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Indeed - can we stop the run? by PeteatND

I'll choose to be optimistic and say that our improved OL and RB corps (I think Lance Taylor will prove to be an important pick-up) has led to an uptick in the running game, but we'd be naive to think that the success we had on the ground on Saturday didn't have anything to do with weakness up the middle of the D.

Bilal looked confused and late to react, Genmark-Heath looks promising but hesitant to be physical, and Simon is still really new to the inside. Lamb was unavailable over the weekend, so hopefully his inclusion will help, but Mike/Buck look like spots we'll have to game-plan around. And the DTs (while talented) are universally undersized to boot.

Hence, ability to stop the run becomes one of the 2 key question marks of the season - alongside the ability of our pop-gun offense to score against elite competition. But that's a question mark every year.