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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 1094257" data-attributes="member: 4199">While I like a 55/45 or 60/40 split in favor of the pass, I don't this was a play call decision necessarily.On first down, if you come to the line and see both safeties deep, you have the numbers advantage.  Check to the run play.  Assuming 11 vs Nickel, you have 5 linemen and 1 TE against 4 linemen and 2 linebackers AND it'll be harder to throw against because everyone is (presumably) in coverage.  Your running back should be able to fall down and pick up 3 yards before contact.We struggled the whole year.  Jenkins regressed and then we lost Kraft.  The numbers advantage didn't help us, so teams could mostly align 2-deep (and rotate to 2, 3, 4 after the snap) and we couldn't run effectively.  And throwing was harder.  We were somewhat screwed.Should we have thrown anyway?  Probably not.  Part of "the quarterback making better decisions" is identifying the look pre-snap and checking to the right play.  This is not a full audibling.  This is having two plays called in the huddle (typically one pass, one run) and calling "can" or "kill" to automatically flip to the backup call based on pre-snap read.</blockquote>

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