I know the title is my own question, but I'm going to answer my own question. This guy has very clearly shown that last year was an absolute fluke. He can't do anything worth a shit and if Veach wouldn't have given him a stupid ass extension, then he'd be off this team. In what universe do you keep giving the ball to a guy that has 41 rushes for 70 yards and 1.7 ypc. This last game was absolute dog shit 11 total touches for 6 ****ing yards. Are you kidding me? He shouldn't touch the ball again.
Bad is an understatement. He's horrendous. Literally the absolute worst back in the league. There are 43 qualified players and he ranks 43rd in ypc. He's at 1.7 ypc and no one else is under 3.0 ypc. The distance between him and the 42nd rank player, Le'Veon Bell, is 1.3 ypc. The distance between Le'Veon Bell and the 20th ranked player, Chris Carson, is 1.3 ypc.
This is definitely something that needs brought up more. That's gotta be some kind of record for worst ever. We are seeing history boys. The absolute worst RB performance in the history of the game or close. I took off the hide non qualifiers filter and it looks even worse. He's 192 out of 227. There are only 5 other players with 10+ carries that average less ypc, it's pretty much a Who's Who of most electric runners in the league.
#194 Kalen Ballage - 22 car/36 yards/1.6 ypc/13 carries since being demoted from being a starter 3 games ago
#198 Joe Flacco - 11 car/11 yards/1.0 ypc/He's a statue of a QB. **** id hope Williams would have more ypc than this bum. Spoiler alert - all the rest of this list is the same. Statue QBs.
#208 Jared Goff
#210 Jimmy G.
#213 Tom Brady
Did some more research and going all the way back to 1999, so 20 other years, and the lowest ypc for qualified runners is 2.5 ypc in 1999. The average of all the lowest ypc is 2.9. I can't believe how bad that he has been. There is no way anyone can even try to defend him. He's the king of shit fest running backs and for Reid to continue to allow him to play is egregious. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dunerdr:
Damien hasn’t hit a hole worth a damn that I can remember all season. At this point I’d kick the tires on ajayai and see if we can find a guy who can do something between the tackles even though our line sucks. He didn’t have an elite line in Miami and was decent there, and he knows the eagles system a little, could slot in fast and produce.
We already have 4 fucking RBs. If you cut Damien then you roll with Shady, Darrell and Thompson. [Reply]
Let the season play out. He will probably score 3 touchdowns against GB.
I'm not interested in letting the season play out when he continues to play like the worst RB ever. If Mahomes were healthy it wouldn't matter, but since he is out we will need a good RB to win. He's God fucking awful. [Reply]
Denver game showed that McCoy is our goto back. Reid puts a huge priority on divisional games and McCoy got almost all the carries when the game was still on the line. [Reply]
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
We already have 4 ****ing RBs. If you cut Damien then you roll with Shady, Darrell and Thompson.
If Damien is as atrocious as this thread would lead one to believe, why not go get a guy with experience who can run between the tackles. No one we currently have has done that well at all. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dunerdr:
If Damien is as atrocious as this thread would lead one to believe, why not go get a guy with experience who can run between the tackles. No one we currently have has done that well at all.
I'd love to see Thompson given a shot. Yes he's small, but damn did he run like a bulldozer this preseason. I'm not sure I understand the reluctancy to use him, especially with how bad D Willie is [Reply]
Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan:
Shady's cuts are looking really explosive lately. Great vision the other day finding his gaps. Gonna need that with defenses taking away the run game to force Moore into passing downs.
That jumpcut he made on the first big run was sick, slipped between a two foot gap with it... sure wish he was 3-4 years younger so we could ride him harder [Reply]
If Reid/EB aren't oging to give Damien more quality reps, then probably they should see if Darrel can take his reps earlier in the game. See if his 4.0yds/carry is legit. I still think we need Shady to be as healthy and fresh as possible down the stretch, so he's going to need to stay around 15 touches a game for now. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
If Reid/EB aren't oging to give Damien more quality reps, then probably they should see if Darrel can take his reps earlier in the game. See if his 4.0yds/carry is legit. I still think we need Shady to be as healthy and fresh as possible down the stretch, so he's going to need to stay around 15 touches a game for now.
Give Damien more quality reps? WTF? He's averaging 1.7 ypc. You can't blame anyone but the player for that shit. [Reply]
