I’m wondering the same thing. What other team has this much trouble with one formation? McVay is too stubborn it seems to put a FB in. Higbee would work well in this role. We are continuing to run the same exact stuff over and over. There’s gotta be a big change and it won’t be on a short week. Expect more of the same this week.
I have to suspect, if they did that, the defense would just motion out of the 6/1. I do think we have to figure out a way to beat that formation straight up. Maybe it is with a FB. Maybe it is with a 2 TE set that we can run or pass out of. But mainly, our O-line needs to beat their D-line IMO.
Regardless, we are going to need to run the ball effectively at some point. And that effective running will be mostly with TG. If it were all about an injury or "condition" involving Gurley, he wouldn't be getting twice the carries of MB. He wouldn't be getting 3 times the snaps and blocking guys 25 pounds or more heavier than he is.
I think this last game, we put ourselves in a hole so early by not running the ball, that we couldn't ever get to the point of being in a position to run it much after that. You can't go down by 21 and expect to be able to grind it out.
Let's face it. TG has ALWAYS had a majority of runs that were short gainers mixed in with some big gainers. It takes him getting several touches and gaining some momentum before he ends up with 100+ yards. And that goes for almost every RB in the NFL. So far, we haven't seen either of our RBs go off in a game. The first game had a pretty decent running game but still not great. The big difference seems to be the O-line's overall play and maybe also how defenses are stacking up against us. But when your QB is getting almost no time to throw unless he rolls out, and your RBs are being hit behind the line of scrimmage, there is an O-line issue. We've seen this movie before.
