"As coaches, I feel like we’ve got good game plans. But everybody’s got to pull their load."

Eric Studesville who is the running game coordinator is basically not taking any responsibility for the current situation, WOW !

We have the same exact O-Line as last year, yes folks the same crappy center! But yet we did considerably better last year? Why is that? Doesn’t make sense, it was their first year together… Normally good Olines take time to gel? Well folks the biggest change from last year to this year has been coaching & play-calling. We lost Jim McNally (who retired) and replaced him by Kugler who I think should shoulder a lot of the blame. Also, we changed our Offensive coordinator. On the surface it seemed like a huge upgrade because the short passing attack has been much better but yet we’ve regressed enormously in the running game? We actually now have a Running game Coordinator, lucky us I guess?

My observations: We run too much up the middle and not enough off tackle away from our weak center (which is what I think we did last year). We are too pass happy and not sticking with the run enough to get it clicking. We’ve become very predictable as Ron pointed out last week. The O-Line does not call the plays, it’s Turk & Eric and they need to accept responsibility and realize that whatever they are doing is not working and they need to go back to what actually did work last year!

Why are there so many Peters quotes this year? I’d never heard the guy say a word before, now it’s a weekly spectacle….

Sullivan’s right. You don’t make the playoffs running the ball this poorly unless you have one of the best passing games around or one of the best D’s, which we definitely don’t have.

I agree with keysh, we run it way too much up the gut instead of utilizing our RB’s and OL’s strengths. Run it off tackle and outside more, please! Just give it a shot and let’s see what happens. I’m not sure we aren’t sticking with the run enough though. The past couple of games we’ve been down and couldn’t run it. We needed to try to score points and by wasting time trying to establish the non-existent run wasn’t going to help. Once it was obvious we couldn’t run it against these teams, we had to pass. Sure, we probably passed too much against the Jets, BUT Trent was able to move it a bit and we simply couldn’t run it AT ALL. If we were having success running the ball, then I would agree we need to stick with it more. The predictable play calling obviously doesn’t help. Pass from the shotgun, run from the standard snap, run up the middle only, etc. It’s like playing Tecmo Bowl back in the day when you only had 4 possible plays.

is a good point.

It seems that turk doesn’t like punting at all and he gets impatient

. I see this too. I’m so sick of the first 10 possessions of running it every stinkn time we have a 1st down. We need to change it up, and please GOD run more screens, underneath stuff and just quick outs to Evans. Evans should touch the ball minimum 5 times a game. It’s time to start counteracting these defenses we have been seeing and out executing and out-scheming em. I have a feeling this is the weekend we play a great game. However, to beat New England you have to FINISH. I know they will play well, I just hope they can finish

but i have confidence that they will reverse this trend. I think Turk has lately tried to “force” his offensive philosophy combined with Dick Jauron’s desire to pound the ball. What I mean is it seems like runs up the middle on predictable run downs, and then the passing plays Turk likes on 2nd and 3rd downs. I’d like to get back and see Turk throw it more on 1st down, and even run on 3rd and 3 or 4 from a spread formation. I think spreading the defense out, with 3 WR’s, 1 TE, allows Trent to audible to a run or pass based on what he sees.

Our 1st down yardage has to be MUCH better. He needs to mix it up more so there are more manageable downs and distances on 2nd and 3rd to keep the defense guessing. I mean last week, 1st down was brutal for us. I’m going to re-watch the game tonight on DVR and maybe take a tally of our 1st down plays.

1- Peters, WTF man, “I’ll remember that comment when we make it,” Peters said…. DUDE, SHUT THE F&%K UP AND PLAY LIKE A MAN! We will NOT make it if your fat sorry ass doesn’t play better you punk. You held out for more money and have been playing like a journeyman, good job there dumbo, enjoy playing out your contract as it stands.

2- Why do we have a Running Game Coordinator? What the h*ll does he do? I mean, any 13 kid playing Madden could coordinate a better run game than what we have done the past 8 games. Cripes, what is it with team becoming more and more specialized? Back in the day, you had the OC, and his position coaches, this is all BS, all coaches are doing this day is hiring as many buddies as they can so if they get canned and one of their former employees gets hired somewhere else, they can get on that staff. This is preventing teams from being able to make quick and sound decisions. The best teams have the smallest staffs, has anyone else noticed this? I have!

3- The stretch and toss sweep and pitch plays all seem to work fine for us. We need to run these more so when our opponents do stack the box, they will be forced to spread those 8 defenders out all over the field. This will then allow us to have a more succesful inside game by keeping LBers and Ss out of the tackle to tackle area and should give Freddy and ML some cut back lanes. RUN IT OUTSIDE TURK AND ERIC!

and how to apply for it?

It’s not like Studesville is calling the plays, and I’m going to say he probably didn’t draw them up either…so what exactly is this role? Maybe he did draw them up? Did he devise the blocking sets for each run play? Is this a fake title? Did Studesville actually get fired but was going to protest, so the team hired him back and gave him the title “Running Game Coordinator” ala Homer Simpson as the Safety Inspector?? Is he like Homer and can’t get fired from the position no matter how craptastic of a job he does??