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Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger
Nope, I'm staying on this "train" as long as the likes of Seattle and The Ravens have a better run game than we do thank you very much.
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Seattle's rush efficiency was well below ours. A more prolific running game doesn't not mean a more proficient one. They simply ran the ball more often.
They're a perfect example of exactly what we should NOT be doing. Russell Wilson was better than he'd ever been last year. He was very possibly the 2nd best QB in football but had one of the lowest usage rates of all NFL passers. The Seahawks kept taking the ball out of his hands and giving it to a set of RBs that just weren't all that great.
The Seahawks offense was significantly more effective and efficient when they were allowing Wilson to move the ball. Their loss to the Cowboys in the playoffs was precisely because they stubbornly and dogmatically committed to a running game that just was not working. Had they simply gone into that game and let Wilson throw the ball around, they'd have won going away.
The fact that you are citing the Seahawks is perfectly demonstrative of the flaw in your thinking. You see them as a team to be emulated when in fact, they're pretty much a textbook example of the worst possible way to utilize our offensive personnel.