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Yup, once Dawson went down, we couldn't run.
Yep. He was a much more physical in-line blocker than Derrick Ramsey.
Hannah and the line just couldn't handle the best defense ever, or even come close. We had 7 rushing yards, not good for a team that won with the run. As much as Hannah wants to blame Eason, there was no way to succeed without the OL stopping Perry, Dent and the rest.
It really was sad to watch. Proud men like Pete Brock & Hannah were tossed around like rag dolls.
And yes, Eason did look like a deer with headlights in his eyes as he looked and saw Dent coming again and again and again.
I'm not a big fan of "What Ifs" but put the Pats 2004 offense, or 07 or 2010, I wonder what the outcome would be. Give the Bears players a year of conditioning, etc so they all are 30lbs more now. My gut tells me it wouldn't have mattered.
BTW, I agree with the analysis then and now that the 1985 Bears were unstoppable. They used Walter Payton as a decoy since we decided that we would take him out of the offense (which we did)
The Pats 1/2 time stats were like something you see on the Weather Channel for the long range forecast for Point Barrow, Alaska.
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