oldschool Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Florio was on the sports junkies, local DC radio show, and he said Mularkey told him the team plans to share the load between Murray and Henry in an effort to keep both guys healthy. Also said that they plan to run Mariota a lot and that the passing game will be a luxury intended to make teams pay for loading up against the run. Thoughts? I know Florio is a national guy but he's usually dialed in. Is it possible he's misinterpreting things here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepingTitan Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 2 minutes ago, oldschool said: Florio was on the sports junkies, local DC radio show, and he said Mularkey told him the team plans to share the load between Murray and Henry in an effort to keep both guys healthy. Also said that they plan to run Mariota a lot and that the passing game will be a luxury intended to make teams pay for loading up against the run. Thoughts? I know Florio is a national guy but he's usually dialed in. Is it possible he's misinterpreting things here? PA baby. Sounds like a legit observation, and honestly not a tough deduction to make. I hope Mariota is ready to make adjustments off the cuff. He's been doing well at it in preseason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschool Posted August 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 He was insinuating the passing game would be an afterthought and that Henry would get a lot more carries than expected. As in Murray isn't the feature guy. It seems counter to what is coming out of camp locally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 I can see them being more run heavy than most teams. But it's not like they are running the wishbone offense out there. They are going to throw plenty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TF_Titan Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 9 minutes ago, oldschool said: Florio was on the sports junkies, local DC radio show, and he said Mularkey told him the team plans to share the load between Murray and Henry in an effort to keep both guys healthy. Also said that they plan to run Mariota a lot and that the passing game will be a luxury intended to make teams pay for loading up against the run. Sounds pretty exotic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot1 Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 I don't mind Mariota running, but running alot? I don't like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denali Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Could just be a rope a dope. Mularkey tells the media that passing will be a luxury and then he pulls a switch as unsuspecting opponents game plan incorrectly against us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE75 Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 There is only one drawback to the plan. best case scenario we are able to beat teams with this strategy. worst case is we end up being a 2 or 3 win team again if our starting QB gets hurt early. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFTitans Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 I kept seeing Mularkey stating that there would be no sharing. Murray was feature back, period. I would rather see split duty, but why would larky be making these stupid statements? Who knows what he's gonna do. Maybe his idea of exotic smashmouth is "telling someone you're gonna do one thing....... Then do something completely different". Whoa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanDuckFan Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 I think Mularkey knows what he wants to do, but he's not positive about who is going to do it on the field yet. He's letting that come to him, and will fit the pieces in as they show up on the game tape, and adjust personnel and scheme to find the fits. And that's good. Some teams will stifle this run game and he knows it. Whether they do it with scheme or with their base personnel packages will determine what Marcus does in the pass game. Mularkey is hoping most teams will have to load the box to stop the run, and Marcus will have 2-3 WRs, a TE and a RB working against 2 CBs and a single safety in the pass game. Tons of play action. As far as Marcus running, I think that's smoky coach-speak. He'll do it enough to make DCs respect it, especially on 3rd and short, but it won't be a big part of game planning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 32 minutes ago, oldschool said: Florio was on the sports junkies, local DC radio show, and he said Mularkey told him the team plans to share the load between Murray and Henry in an effort to keep both guys healthy. Also said that they plan to run Mariota a lot and that the passing game will be a luxury intended to make teams pay for loading up against the run. Thoughts? I know Florio is a national guy but he's usually dialed in. Is it possible he's misinterpreting things here? Sounds about right. Which is the wrong approach. I'd be shocked if Mularkey said that, though. He seems to fight the all-run impression every chance he can. I'll be pissed if they run Mariota much. That's worse than trying to grind out a run game decades after it's wise. Scrambling on broken plays is different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TF_Titan Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 The last coach got fired for allowing his QB to get hit too much. Whatever you think of Mularkey as a coach...he's not an idiot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakingeek Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 40 minutes ago, oldschool said: He was insinuating the passing game would be an afterthought and that Henry would get a lot more carries than expected. As in Murray isn't the feature guy. It seems counter to what is coming out of camp locally. Given what we've seen from Henry thus far, I think it would be a logical shift in scheme. The scheme was already run heavy. Dividing carries between Murray and Henry keeps the defense off balance not knowing which guy will be in and giving Henry more carries makes sense because the guy looks great. I think it's an adjustment according to what we are seeing so far on the field. AND it keeps both guys legs fresh, it's a win win. I would also bet that Marcus runs when the defense gives him something but not a lot of designed runs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 That offense almost sounds ... non ... innovative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakingeek Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 5 minutes ago, Jamalisms said: That offense almost sounds ... non ... innovative. It not innovative, it's 100% old school, hat on a hat, stop me if you can football and if you DO stop us, we'll let Marcus make you pay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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