The concern stems from the fact that 99% of the time, when Ben IS under center, it is ALWAYS a running play. When we sub out a RB for a play, it is almost always a running play. You can tell just off of formation and personnel what plays we will be running 90% of the time. If fans can figure this out pretty easily, professional coaches that do this for a living can obviously figure it out. When you cannot run the ball effectively, and you rely on a short passing game, that is a recipe for disaster. Last night, in the second half, the Bills had 8 and 9 men in the box to take away the short passing game and stuff the run. When they blitzed, we rarely run a delayed screen to a RB or TE to catch them in a hole. Every screen we seem to run involves the slow developing WR screen pass with no lead blockers out front. We rarely run any quick slants to take advantage of tight coverage and the speed of our WR. This offense is so poorly designed and called that it is almost comical. The fact that for 3 weeks now we have seen no adjustments as to what teams are doing defensively is mind numbing. Establishing a running game does not mean you have to go Run-Run-Pass...it is totally acceptable to mix it up. I thought Charlie Batch was nuts 6 weeks ago when he was criticizing the Steelers offense and their inability to run the football effectively. He told people 6 weeks ago that this team will hit a wall if they cannot have a consistent running game. The game plans, play calling, and in-game adjustments are just head scratching to put it mildly.
