(08-16-2019, 01:29 PM)OutsiderFan Wrote:(08-16-2019, 01:06 PM)martyup Wrote: When a D stacks the box and the RB gets to the 2nd level, he's gone to the house. In '15 CMac ran through stacked boxes on his way to one of the best seasons ever by a RB. In '17 BLove did the same. It's not surprising that DS expected more of the same in '18. After 4 games, he changed the game plan.
Just because something works out, it doesn't mean the decision that led to the result was a good one. I can send a LHP to face a right hand batter who crushes left hand pitching, and see the LHP retire him, but that doesn't mean it would have been a smart decision. It would have been very lucky.
Same with running into stacked boxes. Sure, you get a couple runs that break through the defense. But all or nothing is not sustainable, winning offensive football. Pressuring the defense consistently in diverse ways, being a threat to move the ball all the time by being unpredictable and not running into stacked boxes, is much more effective.
You don't beat the best opponents by playing for lucky breaks. You beat them playing the percentages.
You're preaching to the choir, sir.