Peyton says he wants balance between running and passing, but...

watts said

FWIW, we have ran 518 plays. 286 passes attempted (around 55% of the plays) and run it 224 times. Atlanta leads the league in rush attempts at 283 and the Packers have thrown it the most (314).

Of the top ten teams in terms of attempted passes, only two have winning records. The Saints and Colts.

I cobbled those together from NFL.com

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That is a very simplistic analysis, because it doesn't take into account that a fair number of our passes are actually designed to be a "long-handoff", a high-percentage short completion going to a RB or TE in "space". This type of offense SPREADS the D, and I think it is the best type of offense to run in the NFL, though others get peeved with what they perceive to be a "dink-and-dunk" offense, without really understanding its BRILLIANCE.