Is the inability to break off big runs part of a calculated, playing-the-long-game approach by Cam Skattebo?
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inability → break → Skattebo
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Access → access → subscribers
tRY IT NOW“Yeah, for sure,’’ the second-year running back said.
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back → try → IT
“I think early in the year, I kind of like to punish my opponents.
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I → think → opponents
When game seven, eight, nine comes around, they’re not going to want to do that.
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they → come → that
That’s when you kind of just get to run past them.
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you → ’ → them
When they lower their shoulder and close their eyes.
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they → lower → eyes
“Right now, I’m just doing me.
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I → do → me
I obviously could probably make a move here and there, but sometimes it’s better for the team, beating up on the other team, lowering the shoulder.
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it → make → shoulder
I’ve got to be better, obviously, in the run game.
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I → get → game
I could definitely make a couple different cuts a game and completely change the outcome.
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I → make → outcome
I’m going to continue to work on that and continue to grow.
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I → go → that
He has the most rushing attempts (68) of any player in the NFL without a gain of 15 or more yards.
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He → have → yards
The Giants are averaging 3.7 yards per rushing attempt.
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Giants → average → attempt
Quarterbacks Jaxson Dart (22 yards) and Jameis Winston (15) have the two longest gains for the Giants in the first four games.
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Dart → have → games
“Yeah, I mean, we’re just not good enough yet,’’ coach John Harbaugh said.
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Harbaugh → mean → ?
“Defenses are playing us pretty well.
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Defenses → play → us
As we get better, we’ll probably have more longer runs.
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we → get → runs
Also, if we make them pay a little more with play action, I think that’ll loosen them up a little bit, probably.’’
The Commanders are sixth in the NFL in run defense, allowing only 93.9 yards per game.
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Commanders → make → game
The forecast of heavy rain Sunday could magnify the importance of the running game for both sides.
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forecast → magnify → sides
“Linemen, we like to run the ball,’’ guard Jon Runyan Jr. told The Post.
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Jr. → like → Post
“We’ll throw the ball if we have to, but we like to establish the run as much as we can.
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we → throw → run
It makes our jobs a little bit easier, it makes it a lot more fun.’’
Commanders QB Jayden Daniels and Malik Nabers were teammates at LSU in 2022 and 2023.
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Daniels → make → 2022
Both players have flashed greatness but also vulnerability, as far as debilitating injuries that kept them off the field for long stretches.
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that → flash → stretches
“Things have been really tough for me and him this past year and ongoing, really,’’ Nabers said.
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Nabers → say → me
“But it’s always exciting to see your brother get back on the field after seeing a lot of things go bad.
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lot → ’ → things
So, I’m excited to see him.
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I → ’m → him
I’m excited to see him go back out there and do what I know he’s capable of.
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he → ’m → what
No team in the league blitzes more than the Vikings, and Jones brought that approach to Washington.
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Jones → blitz → Washington
The Commanders blitz 46 percent of the time in passing situations.
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Commanders → blitz → situations
Only the Vikings bring pressure more often.
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Vikings → bring → pressure
This might not bode well for Winston.
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This → bode → Winston
He has the second-lowest passer rating in the NFL this season against the blitz.
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He → have → blitz
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