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What I posted in another thread: What you can't do in a game like this is get caught up in the idea that "we need to establish the run," because what that results in far more often than not in a game like this is a frenzied opposing defense galvanized by the game situation and its home fans that easily eats up such run attempts, thus generating even more frenzied momentum among themselves and throughout the stadium. Not only is there no objective evidence in football that "establishing the run" is important or effective, but there is also the emotional effect on both sidelines of having early offensive plays stymied in such a manner. Instead you go out and emphasize the short quick passing game and make your offensive line's job easier, while getting the ball into the hands of your best athletes with your quarterback's top-notch passing accuracy. As opposed to weak looking run plays that almost inevitably get stuffed in such a situation, you put a scare into the opposing team and its fans and let them know life's not gonna be easy for them here tonight. What I'll add to this thread is that the above approach would be far more effective in my opinion than "throwing it deep early and often." Throwing it deep early and often results in lower probability plays that appear desperate and likewise feed into the opposing team's electricity if they aren't successful. The early part of the game should be focused around managing the frenzied emotion of the environment and doing as little as possible to add to it in the opposing team's and fans' favor. You want to come out early and execute plays that have a high probability of success as a function of your offense's primary strengths, in this case passing accuracy and wide receiver talent.