I think first half of game one, PJ wanted to be heavier on the passing.
Then after the int, he wanted to just win the game.
Then came a long run of runs.
The against OSU, he wanted to establish the run.
Run got established with a little play action and that worked.
Suddenly the idea of being heavier on pass didn't seem to be needed and with the defense playing well, to win they don't need to pass much.
Now it's more of an "okay, we'll run first and use play action to keep the defense honest". That's who we are. Minimize mistakes and see how many games our defense can win.
I'd expect in most games we'll try to use play action to break a few bigger gainers, but largely go run to avoid mistakes to get us through this year until whoever is QB next year.
If Croft had won the job and stayed active, I'm guessing PJ would be trying to implement more of his passing offense, but with Rhoda we're just going to do enough to win.