Jay Gruden: 'We're going to be a running team, I guess'

Washington HC Jay Gruden said today that he sees the Redskins relying on the ground game.

“Our identity needs to be found,” he said. “What are we going to be? We’re going to be a running team, I guess.”

Like any coach, Gruden would prefer to have a varied attack.

“Our identity needs to be diversity,” he said. “We have to be able to be good at both. We have to be able to run the ball, we have to be able to do some play actions off the run and there are going to be some times that we have to do some drop back.”

Gruden doesn't seemed thrilled about the label, though. Many assumed the Skins would pass more under Gruden, especially after bringing in WRs DeSean Jackson and Andre Roberts. But Robert Griffin III is struggling and seemingly starting a QB controversy at the same time, while the running game, led by Alfred Morris, excels. This, perhaps, gives Morris a bit of a bump in fantasy value. Eventually the Skins will need the threat of a pass game or team's will stack the box. Morris is a rock-solid, high-end RB2 in just about any format, however.