We were not good running the football last year, especially in the playoffs and superbowl and we won. So... Dallas lost their most explosive runner so I guess part of it is successful teams have running backs who play the whole game? Teams have stay with the run when it's working and/or they have a lead. So the stats at the end of the game bear that out. Most teams don't set out to pass the ball 50 times a game.
I don't like these backwards engineering articles where you take a game result and point out things as if they are set in stone. Where was this writer predicting all this on Friday?
Surprise - turnovers kill you, especially in the playoffs. Until they don't (see Jacksonville). That was an exception, for sure, but turnover differential is not a 'this year' phenomenon. It's been that way since whenever.
Another shocker - you have to protect your passer and get to the other team's passer. Is any team not actively trying to do this?
