"I don't know exactly what everyone complaining is looking at. Without knowing what's going on in the staff meetings and on the practice and with personnel, it's sometimes easy to be an armchair quarterback. I thought that we've been very productive. We've averaged 6.1 yards a play. I think we've done an effective job at times. Schematically, we're probably a little different than the previous staff [Franchione]. But there are also a lot of similarities to what they did [in the running game]. We've also taken bits and pieces from the backgrounds of others on this coaching staff and put them together. We're still teaching and we're getting better every day. Not having a spring practice together, we're still in the implementation stages of this offense. Again, we're very close. Sometimes it's a wide receiver, or the quarterback misses a read, or an offensive lineman misses an assignment, but our focus has been great and we're working on making the corrections. And, yes, it does hurt missing Justin Smiley. He's a big part of our success in the running game. At the same time, we feel that Atlas Herrion has come in and played well. For those that are upset, hang in there with us. I think you're going to see some exciting things in the near future. "
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