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When KC had the ball with 1:35 to go in the first half, I would have bet everything I owned that they would run that draw play. Nearly every team in that situation does it, thinking that if they make a good gain then, and only then, will they start passing the ball to move on down the field and score points. Of course, if they don't get very far with the draw run, the clock is running and they can continue to kill the clock.
Herm's playing what I call Fear Factor Football. He rarely sent his defense in on blitzes against pass-savvy QBs like Manning and Favre 'cuz he feared they would pick his thinned secondary apart. He fears throwing the ball more than 20 yards down field 'cuz he thinks (1) Croyle will get sacked or (2) the opp's defense will intercept the ball.
But, what difference did this make? Manning and Favre still completed passes when we dropped 7 into coverage, and our offense couldn't string enough 3-yard runs and short pass completions to come up with a series of first downs to get into the end zone enough times.
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