ie, in college when QB drops back to pass and gets sacks they chalk that up as a rush attempt and take the yards away from rushing yards..that's kinda dumb but whatever. In the NFL this counts as negative "team" passing yards. Doesn't count against QB since ball isn't thrown but doesn't count against running game since the attempt was to throw the ball not run it.
Since I'm trying to have an honest and real discussion about how effective our run game was and how different the second half play calling was from the first...the 5 QB sacks Pyne took in the second half while dropping back to pass, I'm not counting them in rushing attempts because that just isn't what they were. That's why if you go back you'll see the wording I used is 'rush attempts' vs 'times we tried to pass'.
I'm not going to call them pass attempts either since ball wasn't thrown but have no problem saying 'we were trying to throw the ball on those plays' because....we were.
In fairness to run pass ratio, one of Pyne's runs from first half could probably be switched to 'tried to throw' since it appeared a pass was called but Pyne saw nothing so he tuck n run for a few yards.
I'm not trying to fudge numbers to make it look like our run game was fantastic, it wasn't...but it was serviceable enough vs a run D like that to not only stick with it, but ramp it up (specifically with the hot hand at RB) in the 2nd half with a big lead.
The problem as I see it is this, Rees flinched! When they had their 10 min drive to start the 2nd half, he immediately went into we gotta get that back mode. First offensive play was drop back pass, sacked to bring up 2nd and 15 that led to 3rd and 14.
If I'm the offensive coordinator, I'm up 35-13 at half, the opponent opens 3rd quarter with a 10 min drive that ends with a FG....I'm not upset or feeling pressure or any other kind of way, in fact I'm grinning, I'm thankful, I'm adding them to my Christmas list. You just shortened the 2nd half by 33% to get 3 points, you have made my job easier! In fact to thank you for being so kind, I'm returning the favor by grinding every second off the clock when I get the ball. 1) Not only did my defense just spend 10 min on the field and I don't wanna put them back out there with a quick 3 and out 2) every minute that decrease off this clock without you narrowing the gap decreases your ability to come back and win this game. Perfect scenario would be a nice long drive that ends the 3rd Quarter and results in any points.
Now 3rd quarter is over and you either maintained the lead or extended it.