The Facts: The Redskins hired Bill Callahan because he shared Jay Gruden’s vision of the run game. They also know it could lead to some changes in that part of the offense. That also means changes for Morris. But Gruden said they won’t be tough for him. “If you’re a running back, you want to play for coach Callahan because he likes to run the ball a lot,” Gruden said. “Alfred will be happy. There will be some different styles of runs for him, so for the most part, Alfred’s got great vision and did a great job protecting the football last year, so I think Alfred will be happy with some of the changes.”

Diehards Line: According to ESPN.com's John Keim, the sense is that Washington will run the ball more next season after doing so only 401 times last season (league average: 428). Some of that stemmed from game situations; some stemmed from wanting to throw more than they should. It's not as if they couldn't run: they were 14th in the NFL at 4.22 yards per carry. But they weren't good on first downs and they were 24th in the NFL at yards per carry when needing only a yard for first down at 2.30 (and 21st in the NFL with 22 first downs on those runs). For Morris, he can rely on his vision, which has been pretty good, but the team will need better blocking up front to execute the bigger plan.