Rocket":1jc64wr0 said:
The opposition was slowing the Q2 ground game, so Dange-russ went into "chuck it" mode, with winning results.
We run if it's successful early or if we wear on 'em... then turn him loose.
He turned well today.
I'm as hard on Russell as anyone on this board.....but he certainly didn't just go into "chuck it mode."
Once the first quarter was over and it was apparent that Carolina was stacking the box and not allowing our run game to get going, you saw Schotty and Russ start doing a lot of misdirection, out routes and play action to take shots downfield.
It was a great in game adjustment, give everyone credit. IMO it was Russell's best game of year.......and with the way our defense was giving up big plays all day, he needed to be 98% perfect, and he was.