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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles
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Only to a certain extent ...... if the offensive line is God-awful, as it was for most of last year, the opponents will catch on quickly and focus on those designed runs. You have to have at least a modicum of a passing threat in order to make designed QB-runs effective on a regular basis.
Also, unless your quarterback has the strength of Jim Brown and Earl Campbell combined with the speed of Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis, the designed runs won't help if there are 3 or 4 defensive linemen/linebackers deep into the backfield less than 2 full seconds after the ball is snapped, as was the case for much of last year with Matt Ryan.
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Matt Ryan couldn’t run or threaten to throw downfield he made it so easy for opposing defenses. A stationary QB that can’t throw deep. I believe they will have a passing threat and it will be because Taylor and Richardsons running threat will create 1 on 1 opportunities. They simplified things for Hurts and he excelled… look for the same thing here next season. The offense Steichen runs does the dictating last year that wasn’t the case at all