MHR Poll of the Week for August 22, 2011: Better Late Than Never

by Topher Doll on Aug 22, 2011 3:00 PM MDT in MHR Poll of the Week

DENVER, CO - AUGUST 20: Wide receiver Brandon Lloyd #84 of the Denver Broncos lays out but is unable to haul in a pass during the first half against the Buffalo Bills at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on August 20, 2011 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

Sorry for the delay folks, but the Mile High Report Poll of the Week missed a week and was delayed a day, but it's back, and after the results of two weeks ago, pumped to get back to keeping ourselves close to the pulse of Mile High Report. Two weeks ago we asked you what type of running back system you would use if you were a NFL head coach, and once again you blew away the previous record in terms of votes, and we had a clear winner:

Answer:	Votes	Percentage
One Primary Back	203	15%
Tandem Backs	1022	76%
Don't Really Care	112	8%
Total:	1337	100%

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It's pretty clear that the mentality of fans here in Denver has changed since the days of TD and it might be for the best, with a solid stable of backs that Denver currently has. A decent number of respondents answered Don't Really Care and mentioned that what they would do would vary season by season depending on who they drafted or picked up in free agency and that they wouldn't try and just use one system.

So with the great results from the last poll, and two pre-season games to look back on, this weeks poll will continue looking at the running game. Let's get to it.

This week's question that I am posing to you is going to build on last weeks question as well as get a feel for how you would run a team. If you were a NFL head coach, would you be run focused (Reeves, Fox). This style usually doesn't make the big play, but focuses on grinding it out and time control. Pass focused (late Shanny, McD). This style was incredibly popular here, especially with guys like Brandon Marshall and Brandon Lloyd catching the ball. Or do you prefer a balance of the two, maybe not really doing one of the other well, but having both?

Poll

So you a NFL head coach, how's your offense look?

Run Focus

198 votes

Pass Focus

99 votes

A Little of Both

460 votes

757 votes | Poll has closed

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everyone in our house yelled as he almost hauled this pass in!

it would have been spectacular!!!
great effort anyway.

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by prototype on Aug 22, 2011 3:17 PM MDT reply actions

It could have been a 60 million dollar catch, but I guess he'll have to settle for 40...

by bfree2bronc on Aug 22, 2011 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions

Last 6 Teams in the Super Bowl

Packers/Steelers; Saints/Colts; Cards/Steelers… all throw the ball. Pack Cards and Colts are obivous passing teams. Steelers used to be known for rushing, and ppl assume they run a lot, but they really dont. They spread the field a whole lot.

by Triz06 on Aug 22, 2011 3:21 PM MDT reply actions

Balance grasshopper, balance.

by bfree2bronc on Aug 22, 2011 4:13 PM MDT up reply actions

the picture up top is one of the best catches that was never made..

and i yelled too when watching the game lol

by Teboner on Aug 22, 2011 3:34 PM MDT reply actions

Trying to do his best Fitzgerald impersonation. It didn't work...

by bfree2bronc on Aug 22, 2011 4:12 PM MDT up reply actions

and yet

probably lloyd’s second best catch he never made, behind the early-season end zone catch last season.

by tunesmith on Aug 22, 2011 4:56 PM MDT up reply actions

or not made

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by Whidbey Bronco on Aug 22, 2011 6:33 PM MDT up reply actions

Having high quality

recievers and runners is hard to do. If you can run well it generally means you can pass sufficiently. All of it depends on a good O line.
I would (if anyone asked me) want to pass to run. With a heavy hitter at FB to clean up those short yardage situations.
Here we come SB ;D

I can't help it, I'm excited! Go Broncos!

by Sean in Pa. on Aug 22, 2011 3:44 PM MDT reply actions

Sounds like a weiner...

by bfree2bronc on Aug 22, 2011 4:11 PM MDT up reply actions

John Fox's perpentency to be labled a run first head coach...

But with a solid offesne he believe the run/pass might be more balanced than in his years at Carolina. Tilting the balance to the run in Carolina may have been a move he was forced into with solid passing game.

by bfree2bronc on Aug 22, 2011 4:10 PM MDT reply actions

While there is always a need for balance

The NFL rules are tilting further and further in favor of the QB’s and WR’s. With less physical practice time, that trend will continue. If you want to win in the NFL today, you have to pass the ball a lot (though obviously running the ball can’t be as bad as we’ve been the last 2 years)

by Summitgrad on Aug 22, 2011 4:51 PM MDT reply actions

I’m in favor of running the ball. It’s safer and opens up other safe passes, like play actions. Also, it brings in a safety or two. I know it’s not a pro team, but I like what Stanford did last year.

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"Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else." - Vince Lombardi.

by broncoholic on Aug 22, 2011 4:56 PM MDT reply actions

I was starting to wonder where you were. Good to see you again, I missed you bro! I like the balanced attack so I voted for that. If I had to choose between one or the other I would have to lean towards running.

"I get sick when I hear athletes say I’m not a role model" "Yes you are. You’re just not a very good one." -Tim Tebow

by MTBroncosFan on Aug 22, 2011 5:44 PM MDT reply actions

Haha glad to be back

Works a killer sometimes. And thanks for your response, balanced is a good way to go.

I am a bear of very little brains and big words bother me.

by Topher Doll on Aug 27, 2011 11:40 PM MDT up reply actions

Thats awesome the poll closed at that number

and its what all fans want, elite tandem running backs. Our own < verb> and . Of course those titles need to be earned, but our guys have nowhere to go but up.

by droom on Aug 23, 2011 2:38 AM MDT reply actions