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09-20-2007, 06:34 PM
Q: Can you talk about their defense?
EDWARDS: “They’re big and strong up front and hard to run the ball against. That’s why they were fourth against the run last year, I think. I think they’ve only given up 67 or 76 yards a game running the ball. They’re big and strong and are good players.”
Q: What else do they do as a defense?
EDWARDS: “You’re not going to run the ball inside. They funnel it. You can forget about it. It takes two double-teams to get them out of there. One guy is not going to knock them off the ball.”
Q: Philosophically, knowing you’re going against a team that you know is strong against the run, are you a guy that says I don’t care, I’ll put my strength against their strength?
EDWARDS: “You still have to run the ball even though they’re very good inside. You still have to find ways to run the football. You can’t get discouraged running. Once you do that you become one-handed. That’s been our situation. We’ve been behind going into the third quarter. All of a sudden you look at the clock and you’re still behind it gets you out of the run game.
Q: Do you like the signal that sends to your team when you do that?
EDWARDS: “If you’ve got a good running back you always have to try and run the ball. Period. You have to run the ball. In this game if you get away from the run you get yourself in trouble. You might win some games but at the end you get into that elite field in the playoffs because you’re not going to win a lot of games not being able to run the ball or stop the run.
“You’d like to stay on the field. That’s the whole key to offense. If you can stay on the field that can wear down any defense. You try to wear them down eventually. Those runs that you’re only making two or three yards for in the middle of the third quarter and fourth quarter become 10 yard runs, eight yard runs later. That’s what you want. The only way you can do that is keep them on the field because one thing about big players is they get tired. That’s why you want to have a rotation system. That’s why we have a rotation system."
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Good Lord, he says you can't run the ball inside on these guys. Then, he turns right around and says we need to run the ball. It looks like Herm isn't even thinking about exploiting his opponent's biggest weakness, which is pass defense.
He talks about being one-handed and then talks about how being down in the third quarter gets you out of Edwards' one-handed run game.
He wants to stay on the field but he doesn't want to balance the run and pass enough to get first downs and make this possible.
The reason we have been down in the third quarter is because the playcalling is so one-dimensional in the first half, it's anemic.
He wants to break off 8-10 yard runs in the fourth quarter. The only way to accomplish this is with a lead but his gameplan is so transparent, we can't score until we are forced to pass in order to try to mount a come back.
What an idiot.
EDWARDS: “They’re big and strong up front and hard to run the ball against. That’s why they were fourth against the run last year, I think. I think they’ve only given up 67 or 76 yards a game running the ball. They’re big and strong and are good players.”
Q: What else do they do as a defense?
EDWARDS: “You’re not going to run the ball inside. They funnel it. You can forget about it. It takes two double-teams to get them out of there. One guy is not going to knock them off the ball.”
Q: Philosophically, knowing you’re going against a team that you know is strong against the run, are you a guy that says I don’t care, I’ll put my strength against their strength?
EDWARDS: “You still have to run the ball even though they’re very good inside. You still have to find ways to run the football. You can’t get discouraged running. Once you do that you become one-handed. That’s been our situation. We’ve been behind going into the third quarter. All of a sudden you look at the clock and you’re still behind it gets you out of the run game.
Q: Do you like the signal that sends to your team when you do that?
EDWARDS: “If you’ve got a good running back you always have to try and run the ball. Period. You have to run the ball. In this game if you get away from the run you get yourself in trouble. You might win some games but at the end you get into that elite field in the playoffs because you’re not going to win a lot of games not being able to run the ball or stop the run.
“You’d like to stay on the field. That’s the whole key to offense. If you can stay on the field that can wear down any defense. You try to wear them down eventually. Those runs that you’re only making two or three yards for in the middle of the third quarter and fourth quarter become 10 yard runs, eight yard runs later. That’s what you want. The only way you can do that is keep them on the field because one thing about big players is they get tired. That’s why you want to have a rotation system. That’s why we have a rotation system."
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Good Lord, he says you can't run the ball inside on these guys. Then, he turns right around and says we need to run the ball. It looks like Herm isn't even thinking about exploiting his opponent's biggest weakness, which is pass defense.
He talks about being one-handed and then talks about how being down in the third quarter gets you out of Edwards' one-handed run game.
He wants to stay on the field but he doesn't want to balance the run and pass enough to get first downs and make this possible.
The reason we have been down in the third quarter is because the playcalling is so one-dimensional in the first half, it's anemic.
He wants to break off 8-10 yard runs in the fourth quarter. The only way to accomplish this is with a lead but his gameplan is so transparent, we can't score until we are forced to pass in order to try to mount a come back.
What an idiot.