACC LT last year, will probably return to the lineup for good against USF, and his leadership, experience and talent at a critical OL position, wil make a huge impact.
 
Can somebody pull the tape from last year run game during ACC play because I’m pretty sure we haven’t been that diverse overall. It’s obvious we need more variations (stretches, sweeps, counters) perhaps even under the center plays. Make it even harder for DC’s to gameplan against us.
 
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ST26 said:
Once we start opening up the playbook and place teams with a pulse, we’ll start seeing consistency in the run game. It’s as simple as that. We know the talent we have in the RB and oline room
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this is the playbook. doubt theres much left.
 
Not much left to be added.

The problem isn’t the backs.

The problem isn’t the ability of the OL.

I’m a 49er fan, watching the two teams side by side, the approach to run philosophy might as well be two different sports. Shanahan has gotten every back from Matt Brieda to Jeff Wilson to now Jordan Mason to produce, his flaw is that he’s so confident in his run scheme he neglects talent on the offensive line.

Saying we need healthy OL isn’t wrong, it just belies the fact that we are making everyone’s job harder by having one of the least creative run games in the sport. Our WRs and TEs are willing blockers, they usually have a physical advantage over DBs and LBs — we don’t need to become a wide zone offense to run some stretch plays, tosses, and counters. I’m not smart enough to know how much zone vs gap we run, but variation between the two would also help.

We make it very easy on DCs to guess what we are doing and for front 7s to muddy it up. It’s an oddly regressive trait that needs an overhaul.
 
Seems to be a lack of commitment to it early on to certain degree…

We know we have something Uber special at QB so they gotta let him cook. I think Mario and Co figured out they lost Jeremiah Smith but they hadn’t shown an elite passing game and the ability to feature an elite WR or QB. One begets the other… he has to show QB and WR recruits at both positions they can put up numbers here.

We could’ve ran the ball better the first 3 games but… Cam either isn’t throwing for 3 bills or he plays well into 4th unnecessarily just to get his numbers
 
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