Quote Originally Posted by gschwendt View Post
Does anyone else have a bitch of a time trying to get a running game going? I can't get anything going in a basic running game... the only time I can produce much is using a Read and 90% of the time the read is to keep it so it's my QB picking up yards. But my HB, Fitz Toussaint has 254 yards on 70 carries for a 3.6 average and his longest carry is 13 yards. It seems to me that the CPU defense too quickly reacts to a run and then when they get there, they almost always make the first tackle.

Not sure if it's because the CPU looks at my team's depth chart and knows Toussaint is going to get a lot of carries or what the case is but regardless, I don't believe I should be having this difficult of a time.
This has always been my gripe with the SG running game, its very boom or bust, you're never going to see a bunch of 3, 4, 5 drive sustaining running plays. It's either a 10+ yard gain or a 3 yard loss. The SG offset formations are better but the lack of anything else sustainable in those formations means you can't run an entire offense out of them so the defense starts to key on the dive/read. Just like you I've been able to get yards with Ash when he keeps the ball, but there is zero consistency when my HB's are carrying the rock - ask Escobar, he may have some ideas as he's been playing around with this offense for awhile now.