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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla
All of this. It was pretty clear that our goal was to contain the ground game as well as we could. Well, we did that, which was honestly a little surprising. But Hurts was simply incredible. Tip the cap and hope you can pull out a win.
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Honestly I was shocked when I saw that his DL held that RB trio to 2.7 yds/carry. Our defense isn't built to just hold a top-5 rushing attack to under 3yds/carry for an entire game. And that trio had several 200 yd games this season, and at least one game where they ran for a ridiculous 340+ yds, I think. 340 yds in a pass-happy NFL game? In 2022?
But watching NFL Live's Marcus Spears this morning, and watching our LBs fire into the gaps, instead of waiting to see what happened as both NYG/SF did, is what appeared to make the difference. They attacked that running game, instead of trying to catch it. Great plan by Spags.