[Roberton3]

My biggest complaint about the offensive playcalling is that there were too many empty-backfield plays.  I'm fine with an empty backfield on 3rd and 20.  But a team with a good running game shouldn't have an empty backfield on 3rd and 4 (or any similar situation).  Having a credible threat to run makes passing much easier, and you give that up when you go to an empty backfield.

Of course, if a significant fraction of those empty-backfield plays were designed runs for Hogan, then that would also solve this problem.  But I don't remember seeing any of those, either.

[Roberton3]

My biggest complaint about the offensive playcalling is that there were too many empty-backfield plays.  I'm fine with an empty backfield on 3rd and 20.  But a team with a good running game shouldn't have an empty backfield on 3rd and 4 (or any similar situation).  Having a credible threat to run makes passing much easier, and you give that up when you go to an empty backfield.

Of course, if a significant fraction of those empty-backfield plays were designed runs for Hogan, then that would also solve this problem.  But I don't remember seeing any of those, either.