They are really strong running to the left. Three road graders, all 320 plus from center over to left tackle. Plus all their skill guys block so that whole left side is just a dominant aspect to their run game and offense over all. It’s the center of their offense.
They love quick passes, screens, check downs. All their guys except their #3 wr are amazing yac guys. They love to pick apart zone defense.
They don’t commit penalties and they don’t make many mistakes so they just methodically chew you up and drain the clock. They’re very good in the red zone.
So yeah, bend but don’t break isn’t going to work. Barry is going to have to pick some spots and hope he guesses right. When you’re playing a bad team, you take risks and you give a bad team a chance to get in it. But against a team that methodically eats you alive, you’re no losing much if you give an undisciplined 20 yard run once a drive. They were going to get it anyway. And if you guess right on second down, you have a dang good chance of getting a stop on 3rd and long.