re: 790 Atl Talk Radio this Morning

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Our play calling got atrocious especially with those stupid runs up the middle that got NOTHING!!! again and again! What the hell is Crowton thinking sometimes?!! Truly baffling! If the o-line can't handle the middle and at least get a push for a yard gain (no matter how many they have in the box), then we need to run some misdirection stuff to gain those critical yards. But we go up the middle over and over again like it's going to miraculously work when nothing has changed. That's just poor decision making to me on Crowton's part. Work with what you have; adjust to your weaknesses and make the most out of them.

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Here's a link to the actual play-by-play. Please enlighten me on where exactly all those stupid runs up the middle that gain NOTHING are. There were more sacks for negative yards than there were designed rushes for zero or negative yards. We took 3 straight sacks for minus 18 yards to start the 3rd quarter. Do you think we would have lost 18 yards on 3 rushes up the gut?

People like to criticize the play calling when it doesn't work, but fail to give credit when it does. The fact of the matter is that we ran the ball well in this game. Take sacks out of the equation, and we ran for 190 yards on the road against a tough SEC team. More often than not, that's going to get it done.

I thought, for the most part, the play calling in this game was pretty good. There were some things situationally that I would have changed, but I bet the coaches feel the same way as well. Obviously we need to do a better job in the red zone to finish off drives. But I'm not sure if that's as much play calling as it is executing and making smart decisions with the ball.