Not once has Saquon had 20 or more rushing attempts

this season. Not once. Now, I know he has been hurt but, even still, that, to me, is an incredible stat and a complete indictment of Pat Shurmur.

I was listening to Charlie Weis this morning on Sirius and he was talking about LeVeon Bell and how he would pound the ball over and over with Bell tonight, not to mention the passing game. Now Charlie comes from the Parcells factory...where running the ball and the rushing attempts were always a huge factor. Charlie still believes that way and so do I.

I don't care who you are in the NFL but if you do not run the ball effectively and attempt to run the ball you will go nowhere. One could easily make the argument that Dallas' issues are the fact they are not relying enough on Elliott.

Barkley is our best player...it is not even close...to not use him to the fullest extent possible is a complete failure of our offensive coaching staff. As Weis said this morning, even rushing attempts force the defense to respect the run...even if you are not making big yardage. With that, you can then use play action passes etc.

Look, I know the NFL has changed but, in many cases, it has not. Running the ball is still a prerequisite to being a successful offensive team. When the Rams took the NFL by storm three years ago it was because they were pounding the ball with Gurley. Seattle did that with Lynch and still runs the ball a lot. Heck, you could easily argue that you can get away with a game manager at QB if you are able to pound the ball. Not to mention the fact it takes time off the clock and wears a defense down.

This is the issue, to me, I simply do not understand with Shurmur. Pound the ball...use a jumbo formation since we cannot seem to find a TE who can block. Pound it and pound it and pound it. This is the NorthEast, that is Giants football. To me, it is the biggest reason why he MUST be fired. USE our best player for God's sake...get him involved in the passing game, screens, swing passes...but get him the ball. Good grief...this is not that difficult.