Totally agree, but with the way the game is played today, I don't think you can beat the good teams unless you have a fully functional passing game with a QB who can sling the rock.
You saw it in both those scoring drives. Drew's ability to hit his receivers...and their ability to get open and catch the ball...were critical and helped set up the running attack.
The running attack was doing fine without the passes.
Until they went with the weird plays.
For example at the 6 they went with the quick to the line play 2x. Both times our OL missed their reads.
That's not power running.
LdN