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Maroney: Just 3 second-half snaps - Patriots Blog - ESPN Boston

According to Reiss, Maroney was in for 23 plays in the Saints came. 2/3 of those were runs, and several passes were thrown his way as well.

I think of several ways to spin that. E.g.:

The play-calling is regrettably predictable. The regrettably predictable play-calling, however, puts Maroney in a position to perform worse than his stats seem to suggest. The staff doesn't have much confidence in Maroney on passing downs. Faulk is just so good they can't bear to keep him off the field on passing downs. Etc.

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patsfan-1982

will if they stop throwing from shotgun so much the pass rush would be a half sec slower because they would have to think is it a run or a pass


you can't play back yerd football in the NFL i dont care if you got brady moss and welker it will not get it done vs good team's

DarrylS

Unfortunately predictability is becoming a hallmark of this O... there is a terrific need for innovation and just plain old mixing it up..

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convertedpatsfan

We definitely need to run the ball more. But Maroney's recent fumble issues make it easy for the coaches to quit on the run. That's 3 straight games with a fumble lost after only losing one fumble in his first 3 seasons. And as Reiss pointed out, there weren't many snaps for Maroney after the fumble to start the second half.

I agree with DarrylS, we definitely need to mix things up more and keep defenses off-balance. But Maroney has to do a better job of securing the ball to keep some confidence in the run game.

KontradictioN

Yep. You know that draw to Faulk and a screen to Welker is coming at least once on every drive. O'Brien really needs to learn to mix it up. Our play action is almost becoming a moot point with him calling the plays.

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Triumph

Exactly.

I pray Charlie Weis comes back.

maverick4

One key stat on Reiss blog in another post, was Maroney only had 3 total touches in the 2nd half of the Saints game.

Rob0729

Unfortunately, O'Brien did what everyone's biggest complaint of Weis was prior to Corey Dillon - gave up on the run in the second half. Weis would have called the game better, but there is no guarantee that he would have ran Maroney more.

Willie55

Things should change with Morris being healthy and I assume Taylor coming back soon.

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Rob0729

I agree. With more RBs with different styles, the Pats will have more options.