I’ve seen enough. Dude is as meh as it gets. Pacheco needs to take his spot yesterday. Dude has bad vision and he’s slow.
I hope we scout the cuts list to find another RB to add to the group so we can cut him. Seriously the only reason this guy is still on the roster is because he was a first rd pick. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Up the middle - agreed. Like I said, I don't think that's fair.
But off Creed's right shoulder into the seam that he and Smith are setting up there? I think that's a really doable cut. That sure looks like the play design.
Still not fair from that picture because in the actual clip there's a Colts player right there in that seam waiting for him that starts getting blocked into that hole. Then he tries to hit the hole everyone is complaining about and exactly what would have happened in the still picture happened. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jd1020:
Still not fair from that picture because in the actual clip there's a Colts player right there in that seam waiting for him that starts getting blocked into that hole. Then he tries to hit the hole everyone is complaining about and exactly what would have happened in the still picture happened.
I'm not saying he should take it 30 yards.
That's a DB settling into the hole there and you're a RB taking a hand-off with some speed. This is a grown man's position - hit that hole and drive that DB backwards.
That should be a 3-4 yard gain rather than a loss.
So do you remember those guys in high school who looked like they were playing against middle schoolers? They'd just run around anybody and put up 300 yard games like clockwork. CEH is acting like he can be that guy.
I sucked but I vividly remember a play on a screen pass where I got the ball on the outside and had a CB to beat. And for once I had a size advantage. So of course I try to juke him and he takes my legs out. My coach gets on me and tells me "hey - you've got 20 lbs on that kid and you're coming downhill - HIT him. Drive through him and get your 8 yards. You let him drop you for 2..."
That's what this reminds me of. Stop acting like every play is a potential house-call. The move there is to see the guy you're bigger than in the hole and use your momentum to finish the play and get yourself positive yardage. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
That should be a 3-4 yard gain rather than a loss.
I think even 3-4 yards is being generous. If he hits that seam you are talking about and gets tackled by the DB waiting right there for him its probably 1, maybe 2 yards. The LoS appeared to be the 28, which was 3 yards beyond where that seam is being blocked up and exactly where that DB was standing. Same if he hit the hole in the still picture because that LB is just waiting for him to make that cut and then explode on him like he ultimately did as he shed Trey Smith like he was a bag. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jd1020:
I think even 3-4 yards is being generous. If he hits that seam you are talking about and gets tackled by the DB waiting right there for him its probably 1, maybe 2 yards. The LoS appeared to be the 28, which was 3 yards beyond where that seam is being blocked up and exactly where that DB was standing. Same if he hit the hole in the still picture because that LB is just waiting for him to make that cut and then explode on him like he ultimately did as he shed Trey Smith like he was a bag.
I'm not the only one starting to get a little worried about Smith, am I?
He's not looking at all like the player he was last year. Creed and Thuney look as good as ever (maybe better) but Smith is looking pretty average right now. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I'm not the only one starting to get a little worried about Smith, am I?
He's not looking at all like the player he was last year. Creed and Thuney look as good as ever (maybe better) but Smith is looking pretty average right now.
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
Still not sure why Ronald Jones isn't getting early downs and goalline work.
Because he's been a gameday inactive.
But when your 'starting runningback' gets zero yards rushing on the day, something has to change.
I'd get Jones ramped up sooner rather than later. I don't think you can have 4 gameday RBs and I don't want to deactivate McKinnon. So it comes down to Pacheco or MEH. They ain't sitting MEH.
Jones is the best pure ballcarrier we have. It's time to stop pretending that's not the case because he didn't pick up the offense as quickly as you'd like in camp. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I'm not the only one starting to get a little worried about Smith, am I?
He's not looking at all like the player he was last year. Creed and Thuney look as good as ever (maybe better) but Smith is looking pretty average right now.
Clyde is doing what’s asked of him on his footwork. The problem is the double team between RG/C isn’t good. Can’t give up 3 yards of penetration and expect the RB to execute his footwork and make that cut. And needing to cut it back that much makes Trey lose on the LB too. https://t.co/HquJOWIWx2
