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[QUOTE="Archbold44, post: 5537459, member: 10528"]
I still say that it comes down to coaching.  Nixon refuses to accept that Collins cannot do what Angeli/McCord could.  He understood to call different plays with Carney.  Not sure why he cannot with Collins.

Our best position group is receiver and we are not getting the ball into their hands any way we can.  Pena runs the ball a few times a game for Penn State.  He ran the ball for us last year.  Are you telling me that we cannot work something like that into out arsenal--fake the handoff to Willis and give it to a WR?

Collins is CLEARLY a good runner.  We need to use that to our advantage from time to time.  If they have to start spying on him, that will help open up the run/pass game a little.  Use what you have.  Even including sacks, he is averaging almost as much per rush as Willis/Nixon.  And he had that long run called back and the sack yardage.  He needs to be rushing for 50-75 yards per game to move the chains.

In the meantime, we had a reduced playbook with Carney and he was 2 for 3, including fielding a ground ball snap and getting it out of bounds without a penalty.  5 yard passes are better than incompletions.  And certainly better than interceptions.
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