After Redskins coach Jay Gruden said Monday that he “probably would have run the ball more than [he] did” if he had a chance to play the season-opening loss at Houston over again, quarterback Robert Griffin III said he would have been fine with such a decision.
“If that’s how Coach feels, then dial him up,” Griffin said Wednesday. “We can give it to Alfred [Morris] 40, 50 times a game. None of us are really worried about numbers. We just want to win football games, and [if] that’s what it takes, whatever it takes to win games, that’s our mindset.”
The Redskins ran the ball 23 times and threw it 37 times in their 14-6 loss. They threw the ball five times, plus a sack, within the final two minutes of the first half, then threw it six times in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter.
“I think we’re right around 50-50 throughout most of the game if you take out the two-minute drills,” Gruden said.
Morris finished the game with 14 carries for 91 yards, while Roy Helu had four carries for 46 yards. Combined, the two rushed for 7.6 yards per carry against the Texans.
Griffin had three rushing attempts — two scrambles and a fumble recovery in the first quarter. There were no designed run plays for Griffin, he said, because that wasn’t part of the Redskins’ offensive strategy.
“I just don’t think that the opportunity presented itself for me to gash the defense in that way,” Griffin said. “It’s always a threat. It’s always there. … It’s really just up to what Coach wants to do and we’ll go execute it.”
• Zac Boyer can be reached at zboyer@washingtontimes.com.
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