[qryche11]

[quote=whackem'n'stackem']

He said alot, not zero. They have show enough to know the kid can run. Do you need a kid to have 200 yds in 4 games before you can tell if he can run the ball or not?

I think the bottom line is the Birds were holding him back as far as designed running plays and didnt show their hand until Friday night is what Wackem is trying to say. He is intelligent enough to acknowledge that the X coaches knew he could run, they just didnt choose to focus on him and didnt prepare for it as well as they should. They keyed on AC and taking away the deep ball and lets be honest, that was their 3rd option and it worked out great. I think the Birds wanted to test the X secondary but they have too good of DB's and they were covering the receivers like a blanket. I think only one time Drennan got open for a great catch where he got rocked and the Gold reception was on a scramble where he came back for the ball and the X secondary was in a deep zone. Other than that they took the pass away and Bardo is athletic enough to scramble and pick up some nice yardage.

The designed runs though were the key and the QB draws. They ran those in spring practice as Bardo took em to the house a lot back then they didnt run those in the previous games. True or not true?