This team hasn't peaked yet...

**StingerNLG** · 09-25-2006, 02:45 PM

but the pass sets up the run.

you can't run when they are stacking the box against the run.

But the passing still has to be there. The passing right now isn't there. And I think teams are keying in on it. Yesterday we saw the very thing that we were told we'd never see again. 8 men in the box. They sat back and dared the Ravens to run or pass. And once they realized they really couldn't do either, they started coming more. And a lot of that was on more poor protection and errant passes.

**highwater** · 09-25-2006, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by FadeToBlack

I don't think the pass sets up the run at all.

LOL at the idea that the pass doesn't set up the run at all. The 49ers made it an art form under Bill Walsh. Ask Jamal about that theory -- wasn't he the one bitching last year that the passing game wasn't setting up the running game?

And after the game we had yesterday, I certainly hope this team hasn't peaked yet. We looked bad for most of the game against a team we should have handled without a lot of drama. I actually think the passing game needs to improve more than the running game, and I think it will, if the OL gives McNair a little time (a big if, admittedly).

**Greg** · 09-25-2006, 04:11 PM

I think we were running the ball fine, we just got away with it when we fell behind 14-3. We kind of panicked. McNair was missing a ton of passes, we would have been better off at that point continuing to run. We were getting 3-4 yards a shot. Continuing would have given us a bigger edge in the 4th quarter. We didn't abandon the run in the 2nd quarter but we got away from it a bit.