Hurts running the ball should be NOT be part the fundmental game plan. His running the ball should not be essential to setting up the offense. The team should be able to line-up and create lanes for running backs. Hurts should only scramble for yardage and designed runs should be so infrequent that they are surprise plays.

  • stevebredditB
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    1 year ago

    Yeah kind of what /u/cjweisman said.

    It’s certainly possible to design a run game that doesn’t lean on the threat of Hurts running. The thing is, this entire offense has been set up (and drilled, and taught) to run through zone read. It’s not something that you can just change mid-season and expect to be impactful. Besides, if you go away from the zone read, you’re essentially self-nerfing one of the key abilities that makes Hurts stand out compared to other teams and makes us difficult to defend.