Quote Originally Posted by Dawgheadcheese View Post
Not questioning his success running up the middle. It is running Dak excessively knowing that he doesn't have a knack for avoiding the hard hits. The key in my mind is monitoring / limiting the number of runs / hits he is taking each game and understand that he cannot make it through 12 games in the SEC running as much as he did last year. It is not practical. We need to be smarter at getting the benefits of his running the ball - but also utilizing our wealth of other offensive weapons so that he can come out fresh each week - especially those critical last 3 or 4 games.
I understand what you're saying but those last 3-4 games won't be important if we don't handle business the 1st 5 games. He has to come out of the gate being ready to carry the load. We can do a better job of monitoring carries but Dak running is what makes him & our offense special.