Colts Roundtable: Will Ground Game Improve or Stay Grounded?

My outstanding roundtable team all seem to agree that there really are three key things that we will see unfold in future games:

1. A more stable and healthy O-line which will build chemistry the longer they get to play as a cohesive unit this year.
2. A healthy Joseph Addai who will improve his ability to find holes in the defense.
3. An improved passing game which will open up the run.

And here, my friends, is my opinion…as if it really matters! HAHA!

I truly think that there is nothing wrong with our running game except two factors. In previous games, we have tried to run the ball early, gotten stuffed and fell behind early on the scoreboard, forcing us to throw the football to catch up.

There are many things that need to fall into place for a team to have a good running game, and some of them, not everyone thinks about.

1. Your defense must prevent teams from scoring early on and thus putting pressure on the offense to score fast.

2. If at first, your running game doesn’t succeed, try and try again. I’ve seen them abandon the run too often this season.

3. Addai’s best running play is the stretch to the end of the offensive line, where Manning sprints to the edge to hand the ball off. With Jeff Saturday pulling out and racing to the edge for lead-blocking, this is a very huge run play. 

Peyton still is tossing to Addai on this play because he seemingly does not trust that knee injury just yet.  When this play comes back, the running game will be there.  I promise!

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