That's because we had big leads.

When you have the lead, as we did in most of 2011, you can run. We pretty much dominated most games in regular season last year.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 

That's because we had big leads.

When you have the lead, as we did in most of 2011, you can run. We pretty much dominated most games in regular season last year.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 

comes down to our o- line, have not been doing the job for several yrs. now !!

Originally Posted by: nyrpack 

This year, we ought to be forcing the run on any team we meet. Improve upon it in all phases. That will open up all the other great pass plays we have in our arsenal. All of those great plays won't work as effectively if we don't run. Pretty simple stuff.

Originally Posted by: play2win 

OK. 2011 regular season stats, source ESPN.com

Packers....Ahead by 9+...by 1-8...tied...down by 1-8...down by 9+
Pass........69..................199.....60.......111...........38
Run.........65.................131.....24........72...........14

...........+9............+ 1-8....Tied.....-1-8.........-9+
P/R %....51/49......60/40...71/29....60/40........73/27

Totals
within +/- 8 = 370/227 = 61/39%
overall = 537/330 = 61/39%

So, last year when we were 15-1 in the regular season and pretty much dominant in most games, when the games were close (within 😎 we basically maintained a 60/40% split.

I expected the spike up when behind by two scores, and the spike down when ahead by two scores.

Two things surprised me--McCarthy spiked up on Pass calls when we were tied, and he didn't when we were behind by 1-8. The down 1-8 percentage was the same as the up by 1-8 percentage. In any event, feel free to keep calling for a 60/40% pass/run split. I'm good with that, too, Zombie.

Originally Posted by: macbob