Game ball vs Raiders

[fyo]

Can we all agree that running the ball 30-40 times is the key to offensive success?

Not necessarily, but if we're within a score or so, we should definitely keep trying to run it, that we can agree on.

[Phishfan]

  Can we all agree that running the ball 30-40 times is the key to offensive success?

I can't say I completely agree either. I think it was an aberration that Miami was able to have 79 offensive plays in the game. In a typical game if we ran the ball 40 times I would expect we would only pass it a handful and we don't run the ball that well.

[Pappy13]

^^ The way I see it, running the ball 30 times is not what wins the game for you, it's the reverse.  Playing from ahead in the game is what allows you to run the ball 30 times.

The unsung hero in this game was the defense.  They did an absolutely amazing job shutting down the running game of Oakland.

My game ball goes to the Dolphins Defense.  They only gave up 10 points and pretty much all of those points came from just 2 plays.  Other than those 2 plays Oakland's offense was non existant.

[JVides]

Ok, maybe not 40 times, but half of the time at least.   The Fins consistently seem to score more when they feature the run game first and passing game second.

[fyo]

The Fins consistently seem to score more when they feature the run game first and passing game second.

The Fins seem to consistently score more when the running game WORKS.