Tomlinson No Longer Chargers' Go-to-Guy

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  1. Mamba

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    http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/10/19/sports/nelson/z4e47f0312362040f882574e80009a226.txt

    Thanks for stating the obvious, asshole. Of course he isn't, it's hard to run when you've got absolutely no holes to hit.
     
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    Vintage Defeating Communism...

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    Yeah, generally, RBs need holes to run through. And when its not there, well... you get poor results.

    I didn't think your OL would implode though.
     
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    Our OL is like a bitch on her period, constant mood swings. They can give Rivers' fucking fantastic protection but can't open up holes for our RB's. We win when we can run the ball, because we can control the TOP. So far this year, we haven't done any of that. We need to fix our OL. It was amazing last year, not so much this year.
     
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    Vintage Defeating Communism...

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    Trust me. I understand that, lol.

    You can get by without a run game and still keep TOP. It just requires short passes to replace the run game. But I'm guessing your offense isn't doing that and instead more of a vertical offense.
     
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    Yeah our vertical offense is tailored to have more of a big strike impact than a possession impact.
     
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    Which isn't conducive to controlling TOP.

    Our offense is built on the same principles. Which makes it an epic failure when Brad Johnson mans the QB position. But that's for another thread.
     
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    Vertical offenses are the deadliest though, since yards per pass seems to correlate more with success from what I've read.

    LT will see enough holes on Sunday...
     
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    unless your name was Barry Sanders :D

    I have still never seen a runner like him...
     

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